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TOP STORIES

Trump shakes up White House campaign team, appoints 'street fighter'

Republican candidate Donald Trump overhauls his struggling presidential campaign, hiring head of conservative web site to bolster his combative image but raising doubts about whether he can boost slipping poll numbers. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 7, PIX, GRAPHIC), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 1,200 words)

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

ISTANBUL - Turkey begins freeing 38,000 prisoners, after announcing penal reform that will make space for tens of thousands of suspects rounded up over attempted coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Daren Butler, 824 words)

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- TURKEY-SECURITY/GERMANY (UPDATE 2), moved, 452 words

North Korea's deputy ambassador in Britain defects to South

SEOUL - North Korea's deputy ambassador in London defects with his family to South Korea, making him highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee isolated regime for 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 dozen current and former board directors and senior managers of SWIFT, bank messaging system that helps transmit billions of dollars around world every day, tell Reuters the organization for years suspected there were weaknesses in way smaller banks used its messaging terminals - but did not address such vulnerabilities. (CYBER-HEIST/WARNINGS (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX), moved, by Tom Bergin, 1,820 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Judge orders U.S. swimmer Lochte, teammate not to leave Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian judge orders U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen not to leave country, saying they give conflicting accounts of how they are robbed at gunpoint outside Rio Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE-ORDER (UPDATE 2, PIX), by Tatiana Ramil and Daniel Flynn, 414 words)

Brazilian police arrest Irish IOC member in ticketing probe

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police arrest member of IOC's executive board, Ireland's Patrick Hickey, in his hotel in Rio de Janeiro in connection with investigation of ticket touting at Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ARREST (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Rodrigo Viga and Karolos Grohmann, 529 words)

Kenya's Kipruto wins men's 3,000-meter steeplechase

RIO DE JANEIRO - Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto storms to dominant victory in men's 3,000-meter steeplechase final, ensuring East African nation maintains its iron grip on event its wins in every Games since 1984. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-STEEPLECHASE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Drazen Jorgic and Isaack Omulo, 340 words)

AIBA drops some boxing referees, judges after scoring controversy

RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympic boxing's governing body removes some judges and referees from Rio Games after controversy over fight decisions and new professional-style scoring system. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BOXING/JUDGES (UPDATE 2), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 481 words)

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- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS, PIX), moved, 851 words

UNITED STATES

Tobacco companies get partial win in U.S. FDA labeling fight

NEW YORK - Tobacco companies notch partial victory in lawsuit challenging U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority to require pre-clearance for tobacco products with changed labels or quantities. (TOBACCO-LAWSUIT/RULING, moving shortly, by Jessica Dye, 380 words)

Southern California wildfire rages unchecked after evacuations

Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfire raging out of control in drought-stricken Southern California after flames force more than 80,000 residents to flee and char more than 30,000 acres of heavy brush, officials say. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 400 words)

EUROPE

Naming the nameless: experts struggle to identify drowned migrants

ROME/ATHENS - Teams of forensic scientists in Italy and Greece painstakingly try to identify drowning victims found at sea, washed up on shores or recovered from wrecks; however, there is no common practice to collect information about these deaths between states or even sometimes within same country, and plan by Dutch-based International Commission on Missing Persons to start tracing lost migrants still awaits funding. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/IDENTIFICATION (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Isla Binnie and Michele Kambas, 1,034 words)

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

LONDON - To his detractors, including British government, Salman Butt is extremist whose views on Islam fly in face of Britain's values and help foster atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalized by militants. But some observers, ranging from civil-rights groups to leading academics and lawmakers, say what government tries to do amounts to curb on free speech which could drive wedge between authorities and Britain's 2.8 million Muslims. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/EXTREMISM (PIX), moved, by Michael Holden, 1,226 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Russia, spurning U.S. censure, launches second day of Syria strikes from Iran

MOSCOW - Russia launches second day of air strikes against Syrian militants from Iranian air base, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate U.N. resolution as illogical and factually incorrect. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-IRAN (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alexander Winning and Andrew Osborn, 396 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-GERMANY, moved, 201 words

AFRICA

South African economic hubs set for opposition rule

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's two main opposition parties put aside huge ideological differences to unseat ruling ANC in major cities it controls for 22 years, they say. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Joe Brock and Zimasa Mpemnyama, 595 words)

ASIA

India ready for Pakistan talks; U.N. alarmed by Kashmir violence

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI - India is ready to send its top diplomat to Pakistan for talks focused on fighting cross-border terrorism, sources at India's foreign ministry say, after spike in tension in disputed northernmost region of Kashmir. (INDIA-PAKISTAN/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Fayaz Bukhari and Douglas Busvine, 528 words)

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