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| - Duty Editor: Mike Patterson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump vows to nominate Ginsburg successor 'very soon' + Trump says approves TikTok deal with Oracle, Walmart + Belarus police detain hundreds of women at protest + Thai protestors rally to press call for reforms + Hollywood stars don pyjamas for 'virtual' Emmys US-politics-justice-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump vows to quickly nominate a successor, likely a woman, to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only a day after the death of the liberal stalwart. 850 words 0300 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-justice-court-Ginsburg-feminism,FOCUS US-politics-justice-court-Ginsburg-vote,SCENE US-court-justice-Ginsburg,PROFILE US-court-justice-Ginsburg-life,DATES US-court-justice-Ginsburg,FACTS US-court-justice-Ginsburg-successor,FACTS US-TikTok-Trump-deal,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he has approved a deal allowing Silicon Valley giant Oracle to become the data partner for TikTok to avert a shutdown of the massively popular Chinese-owned video app, which Washington has called a security risk. 600 words 0230 GMT by Torrence Otten Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Riot police in Belarus bundle hundreds of women, including a great-grandmother who has become an icon of the protest movement, into vans as opposition marchers rally in Minsk seeking an end to President Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Thai student activists are set to defy authorities and march to the seat of government after staging the biggest protest in years in which demonstrators demanded reforms to the unassailable monarchy. 600 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,WRAP LOS ANGELES TV stars pick out their favorite pajamas ahead of Sunday's reinvented, pandemic-hit Emmys, which will see nominees accept prizes live from their homes, with dark superhero satire "Watchmen" tipped to dominate the night. 700 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. File picture. Graphic Also moving: Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-nominees,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-UN-sanctions,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States unilaterally proclaims that UN sanctions against Iran are back in force and promised to punish those who violate them, in a move that risks increasing Washington's isolation but also international tensions. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Philippe Rater at the United Nations US-fires-firefighters,FOCUS LOS ANGELES This year's ferocious wildfires on the US West Coast are taking a heavy toll on exhausted firefighters who see no end in sight to the blazes, with the coronavirus pandemic adding another layer of risk. 650 words 0130 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-security-Palantir,FOCUS WASHINGTON Perhaps the most secretive firm to emerge from Silicon Valley, Palantir Technologies is set for a stock market debut this month that may shed light on the Big Data firm specializing in law enforcement and national security. 850 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever. File picture -- ASIA -- China-lifestyle-safety-economy-bodyguard,FOCUS TIANJIN, China At the "Genghis Security Academy", which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly-rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman. 750 words 0300 GMT by Ye Qian with Helen Roxurgh in Beijing. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-vote ROME Italians head to the polls -- to the alarm of coronavirus experts -- for a referendum and regional elections that could weaken the government and radically reshape the political landscape. 650 words 0200 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture Entertainment-Britain-music-health-virus,VIDEOESSAY LONDON London's hard-hit live entertainment sector is hoping to prove it can resurrect itself from the coronavirus shutdown -- and a series of gigs from a maze of tunnels could show the way to do it. 500 words 0230 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Britain-nightclub-leisure,FOCUS Romania-trafficking-justice-corruption,INVESTIGATION BUCHAREST "I want him to pay for everything I've suffered," says a short, frail 24-year-old Romanian who was forced into prostitution by a man who duped her. 900 words 0130 GMT by Mihaela Rodina, Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary,FOCUS BAGHDAD In the four decades since Iran and Iraq went to war, Tehran has turned enmity into influence, seeing its allies installed in Baghdad's halls of power and becoming its top trading partner. 800 words 0230 GMT by Salam Faraj and Maya Gebeily. Video. File picture Also moving: Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary-chemical,FOCUS Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary,FACTS -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-ESP-Pr-Liga-Tottenham-RealMadrid-Bale LONDONG Tottenham have gambled on the homecoming of Gareth Bale as the shot in the arm they badly need to arrest an alarming slide in the 15 months since reaching their first Champions League final. 600 words 0130 GMT by Kieran Canning afp
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