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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Climate change to impact sooner than expected: UN + Republicans block sweeping US voting rights measure + No jury at Hong Kong's first national security trial + Standoff over rainbow colours for Munich Euro match + Panda gives birth to twins at Tokyo zoo Climate-IPCC-report,WRAP PARIS Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP. 1,330 words 0200 GMT by Marlowe Hood, with Patrick Galey and Kelly Macnamara. Graphic. File picture -- Please see Special Advisory on the UN draft climate report for a full list of stories -- US-politics-voting-rights,WRAP WASHINGTON US Senate Republicans torpedo a Democratic effort to protect voting rights and expand ballot access for all Americans, a flashpoint issue months after an election marred by Donald Trump's baseless allegations of fraud. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG The first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law begins without a jury, a watershed moment for the financial hub's fast-changing legal landscape. 550 words 0300 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live video Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-GER-HUN-UEFA,WRAP MUNICH UEFA's decision to block plans by Munich to light the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for the Germany-Hungary Euro 2020 match is met with defiance in the Bavarian city which vowed to decorate other landmarks in protest at a law passed by the Hungarian government. 700 words moved by Ryland James. File picture Also moved: Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-health-virus-Britain-politics-UEFA-Wembley,2ndlead Japan-animal-panda-China TOKYO Shin Shin, a panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo, has given birth to twins, the facility announces, weeks after news of her pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. 350 words 0130 GMT. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-Tibet-music-youth-society,FOCUS LHASA In his flashy tracksuit, chunky silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and his rhyme-dropping about karma. 700 words 0330 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video Afghanistan-US-conflict-Bagram,FOCUS BAGRAM, Afghanistan Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest airbase, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops. 800 words 0330 GMT by Anne Chaon and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4, White House Covid response team coordinator Jeffrey Zients concedes. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-US-virus-vaccination-teens,WRAP WASHINGTON A panel of experts convened by the top US health agency will hold a meeting to review data surrounding more than 300 confirmed cases of heart muscle inflammation among adolescents and young adults after receiving mRNA Covid vaccines. 600 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture Media-politics-online-news PARIS The pandemic has helped rebuild a little of the confidence lost in the media, and pushed news companies even more towards digital, according to the annual Reuters Institute report. 550 words moved by Frederic Pouchot -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-media-politics-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON US law enforcement seized the websites of two Iranian state-controlled news groups, Press TV and Al-Alam, and of the Al-Masirah TV channel of Yemen's Huthis, statements posted on the websites show. 500 words 0400 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture Nicaragua-politics-elections,FOCUS MANAGUA With five opposition challengers now in detention, Nicaragua's long-serving President Daniel Ortega is clearing domestic obstacles to a fourth successive term, but lining up significant international resistance. 750 words 0230 GMT. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Nicaragua-politics-elections, COUNTRY FACTFILE and Nicaragua-politics-elections, CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners-pardon,WRAP MADRID Spain pardons the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid in a bid to break the deadlock over the political crisis in this wealthy northeastern region. 650 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture. Video Also moved: Spain-politics-Catalonia-pardon,FOCUS Spain-politics-Catalonia-dates,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-anniversary,FOCUS LONDON Five years on from Britain's shock decision to quit the European Union, the wounds opened by Brexit have yet to heal, and analysts say its far-reaching changes are only just beginning. 900 words 0300 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Moved: Britain-NIreland-politics-EU-Brexit,WRAP France-trial-fbl-theft-celebrity PARIS A gang of cat burglars accused of scaling buildings to steal millions in jewellery, fashion items and other valuables from the rich and famous, including Paris Saint-Germain football star Thiago Silva, goes on trial in the French capital. 500 words 0300 GMT by Anne Lec'hvien Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Germany BERLIN World powers are gathering in Berlin to seek lasting peace in Libya, by ensuring the conflict-wracked North African country stays firmly on the path towards general elections on December 24. 550 words 0300 GMT by Hui Min Neo -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-prisoners-rights,FOCUS BEIRUT Syrian mother Umm Saeed was so desperate to find her two jailed sons she even sold the family furniture to pay "fixers", but a decade of deceit has left her no closer to the truth. 950 words 0230 GMT by Rouba El-Husseini. File picture Lifestyle-Israel-food-environment,FOCUS NESS ZIONA, Israel It looks like chicken and tastes like chicken; but diners in Israel are tucking into laboratory-grown "meat" that scientists claim is an environmentally friendly way to feed the world's growing population. 800 words 0230 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Tunisia-agriculture,FOCUS BIZERTE, Tunisia Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. 550 words 0230 GMT by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-vote-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Vote counting gets under way following elections in Ethiopia that went ahead without polling in the war-torn northern Tigray region and other restive parts of Africa's second-most populous nation. 800 words moved by Nick Perry with Marion Douet in Bahir Dar. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school KANO, Nigeria Fifteen Nigerian hostages have escaped from their abductors as they slept, weeks after they were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the school's headteacher tells AFP. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Britney LOS ANGELES Under a controversial legal guardianship since 2008, US pop singer Britney Spears is scheduled to address a Los Angeles court in the battle over her father's control of her affairs. 550 words 0130 GMT by Laurent Banguet. File picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust WASHINGTON US lawmakers take a first step toward regulating Big Tech with a vote on a series of bills with potentially massive implications for large online platforms and consumers who use them. 700 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever. File picture US-aviation-tourism-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America's airports from sleepy to crowded almost overnight. 700 words 0200 GMT by John Biers and Juliette Michel -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus TOKYO The stripped-back Tokyo Games, held despite the ongoing pandemic, will highlight the Olympics' "true values", Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto says as organisers mark a month to go. 500 words 0130 GMT. Picture afp
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