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U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya

SIRTE, Libya/WASHINGTON - U.S. planes bomb Islamic State targets in Libya, responding to U.N.-backed government's request to help push militants from their former stronghold of Sirte in what U.S. officials describe as start of sustained campaign against extremist group in city. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Goran Tomasevic and Yeganeh Torbati, 970 words)

Trump campaign asks Capitol Hill to back him up in Khan controversy

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign appeals to Capitol Hill for support as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated American soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2200 ET/0200 GMT, by Richard Cowan and David Morgan, 1197 words.

- USA-ELECTION/BUFFETT (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Amanda Becker, 593 words

U.S. general seeks to soothe Turkey ties strained by coup purge

ISTANBUL, Turkey - America's highest-ranking military officer seeks to soothe strained ties with NATO ally Turkey, which is angered by West's response to failed military coup and by apparent U.S. reluctance to hand over cleric it says is responsible. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Nick Tattersall and Gareth Jones, 1,100 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Rio's Olympic air: Dirty, deadly and no cleaner legacy from Games

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro's air is dirtier and deadlier than portrayed by authorities and Olympics' promised legacy of cleaner winds is not remotely met, analysis of government data and Reuters' own testing finds. (OLYMPICS-RIO/AIR (UPDATE 1, INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved, by Brad Brooks, 1,167 words)

WIDER IMAGE-Tears and joy: capturing Olympic history on camera

Rio de Janeiro Olympics kick off Friday for some two weeks of competitive games drawing athletes as well as audiences from around world. As they prepare to cover event, Reuters photographers look back on their favorite pictures from past Olympics where they capture action on ground as well as participants' tears and joy that followed. (OLYMPICS-RIO/HISTORY (PIX), moved, 129 words)

ASIA

Indonesia wages war on drugs but cuts funding for rehabilitation

PURBALINGGA - Rizki Mulyadi sits half-submerged in a steaming herbal bath, hands folded in his lap and head down. Mulyadi hopes the concoction he is bathing in - and the Islamic teacher who makes it - will help him overcome a six-year addiction to the drug of choice for many in Indonesia: crystal methamphetamine, or "meth." President Joko Widodo says drugs pose a bigger danger than Islamist militancy and he has ordered an intensification of a drugs war. (INDONESIA-DRUGS/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), by Kanupriya Kapoor, 775 words)

If the pope can retire, why can't Japan's elderly emperor?

TOKYO - Pope Benedict XVI did it. Dutch Queen Beatrix did it. So why is it so hard for Japan's elderly emperor to abdicate? (JAPAN-EMPEROR/ABDICATION (PIX), by Linda Sieg, 628 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Rebels launch major assault to try to break Aleppo siege

BEIRUT - Syrian rebel fighters launch major assault on government-held southwestern parts of Aleppo to try to reopen supply lines into opposition-held areas of city after army and its allies tighten their siege. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 460 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/CHILDREN-MCGREGOR, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by Michael Saunders, 320 words

EUROPE

Consumed by abuse, UK's Labour faces deepening divisions with leadership contest

LONDON - Death threats, brick through window and one lawmaker even installing panic room in her office; less than year after Britain's Labour elects socialist Jeremy Corbyn leader on promise of 'kinder politics,' party is mired in civil war. (BRITAIN-EU/LABOUR (PIX), moved, by Kylie MacLellan and William James, 1,178 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. health officials warn pregnant women on Zika in Florida

CHICAGO/NEW YORK - U.S. health officials recommend pregnant women avoid traveling to a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) area of Miami with active Zika virus transmission after state of Florida identifies 10 more cases caused by local mosquitoes. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (UPDATE 3, PIX), expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, by Julie Steenhuysen and Bill Berkrot, 600 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil quells gang violence in northern state, 65 arrested

BRASILIA - Police restored order in a northern state of Brazil on Monday after three nights of violence unleashed by a criminal gang that set off bombs, torched dozens of buses and fired shots at government buildings, authorities say. (BRAZIL-VIOLENCE/ (PIX), moved, 303 words.

U.S. indicts ex-Venezuelan anti-narcotics agency leaders on drug charges

NEW YORK - U.S. prosecutors announce an indictment against two former top officials at Venezuela's anti-narcotics agency, including one who became the head of the country's national guard, over allegations that they took part in a cocaine distribution scheme. (VENEZUELA-USA/INDICTMENT (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Nate Raymond, 3889 words.

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