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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
U.S. Democrats set to nominate Clinton as they seek a way past discord
PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton was set to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. party on Tuesday, a historic moment that Democrats hope will help eclipse rancor between supporters of Clinton and her rival in the primary contests, Bernie Sanders. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 11:45 a.m., by John Whitesides and Alana Wise, 954 words) See also: UAW chief says Clinton told him she would renegotiate NAFTA (USA-ELECTION/LABOR (URGENT), moved at 1:31 p.m., 83 words)
Democrats beat Republicans in first-night TV convention audience
NEW YORK - Democrats beat Republicans in the TV ratings, according to early data on Tuesday for the first night of the Democratic National Convention ratings. (USA-ELECTION/TELEVISION, moved at 12 p.m., 186 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
"Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany" -Bavarian premier
ST. QUIRIN - Germany must face the fact that Islamist terrorism has arrived and respond with tougher security and tighter immigration policies, Bavaria's state premier said on Tuesday. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY-BAVARIA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:21 p.m., by Joern Poltz, 471 words)
Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by Islamic State
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY - Assailants linked to Islamic State slit the throat of an elderly priest and took several worshippers hostage in a French church on Tuesday before police shot the attackers dead. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 8, TV, PIX), moved at 12:27 p.m., by Noemie Olive, 801 words)
Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
(JAPAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 9, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:13 a.m., 813 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump pledges reforms at Veterans Administration if elected
CHARLOTTE - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sought to turn a scandal involving the Veterans Administration to his political advantage on Tuesday, pledging to war veterans that he would clean up a mess he blamed on Washington politicians. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (PIX), moved at 10:50 a.m., by Steve Holland, 242 words)
Orban says Trump's migration, foreign policy plans "vital" for Hungary
BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday said the migration and foreign policy plans of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump were "vital" for Hungary, whereas those of rival Democrat Hillary Clinton were "deadly." (USA-ELECTION/HUNGARY-ORBAN (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 11:41 a.m., by Marton Dunai, 368 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. issues guidelines for responding to major cyber attacks
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The White House issued new instructions on Tuesday on how government agencies should respond to major cyber security attacks, attempting to combat perceptions the Obama administration has been sluggish in addressing threats from sophisticated hacking adversaries. (USA-CYBER/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 1 p.m., by Dustin Volz and Karen Freifeld, 650 words)
U.S. says backs resumption of China-Philippines talks on South China Sea
VIENTIANE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following an international court ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/CHINA (CORRECTED, UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 1:39 p.m., by Simon Webb, Manuel Mogato and Ben Blanchard, 823 words)
U.S. to expand Central American refugee screening program -source
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced new efforts on Tuesday aimed at expanding the number of people from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala who may enter the United States as refugees fleeing violence. (USA-IMMIGRATION/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 12 p.m., by Julia Edwards and Patricia Zengerle, 471 words)
EU to seek arbitration in dispute with United States over Norwegian Air - sources
BRUSSELS - The European Commission will launch an arbitration procedure to resolve a dispute between Norwegian Air Shuttle and U.S. regulators over the budget carrier's wish to fly to the United States from Ireland, two sources said. (NORWEGIAN AIR-EU/USA (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1), moved at 1:21 p.m., by Julia Fioretti, 420 words)
Swiss to pass information on HSBC accounts to U.S. tax agency
ZURICH - Switzerland said it plans to give information to U.S. tax authorities about accounts at HSBC Holdings Plc's Swiss private bank, as part of a U.S. investigation into tax evasion. (HSBC-TAX/SWISS, moved at 10:17 a.m., by John Miller, 567 words)
Diplomatic win for China as ASEAN drops reference to maritime court ruling
(SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/ASEAN (CORRECTED UPDATE 2, TV, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved at 11:04 a.m., by Michael Martina and Lesley Wroughton, 799 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Two still critical as Florida nightclub shooting investigated
