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BREAKING
U.S. to sanction cyber attackers, cites Russia, China
WASHINGTON - The United States will use sanctions against those behind cyber attacks that target transportation systems or the power grid, the White House said on Tuesday, citing Russia and China as increasingly assertive and sophisticated cyber operators. The sanctions will be used "when the conditions are right and when actions will further U.S. policy," White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said in prepared remarks to a cyber security conference. (USA-CYBER/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 9:06 a.m., 225 words)
Kremlin says idea it hacked Democratic Party emails absurd
MOSCOW - The Kremlin dismissed as absurd on Tuesday allegations it was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party emails, saying unidentified individuals were trying to cynically exploit fear of Russia for electoral purposes. (RUSSIA-USA/CYBER (UPDATE 1), moved at 8 a.m., 395 words) See also: Kerry says raised Democrat email hack with Russia's Lavrov (USA-ELECTION/KERRY, moved at 3 a.m., 96 words)
Gunmen kill two military officials in Pakistan's Karachi
KARACHI - Gunmen on Tuesday killed two Pakistan army officials in Karachi, where paramilitary forces have been cracking down on Islamist militants and criminal gangs for almost three years, police and media said. (PAKISTAN-ATTACK/, moved at 8:57 a.m., 246 words)
Bangladesh police kill nine militants plotting major attack
DHAKA - Police in Bangladesh killed nine militants on Tuesday who were believed to have been plotting an attack similar to the one on a cafe on July 1 that killed 22 people, the national police chief said. (BANGLADESH-MILITANTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 8:55 a.m., 410 words)
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
An Obama, not the president, brings down the house at Democratic convention
PHILADELPHIA - Democrats divided over the future of their party agreed on at least one thing at their national convention in Philadelphia on Monday night: Michelle Obama was a star. (USA-ELECTION/MICHELLEOBAMA (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Luciana Lopez and Amy Tennery, 474 words)
On raucous opening night, Democratic stars make a pitch for Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - The Democratic Party's deep divisions were on full display on a raucous first day of its convention, with Bernie Sanders portraying Hillary Clinton as a fellow soldier in his fight for economic equality while his supporters booed the mere mention of her name. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., by John Whitesides and Alana Wise, 970 words, will be led through the day)
Some in Sanders army seem determined to march on without him
PHILADELPHIA - It should have been a triumphant night for Hillary Clinton when her rival Bernie Sanders gave a rousing speech urging his supporters to vote for her in the presidential election. Instead it turned into a sign of potential trouble for her White House bid. (USA-ELECTION/SANDERS (ANALYSIS, PIX, TV), moved at 7 a.m., by James Oliphant and Jonathan Allen, 856 words)
Behind Democrats' email leak, U.S. experts see a Russian subplot
WASHINGTON - If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested, it may reflect less a love of Donald Trump or enmity for Hillary Clinton than a desire to discredit the U.S. political system. (USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA, moved at 7 p.m., by Mark Hosenball and Arshad Mohammed, 880 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
Priest killed in French church, police shoot two attackers dead
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France - Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday before being shot dead by French police. The attack took place during morning mass at the Saint-Etienne parish church, south of Rouen in Normandy. Five people were initially taken hostage. (FRANCE-HOSTAGES/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 7:30 a.m., 403 words) See also: Pope horrified by "barbarous killing" of priest in French church (FRANCE-HOSTAGES/VATICAN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 9:07 a.m., 274 words)
Two more arrested in France in connection with Nice attack
PARIS - Two more people have been arrested in connection with the Nice attacker who killed 84 people in the French Riviera city of Nice on July 14, sources close to the investigation told Reuters on Tuesday. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/NICE (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:18 a.m., 170 words) See also: Deadly attacks in Western Europe since 2014 (EUROPE-ATTACKS/TIMELINE (FACTBOX), moved at 9:06 a.m., 580 words)
Patient shoots doctor in Berlin before killing himself
BERLIN - A patient shot a doctor in a university clinic in southwest Berlin on Tuesday before shooting himself dead, a spokesman for the Berlin police said, adding that there were "no signs at all" of a link with terrorism. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moving shortly, 240 words)
Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - A knife-wielding man breaks into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo and kills 19 patients as they sleep, authorities say, Japan's worst mass killing in decades. (JAPAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 9, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:13 a.m., 813 words) See also: JAPAN-ATTACK/SCENE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha, 430 words
CAMPAIGN
Trump says he would consider alliance with Russia over Islamic State
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Donald Trump said on Monday that if elected president he would weigh an alliance with Russia against Islamic State militants but rejected any suggestion Russian President Vladimir Putin might be trying to help him win. Speaking at a rally Trump dismissed any suggestion that Putin's intelligence services might have had a hand in hacking the Democratic National Committee's email system. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 10:10 p.m., 567 words)
Hungary PM says supports Trump's foreign policy plans over Clinton's
BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday said Budapest supported the foreign policy plans of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump over those of his rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, mainly because of different views on migration. (USA-ELECTION/HUNGARY-ORBAN, moved at 9:14 a.m., 80 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. authorizes departure of diplomats' relatives in Turkey
WASHINGTON - The State Department on Tuesday authorized the voluntary departure of relatives of employees at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and Consulate General in Istanbul, citing the state of emergency declared in Turkey after last month's attempted coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/USA-STAFF, moved at 8:25 a.m., 68 words)
U.S. says looking at more counter-terrorism cooperation with China
BEIJING - The United States is looking at ways to increase counter-terrorism cooperation with China including information exchanges and helping bring stability to places like Iraq, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday. (CHINA-USA/SECURITY, moved at 6:20 a.m., 394 words) See also: U.S. tells China that anti-missile system not a threat (SOUTHKOREA-THAAD/USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 6 a.m., 311 words)
U.S. says backs resumption of China-Philippines talks on South China Sea
VIENTIANE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he supports resumption of two-way talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following a ruling against Beijing over the dispute this month. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/CHINA (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 600 words)
UK government to open 3 new U.S. offices to boost trade
(BRITAIN-EU/USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:12 a.m., 300 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Los Angeles police officer hurt during gun fight
LOS ANGELES - A police officer in Los Angeles was injured during a gun fight on the southeast side of the city late on Monday, the department said, though it was unclear if he had been shot. (CALIFORNIA-CRIME/, moved at 6:52 a.m., 111 words)
Firefighters battling California blaze face hot, dry conditions on Tuesday
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters in drought-hit California battling a 50-square-mile wildfire could be hampered by triple-digit heat, wind gusts up to 30 mph and low humidity on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (TV, PIX), moved at 6:12 a.m., 357 words, will be led through the day)
Two Florida nightclub shooting victims in critical condition
-- Two people remained in critical condition on Tuesday after a shooting outside a Florida night club that killed two teenagers and wounded more than a dozen others, hospital officials said. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/, moving shortly, 243 words)
Washington State football players investigated for assault
SEATTLE - At least six Washington State University football players were being investigated for assault after a fight at a weekend party left two students hospitalized, the Spokesman-Review newspaper reported on Monday. (WASHINGTON-UNIVERSITY/CRIME, moved at 11 p.m., 258 words)
Researchers publish U.S. data on police-related injuries
-- An estimated 55,400 people were injured as a result of legal police interventions in the U.S. in 2012, a study found. Those interventions accounted for less than half a percent of all arrests that year, data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation suggest. (HEALTH-INJURIES/POLICE-ARRESTS, moved, 660 words)
OLYMPICS
Olympics seen unlikely to worsen global spread of Zika
-- People visiting Brazil for the 2016 Olympics won't significantly add to the global spread of Zika virus, according to a new analysis. Most likely, only six to 80 people visiting Brazil for the Olympics would be infected with Zika virus, and between one and 16 would feel any symptoms, researchers suggest. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SPREAD-OLYMPICS, moved, 585 words)
