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Syrian forces besiege rebel-held Aleppo, Turkish-backed fighters drive IS from border

BEIRUT/HANGZHOU - Syrian government forces impose siege on opposition-held eastern Aleppo in advances against insurgents, and Turkish-backed fighters drive Islamic State from all its areas along the border in two significant but separate developments in the conflict. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 3, TV, PIX), moved, by John Davison and Roberta Rampton, 994 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, by David Dolan and Orhan Coskun, 588 words

Merkel in trouble after election debacle for her pro-refugee stance

BERLIN - A humiliating state election defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel in her own backyard and another drubbing that looms in two weeks in Berlin are casting an ominous shadow over her hopes of winning - or even running - for a fourth term in 2017. (GERMANY-ELECTION/MERKEL (moved), by Erik Kirschbaum, 602 words)

Young radicals gain foothold in Hong Kong poll likely to rile China

HONG KONG - Several pro-independence candidates win seats in Hong Kong's legislative election which saw a record turnout in the Chinese-controlled city, results likely to further strain ties with Communist Party rulers in Beijing. (HONGKONG-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, by Venus Wu and James Pomfret, 600 words)

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles into sea

SEOUL - North Korea fires three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies hold a summit in China, the North's main diplomatic ally. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 500 words)

ASIA

As bodies pile up in Philippines, many fear to talk about Duterte's war

MANILA - There are rare tokens of protest against a surge of killings unleashed since Rodrigo Duterte became president of the Philippines just over two months ago and pledged to wage war on drug dealers and crush widespread addiction to methamphetamine. But very little stands in the way of his bloody juggernaut.(PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by John Chalmers and Andrew R.C. Marshall, 1082 words)

Xi tells S.Korea that China opposes THAAD anti-missile defense - Xinhua

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping tells his South Korean counterpart that China opposes the U.S. deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea, Xinhua state news agency reports. (G20-CHINA/SOUTHKOREA (UPDATE 1), moved, by John Ruwitch, Ben Blanchard and Jack Kim, 336 words)

EUROPE

UK's Brexit minister to set out more detail on plans for future EU ties

LONDON - Britain's minister in charge of exiting the European Union will set out more detail on the government's plans for Brexit in a statement to parliament, amid growing international unease over how it will pan out. (BRITAIN-EU/DAVIS, moved, by Kylie MacLellan, 345 words)

- BRITAIN-EU/IMMIGRATION, moved, by William James, 422 words)

- G20-CHINA/BRITAIN-GOVERNANCE, moved, by William James, 294 words

UNITED STATES

Clinton's classified email errors due to 'improper labeling' -Kaine

WASHINGTON - U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine defends Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some information she exchanged over email because it had been "improperly labeled." (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Alana Wise, 623 words)

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MEXICO, moved, by Toni Clarke, 370 words

Satellite owner says SpaceX owes it $50 million or a free flight

CAPE CANAVERAL - Israel's Space Communication Ltd says it could seek $50 million or a free flight from Elon Musk's SpaceX after a Spacecom communications satellite was destroyed last week by an explosion at SpaceX's Florida launch site. (SPACEX-BLAST/SPACECOM (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Irene Klotz and Steven Scheer, 608 words)

Lurking Hermine spares much of U.S. East Coast, could regain hurricane strength

NEW YORK - Atlantic storm Hermine, which has killed two people, lurks off the middle of the U.S. East Coast while threatening to regain hurricane strength, after having spared the region the brunt of its wind, rain and tidal surge. (STORM-HERMINE/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Trotta and Chris Prentice, 600 words)

AMERICAS

Brazilian police break up anti-Temer rally in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO - Police use tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators at the end of a peaceful march to protest the removal of leftist president Dilma Rousseff last week in an impeachment trial. (BRAZIL-POLITICS/PROTESTS (PIX, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 236 words)

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