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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel normalises ties with Bahrain, UAE + Yoshihide Suga elected as Japan's new PM + India's coronavirus cases pass 5 million + Poisoned Navalny able to breathe unaided + Study links noise to early death in fish US-Israel-Bahrain-UAE-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Israel normalizes relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony as President Donald Trump says similar US-brokered deals are close between the Jewish state and several other nations including Saudi Arabia. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video Japan-vote-politics,WRAP TOKYO Japan's parliament elects Yoshihide Suga prime minister, with the former chief cabinet secretary expected to stick closely to policies championed by Shinzo Abe during his record-breaking tenure. 650 words 0530 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Japan-politics-Abe,POINTS Also moved: Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Coronavirus infections in India soar past five million, as a WHO envoy warns the pandemic is "still at the beginning". 650 words 0700 GMT by Jalees Andrabi, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Russia-diplomacy-politics,WRAP MOSCOW Opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is able to breathe unaided in his first public comments since German medics said he was poisoned in Siberia, while an aide confirmed the Kremlin critic will return to Russia once he has recovered. 700 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Environment-science-noise-fish-animals LONDON Fish stressed by noise are less able to fight off disease while prolonged exposure can lead to an early death, according to research, the latest outlining the consequences of man-made clamour on the natural world. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-China-politics-education,FOCUS BRISBANE, Australia An Australian university student who has never visited China and has a modest social media following would seem an unlikely target for the Chinese government. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals,FOCUS BANGKOK Jailed seven years for publishing satire of a fictitious royal family, activist Somyot is in awe today as university students spearhead a growing movement demanding reforms to Thailand's ultra-powerful monarchy. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals,Q&A -- AMERICAS -- US-weather-hurricane,WRAP NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Sally builds strength as it churns towards the US Gulf Coast, threatening deadly flash flooding in Alabama and Mississippi. 500 words 0600 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta with Tori Otten in Washington. Picture. Video We have also moved: UN-weather-windstorms US-Iran-SAfrica-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Iran warns the US against making a "strategic mistake" after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. 500 words moved US-crime-police-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK On a regular sunny Saturday afternoon in late summer, the Raymond Bush playground in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood would be bustling. But these are not normal times, and the park is nearly empty. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla US-bank-rate-economy WASHINGTON Armed with a new interest rate strategy, the Federal Reserve will seek to reassure the US economy rattled by the coronavirus downturn as it wraps up its policy meeting. 650 words moved by Chris Stein Brazil-environment-fires,VIDEOESSAY PORTO JOFRE, Brazil Lieutenant Silva's face is grim as he watches his firefighters try -- and fail -- to control one of the thousands of wildfires ravaging Brazil's Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands. 350 words moved Entertainment-film-Canada-US LOS ANGELES Martin Scorsese warns that cinema is becoming "marginalized and devalued" as a "form of comfort food" during the coronavirus pandemic, as he addresses the Toronto film festival. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal, with Michel Comte in Ottawa -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-corruption,INVESTIGATION BEIRUT The huge explosion at Beirut's port last month laid bare a dockside institution riddled with graft which critics say is a microcosm of a corrupt Lebanese state. 1,300 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. File picture -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Danube-pollution-sewage,FOCUS BELGRADE Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open for trucks to pass to the banks of the Danube, where they dump raw sewage into Europe's venerated river. 700 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj Hungary-media-politics,FOCUS BUDAPEST Two months after staff at Hungary's top news-site Index.hu quit over alleged political interference, they are set for a comeback with an unprecedented crowdfunding effort. 800 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND Germany says it will take in more than 1,500 refugees from Greece on top of the 150 unaccompanied minors whose camp burned down on the island of Lesbos as Berlin tries to rally a fresh EU response to a years-long migrant crisis that flared anew. 700 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis and Camille Bouissou with Peter Wuetherich in Berlin. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-coup-politics-ECOWAS,WRAP PEDUASE, Ghana West African leaders say they hope to see a civilian-led transition government installed in Mali "in days" after holding talks with the military junta that seized power in the fragile state last month. 650 words moved by Kent Mensah. Picture. Video. Live video -- SPORT -- Ski-Cycling-GER-doping BERLIN The murky business of doping in sport will go under the microscope when the trial of a German doctor accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network dismantled last year opens in Munich. 500 words moved Cricket-IPL-Mumbai NEW DELHI Already regarded as the world's richest and most successful Twenty20 team, the Mumbai Indians will attempt to underline their status by claiming their first back-to-back titles in the Indian Premier League. 600 words 0600 GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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