Indian shot putter fails doping test
(SPORT-DOPING/OLYMPICS-INDIA (UPDATE 1), moved at 3 a.m., 253 words)
Canoe rowers body bans five Russian athletes from Rio
(OLYMPICS-RIO-CANOEING/RUSSIA, moved at 6:30 a.m., 174 words)
Bradley Wiggins says Froome will add gold to Tour triumph
(OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING/BRITAIN-FROOME, moved at 2:43 a.m., 288 words)
China's Sun Yang looking forward to lighting up the pools of Rio
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/YANG, moved at 8 a.m., 271 words)
UK's Katarina Johnson-Thompson targets Rio heptathlon glory
(OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/BRITAIN-THOMPSON, moved, 353 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian army texts residents to leave rebel-held Aleppo
BEIRUT - The Syrian army sent text messages to residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo saying it will grant safe passage to people wishing to leave the area, which has been effectively besieged by pro-government forces, state media said on Tuesday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO, moved at 7:19 a.m., 235 words) See also: Israel says aircraft strikes in Syria after errant Syrian fire (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:50 a.m., 240 words)
Car bomb wounds several in Syrian capital
AMMAN - An explosives-laden car blew up on Monday in a heavily policed district in the center of Damascus, causing injuries and extensive damage. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-BLAST, moved at 6 a.m., 180 words) See also: Kerry says hopes to reveal cooperation plan with Russia on Syria in August (SYRIA-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 455 words)
Turkish military a 'broken force' after failed coup
ISTANBUL - Just weeks ago, Commander Adem Huduti was inspecting Turkish troops on the Syrian border and being praised in the media for his role in the fight against Islamic State and Kurdish militants. (TURKEY-SECURITY/MILITARY (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, 1,395 words)
WORLD
German man jailed for life for murdering migrant boy
POTSDAM - A German man was jailed for life on Tuesday for murdering a 4-year-old refugee boy whom he had kidnapped from Berlin's main migrant registration center and another child. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-TRIAL (UPDATE 1, TV), moving shortly, 350 words)
Suicide bombers kill seven at peacekeeping base in Somalia
MOGADISHU - Suicide bombers kill at least seven people as they try to blast their way into the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital, police say. (SOMALIA-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 235 words)
Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners tear gassed, stripped naked
SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull orders inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video showing prison guards tear gassing teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair. (AUSTRALIA-PRISON/INQUIRY (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, 675 words)
Most Thais undecided on charter vote after debate stifled
BANGKOK - Most Thais are undecided how they will vote next month in a referendum on a new constitution that the military government says will promote stability but which critics say will entrench military influence, a pollster says. (THAILAND-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, 415 words)
Indonesia to hold next round of executions on Friday
JAKARTA - Indonesia will execute several people including a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official says, its first executions since it put to death 14 people last year, most of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an international outcry. (INDONESIA-EXECUTIONS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 320 words)
FEATURE
In Turkish sweatshops, Syrian children sew to survive
ISTANBUL - Muna Awwal wants to go to school. But she needs to go to work. Muna says she is 10 years old. Nine, corrects her father, Mahmud, as they sit in the family's second-floor flat in Istanbul's textile district. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY-CHILDREN (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Dasha Afanasieva, 2,220 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Security concerns fail to quell cheers at German Wagner fest
BAYREUTH - Security concerns after killings in Germany, coupled with Islamic elements in a new production of Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," created a nervous opening for the annual Wagner festival in Bayreuth on Monday. (GERMANY-WAGNER/, moved, 475 words)
West End Review: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-LEGIT/REVIEWS), moved, 893 words)
Secret 'Blair Witch' sequel unveiled at Comic-Con
(FILM-COMICCON/BLAIRWITCH (TV), moved, 378 words)
'Laika Experience' to Debut at Universal Studios Hollywood
