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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global fury after Belarus forces down plane + India tops 300,000 virus deaths + Lava stops on edge of DR Congo's Goma + Cable car crash kills 14 in Italy + Mickelson becomes oldest major winner at 50 Belarus-politics-arrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as an "act of state terrorism" ahead of an EU summit Monday expected to toughen sanctions on Minsk. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic Already moved: Belarus-politics-arrest-Lithuania-passengers,SCENE Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's Covid-19 death toll crosses 300,000 as it tries to contain its huge outbreak, while Japan opens its first mass vaccination centres just two months before the start of the Olympics. 650 words 0630 GMT by Glenda Kwek, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo A river of red-hot lava stopped on the edge of Goma, sparing the eastern DR Congo city from disaster after an overnight eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. 850 words moved by Justin Katimwa. Picture. Graphic. Video Italy-accident-cablecar,WRAP ROME Fourteen people died including five Israelis when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services say. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic Golf-USPGA,WRAP KIAWAH ISLAND, United States Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in golf history, the 50-year-old left-hander capturing the PGA Championship by two strokes for his sixth and most iconic major title. 750 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Afghanistan-conflict-archeology-culture,FOCUS LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. 750 words 0600 GMT by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS HONG KONG A shadow of fear hangs over Hong Kong's outspoken and staunchly pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, with its billionaire owner Jimmy Lai now jailed and many reporters asking themselves: "Are we next?" 750 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Iran-nuclear-US-EU,lead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that it remains unclear whether Iran is "ready and willing" to take the necessary steps to return to compliance with the multination nuclear agreement. 500 words moved Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-US,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the six-month-old war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying those involved had "taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities." 400 words moved US-justice-race-Floyd,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Day of Enlightenment." That's how the George Floyd Memorial Center wants to commemorate May 25, the anniversary of the 46-year-old Black man's death under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Also moved: US-justice-race-Floyd-march US-justice-race-Floyd-family US-enterprises-corporate-meeting-racism-wage,FOCUS US-minorities-language-deaf-IT,FOCUS WASHINGTON "English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. 700 words moved by Louis Baudoin. Picture. Health-virus-US-NewYork-leisure,FOCUS NEW YORK After 14 months of lockdown and restrictions, New Yorkers can now enjoy a city where most of these limitations have been lifted. But they are hesitant about partying and returning to the social life they enjoyed "before." 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- Samoa-politics-vote-woman,Lead APIA Samoa's opposition holds its own swearing in ceremony for the Pacific nation's first woman prime minister in the gardens of parliament after supporters of the outgoing government locked them out of the legislative chamber. 600 words 0530 GMT by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture. Video. Graphic China-disaster-race BEIJING An investigation is under way into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultramarathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds. 550 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Wrestling-IND-Oly-crime-Kumar NEW DELHI Two-time Olympic wrestling medallist Sushil Kumar is arrested, Indian police say, after a week-long manhunt over the alleged murder of a fellow athlete. 200 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-media-politics ISTANBUL Media rights groups urge Turkish authorities to investigate explosive allegations by a mafia boss about the high-profile killings of two journalists in the 1990s. 550 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Italy-drugs,WRAP THE HAGUE The singer for Italy's Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that he was snorting cocaine during the broadcast. 500 words moved by Danny Kemp -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A UN official calls for a "genuine political process" to avert further bloodshed, after a military conflict between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas ravages the Palestinian enclave. 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee with Daniella Cheslow in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD A wave of deadly attacks on pro-democracy activists and journalists in Iraq have sparked mounting calls to boycott October parliamentary elections, as perpetrators go unpunished. 750 words moved by Ammar Karim. File Picture Health-virus-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is tightening the screws on vaccine sceptics, barring them from pilgrimages and overseas travel and blocking access to universities, malls and offices in a contentious effort to boost inoculations. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Syria-conflict-vote,ADVANCER BEIRUT President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for over half a century, faces an election Wednesday meant to cement his image as the only hope for recovery in the war-battered country, analysts say. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File Picture. File Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-vote-Assad,PROFILE Syria-conflict-vote,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-books,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories It was the place to go for books in the Gaza Strip, from school texts to the Koran to Arabic translations of European classics. But last Tuesday, its owner watched in disbelief as the bookshop was reduced to rubble. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-children,FOCUS -- SPORT -- China-sport-running,FOCUS SHANGHAI The death of 21 Chinese ultra-marathon runners casts a light on an industry which is booming in the country but has suffered a series of controversies and embarrassments. 650 words 0700 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-shooting-weapons,FOCUS TOKYO Some of the world's toughest gun-control laws are posing unusual problems at the Tokyo Olympics, from the coach who can't touch a firearm to strict limits on ammunition. 700 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video afp
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