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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump signs executive order targeting social media + National Guard deployed as Minnesota protests grow + US virus cases spike, Latin America crisis deepens + Pressure mounts on China over Hong Kong law change + Top-level Italian football gets go-ahead to resume US-politics-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signs an order seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content on their platforms in a move slammed by his critics as a legally dubious act of political revenge. 900 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Also moved: US-IT-politics-law,FACTS US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Authorities in Minneapolis and its sister city St. Paul get reinforcements from the National Guard as they gird for fresh protests and violence over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man. 800 words 0300 GMT by Joy Powell. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus death toll spikes again in the United States and Latin America's pandemic crisis deepens, contrasting with Europe's re-opening from lockdowns that are growing bolder by the day. 700 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video Hongkong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China faces growing international pressure over its push to impose a security law on Hong Kong, with the US warning the city's autonomy is under threat and placing the issue before the United Nations Security Council. 700 words 0300 GMT by Helen Roxburgh fbl-SerieA-ITA-virus,2ndlead ROME Italy's Serie A is given the green light to resume on June 20 after a three-month absence as one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease restrictions. 700 words moved by Emmeline Moore Also moved: fbl-Eur-health-virus-pandemic-five,FOCUS Health-Virus-Fbl-Eur-guide,BACKGROUND Sports-health-virus-return -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-manufacturing WASHINGTON The number of workers filing for jobless benefits since the coronavirus arrived in the United States passes 40 million while manufactured goods sales plunge even as signs emerge that people are returning to work. 700 words moved by Chris Stein HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest-law,Q&A WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration has taken the major step of revoking Hong Kong's special status under US law, but even US officials acknowledge the move is unlikely to sway Beijing. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Navajo-water,SPECIALREPORT THOREAU, New Mexico Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used for drinking, washing clothes and bathing -- before the next trip in two or three days to repeat the back-breaking task. 1,350 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video US-society-racism-police-technology-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow. 800 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain Health-virus-Brazil-northeast,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's northeast, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0230 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Health-virus-US-France-entertainment-music-Guetta,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and he said he's emerging "extremely inspired" ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. 700 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-students,FOCUS MELBOURNE Australia wooed hundreds of thousands of international students to its shores with the promise of a first-class education and fun-kissed adventure, but the coronavirus crisis has left some jobless and depending on food handouts. 650 words 0330 GMT by Tani Lee. Picture. Video India-health-virus-accident-chemicals,FOCUS BHOPAL, India Victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the 1984 gas leak, are now dying from coronavirus due to official incompetence, relatives and activists say. 750 words 0300 GMT by Sanjay Sharma with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-gondola-pandemic,FOCUS VENICE Already endangered, Venice's traditional gondola shipyards now lie silent, the only sound the gentle lapping of the canal water at their doorsteps. 650 words 0230 GMT by Francesco Gilioli with Franck Iovene in Rome. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-elderly,SCENE BOURBOURG, Northern France Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband, a care home resident, after two months without visits amid France's coronavirus lockdown. But this is no ordinary reunion -- the couple meet in a "bubble" separated by a clear plastic sheet. 700 words moved by Elia Vaissiere. Picture. Video Britain-people-record-death LONDON The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirms. 250 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-France-diplomacy,FOCUS TUNIS A documentary about Algeria's protest movement on French TV has sparked not just another diplomatic standoff between the North African nation and its former colonial power, but anger among protesters themselves. 700 words moved by Philippe Agret with Amal Belalloufi in Algiers -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-crime KANO, Nigeria Gunmen on motorcycles kill dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, as the authorities struggle to curb the violence. 500 words moved -- BUSINESS -- France-economy-automobile-labour PARIS French auto giant Renault plans to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in France, as part of a two billion euro cost-cutting plan over three years, sources say. 350 words moved -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-energy-UN-COP26,lead PARIS Critical UN climate negotiations at which nations were expected to ramp up plans to combat global warming have been pushed back a full year to November 2021. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-internet-misinformation-Asia,FOCUS HONG KONG A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, with some violators of lockdown rules facing jail and hefty fines. 800 words 0300 GMT by Rachel Blundy and Spencer Feingold afp
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