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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain's Juan Carlos to go into exile under scandal + Hurricane Isaias bears down on US eastern seaboard + Trump gives TikTok six weeks to sell US operations + Philippines back into lockdown as virus cases soar + Sharp drop in Leopards in panda conservation areas Spain-royals-politics-corruption MADRID Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who is under investigation for corruption, has announced he plans to go into exile, says the royal palace. 550 words moved. File picture Also moving: Spain-royal-history-politics-people-JuanCarlos US-China-politics-Internet-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump gives popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok six weeks to sell its US operations to an American company, saying it would be "out of business" otherwise, and that the government wanted a financial benefit from the deal. 700 words moved by Paul Handley US-weather-hurricane,WRAP MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina Isaias regains hurricane status as it nears the US eastern seaboard, bringing life-threatening storm surges to North and South Carolina. 700 words 0330 GMT by Logan Cyrus Health-virus,WRAP MANILA Millions of people in the Philippines go back into lockdown as global coronavirus infections keep soaring, with the World Health Organisation warning against relying on a vaccine "silver bullet" to end the pandemic. 650 words 0300 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video Environment-conservation-panda-China-leopard PARIS Efforts to protect the giant panda have failed to safeguard large mammals sharing its habitats, according to research showing dramatic declines of leopards and other predators. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Mexico-wrestling-MEX,FOCUS XOCHIMILCO, Mexico Driven from their spectator-filled stadiums by the coronavirus, Mexico's "lucha libre" wrestlers have taken their flamboyant costumes and acrobatic maneuvers to an unlikely new battleground immersed in nature. 700 words 0130 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video Health-virus-UN-conflict,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the humanitarian situation in the world's deadliest conflicts and threatens to unleash economic devastation that will intensify violence, United Nations diplomats and experts warn. 600 words 0200 GMT by Peter Hutchison -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-politics-books,FOCUS HONG KONG China's new security law in Hong Kong has sent a chill through the city's book industry, with authors and publishers revisiting catalogues and some looking to Taiwan to print potentially now subversive titles. 700 words 0330 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,FOCUS TOKYO As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. 750 words 0200 GMT by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,FACTS Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,CHRONO India-Kashmir-conflict-politics,FOCUS SRINAGAR, India The year-long clampdown in Indian-administered Kashmir imposed to tighten New Delhi's grip on the disputed region has shattered its economy and deepened the desperation of its people. 750 words 0400 GMT by Parvaiz Bukhari. Picture. Video Also moving: India-Kashmir-conflict-politics-Pakistan,Q&A SriLanka-vote,ADVANCER COLOMBO Sri Lanka heads to the polls Wednesday with the ruling Rajapaksa brothers looking for a super-majority in parliament to change the constitution and stamp their authority on the island nation. 650 words 0300 GMT by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-vaccines,lead MOSCOW Russia says it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out "several million" doses per month by next year. 500 words moved by Maria Antonova. File picture Britain-NIreland-Hume-politics,WRAP LONDON Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum following the death of John Hume, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending decades of deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. 700 words by Joe Jackson. File picture Belarus-politics-vote,FOCUS MALADZECHNA, Belarus At a small-town campaign rally held by the rising star of Belarus's political opposition, Elena stands among the unusually large crowd, wrapped in a red and white flag -- the colours of the ex-Soviet country's emboldened opposition. She is there to support opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. 800 words 0230 GMT by Alexander Grebenkin. Picture. Video. Also moving: Belarus-politics-vote-Tikhanovskaya,PROFILE EU-US-computers-internet,FOCUS PARIS Europe is sitting on a wealth of data that is the 21st equivalent of a precious metal mine during the gold rush. But instead of exploiting it themselves Europeans may be allowing American tech giants to gain control of all the excavation equipment. 600 words 0300 GMT by Laurent Barthelemy. File picture Greece-refugee-arts,INTERVIEW THESSALONIKI, Greece Surrounded by cans of paint and canvas in his small studio in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, Richard Lusakumunu feels he has completed his "metamorphosis" from refugee to artist. 550 words 0300 GMT by Chantal Valery. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-conflict-Syria,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel launches air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's foreign minister Nassif Hitti resigns in protest at the government's mishandling of a spiralling economic crisis, warning that if there is no will to reform "the ship will sink". 650 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File Picture. File video We have also moved: Lebanon-politics-economy,CHRONO Health-virus-Palestinians-Gaza-poverty,PHOTOESSAY RAFAH, Palestinian Territories With skilled fingers, disabled Gazan couple Nihad and Zeinab Jarboa have supported themselves by sewing finely detailed dolls and costumes, but coronavirus has hit their already meagre income. 450 words 0300 GMT by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-PAK-ENG-Pakistan-bowlers,FOCUS KARACHI To understand the culture of fast bowling in Pakistan, look no further than Imran Khan, once a feared quick and now the country's prime minister. As if to reinforce the point that speed is king, Pakistan have eight fast bowlers in their 20-man squad for the three-Test series against England, starting on Wednesday. 600 words 0200 GMT by Shahid Hashmi. File picture Esports-Singapore-health,FOCUS SINGAPORE Growing concern over health standards in eSports has prompted a new federation to pledge to address the problem, as players fall victim to conditions ranging from wrist injuries to obesity, stress and diabetes. 650 words 0230 GMT by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video afp
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