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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus death toll in US passes 100,000 + China to vote on Hong Kong security plans + US protests after policeman kills black man + Trump says he wants to shutter social media + British sex workers' hands tied by lockdown Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The US coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 as the pandemic tightens its grip on South America, which is outpacing Europe and the United States in daily infections. 850 words 0630 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China's rubber-stamp parliament is set to approve imposing a security law on Hong Kong that critics say will strip the city of its autonomy, after the United States revoked its special status for the financial hub. 700 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump threatens to shutter social media platforms after Twitter for the first time acted against his false tweets, prompting the enraged Republican to double down on unsubstantiated claims and conspiracy theories. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File Picture Also moved: US-IT-politics-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Demonstrators gather for a second night of protests over the killing in Minneapolis of a handcuffed black man by a US policeman who held him to the ground with a knee on his neck. 650 words 0530 GMT by Joy Powell. Picture Health-virus-sexwork,FOCUS LONDON The bondage chairs and polished metal whipping tools sit gathering dust on a quiet street near London's trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood -- and Madame Caramel is not pleased. 800 words moved by Elizaveta Malykhina. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-China-rights-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Congress authorizes sanctions against Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Muslim Uighurs, ramping up pressure on another front in the troubled relationship between the Pacific powers. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Michael Mathes Canada-court-extradition-US-China,WRAP VANCOUVER, Canada An executive for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei suffers a legal setback when a Canadian judge rules that proceedings to extradite her to the United States will go ahead. 800 words moved by David Ball. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-LasVegas-gambling,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Several major Las Vegas casinos say they will reopen next week after being closed for more than two months because of the coronavirus pandemic -- welcome news for Nevada, which heavily relies on the massive gaming industry for its economic wellbeing. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. File picture. -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest-courts,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's courts are clogged with a backlog of protester trials nearly a year after an explosion of huge pro-democracy rallies, with hundreds of mostly young demonstrators facing the prospect of lengthy jail terms. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture Health-virus-India-water-weather-climate,FOCUS NEW DELHI Bollywood stars and political leaders have urged Indians to wash their hands to protect against coronavirus but that's a pipe dream for slum-dwellers like Bala Devi, now sweltering through a summer heatwave. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan-technology,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Pakistan's intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with. 550 words 0600 GMT by Nasir Jaffry. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is time to "move on" from the scandal over top aide Dominic Cummings' cross-country travels during the coronavirus lockdown, as he faces a rare grilling from lawmakers dominated by the topic. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain Health-virus-Turkey,FOCUS ANKARA When Turkey had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside of Europe and the US in April, there were fears its health system could be overwhelmed and its death rate could rocket. But more than a month later, Turkey is proclaiming that the pandemic has been contained. 650 words moved by Raziye Akkoc Health-virus-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization launches a new foundation for private donations, as US President Donald Trump threatens to pull the plug over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-Germany-hotels-leisure,FOCUS FRANKFURT From wipe-down place-mats to paper napkins and a drive-through ice-cream stand by the grand entrance, guests returning to the swanky Kempinski just outside Frankfurt will find a very different hotel when it reopens its doors after a two-month lockdown. 500 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-crime TEHRAN The killing of an Iranian teen by her father after she eloped with an older man sparks outrage, with local media denouncing "institutionalised violence" in "patriarchal" Iran. 350 words moved Health-virus-Iraq-economy,FOCUS BASRA, Iraq In Iraq, a national lockdown to halt the coronavirus pandemic has found some unexpected fans: local businesses who no longer have to compete with Turkish, Iranian or Chinese imports. 800 words moved by Dawood Salman. Picture. Video Health-virus-Tunisia-politics,INTERVIEW TUNIS During Tunisia's coronavirus lockdown, feminist activist and former lawmaker Bochra Belhaj Hmida has been worrying about family violence, rethinking gender roles -- and crocheting. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest,WRAP KINSHASA Dozens of civilians have been killed in eastern DR Congo in the latest of a string of massacres by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces militia who are locked in conflict with government troops. 500 words moved Ethiopia-telecom-investment,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's monopoly telecoms provider. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-science-misinformation-Africa,FACTCHECK JOHANNESBURG As the novel coronavirus wreaks global havoc, Bill Gates is the new bete noire for conspiracy theorists worldwide including in Africa where a Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation. 800 words moved by Brett Horner -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Science-health-genetics TOKYO Imagine the body's instruction manual, the genome: here words are genes, letters are DNA, and the equivalent of typos can have disastrous consequences. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein Climate-forests-fires-Arctic PARIS Dormant "zombie fires" scattered across the Arctic region -- remnants of record blazes last year -- may be coming to life after an unusually warm and dry spring, scientists warn. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood afp
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