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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Immigration ruling deals Trump fresh blow + China charges Canadians with spying + Facebook cuts Trump ads over Nazi symbols + China suspected as Australia under cyberattack + Plants mask odours to avoid getting eaten US-politics-diplomacy-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's presidency is in turmoil after top ex-aide John Bolton declares him unfit for office in a bombshell book and the Supreme Court blocks a key part of his re-election vow to deport undocumented migrants. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-court-politics-immigration,WRAP US-politics-diplomacy-Bolton,PROFILE US-politics-diplomacy-Bolton-Trump,POINTS China-Canada-diplomacy-espionage,WRAP BEIJING China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials say, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa. 500 words 0530 GMT. File picture. File video. Also moving: China-Canada-diplomacy,CHRONO US-IT-politics-Facebook-Trump,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook removes ads by President Donald Trump's campaign containing a symbol used by Nazi Germany, the latest move in a heated battle over inflammatory political content on social media. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman Australia-security-politics-IT,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's prime minister says his country is under cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting public services, government and businesses, with suspicions falling on China. 500 words 0630 GMT by Andrew Beatty Science-plants-environment PARIS Plants in dense tropical forests are able to mask their chemical scents in order to avoid being detected and eaten by insects -- a key advantage in the "information arms race" between themselves and herbivores, according to a new study. 400 words moved by Phineas Rueckert -- RACISM -- US-politics-racism-Juneteenth,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The United States marks the end-of-slavery commemoration Juneteenth on Friday, with the annual event taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's living legacy of racial injustice. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes with Laurent Banguet in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Picture Also moved: US-politics-racism-Juneteenth-social,FACTS US-racism-Confederacy-statues-protest,SCENE RICHMOND, United States Armed with a brush, Carolyn McCrea furiously scrubs the grey marble. Someone has written "WLM" -- "White Lives Matter" -- on the only statue of a black man on this avenue in Richmond, Virginia, and she intends to wash away the affront. 650 words 0600 GMT by Ines Bel Aila. Picture. Video Britain-slavery-church-banking-racism LONDON Two of the UK's biggest institutions -- the Church of England and the Bank of England -- apologise for their historic links to slavery with the church calling it "a source of shame". 350 words moved Also moved: Britain-racism-economy-slavery-GreeneKing-LloydsOfLondon France-racism-police,lead US-politics-racism-UN-rights,WRAP -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-Europe BEIJING China has released genome data for the coronavirus found in a new outbreak in Beijing, which state experts are suggesting share similarities to European strains, as the capital confirmed another 25 infections. 450 words 0600 GMT Health-virus-US-Fauci,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The United States does not need more widespread lockdowns to bring its COVID-19 outbreak under control, despite the national daily infection rate staying flat, leading government expert Anthony Fauci says. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-WHO-drugs-research,lead GENEVA The WHO hopes two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses can be produced by the end of next year and targeted at those most vulnerable to the virus. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Also moved: Health-virus-COVID-vaccine-treatment,FOCUS Health-virus-China-vaccines,FOCUS SHENYANG Inside one of the Chinese labs racing to create a coronavirus vaccine, researchers work weekends, lab monkeys are in short supply and plans are being made for human trials abroad. 650 words 0630 GMT by Qian Ye and Matthew Knight. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-China-conflict,lead NEW DELHI China has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas which left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, media reports say. 350 words 0730 GMT China-HongKong-politics-censorship HONG KONG Hong Kong's oldest satire show airs its final episode after a sketch that was critical of the police sparked a rebuke from regulators, as pro-Beijing figures tighten their grip on the city. 450 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders launch fraught negotiations on a major recovery fund to revive a European economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak, deeply divided on the way forward 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. Video -- AFRICA -- Kenya-Ethiopia-agriculture-locusts-environment NAIROBI East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words 0630 GMT by Marion Douet. File video. File picture -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-BobDylan NEW YORK Legendary US folk singer Bob Dylan releases his first album of original songs in eight years with the 10-track "Rough and Rowdy Ways." 500 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture US-world-videogames LONDON Civilisation has collapsed after a global infection. A gay heroine, backed up by characters drawn from diverse minorities, fights back against warring factions of humanity - after a long delay for the coronavirus crisis, Sony releases its "The Last Of Us Part II" new video game. 550 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-WTA-CHN-health-virus-Wuhan,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Staging the Wuhan Open later this year will send a powerful message about the city's recovery from coronavirus and have an impact that stretches beyond tennis, the tournament's co-director says. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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