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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Belarus's Lukashenko to address parliament + Floyd family urge US police reform on anniversary + US vows to reopen Jerusalem consulate, help Gaza + Hundreds of thousands flee cyclone in India + Stargazers set for 'Super Blood Moon' display Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP MINSK A defiant President Lukashenko will address Belarus' parliament, as international pressure over the country's diversion of an airliner to arrest a dissident grows, with the UN Security Council set to meet behind closed doors later. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Belarus-politics-arrest-Poland-dissident,INTERVIEW Belarus-politics-Lukashenko,PROFILE Belarus-politics-arrest-Poland-parents,INTERVIEW US-justice-politics-race-Floyd,WRAP WASHINGTON The family of George Floyd appeals for sweeping police reform on the anniversary of the African American man's murder by a white officer, as they meet President Joe Biden at the White House. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows to rebuild US relations with Palestinians by reopening a consulate in Jerusalem, as well as giving millions in aid to help the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. 850 words moved by Jonah Mandel with Hossam Ezzedine in Ramallah. Picture. Video India-weather-cyclone,WRAP DIGHA, India Heavy rains and howling winds lash eastern India as the Covid-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks batters coastal areas, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter. 500 words 0700 GMT by Dibyangshu Sarkar. Picture. Video Science-astronomy-moon-eclipse-Australia SYDNEY Stargazers across the Pacific Rim will cast their eyes skyward this evening and behold a "Super Blood Moon", as the heavens align to bring a spectacular lunar eclipse. 450 words 0700 GMT by Andrew Beatty. Photo. Video. Graphic. -- SPOTLIGHT -- HongKong-China-lifestyle-food-gender,FOCUS HONG KONG Despite the institutional status bestowed by her double Michelin star, Vicky Lau says the battle to improve gender parity in the male-dominated world of professional kitchens is a long way from won -- but small victories bring her hope. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Mozambique-unrest-children-therapy,FOCUS METUGE, Mozambique Mozambican children gather under a mango tree for what looks like a play date. But they are here for solace and healing, rather than fun, after witnessing atrocities committed by jihadists. 650 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-origin,FOCUS WASHINGTON Long dismissed as a kooky conspiracy theory espoused by the US far right, the idea that Covid-19 emerged from a lab leak in the Chinese city of Wuhan is gaining traction across America. 650 words moved by Lucie Aubourg -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-virus-health,LEAD TOKYO Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an official Tokyo Olympics sponsor, calls for the Games to be cancelled, in the latest sign of opposition less than two months before the opening ceremony. 550 words 0630 GMT by Andrew McKirdy -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump,lead WASHINGTON New York prosecutors have convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, suggesting they may have found evidence of a crime, US media report. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison US-Russia-politics-diplomacy-summit,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit next month in Geneva, though no breakthrough is expected in the fraught relationship. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Brazil-vote-Lula,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who started out a shoeshine boy and became the most popular president in Brazilian history, has racked up a lifetime of improbable victories. 750 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-Britain-Shell-energy-climate-oil-court,WRAP THE HAGUE A Dutch court will give its verdict on a landmark bid by environmental groups to force oil giant Shell to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets in the Paris climate accords. 500 words moved by Danny Kemp -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-vote,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrians vote in a presidential election where few doubt Bashar al-Assad will extend his grip on power for a fourth term, in a war-battered country mired in economic crisis. 600 words moved by Maher Al-Mounes and Rouba El-Husseini in Beirut. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lebanon-Syria,FOCUS SHATILA CAMP, Lebanon From marching in rallies to posting live updates on social media, Palestinian refugee Mira Krayem has barely slept since conflict gripped her ancestral homeland earlier this month. 700 words moved Hashem Osseiran with Maher Al-Mounes in Damascus. Picture. Video Entertainment-Morocco-film-equestrian,FOCUS MARRAKESH Horse master Joel Proust hopes his stallions will soon return to the movie sets in Morocco that made his name, ranging from Hollywood epics to "Game of Thrones", after coronavirus restrictions hit the industry hard. 700 words moved by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-society,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The latest escalation in the Middle East conflict served to unite the geographically fragmented Palestinian community in a way not seen in years, analysts say. 850 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights-UN Iran-politics-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran approves seven hopefuls to run in next month's presidential poll, a list dominated by ultraconservatives and deemed "indefensible" by one senior official. 750 words moved. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO West African mediators will be allowed to meet with Mali's detained president and prime minister, a source close to the discussions says, two days after the transitional leaders were stripped of their powers by the country's military. 800 words moved by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mali-politics-conflict,CHRONO Mali-politics-conflict,COUNTRYFACTFILE DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo Powerful aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano rock the eastern DR Congo city of Goma as the death toll from the disaster climbs to 32 and thousands are feared homeless. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Samoa-politics-vote-Malielegaoi,PROFILE APIA Defying election results and court rulings, Samoa's veteran leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is determined to cling to power, convinced only divine intervention can end his 22-year rule of the Pacific island nation. 645 words moved. -- SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH -- Science-chimps-society-handshakes PARIS Chimpanzees develop specific handshake-like gestures depending on their social group, according to the results of a 12-year observational study that sheds light on the animals' complex social structures. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Climate-poverty-race-cities-heatwaves-US PARIS So-called urban heat islands expose Black Americans in US cities to twice as much additional warming during the summer as white people, a discrepancy with potentially serious health implications, researchers say. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- US-Ireland-G7-economy-taxation,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's push to get major economies to agree on a 15 percent minimum tax rate for multinational corporations has hit turbulence after Ireland's finance minister expressed "significant reservations" about the plan. 550 words moved by Chris Stein and Charlotte Durand US-IT-retail-antitrust-Amazon,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon is hit with an antitrust suit from the US capital city Washington, claiming the tech giant abuses its dominant position in online retail sales, harming consumers. 500 words moved by Rob Lever -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Friends,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The stars of "Friends" never really left us -- they were simply on a break. The cast of the beloved 1990s sitcom about six attractive, straight, white New Yorkers with ludicrously giant Manhattan apartments are set to finally reunite for a much-hyped and long-delayed special. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal and Thomas Urbain afp
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