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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong park empty on Tiananmen anniversary + Putin eyes warmer ties with Biden ahead of summit + Facebook bans Trump over US Capitol insurrection + US intelligence report on UFOs is inconclusive + 'Sea snot' on Turkey's shores alarms residents HongKong-China-politics-Tiananmen,WRAP HONG KONG A Hong Kong park that traditionally hosts huge vigils on the anniversary of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown lies empty for the first time as police block access, but flashes of defiance still flicker across the city. 750 words 1430 GMT by Su Xinqi, Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics,CHRONO Russia-US-diplomacy-politics-economy,WRAP SAINT PETERSBURG Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes to improve deeply damaged relations with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month. 730 words moved by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-internet,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook sets its ban on former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserves the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. 750 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-military-space-intelligence-UFO,WRAP WASHINGTON A long-awaited US intelligence report on UFOs says there is no evidence proving the existence of aliens -- but also can't explain mysterious aircraft sighted by military pilots, according to media reports. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Turkey-environment-sea ISTANBUL A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed "sea snot" has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming Istanbul residents and raising new environmental concerns. 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Nepal-mountaineering-Everest KATHMANDU Expedition organiser Dawa Steven Sherpa has been running teams on Everest for over a decade, but this year has been the most challenging yet, in a season that grappled with a storm of coronavirus, cyclones and misinformation. 500 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-guerrilla,FOCUS BANGKOK Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree. 750 words moved. File picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-Covax-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization says a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses going through the Covax programme in June and July could undermine the efficiency of the roll-out. 450 words moved Health-virus-Cyprus-UN,lead NICOSIA Checkpoints reopen along the UN-patrolled ceasefire line that divides Cyprus as coronavirus restrictions imposed 15 months ago are eased. 600 words moved by Charlie Charalambous. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,ADVANCER LIMA Peruvians will be faced with choosing the "lesser evil" between rightwing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftwing unionist Pedro Castillo when voting for their new president on Sunday. 800 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Peru-vote-Fujimori,PROFILE Peru-vote-Castillo,PROFILE Nicaragua-politics-opposition-arrest,PROFILE MANAGUA Like her mother before her, Nicaraguan opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro -- placed under house arrest Wednesday on government claims of money-laundering -- has proved to be a thorn in the side of President Daniel Ortega. 600 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-Tiananmen,SCENE HONG KONG As the clock strikes 8pm in Hong Kong's shopping district of Mong Kok, dozens of people simultaneously turn their mobile phone lights on, a small gesture of defiance in a city where mass remembrance of Beijing's Tiananmen crackdown has been banned. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao, Daniel Suen and Louise Delmotte. Picture. Video. Live video Britain-China-rights-Uyghurs,WRAP LONDON A London panel investigating the plight of Uyghurs in China hears witness testimony of torture and gang rapes, in a process slammed by Beijing as a mendacious smear. 750 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- G7-Britain-economy-politics,WRAP LONDON Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations move towards supporting US-backed plans for a minimum global level of corporate tax aimed at getting multinationals -- especially tech giants -- to pay more into government coffers hit hard by the pandemic. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Poland-opposition,WRAP WARSAW European powers line up to condemn a tearful interview shown on Belarusian state television with a dissident journalist who was arrested after his plane was diverted to Minsk, saying he was only speaking "under duress". 800 words moved. Picture. Video Britain-extradition-US-Switzerland-Australia-Assange GENEVA Julian Assange's fiancee joins forces with the mayor of Geneva and the UN's torture expert to seek the WikiLeaks founder's immediate release from a British jail and safe haven in another country. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Germany-Vatican-religion-abuse,WRAP BERLIN One of Germany's leading Catholic bishops, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, says he offered Pope Francis his resignation over the church's "institutional and systemic failure" in its handling of child sex abuse scandals. 650 words moved by Kit Holden. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-media-internet-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA Nigeria's government announces it is suspending Twitter operations because the platform is being used for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence". 400 words moved -- MIDEAST -- Lebanon-UN-tribunal,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon urges the United Nations to urgently consider "alternative means" to fund a UN-backed court on its ex-premier Rafic Hariri's murder that may close over a cash crunch. 400 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. File Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States adds 559,000 jobs in May as hard-hit sectors rehire workers laid off during the worst days of the pandemic, but analysts warn the virus is continuing to complicate the economy despite massive government stimulus. 800 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein EU-Britain-Facebook-probe-advertising-data,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain launch parallel competition probes into whether Facebook uses data from advertisers to unfairly dominate the online classifieds market. 650 words moved. File Picture -- SPORT -- Switzerland-sport-climbing-age,FOCUS VILLENEUVE, Switzerland Marcel Remy is the grand old man of Swiss Alpinists, and with his sure and steady progress as he conquers a climbing wall, few would realise he is 98 years old. 600 words moved by Eloi Rouyer. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-SIN-health-virus,LEAD BAKU The Singapore Grand Prix, scheduled for October 3, has been cancelled "due to ongoing safety and logistic concerns brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic," the race promoter announced. 450 words moved afp
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