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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had “destroyed” an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the ship, in the latest incident to stir tensions in the Gulf.

BRITAIN-EU-PARLIAMENT/ No-deal Brexit under fire: Parliament grabs brakes against Boris Johnson

LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Thursday approved proposals to make it harder for the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending parliament, showing again their resolve to stop a divorce from the European Union without an agreement. U.S.

USA-TRUMP-COHEN/ FBI documents point to Trump role in hush money for porn star Daniels

NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI documents unsealed on Thursday suggest that Donald Trump was actively involved in engineering a hush-money payment shortly before the 2016 election to a porn actress who said she had a sexual encounter with him, as his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, campaign team and others scrambled to head off a scandal. PEOPLE-JEFFREY-EPSTEIN/

Financier Jeffrey Epstein to remain jailed until sex trafficking trial NEW YORK (Reuters) - American financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars while he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.

BUSINESS USA-TRADE-CHINA-RVS/

Trump's tariffs trip up the all-American RV industry ELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) - Carrie Gray points to a stack of unwelcome mail on a conference table at the offices of Renegade RV, one of the leading U.S. manufacturers of high-end recreational vehicles. She’s buried in bad news from most of her about 350 suppliers.

MICROSOFT-RESULTS/ Microsoft sales beat expectations as cloud growth slows

Microsoft Corp beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, even as sales growth began to slow for its cloud product Azure and Office software. ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-TOP-GUN/ Tom Cruise delights fans with first look at 'Top Gun: Maverick'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “Top Gun” roared back on Thursday when Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con to show the first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to his military action movie. SPORTS

MOTOR-F1-AUSTRALIA/ Australian GP to stay in Melbourne until 2025

LONDON (Reuters) - Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit will continue to host the Australian Grand Prix until at least the end of 2025, Formula One said on Thursday. GOLF-OPEN/

Holmes sets pace as McIlroy cards nightmare 79 at Open PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods endured miserable first rounds at the British Open on Thursday with American J.B. Holmes ending in the lead after shooting a five under-par 66 at Royal Portrush.

UPCOMING POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

JAPAN-COMPANIES/POLITICS Reuters Corporate Survey for July A monthly poll of about 500 midsize and large Japanese corporations, conducted for Reuters by Nikkei Research.

19 Jul 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT CLIMATE-CHANGE/ARCTIC-ICEBREAKER

Climate scientists cross Northwest Passage in Arctic icebreaker From July 18 to August 4, US and Canadian scientists, supported by 25 post-secondary students, will share with the public in real time observations and findings about conditions in the Arctic Ocean in unprecedented interactive broadcasts from the Northwest Passage, conducted from the Swedish Icebreaker Oden.

Jul 19 THAILAND-USA/

Senior US diplomat visits Thailand U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, David R. Stilwell, visits Thailand during a regional tour. He will meet officials from the prime minister's office and foreign ministry as well as business leaders a week after the announcement of a new government.

Jul 19 JAPAN-ELECTION/NUMBERS

FACTBOX-Key facts and numbers to watch in Japan's July 21 upper house vote Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, look set to keep a majority in parliament's upper house after a July 21 election, media surveys have shown. This Factbox story lays out some key facts related to the upper house election on Sunday.

Jul 19 USA-ELECTION/STEYER

Billionaire Steyer's presidential run to test what money can buy Billionaire progressive Tom Steyer has already started spending the $100 million he plans to use on a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, blanketing early voting states with ads and rushing to South Carolina to chat up voters. But experts say his money can only get him so far - and spending it on himself may leave some candidates and activists without a benefactor.

Jul 19 GERMANY-MERKEL/ (PIX) (TV)

German Chancellor Merkel holds annual news conference German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been under intensified public scrutiny since suffering from shaking bouts, holds her annual news conference with domestic and foreign policies on the agenda.

19 Jul 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT CENTRALASIA-CHINA/CAMPS (PIX) (TV)

For some Chinese Muslims, fleeing doesn't end trouble Sairagul Sauytbai, an ethnic Kazakh who fled China last year after working in a so-called re-education camp for ethnic minorities, wanted to tell others about the beatings and torture she said she had witnessed there.

Jul 19 SAFRICA-POLITICS/

South Africa's Zuma gives final day of testimony at corruption inquiry Former South African president Jacob Zuma gives his final day of testimony at a public inquiry into state graft. Zuma, ousted by the governing ANC more than a year ago, has so far ducked and dived at the inquiry.

