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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump calls race protests 'domestic terror' + Head of Khmer Rouge's torture prison dies + European virus cases surpass four million + Charlie Hebdo reprints Mohammed cartoons + Pakistan blocks Tinder, other 'immoral' apps US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump takes his tough law-and-order message to Kenosha, the latest US city roiled by the police shooting of a black man, as he brands recent anti-racism protests acts of "domestic terror" by violent mobs. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-justice,OBIT PHNOM PENH A former school teacher who became the top torturer for Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, sending some 15,000 people to their deaths, dies in hospital in Phnom Penh at the age of 77. 600 words 0230 GMT. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Millions of mask-wearing European children return to school with governments determined to get pupils back in class despite still-rising coronavirus infections which surged over four million across the continent. 800 words moved by Eleonore Hughes with Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao in Hong Kong and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attacks-trial-media,WRAP PARIS French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015, is republishing hugely controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices in the attack. 700 words moved by Frederic Pouchot and Stuart Williams. Picture. File picture Also moving: France-attacks-trial,WRAP France-attacks-trial-Charlie-religion,FOCUS France-attacks-trial-security-defence-Sahel,FOCUS France-attacks-trial-Charlie,BACKGROUND Pakistan-internet-censorship-Tinder,lead ISLAMABAD Pakistan blocks access to Tinder and several other dating apps in a bid to control "immoral" and "indecent" content, just days after regulators threatened to shut down YouTube for similar reasons. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-China-military-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads and expand launch capabilities in a sweeping plan to achieve military parity or superiority over the United States by mid-century, the Pentagon says. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Venezuela-politics-vote,FOCUS CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's decision to pardon 110 opposition figures this week is a political calculation aimed at "whitewashing" his image and regaining control of the country's legislature, analysts say. 650 words 0200 GMT by Margioni Bermudez Kosovo-Serbia-US-politics,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The United States hopes to foster a breakthrough in talks between Balkan war foes Kosovo and Serbia as leaders of the two countries meet at the White House this week. 650 words 0200 GMT Health-virus-vaccines,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON It's Richard Hatchett's job is to ensure that future vaccines against Covid-19 will be shared out on an equitable basis around the world -- and he is worried. The United States, Europe and other rich countries have already reserved the first doses for themselves. 650 words 0200 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Bahrain-vaccine,FOCUS MANAMA In a Bahrain exhibition centre that used to hold jewellery shows and book fairs before the coronavirus pandemic, Mohammed al-Blooshi and other masked volunteers wait for a dose of a trial vaccine. 550 words 0300 GMT by Mazen Mahdi. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan authorities have resumed a controversial release of Taliban inmates, an insurgent spokesman says, marking an important step toward breaking an impasse that has delayed the start of peace talks for months. 500 words moved by Usman Sharifi Japan-theatre-noh-virus-health,FOCUS KAMAKURA, Japan Kennosuke Nakamori's sonorous voice fills a small room as he practises the lines of a traditional Japanese Noh play, even though he hasn't performed before a live audience in months. 800 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan,FOCUS LAHORE, Pakistan Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling public health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and ramshackle hospitals will be overrun. 750 words 0330 GMT by Kaneez Fatima with Zain Zaman Janjua in Islamabad. Picture Health-virus-Philippines-lifestyle,FOCUS MANILA Struggling to make ends meet, Lorraine Imperio swapped a pair of Nike slip-ons for a whole dressed chicken on an online bartering site, one of dozens that have sprouted during the Philippines' virus lockdowns. 700 words 0330 GMT by Cecil Morella. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Iran-nuclear-politics-UN-EU,WRAP VIENNA The signatories to the Iran nuclear deal say they stand by the faltering accord, opposing US efforts to restore international sanctions on the Islamic republic. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-fish-unrest-economy,FOCUS AL-DELMAJ MARSHES, Iraq Poisoned water, illegal dams and even armed clashes: these days, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes involves navigating precarious waters. 750 words 0300 GMT by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video Saudi-diplomacy-politics,FOCUS RIYADH From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has yielded few tangible gains. 700 words 0230 GMT by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-economy-oil-corruption,FOCUS WARRI, Nigeria Investigators are looking for billions of dollars in missing or stolen funds from a Nigerian agency created to develop the oil-rich but impoverished Niger delta. 750 words 0330 GMT by Perez Brisbe with Joel Olatunde Agoi in Lagos. Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Six-time winner Serena Williams enters the fray at a US Open like no other, being played without spectators and with stringent measures to prevent Covid-19 infections. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Graphic afp
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