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-BIZ/NEWS), moved, 245 words)
Netflix Snags Global Streaming Rights to FX's 'American Crime Story'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT), moved, 277 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Belgian scientists make novel water-from-urine machine
BRUSSELS - A team of scientists at a Belgian university say they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertilizer using solar energy, a technique which could be applied in rural areas and developing countries. (BELGIUM-SCIENCE/URINE (TV, PIX), moved at 9:03 a.m., 243 words)
Solar plane circles globe in first for clean energy
ABU DHABI - A solar-powered aircraft successfully completed the first fuel-free flight around the world, returning to Abu Dhabi after an epic 16-month voyage that demonstrated the potential of renewable energy. (SOLAR-PLANE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 375 words)
100-year global study finds world's tallest are Dutch, Latvians
LONDON - Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet's tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last century, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. (HEALTH-HEIGHT/, moved, by Kate Kelland, 685 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Verizon sale leaves Yahoo investors betting on a stub
-- Yahoo shareholders may be left betting on how quickly, if at all, the former web pioneer can cash in on its multi-billion dollar stakes in two Asian peers after Monday's deal to sell its core internet assets to Verizon Communications Inc. (YAHOO-M&A/ALIBABA (DEALTALK), moved, by Liana B. Baker, 910 words) See also: YAHOO-M&A/MISSTEPS (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Jonathan Weber and Jeffrey Dastin, 1,430 words
Amazon gets permission from UK to explore drone deliveries
-- Amazon.com Inc says it has entered into a partnership with the British government to speed up the process for allowing small drones to makes deliveries. (AMAZON-DRONE/UK, moved, 140 words)
Short sellers flock to Nintendo as Pokemon aura fades
(NINTENDO-POKEMON/SHORTS, moved, 246 words)
BUSINESS TRENDS
Renewed oil weakness sparks demand fears
NEW YORK - U.S. oil prices topped $50 a barrel in June, boosting optimism a two-year price rout might end. Six weeks later, the long hoped for recovery has yet to take hold. Mounting fears that demand has fallen short of expectations as production increases and rig counts rise has analysts believing that any oil price recovery may be a year or more in the future. (USA-OIL/PLUNGE, moved at 7 a.m., 570 words)
Many U.S. states, cities, missing chance of lifetime to borrow
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO - The 1923 middle school building in Oregon's Corbett School District is so old that horses and trailers were used to dig the basement. It floods every winter, the building has no sprinkler system, and there is asbestos and lead paint in some spots. (USA-MUNICIPALS/ISSUANCE, moved at 7 a.m., 780 words)
Junk-rated U.S. municipal borrowers shine brighter with record low rates
NEW YORK/CHICAGO - Record low interest rates so far have failed to spur a wave of new borrowing in the $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal debt market, with one exception: its weakest borrowers are seizing the opportunity to prop up their finances at costs they can afford. (USA-MUNICIPALS/JUNK, moved the 7 a.m., 600 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Fed seen holding rates steady as inflation watch continues
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged this week, deferring any possible increase until September or December, as policymakers hold out for more evidence of a pickup in inflation. (USA-FED/ (PREVIEW), moved at 7 a.m., by Ann Saphir, 500 words)
Verizon reports bigger-than-expected fall in quarterly revenue
-- Verizon Communications Inc report a bigger-than-expected fall in quarterly revenue as the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier's operations were disrupted by a strike involving its wireline workers and more customers opted for cheaper plans. (VERIZON-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 9:21 a.m., 310 words)
Caterpillar posts lower 2nd-quarter earnings, lowers 2016 outlook
-- Caterpillar reports a lower quarterly net profit and lower its full-year sales forecast as a weakened global economy combined with persistent political uncertainty to keep sales of new machinery sluggish. (CATERPILLAR-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 260 words)
Brewer AB InBev raises offer for rival SABMiller
LONDON/BRUSSELS - Anheuser-Busch InBev raises its $100 billion-plus bid for rival brewer SABMiller after a slide in the value of the pound following the Brexit vote made the offer less attractive for many investors, threatening to derail the deal. (SABMILLER-M&A/ABINBEV (UPDATE 1), moved, 420 words)
BP pursues new projects despite profit miss
(BP-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved, 495 words)
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