19 Jul 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT USA-JUSTICE/PRISONS

AG Barr expected to unveil risk assessment tool for helping prisoners U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and other top officials are expected to make an announcement about the new risk assessment tool, required by the First Step Act, designed to help federal prisons decide which inmates should be eligible for recidivism reduction programs.

19 Jul 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

MIDEAST-IRAN/USA-SECURITY U.S. officials brief diplomats on maritime security initiative for Gulf

U.S. officials speak to members of Washington diplomatic corps about new initiative to promote freedom of navigation and maritime security around Strait of Hormuz. Jul 19

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS FLORIDA-FORTLAUDERDALE/WATER

Fort Lauderdale suffers water shortage, after construction mishap Faucets in the Florida city of Fort Lauderdale began running dry on Thursday after a construction firm damaged a water main, forcing the closure of City Hall and a number of businesses on a hot summer day as officials pledged to solve the problem.

18 Jul 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

PERU-EXTRADITION/USA (TV) Detention hearing for former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo appears in a San Francisco court for a detention hearing. He was arrested in the United States on Tuesday under an extradition order over allegations of corruption. Jul 19

SAFRICA-VIOLENCE/ Cape Town residents react to army deployment to quell gang violence

Residents of Cape Town react to the deployment of South African soldiers to help quell gang violence. 19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

TURKEY-SECURITY/GEZI (PIX) (TV) Turkish court tries 16 civil society figures over 2013 protests

A Turkish court holds hearings in the case of prominent Turkish businessman Osman Kavala and 15 other civil society figures who went on trial last month, accused of trying to overthrow then-Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government by organising nationwide protests six years ago. Jul 19

NETHERLANDS-BOSNIA/SREBRENICA (PIX) (TV) Top court to rule on Srebrenica mothers' claim against The Netherlands

The Dutch high court will rule on the case brought by relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Muslims by Bosnian Serb troops who want to hold The Netherlands accountable for the failure of Dutch U.N, peacekeepers stationed in the town to prevent the genocide. 19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-TURKEY/BANKER Turkish Halkbank executive jailed over Iran sanctions case due to be released from U.S. prison

Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive from state-controlled Halkbank, is scheduled to be released from prison after serving his sentence for taking part in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions. Jul 19

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS USA-FED/BULLARD

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Bullard participates in panel at CEBRA conference Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard participates in "Technology and the Future of the Monetary and Financial System" panel and presentation before the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) 2019 Annual Meeting, in New York.

19 Jul 11:05 ET / 15:05 GMT GM-CORVETTE/ (PIX) (TV)

New Corvette launch GM unveils its redesigned mid-engine Corvette, the vehicle the Detroit automaker hopes can rival high-end European sportscars and create a splash for the No. 1 U.S. automaker facing a weak domestic market.

18 Jul 23:00 ET / 03:00 GMT BLACKROCK-RESULTS/

Q2 2019 BlackRock Inc Earnings Release Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO).

19 Jul 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT COLOMBIA-CENBANK/

POLL-Colombia central bank likely to hold rate, analysts say Colombia's seven-member central bank board is likely to hold its benchmark interest rate yet again at its July meeting, analysts said in a Reuters poll, in a bid to continue boosting economic expansion.

Jul 19 GLOBAL-ECONOMY/WEEKAHEAD

Global Economy Weekahead A weekly look at key economic events for the global economy in the coming seven days.

Jul 19 USA-ECONOMY/NASHVILLE (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

As 'superstar' cities keep winning, worrisome U.S. divide widens In the depths of the financial crisis, when the world was shunning debt and battening down for the worst, city officials here zagged in what seemed a preposterous direction and spent $600 million on a new convention center.

19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT COLOMBIA-MINING/

Interview with Colombia's mining agency on potential new investments in copper, gold We'll interview the head of Colombia's national mining agency about the outlook for investments in gold and copper and the possibility that gradually falling demand for coal may reduce mining of that mineral in the Andean country.

Jul 19 ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

CUBA-TANGO/ (PIX) (TV) Tango fever stages comeback in Cuba

Couples dance tango on Havana's main, tree-lined promenade every Sunday, oblivious to the curious stares of tourists and locals alike, lost unto one another in close embrace and to the melancholic strains of the bandoneon. Jul 19

LEBANON-FESTIVAL/ (PIX) Granddaughter of Arab musical legend sings in Lebanese palace

Lebanon's traditional summer festivals are harking back to the Arab world's great musical past this year, as the granddaughter of the legendary 1930s diva Asmahan sings in a mountain palace. Jul 19

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