TAMPA - Three men arrested after fleeing from authorities near the scene a nightclub shooting where two teenagers were killed are persons of interest in the investigation and could see further charges, authorities said on Tuesday. Two people remained hospitalized in critical condition, hospital officials said.(FLORIDA-SHOOTING/, moved at 11:28 a.m., by Letitia Stein, 349 words)
Charges dropped against anti-abortion activists for Texas video recording
AUSTIN - A Houston-area prosecutor on Tuesday dropped all charges against a pair of anti-abortion activists indicted for using illegal government identifications to aid in the secret filming of a Texas Planned Parenthood facility, a newspaper reported. (TEXAS-PLANNEDPARENTHOOD/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 1:19 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 351 words)
Massachusetts man charged with threatening to burn mosque
BOSTON - A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with threatening on Facebook to burn a Boston mosque in the wake of the November attacks in Paris in which Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. (MASSACHUSETTS-ISLAM/, moved at 12:38 p.m., 400 words)
Crews battling California blaze face hot, dry conditions
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters battling a wildfire about 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles faced another day of brutal heat on Tuesday after reporting progress containing the blaze under cooler conditions overnight. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 1:34 p.m., 399 words)
Arkansas funeral planned for gunman in Baton Rouge police ambush
(USA-POLICE/ARKANSAS, moved at 10:15 am EDT, 225 words)
Los Angeles police officer hurt during gun fight - police
(CALIFORNIA-CRIME/, moved at 6:52 a.m., 111 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Kerry hopes to reveal cooperation plan with Russia on Syria in August
VIENTIANE/GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he hoped to announce in early August details of a U.S. plan for closer military cooperation and intelligence sharing with Russia on Syria. (SYRIA-CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 11:09 a.m., by Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie Nebehay, 593 words)
Turkish troops hunt remaining coup plotters as crackdown widens
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Turkish special forces backed by helicopters, drones and the navy hunted a remaining group of commandos thought to have tried to capture or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, as a crackdown on suspected plotters widened on Tuesday. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 11:37 a.m., by Daren Butler and Orhan Coskun, 1039 words)
From Beirut to Baghdad, 'useless' bomb detectors guard against disaster
(MIDEAST-SECURITY/DETECTORS (PIX), moved at 10:08 a.m., by Dominic Evans and Saif Hameed, 1148 words)
Bahrain to try scores of people on charges of setting up militant group
(BAHRAIN-SECURITY/, moved at 11:33 as.m., 384 words)
Russia, Turkey reach "political decision" on TurkStream, nuclear power plant - agencies
(RUSSIA-TURKEY/TURKSTREAM (URGENT), moved at 9:51 a.m., 76 words)
WORLD
Britain should deliver "full Brexit" soon, lawmaker says
LONDON - Britain should leave the European Union quickly and not be drawn into a discussion about watering down the voters' clearly expressed wish for limits on immigration, senior Conservative lawmaker John Redwood said. (BRITAIN-EU/REDWOOD (INTERVIEW, PIX), moved at 11:08 a.m., by Guy Faulconbridge, 962 words)
Italy's Berlusconi primes potential political heir
ROME - Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has anointed Stefano Parisi, a former Internet executive and government economic adviser, as his political heir, giving him a mandate to relaunch Italy's splintered center-right. (ITALY-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved at 11:16 a.m., by Crispian Balmer, 469 words)
German man jailed for life for murdering migrant boy
POTSDAM - A German man was jailed for life on Tuesday for murdering a 4-year-old refugee boy whom he had kidnapped from Berlin's main migrant registration center and another child. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-TRIAL (UPDATE 1, TV), moved at 9:59 a.m., 350 words) See also: Wary of turmoil in holiday hotspots, Germans flock to "safe" Denmark (DENMARK-GERMANY/TOURISM, moved at 11:07 a.m., by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, 604 words)
Suicide bombers hit peacekeeping base in Somali capital, 13 dead - police
MOGADISHU - Suicide bombers killed at least 13 people at the gates of the African Union's main peacekeeping base in the Somali capital on Tuesday, police said, in an attack claimed by the Islamist militants of al Shabaab. (SOMALIA-BLAST/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 1:43 p.m., 493 words)
In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too far
CARACAS/BOGOTA - Last August, state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA issued one of its largest tenders in recent years. Even for Venezuela's notoriously opaque economy, it was a sweetheart deal that went too far. (VENEZUELA-PDVSA/CONTRACT (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX), moved at 10:06 a.m., by Alexandra Ulmer and Girish Gupta, 1732 words)
S.Africa court confirms amount Zuma should repay for upgrades to private home
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's constitutional court on Tuesday approved Treasury's recommendation that President Jacob Zuma should pay 7.8 million rand ($541,362) for non-security upgrades to his private Nkandla home. (SAFRICA-ZUMA/ (moved), moved at 11:01 a.m., 266 words)
Brazil agency to say Rio Olympics will bring no environmental gains -sources
