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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden, Suga pledge unity on China, climate change + Russia bans top US officials as tensions increase + Castro rule in Cuba at an end as Raul steps down + Former FedEx employee kills eight, wounds several + 'Narcocat': Panama prison's feline courier caught US-Japan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden welcomes Japan's prime minister as his first guest, with the allies pledging a united front faced with a rising China and greater cooperation on 5G technology and climate change. 700 words 0230 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video. Russia-US-sanctions,WRAP MOSCOW Russia bans top officials from US President Joe Biden's administration from entering the country as it announces a wave of tit-for-tat sanctions and expulsions of diplomats, with tensions soaring between the rivals. 800 words moved by Anastasia Clark Also moved: EU-Russia-diplomacy-espionage,FOCUS Cuba-politics-party,WRAP HAVANA The all-powerful Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) opens a historic congress to rubber-stamp the transfer of power to a new generation as outgoing leader Raul Castro commits it to "respectful" talks with the United States. 800 words 0130 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-Cuba-politics-CIA Moved: Cuba-politics-party-Castro,CHRONO Cuba-politics-Communism-world-weaponry-conflict,FACTS US-crime-shooting,WRAP INDIANAPOLIS, United States A former FedEx employee fatally shoots eight people and wounds several others at the delivery company's facility in the US city of Indianapolis before killing himself, authorities say after the latest mass shooting to jolt the country. 750 words 0230 GMT by Jeff Dean. Graphic. Picture. Video Panama-prison-drugs-animal-offbeat PANAMA CITY Authorities in Panama intercept an unlikely smuggler, a fluffy white cat, bearing an assortment of drugs in a pouch tied to its body as it tries to enter a prison. 200 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Kyrgyzstan,lead BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan is using a poisonous root as a treatment against the coronavirus despite health warnings as the country battles a new wave of infections. 600 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Health-virus-Uruguay,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Battling the world's highest coronavirus infection rate as ambulances queue to deposit patients at hospitals bulging at the seams, Uruguay has gone from a shining example of Covid control to a nation in pandemic crisis. 800 words moved by Gabriela Vaz and Mariette le Roux. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration-refugees,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration announces he is scrapping his pledge for a rapid expansion in the number of refugees allowed into the United States, but also seems to backtrack after fierce blowback from within his Democratic party. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-police-racism,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota More shocking bodycam footage, more fatal shootings by officers, and a murder trial nearing its conclusion -- public trust in the US police has seldom been more strained. 600 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,POINTS US-space-Moon-lander,lead WASHINGTON NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency says, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company. 500 words moved Health-virus-Brazil-cemetery,FOCUS SAO PAULO In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers recall having had to carry out fewer than 10 burials at night. But after the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic swept across Brazil, that exception became the rule. 650 words 0300 GMT by Paulina Ramon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics-justice,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is jailed for 14 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for their roles in protests that helped trigger a sweeping crackdown on dissent by China -- sentences that prompted consternation from the US, Britain and the EU. 800 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video. Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-demonstration,CHRONO HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai-unrest,PROFILE Health-virus-India NEW DELHI New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with more than 200,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds. 600 words 1000 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video Pakistan-culture-religion-Islam-Qari ISLAMABAD To master the art of Koran recitation, 21-year-old Hassan Ali Kasi had to follow a strict regime of yoga, hours of rehearsing vocal scales -- and a total ban on biryani. 500 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-unrest-religion-technology,WRAP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's government orders an hours-long shutdown of social media and instant messaging platforms after days of violent anti-France protests. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,WRAP WINDSOR, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II bids a final farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, curtailed by coronavirus restrictions but reflecting his long life of military and public service. 750 words 0400 GMT by James Pheby and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Britain-royals-Philip,OBIT Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,CHRONO Britain-royals-Philip-funeral-guests,FACTS Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,QUOTES Britain-royals-Philip-funerals,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors ask a Moscow court to designate organisations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as "extremist" in a move that could ban them in Russia and result in jail time for their members. 550 words moved by Anastasia Clark. File video Ukraine-Russia-conflict-diplomacy-France-Germany,WRAP PARIS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for a summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and a new ceasefire, as France and Germany urge Moscow to pull back troops after a build-up on borders raised fears the Kremlin was planning to invade Ukraine. 800 words moved by Valerie Leroux and Stuart Williams with Anya Tsukanova in Kiev -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has begun producing uranium at 60 percent purity, in another breach of its commitments to the international community, which is concerned about its nuclear programme. 600 words moved. File picture -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-Damasak,WRAP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Tens of thousands of people have fled the northeastern Nigeria town of Damasak following jihadist attacks that killed more than 20 people, local officials and the UN say. 500 words moved by Audu Kurama Also moved: Nigeria-unrest-education-kidnap,FOCUS -- SPORT -- Tennis-ATP-MON,WRAP MONTE-CARLO Rafael Nadal's bid for a 12th Monte Carlo Masters title is shattered by Russia's Andrey Rublev, who sweeps to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 quarter-final win, a day after world number one Novak Djokovic was also knocked out. 600 words 2000 GMT. Picture afp
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