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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran set to announce winner of presidential vote + Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives in court + Palestinians cancel million vaccine deal with Israel + UN urges members to stop flow of arms into Myanmar + Scotland hold lacklustre England to goalless draw Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran is set to announce the winner of a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to emerge victorious over his three low-profile rivals. 700 words 0700 GMT by Frank Zeller and Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Graphic. Video HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appear in court charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. 600 words 0800 GMT by Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,3rdlead RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The Palestinian Authority says it cancelled a swap deal that would have seen Israel provide it with one million Covid-19 jabs, as the doses are "about to expire". 550 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem. Video Myanmar-politics-military-UN-diplomacy,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The UN General Assembly takes the rare step of calling on member states to "prevent the flow of arms" into Myanmar, part of a non-binding resolution condemning the military coup in the violence-wracked country. 600 words moved Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON Lacklustre England are denied an early ticket into the Euro 2020 last 16 as Scotland hold their historic rivals to a goalless draw while World Cup finalists Croatia face an uphill task to progress. 700 words moved by John Weaver. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- SAfrica-history-apartheid-jobs,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa Thirty years ago South Africa's apartheid laws were formally struck down, bringing a dizzying jolt of hope to millions of disenfranchised citizens. Today that optimism has all but fizzled out -- particularly among the young. 600 words moved by Claire Doyen and Michelle Gumede. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Russia,WRAP MOSCOW New coronavirus infections hit a pandemic high in Moscow, tripling in just weeks due to the Delta variant and forcing Russia's capital to close its Euro fan zone and extend other curbs. 600 words moved by Antoine Lambroschini. File picture. File video Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-Britain-painting-auction NEW YORK A piece of art weaving together one of the great statesmen of the 20th century, an icon of the jet set and the world's first "super yacht" will go under the hammer at New York auction house Phillips on June 23. 350 words moved. Picture. Video Canada-US-pornography-internet-lawsuit,WRAP MONTREAL Pornhub is increasingly under the gun as the adult video site is sued by 34 women who say they appeared without consent in footage showing rape, sexual abuse, revenge porn or images of them when they were minors. 600 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. File picture Peru-accident-mining,2ndlead LIMA A bus carrying miners plunges into a ravine on a mountain road in southern Peru, killing at least 27, their employer says. 300 words moved US-politics-racism-holiday,FOCUS WASHINGTON Public schools in Washington were closed, embassies shut down and US government employees got an unexpected day off on Friday after the sudden declaration of a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-China-diplomacy-trade-wine,3rdlead SYDNEY Australia will take China before the World Trade Organization over Beijing's imposition of crippling tariffs on Australian wine exports, it announces, in the latest sign of worsening tensions between the two countries. 650 words moved -- EUROPE -- Switzerland-Liberia-conflict-warcrimes-trial-verdict,WRAP GENEVA A former Liberian warlord is jailed for 20 years in Switzerland, becoming the first person from the country to be convicted of war crimes committed during the bloody conflict there a generation ago. 650 words moved by Nina Larson Also moved: Switzerland-Liberia-conflict-warcrimes,FACTS -- HEALTH -- Health-colorectal-cancer-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat -- further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting the cancer early and designing new treatments. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- ENVIRONMENT -- Mexico-environment-nature-climate,FOCUS NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ, Mexico Adriana Veliz whispers affectionately as she removes a colony of bees from inside a statue in a Mexican backyard -- part of her mission to help save them from extinction. 500 words moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Germany are under fierce pressure going into a crucial Euro 2020 game against Portugal as world champions France look to clinch a place in the last 16 and Spain chase a first win. 700 words moved by Andy Scott with Ryland James in Munich. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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