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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU cuts air links with Belarus after 'kidnapping' + Malian army detains leaders, triggering coup fears + Italian 'Ndrangheta mob boss captured in Brazil + Eurovision winner tests negative for drugs + Indian couple rent plane for Covid wedding 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 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 0200 GMT by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore Italy-Brazil-crime-drugs-mafia-arrest,2ndlead BRASILIA Italian mob boss Rocco Morabito is arrested in northeast Brazil, police say, almost two years after his escape from a prison in Uruguay where he was awaiting extradition to Italy. 350 words moved. File picture 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 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 0330 GMT by Didier Lauras -- Please see special advisory moving separately for full filing plan -- -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-politics-race-Floyd WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is to mark the anniversary 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 0200 GMT 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 0130 GMT 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 0130 GMT by Paul Handley -- EUROPE -- Italy-accident-cablecar-Israel,WRAP STRESA, Italy Investigators probe 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 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 -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- 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 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 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 -- AFRICA -- 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 afp
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