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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Putin gets nod to stay on until 2036 + Pandemic accelerating, WHO warns + Hong Kong law 'undermines judiciary': bar association + Judge lifts block on tell-all Trump book + Museum or mosque? Turkey court to rule on Hagia Sofia Russia-vote-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russians overwhelmingly approve a package of constitutional changes allowing President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his two-decade rule until 2036. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-vote-constitution,SCENE Russia-vote-constitution-history-Putin,FACTS Russia-vote-constitution,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP LOS ANGELES The global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization warns, as the United States closes bars and beaches ahead of the Independence Day holiday and Brazil passes 60,000 deaths. 850 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-law,WRAP HONG KONG A sweeping new security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing undermines the semi-autonomous city's independent judiciary and stifles freedoms, the city's influential Bar Association has warned. 650 words 0530 GMT by Jerome Taylor Also moved: China-HongKong-politics-Britain,3rdlead HongKong-China-politics-US,2ndlead US-politics-books-Trump-court-family,2ndlead WASHINGTON An appeals court judge in New York lifts a temporary ban on the publication of a potentially explosive "tell-all" book by President Donald Trump's niece. 350 words 0730 GMT. Turkey-politics-religion-Greece-heritage-history,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey's top court is due to deliver a critical verdict on the status of Istanbul's emblematic landmark and former church Hagia Sophia, a ruling that could inflame tensions with the West. 700 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. File video. Also moved: Turkey-religion-politics,FACTS -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-business,REAX HONG KONG China's new security law has sent fear coursing through many Hong Kong residents, but the city's commercial community has largely embraced it as a way to get back to doing business. 650 words 0830 GMT. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,2ndlead WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump, who has yet to be seen in public wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic, says he would have "no problem" doing so, while reiterating his belief that the contagion will just "disappear." 300 words moved US-politics-racism-unrest-heritage-Richmond,WRAP WASHINGTON A campaign in the United States to remove symbols of the pro-slavery Civil War South gains momentum as workers begin taking down statues in the Virginia city that was the Confederate capital and Mississippi retires the state flag. 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus-Uruguay-EU,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Uruguay's president was recently photographed surfing in the early morning ahead of a cabinet meeting, symbolizing his government's relief that a policy of "freedom with responsibility" in containing the COVID-19 pandemic is succeeding. 600 words moved by Lujan Scarpinelli. File picture Bolivia-politics-Argentina,FOCUS LA PAZ From exile in Buenos Aires, former leftist president Evo Morales continues to influence Bolivian politics and is plotting his party's return to power in September elections, analysts say. 750 words 0600 GMT by Jose Arturo Cardenas. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-hotels,FOCUS BARCELONA At Barcelona's Melia Sarria hotel, a line of employees form a corridor to wave goodbye to the last COVID patients who have been staying there. 600 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video ECB-EU-eurozone-Germany-parliament-court FRANKFURT Germany's parliament is expected to put to bed fears that the country's powerful central bank could be barred from participating in a crucial eurozone-wide bond-buying scheme. 600 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Thousands of Palestinians protest in Gaza against Israel's West Bank annexation plans, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said talks were ongoing on the project, which faces intensifying international opposition. 730 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlers,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WestBank,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-history,CHRONO Syria-conflict-prisoners-rights,FOCUS BEIRUT Syrian army defector Salam had signed a surrender deal with the regime supposed to protect him, but after reporting for military service he disappeared and months later was declared dead. 760 words moved by Rouba El Husseini Moved: Syria-conflict-Russia-Iran-Turkey,WRAP Health-virus-Tunisia-women-cycling,FOCUS TUNIS Bicycling has made recent inroads in the Tunisian capital, with women leading the peloton to achieve greater mobility and break gender norms as the coronavirus pandemic boosts the two-wheeled trend. 580 words moved by Salsabil Chellali. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-politics,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Two days of protests have left at least 81 people dead in Ethiopia, a police chief said, after the murder of a popular singer from the country's largest ethnic group stoked tensions that threaten to derail the country's democratic transition. 700 words moved -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-automobile-computers-stocks-GM-Tesla-FCA,WRAP NEW YORK Tesla engineers its latest coup, becoming the world's richest car company while two of Detroit's old guard, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, reported sagging auto sales amid the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by John Biers afp
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