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TOP STORIES

Turkish PM says overhaul will boost military

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - An overhaul of Turkey's military in the wake of a failed coup will make it better equipped to ensure national security, the prime minister said on Tuesday, but a former chief of staff and the nationalist opposition warned it was being badly damaged (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1), expect by 1400 GMT, by Ercan Gurses and Daren Butler)

PM May resurrects industrial policy as Britain prepares for Brexit

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May outlines her bid to reshape the British economy for a post-Brexit world, reviving the once unfashionable concept of industrial policy 30 years after Margaret Thatcher killed it off. (BRITAIN-EU/INDUSTRY (UPDATE 1), by William James, 661 words, expect 1700 GMT)

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- BRITAIN-EU/ECONOMY (UPDATE 1), moved, by Andy Bruce, 538 words

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory says a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas on a town close to where a Russian military helicopter was shot down. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-IDLIB (UPDATE 1, TV), moving shortly, by Lisa Barrington, 500 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Tears and joy: capturing Olympic history on camera

The Rio de Janeiro Olympics kick off on 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)

UNITED STATES

Trump campaign asks Capitol Hill for support in Khan controversy

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign appeals to Capitol Hill for support as his attacks on Muslim parents of decorated American soldier killed in Iraq draw sharp rebukes from fellow party members. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Richard Cowan and David Morgan, 1,128 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/BUFFETT, (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Amanda Becker

- USA-ELECTION/GOLDSTAR (FACTBOX), moved, by Gina Cherelus, 461 words

AFRICA

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)

ASIA

EXCLUSIVE-Bangladesh officials visit Manila to seek recovery of bank heist money

Officials from the Bangladesh central bank are visiting Manila this week to pressure the authorities in the Philippines to find ways to return the $63 million that is still missing out of the funds stolen from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York earlier this year, two people close to Bangladesh Bank say. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, By Krishna N. Das, Serajul Quadir and Karen Lema, 905 words)

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled

HONG KONG - Typhoon Nida sweeps through Hong Kong, shutting down most of the financial hub and disrupting hundreds of flights with gale-force winds, with low-lying areas put on flood alert. (ASIA-STORM/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, 307 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)

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