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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU cuts air links with Belarus after 'kidnapping' + Australia says shutting Kabul embassy + Coup fears after Mali army detains leaders + Hong Kong 'could bin millions of vaccines' + Indian couple wed in plane to skirt Covid rules Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders cut Europe's air links with Belarus, as strongman Alexander Lukashenko's regime parades a dissident journalist arrested after his flight was forced to land in Minsk. 800 words moved by Max Delany. Picture. Video Afghanistan-US-NATO-conflict-diplomacy-Australia KABUL Australia abruptly announces it will shutter its embassy in Afghanistan, expressing fears over the "increasingly uncertain security environment" in Kabul as foreign troops withdraw. 550 words 0600 GMT by Jay Deshmukh, with Andrew Beatty in Sydney. File picture Mali-politics-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Malian officers upset with a government reshuffle detain the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the capital, triggering broad international condemnation and demands for their immediate release. 650 words moved by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore Health-virus-HongKong,lead HONG KONG Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs, an official warns. 600 words moved by Jerome Taylor. File picture. Graphic India-health-virus-wedding-aviation NEW DELHI An Indian couple chartered a passenger jet to stage a mid-air wedding that circumvented coronavirus restrictions by taking more than 160 guests, reports say. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-food-environment,PHOTOESSAY WASHINGTON After 17 years underground, swarms of cicadas are emerging across the eastern United States -- and for one Washington chef, the rare bug invasion was his cue for a cookout, with a side of food ethics. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CYBERSECURITY -- Cyber-espionage-defence-crime,FOCUS PARIS A series of high-profile cyberattacks on targets in the West have highlighted the vulnerability of companies and institutions, making the issue a higher public priority but with no easy solution. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras ** Please see special advisory moving separately for full filing plan ** -- TECH -- China-telecoms-Huawei-computers-software,WRAP SHANGHAI Huawei will next week launch a new operating system for smartphones, the Chinese tech giant announces, part of an all-out software push aimed at weathering US sanctions and rivalling Google's Android. 600 words 0700 GMT by Dan Martin -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-politics-race-Floyd WASHINGTON President Joe Biden marks the anniversary Tuesday of the police murder of George Floyd by hosting the African American man's family -- but without being able to celebrate hoped-for national police reform. 550 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Ecuador-politics-government-Lasso,lead QUITO Conservative Guillermo Lasso assumes the presidency of Ecuador, becoming the country's first right-wing leader in 14 years. 650 words moved by Santiago Piedra Silva. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-politics-internet MIAMI Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a law which bars social media firms from "de-platforming" political candidates, drawing immediate fire from civil liberties activists and the tech industry. 450 words moved 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 moved by Paul Matos Lifestyle-Brazil-eSports-poverty,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Coming of age in the Brazilian favela of Vigario Geral, Luiz Augusto Jr used to spend his money playing video games. Now, he makes a living as a gamer. 650 words moved by Luiz Claudio Amaral. Picture. Video US-homicide-pandemic-weapons,FOCUS WASHINGTON The year-long surge in gun murders across the United States has shown no sign of easing as Covid lockdowns end, with a jump in shootings over the weekend that left dozens dead or injured. 600 words moved by Paul Handley -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli forces shoot dead a knife attacker in Jerusalem, as Washington's top diplomat arrives for a Middle East trip aimed at consolidating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. 800 words moved 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 Iran-nuclear-IAEA-US,WRAP VIENNA The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran say an agreement to monitor Tehran's activities would be extended by a month until June 24, as world powers hold talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. 600 words moved by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video. Live video afp
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