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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Email: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong's leader + 17 dead as India plane overshoots runway + Virus deaths in Latin America top Europe + China wants Trump to lose poll: US intel + Baby's back in new 'Dirty Dancing' movie US-China-HongKong-TikTok-diplomacy-IT,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States slaps sanctions on Hong Kong's leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations, in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever with AFP in Beijing. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moving: HongKong-politics-China-US,PROFILE US-China-IT-security-politics,FOCUS US-IT-politics-China-internet,ANALYSIS India-accident-air KOZHIKODE, India Fierce rain and winds batter a passenger jet before it crash lands and splits in two at an airport in southern India, killing at least 17 people and leaving many seriously injured. 600 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP MONTEVIDEO Latin America and the Caribbean surpasses Europe to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths as India passes the sombre step of recording over two million infections. 700 words 0130 GMT by Barnaby Chesterman. Picture. Video US-China-politics-intelligence-vote,2ndlead WASHINGTON China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants President Donald Trump to lose because it sees him as "unpredictable," a top US intelligence official says. 450 words 0130 GMT Entertainment-US-film-DirtyDancing LOS ANGELES A new "Dirty Dancing" movie is in development, with Jennifer Grey expected to reprise her iconic role as Frances "Baby" Houseman after more than three decades. 200 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's president rejects any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed the rubble for survivors. 750 words 0200 GMT by Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Lebanon-blast-politics Lebanon-blast-port,SCENE Lebanon-blast-food,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-employment-unemployment WASHINGTON President Donald Trump threatens to sign executive orders to extend financial aid to Americans facing hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, after his economic team fails to reach a deal with Democratic leaders in Congress on a new emergency spending bill. 750 words 0130 GMT by Heather Scott and Elodie Cuzin. File picture. Graphic US-Iran-UN-arms-diplomacy,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, setting up a lengthy showdown with repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal. 650 words 0130 GMT by Peter Hutchison Trinidad-politics-vote,ADVANCER PORT OF SPAIN Prime Minister Keith Rowley's governing People's National Movement (PNM) party is expected to hold onto power as Trinidad and Tobago citizens head to the polls in Monday's general election. 500 words 0130 GMT by Alva Viarruel. Video Canada-US-trade-tariff-aluminum,2ndlead OTTAWA Ottawa will hit American aluminum products with Can$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) in counter-tariffs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says, in response to "absurd" US levies announced on Canadian goods. 550 words moved by Michel Comte US-politics-security-Scowcroft,lead WASHINGTON Brent Scowcroft, the respected national security advisor to two Republican presidents and a Washington heavyweight who served administrations from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, has died aged 95, the George H.W. Bush Foundation announced Friday. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus holds a presidential election on Sunday with a female novice opposition candidate posing the greatest challenge in years to long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya and Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-vote-opposition-Tikhanovskaya,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Serbia-music,FOCUS BELGRADE In a studio embedded deep inside an old Belgrade printing factory turned artists' space, the rock group Dingospo Dali rehearses for a show they are not sure will come to pass. 600 words 0300 GMT by Jovan Matic. Picture. Video France-Italy-mountains-climate-tourism,SCENE AOSTA VALLEY, Italy An Italian alpine resort remains on high alert over fears a vast chunk of a glacier on the slopes of the Mont Blanc massif could plummet in high temperatures. 850 words moved. Picture. Video Germany-offbeat-animal-boar BERLIN A man chases after a wild boar in the nude near a Berlin lake after it snatches his laptop in an escapade that has gone viral. 250 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-masks-manufacturing,FOCUS BEIJING Tens of thousands of mask-making companies mushroomed across China at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but many are struggling to survive as they face stricter quality control measures and falling domestic demand. 550 words 0330 GMT by Sébastien Ricci. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ivory-Coast-politics-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term in October's presidential election triggers outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who label it a "coup" that risks tipping the country into chaos. 700 words moved by David Esnault and Christophe Koffi. Picture. Video Also moved: ICoast-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO Burkina-conflict,lead OUAGADOUGOU Around 20 people are killed in an attack by an armed group on a cattle market in the east of Burkina Faso, a local governor says. 200 words moved -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ESP-ManCity-RealMadrid,lead MANCHESTER, England Manchester City take advantage of two shocking mistakes by Raphael Varane to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in their Champions League last 16 second leg and advance to the quarter-finals. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ESP-ManCity-RealMadrid-Zidane,REAX fbl-Eur-C1-ManCity-RealMadrid Varane,REAX afp
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