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Trump shakes up campaign, names combative news executive in senior role

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauls his troubled campaign, hiring the combative head of a conservative news website as chief executive officer and promoting a seasoned political operative to a senior role. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Caren Bohan, 770 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/CHENEY (PICTURE), moved, by Ruffin Prevost, 300 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MEXICO, moved, 180 words

Making space for coup purge, Turkey starts to release 38,000 prisoners

ISTANBUL - Turkey begins releasing 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform to make space in overstretched jails after the arrests of tens of thousands of suspects in last month's attempted coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Daren Butler, 850 words)

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- TURKEY-SECURITY/NEWSPAPER, moved, by Ayla Jean Yackley, 495 words

Brazilian police arrest Irish IOC member in ticketing probe

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police arrest a member of the IOC's executive board, Ireland's Patrick Hickey, in his hotel in Rio de Janeiro in connection with an investigation into ticket touting at the Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ARREST (UPDATE 2), moved, by Caio Saad and Daniel Flynn, 425 words)

North Korea's deputy ambassador in Britain defects to South

SEOUL - North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee the isolated regime for the democratic South, South Korea says. (NORTHKOREA-DEFECTOR/ (UPDATE 2, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by James Pearson and Ju-min Park, 880 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

Not so SWIFT: Bank messaging system slow to address weak points

LA HULPE, Belgium - More than a dozen current and former board directors and senior managers of SWIFT, the bank messaging system that helps transmit billions of dollars around the world every day, have told Reuters the organization for years suspected there were weaknesses in the way smaller banks used its messaging terminals - but did not address such vulnerabilities. (CYBER-HEIST/WARNINGS (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURE), moved, by Tom Bergin, 1,800 words)

EUROPE

Spain's Rajoy gets nod for talks on government pact with Ciudadanos

MADRID - Spain's conservative People's Party (PP) mandate its leader to hold talks on forming a pact with a rival party, though he still faces a struggle to end an eight-month political stalemate. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 285 words)

Naming the nameless: experts struggle to identify drowned migrants

ROME/ATHENS - Mose tapped the screen of his mobile phone to zoom in on a photograph of his wife, Yordanos, pointing to a mole under her eyebrow. Helping people like Mose find loved ones is becoming ever more pressing as Europe's migrant crisis drags on into its third year. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/IDENTIFICATION (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Isla Binnie and Michele Kambas, 1,035 words)

+ See also:

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SPAIN (PICTURE, TV), moved, 150 words

France's security fears take wind out of Macron's presidential sails

PARIS - When French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron told supporters in a rousing speech in Paris on July 12 that he would carry them to victory in next year's elections, he left them in little doubt that he wanted to run for president. (FRANCE-POLITICS/MACRON (PICTURE), moved, by Michel Rose, 650 words)

Who is an extremist? UK faces legal challenge over strategy to stop radicals

LONDON - To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain's values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalized by militants. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/EXTREMISM (PICTURE), moved, by Michael Holden, 1,225 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Germany tries to appease Turkey angered by Islamist "hub" allegations

BERLIN/ANKARA - Germany tries to row back from its latest spat with Turkey, its crucial partner in efforts to stem mass migration, after Ankara lash out over a leaked government report alleging Turkey is a hub for Islamist groups. (TURKEY-SECURITY/GERMANY (UPDATE 2), moved, 415 words)

Russia uses Iran to strike Syria militants again, rejects U.S. censure

MOSCOW - Russia used an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria for a second day running, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate a U.N. resolution. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-IRAN (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 275 words)

AFRICA

Major South African economic hubs set for minority rule

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest parties have failed to form coalition governments in major economic hubs following elections this month, they say, raising the prospect of less stable minority administrations. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Joe Brock and Zimasa Mpemnyama, 535 words)

Zimbabwean police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protest

HARARE - Zimbabwean police fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse about 100 people protesting against central bank plans to re-introduce local banknotes, a Reuters witness says. (ZIMBABWE-PROTEST/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 310 words)

UNITED STATES

Southern California wildfire rages unchecked after evacuations

Hundreds of firefighters are battling a rapidly spreading wildfire raging unchecked in drought-stricken Southern California after flames forced more than 80,000 residents to flee. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, 310 words)

ASIA

Australia agrees to close controversial refugee detention center

SYDNEY - Australia and Papua New Guinea say they have agreed to close a controversial Australian-funded detention center on Manus Island, but give no timeline, leaving the fate of 800 refugees held in the camp unclear. (AUSTRALIA-ASYLUM/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Matt Siegel, 465 words)

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production - Kyodo

TOKYO - North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production by reprocessing spent fuel rods and has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived U.S. threats remain, Japan's Kyodo news agency reports. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 345 words)

Philippines' Duterte says willing to face probe into drug killings

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says his government is willing to face any inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of suspected drug dealers and users as human rights groups express alarm over extrajudicial killings. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/DRUGS (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Manuel Mogato, 310 words)

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