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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Belarus activist says 'confessing' to charges + Suu Kyi defiant in first court appearance + Italy probes cable car crash that killed 14 + Negative drug test for Eurovision winner + Dogs trained to detect Covid infections Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP BRUSSELS European countries move to isolate Belarus after it forced a commercial airliner to land so it could arrest an opposition activist, who later "confessed" to organising unrest in the country in a video aired on state TV. 800 words 2100 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi voices defiance as she makes her first court appearance since being detained in a coup, vowing her ousted political party will live on. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-military-politics-coup Italy-accident-cablecar-Israel,WRAP STRESA, Italy Investigators are probing the causes of a terrifying cable car crash in the Italian mountains that has left 14 people dead and a young child fighting for life. 650 words moved by Francesco Gilioli with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Italy-drugs GENEVA Damiano David, the flamboyant singer for Italy's Eurovision-winning rockers Maneskin, tested negative for drugs, the contest organisers say, following a furore over speculation he snorted cocaine at the final. 700 words moved by Robin Millard Also moved: Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Britain Health-virus-dogs-detection PARIS Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey -- 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 moved by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video. Graphic Mozambique-unrest-children-therapy,FOCUS METUGE, Mozambique Twice a week, dozens of Mozambican children gather under the shade of a big mango tree for what looks at first glance like a community play date. But they are not there for fun, rather for solace and healing after witnessing shocking atrocities committed by jihadists in the north of the country over the past three years. 600 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video 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 -- Mexico-vote-internet,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Fake news is multiplying on social networks in Mexico during an election campaign marked by increased political polarization, insults and attacks against candidates and parties, experts warn. 600 words 1930 GMT by Paul Matos -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli forces shoot dead a knife attacker in Jerusalem, as Washington's top diplomat departs for a Middle East trip aimed at consolidating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. 800 words 2000 GMT by Hiba Aslan. Picture. Video Also moved: US-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-Blinken,3rdlead Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-economy,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Surveying his bombed-out Gaza furniture factory, its owner confronts a familiar dilemma. "I'm scared to rebuild," he said. "If I do, how do I know it won't all be destroyed in the next war?" 750 words moved by Adel Zaanoun and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-village,FOCUS Israel-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's battle with Gaza militants and unprecedented inter-communal violence have further complicated efforts to form a government, raising the spectre of yet another general election, experts say. 800 words moved by Ben Simon and Jonah Mandel. Picture -- EUROPE -- Iran-nuclear-IAEA-US,WRAP VIENNA The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran agree to extend an understanding to monitor Tehran's activities by a month until June 24, as world powers hold talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. 600 words 2000 GMT by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video. Live video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's prime minister has said that soldiers have taken him by force, in as-yet unclear circumstances, after a sensitive government reshuffle in the West African nation. 500 words 2000 GMT by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. 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 -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-journalist,WRAP YANGON An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet is detained by authorities in Yangon as he attempts to board a flight out of the country, his employers say. 600 words moved 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 moved by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-clashes,WRAP MIHTARLAM, Afghanistan Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in a provincial capital about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kabul, officials and witnesses say, prompting the defence minister to take charge of a counter-offensive. 450 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video Malaysia-accident,lead KUALA LUMPUR More than 200 passengers are injured in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur when two metro trains collide in a tunnel, police say. 250 words moved -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-GBR-Mosley-People LONDON Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone tells AFP that Max Mosley, the former president of motorsport's world governing body the FIA, who has died aged 81, "was like a brother". 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin. File picture Cycling-Giro-ITA CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy Colombian Egan Bernal confirms his return to form with a convincing win on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia that keeps him in the pink jersey and positions him for victory in the final week of the race. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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