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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kongers snap up final edition of Apple Daily + McAfee founder dies by suicide in Spanish jail + Hungary LGBTQ row blows EU summit off course + Britney Spears urges judge to end guardianship + Euro 2020 looks forward to last 16 clashes HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kongers queue for the final edition of the city's beloved pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after it was forced to close under a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,SCENE HongKong-China-politics-media,PROFILE Spain-US-court-prison-McAfee,WRAP MADRID Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee is found dead in his jail cell in Spain, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion. 700 words 1030 GMT by Daniel Silva. File picture. Video EU-summit-Hungary,WRAP BRUSSELS Controversy over a new Hungarian law banning LGBTQ references in school materials is threatening to overshadow an EU summit with a clear east-west divide among member states on the issue. 650 words 1200 GMT by Marc Burleigh. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Britney,WRAP LOS ANGELES US pop singer Britney Spears urges a judge to end a controversial guardianship that has given her father control of her affairs since 2008 during an emotional court hearing. 700 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Fbl-Euro-2020,WRAP PARIS Euro 2020 pauses and looks forward to the mouth-watering final 16 matchups, including England taking on Germany and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal facing Belgium, after the striker set an all-time international scoring record. 600 words 1300 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Turkey-environment-politics,FOCUS IKIZDERE, Turkey Turks are rising up in protest over a planned quarry not far from Recep Tayyip Erdogan's familial home, challenging the government and its priorities in a region dear to the powerful president's heart. 950 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Croatia-wolves-attacks-farming,FOCUS UDBINA, Croatia The wolf corpse hanging from a road sign outside a small Croatian town was a warning that farmers had been pushed too far -- attacks on their livestock were driving them to desperation. 750 words moved by Lajla Veselica. Video. Picture Indonesia-religion-charity-terror,FOCUS JAKARTA Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and jihadist training camps, in a scam that has netted big money for extremist groups. 750 words moved by Haeril Halim. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Russia-vaccines,FOCUS MOSCOW Like many in Russia, Sergei is deeply wary of the homegrown Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. So as the government moves to make vaccinations mandatory, Sergei and his fellow sceptics are finding ways -- from black market certificates to falsified medical registrations -- to fake their way out of getting jabbed. 850 words 1030 GMT by Evan Gershkovich. File Picture Health-US-virus-vaccination-teens,WRAP WASHINGTON US health authorities plan to update official guidance about administering mRNA Covid vaccines to adolescents and young adults after finding a likely link to rare cases of heart inflammation, but say the overall benefits still "clearly" outweigh the risks. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Brazil-poverty-health-virus,FOCUS SANTOS, Brazil It's best to watch your step in Dique da Vila Gilda, a slum on stilts where the rickety walkways across the fetid water below the tin-roof shacks sometimes break beneath people's feet. Here, the coronavirus pandemic has only deepened already stark inequalities. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- EU-summit-Russia-diplomacy,UPDATE BRUSSELS Ukraine's foreign minister blasts a proposal from Germany and France for the EU to consider restarting summits with Russia, ahead of a debate on the issue by the bloc's leaders. 650 words 1200 GMT by Max Delaney. Picture. Video EU-Germany-diplomacy-summit,FOCUS BERLIN Germany's Angela Merkel heads into what is expected to be her last EU summit, as admiration for her stamina after 16 years in power mixed with a sober sizing-up of her achievements. 600 words 1030 GMT by Yacine Le Forestier and Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live video France-Basque-property-tourism,FOCUS BIARRITZ, France A scramble by Parisians for homes in France's picturesque southwestern Basque region is fanning a nationalist backlash in a region with a troubled past. 700 words 1100 GMT by Carole Suhas. Picture Gibraltar-women-abortion-law-referendum,WRAP GIBRALTAR Gibraltar begins voting on plans to ease its draconian abortion law in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1300 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-vote-diplomacy-US-EU,FOCUS PARIS The election of Ebrahim Raisi, a loyal acolyte of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iranian president can smooth the West's dealings with the Islamic republic due to a streamlined power structure in Tehran but his hardline stance and rights record may also seed trouble. 700 words 1400 GMT by Stuart Williams Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WBank,FOCUS BEITA, Palestinian Territories With flashing lasers, honking horns and choking smoke from burning tyres, the latest tactics used by Palestinian protesters are dusk till dawn rallies to make life unbearable for Israeli settlers. 800 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video Women-Egypt-gender-rights-politics,FOCUS CAIRO In a push to cement meagre rights, Egyptian women have been battling a "shocking" draft bill influenced by Islamic law which would have deepened a system of guardianship, further restricting their daily lives. 850 words moved by Mona Salem. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-politics,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has lashed out at middle class voters he calls selfish and unscrupulous after losing support in the capital -- traditionally a bastion of his party. 700 words moved by Jean Luis Arce Nicaragua-politics-vote-rights,INTERVIEW MANAGUA Ten days ago Victor Hugo Tinoco was detained, accused of plotting against the Nicaraguan government alongside another 18 opposition figures, in an episode his dauther says is part of ongoing "state terrorism." 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-politics-obit,OBIT MANILA Former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the reserved scion of one of Asia's most famous political families, died Thursday at age 61. 700 words moved Thailand-demonstration-politics,2ndlead BANGKOK Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rally in Bangkok to call for the government's resignation, defying warnings from authorities about the kingdom's soaring coronavirus cases. 600 words 1200 GMT by Dene-Hern Chen and Pathom Sangwongwanich. Picture. Video China-Australia-commerce-WTO-tariffs,WRAP BEIJING China says it has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization challenging Australia's anti-dumping measures on a range of goods, marking further escalation in tensions between the two countries. 500 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara and Beiyi Seow Afghanistan-US-conflict,Q&A KABUL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani begins a visit to Washington at a time the Taliban are making huge advances across the country, peace talks have stalled, and there are doubts that demoralised national security forces can contain insurgent advances. What are the implications for the war-wracked nation? 700 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY -- China-finance-cryptocurrency-regulation,FOCUS BEIJING When authorities in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble them in Sichuan. Then he was told that mine had to shut as well. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow with Daniel Hoffman in New York US-IT-politics-antitrust-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers debate into the early hours over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA WASHINGTON Atlanta's Trae Young scores a career playoff high 48 points and the Hawks edge host Milwaukee 116-113 in the opening game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. 650 words moved -- ENVIRONMENT -- US-environment-nature-animal-cicada,FOCUS WASHINGTON Cicadas have been everywhere, crawling up trees and flitting about clumsily in search of a mate, droning loudly, causing auto accidents and even daring to land on the neck of the US president. 650 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. Picture. File video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-film-Cannes-jury PARIS "The Serpent" star Tahar Rahim, US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and "Parasite" lead Song Kang-Ho are part of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury led by director Spike Lee. 400 words moved afp
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