(OLYMPICS-RIO/ENVIRONMENT (PIX), moved at 10:37 a.m., by Lisandra Paraguassu and Leonardo Goy, 331 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Panama Papers scandal to get Hollywood movie treatment
NEW YORK - The Panama Papers financial scandal is going to Hollywood. (PANAMA-TAX/FILM, moved at 10:13 a.m., 279 words)
Nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards
NEW YORK - Nominations will be announced for the MTV Video Music Awards, the most irreverent awards in the music industry, ahead of the live show and ceremony in New York on August 28. (AWARDS-MTVVMAS/NOMINATIONS, PIX, TV, moving shortly, 400 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St wavers ahead of Fed meet, Apple earnings
U.S. stocks swung between small gains and losses on Tuesday afternoon as mixed earnings reports kept investors on the edge ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting and Apple's results. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 4), will be updated till close, 354 words) See also: Yen jumps before Bank of Japan meeting, oil slides (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 5, PIX, GRAPHIC), will be updated till close, 486 words)
U.S. consumer confidence steady; new home sales near 8-1/2-year high
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence held steady in July and new single-family home sales hit their highest level in nearly 8-1/2 years in June, suggesting sustained momentum in the economy. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2), moved at 1:01 p.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 669 words)
McDonald's comparable sales growth misses estimates; shares fall
McDonald's Corp reported much-lower-than-expected quarterly sales growth at established restaurants in the United States and the fast-food chain said it faced "a challenging environment in several key markets." (MCDONALDS-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 1:07 p.m., 379 words)
Caterpillar shares up on earnings beat; cuts 2016 outlook
Caterpillar Inc reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, lifting its shares, but the heavy machinery maker also lowered its full-year forecast amid sluggish demand in mining and other industries. (CATERPILLAR-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 11:04 a.m., 500 words)
Fiat Chrysler to invest $1.48 bln in Sterling Heights plant
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Tuesday it would invest $1.48 billion in its Sterling Heights plant in Michigan to retool it to build next-generation Ram pickup trucks. (FIAT CHRYSLER-RAM/, moved at 11:32 a.m., 201 words)
United Technologies lifts forecasts, shares jump
NEW YORK - United Technologies Corp beat analysts estimates for quarterly profit and revenue and raised the low end of its full-year forecast, sending shares up. (UTC-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 10:20 a.m., by Alwyn Scott, 399 words)
Mobileye shares sink on news Tesla contract won't be extended
BENGALURU/DETROIT - A widening rift between electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc and Mobileye NV sent shares of the Israeli maker of driving-assistance chips and software plunging on Tuesday. (MOBILEYE-TESLA/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 11:48 a.m., by Sai Sachin R and Paul Lienert, 411 words)
Verizon posts subscriber gain shortfall, says Yahoo to fuel media push
Verizon Communications Inc disappointed Wall Street on Tuesday by reporting a smaller-than-expected subscriber gain for its main wireless business, and its CEO gave few details about plans to increase revenue from its planned purchase of Yahoo Inc's internet assets. (VERIZON-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved at 1:04 p.m., by Malathi Nayak and Aishwarya Venugopal, 454 words)
Goldman is sued in U.S. over merger linked to Malaysia's 1MDB
NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs Group Inc was sued on Tuesday by a major shareholder of a Malaysian bank it once advised, and which accused the Wall Street bank of fraudulently shortchanging it in a merger to curry favor with that country's prime minister. (GOLDMAN SACHS-PRIMUS/MALAYSIA, moved at 12:52 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 517 words) See also: Goldman Sachs abused trust in dealings with Libyan LIA, fund's lawyer tells trial (LIBYA-SWF/LITIGATION, moved at 1:39 p.m., by Claire Milhench, 428 words)
Brewer AB InBev seeks to nail SABMiller bid with sweetened offer
BRUSSELS/LONDON - Anheuser-Busch InBev raised its $100 billion-plus bid for rival brewer SABMiller on Tuesday in an attempt to quash investor dissent over an offer made less attractive by a post Brexit vote fall in the pound. (SABMILLER-M&A/ABINBEV (UPDATE 3), moved at 12:46 p.m., by Philip Blenkinsop and Freya Berry, 682 words)
Nidec said to be frontrunner for Emerson's motor unit - sources
Japan's Nidec Corp is the leading bidder for Emerson Electric Co's motors and drives unit in a sale that may fetch about $1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter. (LEROY-M&A/NIDEC (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:18 p.m., 167 words)
VW plans to offer new fix proposal for 3.0 liter vehicles: Justice Department
(VOLKSWAGEN-EMISSIONS/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 1:35 p.m., 406 words)
Spain's OHL in talks over buyout of Mexican unit
(OHL MEXICO-M&A/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:25 p.m., 278 words)
U.S. report says Tesla driver speeding in fatal Autopilot crash
(TESLA-AUTOPILOT/ (URGENT), moved at 1:42 p.m., 102 words)
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