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Trump to make trip to Mexico before immigration speech

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in a hastily arranged visit to Mexico hours before delivering a highly anticipated speech on how he will tackle illegal immigration. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Steve Holland, 900 words)

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- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 1), moved, by Caren Bohan, 485 words

Turkey wants to "cleanse" strip of territory on Syrian border

JARABLUS, Syria - Turkey wants to clear Islamic State from a 90 km (56 mile) stretch of territory on the Syrian side of its border, an official says, a week after launching an incursion that has strained ties with the United States. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moving shortly, by David Dolan, 625 words)

Russia says it killed Islamic State leader Adnani in Syria

MOSCOW - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that Russian air strikes in Syria had killed one of Islamic State's most prominent leaders, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-ISLAMICSTATE (UPDATE 1), moved, 137 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISLAMIC STATE (ANALYSIS), moved, by Samia Nakhoul and Angus McDowall, 1,070 words

Brazil's Senate expected to dismiss Rousseff in impeachment vote

BRASILIA - Brazil's Senate is expected to vote to dismiss President Dilma Rousseff, finalizing a nine-month impeachment process and confirming the country's shift to the center-right with the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Maria Carolina Marcello, 530 words)

AMERICAS

First U.S.-Cuba scheduled passenger flight in decades set to depart

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart, opening another chapter in the Obama administration's efforts to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. (CUBA-USA/FLIGHTS (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Jeffrey Dastin, 540 words)

Ultra-violent gangs thrive in chaotic Venezuela

CARACAS - Click-clack of guns being cocked echoes in bare cement safe house where seven kidnappers keep watch over western Caracas slum, their 33-year-old gang leader boasting of grenade attacks on police and growing wealth and power. Venezuela's socialist economy is in meltdown, but gangs like this have found strength and profit in chaos. (VENEZUELA-GANGS/ (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Frank Jack Daniel, 1,000 words)

EUROPE

British PM May gathers ministers to hear views on Brexit

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May told her top ministers they must deliver Brexit, and not entertain any idea of staying in the EU by the "back door." (BRITAIN-EU/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 500 words)

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- BRITAIN-EU/CLACTON (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Sarah Young, 740 words

- BRITAIN-POLITICS/LABOUR, moved, 270 words

Spain closer to third election in a year as confidence vote looms

MADRID - Spain's acting prime minister face a confidence vote in parliament that is likely to fail, bringing the country closer to its third election in a year, with the opposition Socialists steadfastly refusing to cooperate. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Jesús Aguado and Angus Berwick, 515 words)

Israeli Jews, Muslims puzzled by French "burkini" brouhaha

TEL AVIV - In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ban full-body swimsuits, or "burkinis," on beaches. (RELIGION-BURQA/ISRAEL (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Luke Baker, 500 words)

Police question suspect after Frankfurt airport security breach

FRANKFURT - German police said a misunderstanding may have led to a security breach that prompted the evacuation of Frankfurt airport's Terminal 1 and caused delays and flight cancellations at Europe's fourth largest airport. (GERMANY-SECURITY/AIRPORT (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Maria Sheahan and Ilona Wissenbach, 215 words)

Irish cabinet may need more time to decide on Apple appeal- minister

DUBLIN - Ireland's cabinet may be given more time to decide on whether to back the finance minister's recommendation that Dublin appeal the European Commission's ruling against its tax dealings with Apple, another minister says. (EU-APPLE/IRELAND (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Padraic Halpin, 700 words)

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- EU-APPLE/IRELAND-VOICES (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Conor Humphries, 400 words

A year after height of migrant crisis, Merkel's party dips in poll

BERLIN - Support for Angela Merkel's conservatives has slipped as more voters turn to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), a poll shows, a year after the chancellor prompted criticism by saying Germany will cope with the migrant crisis. (GERMANY-MERKEL/POLL, moved, 300 words)

Islamic State axe attacker planned to move to Germany - sources

VALERIK, Russia - An Islamic State supporter who was shot dead in Russia after he attacked police officers with an axe had planned to travel to Germany to join members of his family there, two people who knew him told Reuters. (RUSSIA-GERMANY/ISLAMISTS-ATTACKS (EXCLUSIVE, PICTURE), moved, 1,035 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Air strike kills 16 members of Yemeni imam's family - Reuters witness, resident

SANAA - At least 16 members of the extended family of a Yemeni mosque imam are killed in an air strike on their family home in northern Yemen by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, a Reuters witness, a medic and a resident say. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, 200 words)

Bomb blast in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley kills one, wounds 11 - Red Cross

BEIRUT - A bomb blast on a road in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley killed at least one person and wounded 11 other people, the Lebanese Red Cross says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/LEBANON-BOMB (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV), moved, 185 words)

Saudi Arabia says Houthis will not be allowed to take over Yemen

BEIJING - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the Iranian-allied Houthi movement will not be allowed to take over Yemen, as he accuses Iran of seeking to sow unrest around the region. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAUDI (UPDATE 1), moved, 395 words)

AFRICA

Gabon poll count favors Bongo, opponent cries fraud

LIBREVILLE - A count by Gabon's electoral commission suggests incumbent Ali Bongo has narrowly beaten challenger Jean Ping in a presidential election that Ping's camp denounces as fraudulent and says the Gabonese will not accept. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 485 words)

Africa forest elephants may take almost a century to recover from poaching-study

JOHANNESBURG - Rare forest elephants that play a key role in replenishing central African rainforests will need almost a century to recover from an onslaught by ivory poachers because of their slow birth rate, a study says. (WILDLIFE-FORESTELEPHANTS/ (PICTURE), moved, by Ed Stoddard, 545 words)

ASIA

Uzbek leader recovering from brain hemorrhage, daughter says

ALMATY - Uzbek President Islam Karimov's daughter says that her father, who has run the Central Asian state with authoritarian style for 27 years, is recovering from a brain hemorrhage, countering speculation that he had died. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/HEALTH (UPDATE 2), moved, by Olzhas Auyezov, 555 words)

North Korea executes vice premier in latest purge - South

SEOUL - North Korea has executed its vice premier for education and rebuked two high-ranking officials, South Korea says, which, if true, will mark a new series of measures by leader Kim Jong Un to discipline top aides. (NORTHKOREA-EXECUTION/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Ju-min Park, 410 words)

Kerry says no military solution to South China Sea dispute

NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calls on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and says there is no military solution to the problem. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/KERRY (UPDATE 2), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 390 words)

Kerry urges Pakistan to push harder against extremists

NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Pakistan has made progress in the fight against extremism in recent months, but urges Islamabad to push harder against militants hiding within its borders as tensions with neighboring India rise amid more violence in the disputed region of Kashmir. (INDIA-USA/PAKISTAN (UPDATE 1), moved, 280 words)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi kicks off peace conference with appeal for unity

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi launches a major push to end decades of fighting between the military and myriad rebel groups with an appeal to the country's ethnic minorities to overcome their differences to achieve peace. (MYANMAR-POLITICS/PEACE (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Antoni Slodkowski, 582 words)

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- MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/, moved, by Simon Lewis and Wa Lone, 570 words

Nine people killed in flooded Japanese old people's home

TOKYO - Nine people were killed when floods inundated an old people's home in Japan, police say, taking the death toll from a typhoon battering northern parts of the country to at least 11. (ASIA-STORM/JAPAN (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moved, by Kaori Kaneko, 275 words)

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