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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai arrested + Clashes in Belarus after 'rigged' voting + Lebanon protests grow after deadly blast + US cabinet member meets Taiwan president + US passes five million coronavirus cases HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is arrested and led in handcuffs through his newsroom as police raid it, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent since China imposed a security law on the city. 750 words 0530 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live video Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Police in Belarus break up crowds of protesters with stun grenades and rubber bullets as longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko looks set to declare an overwhelming victory in a presidential poll his opponents say was rigged. 750 words 0700 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Belarus-vote-Lukashenko,PROFILE Belarus-vote,FACTS Belarus-politics-vote-Tikhanovskaya,PROFILE Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Two members of Lebanon's government quit over a deadly blast that has unleashed public rage against the country's ruling class, as protesters and police fight running battles in the capital for a second day. 800 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy TAIPEI A US cabinet member meets Taiwan's leader during the highest level visit from the United States since it switched diplomatic recognition from the island to China in 1979, a trip that Beijing has condemned. 650 words 0800 GMT by Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Live video Already moved: Taiwan-China-US-politics-military,FACTS Taiwan-China-US-politics-diplomacy,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States reaches the extraordinary milestone of five million coronavirus cases as President Donald Trump is accused of flouting the constitution by unilaterally extending a virus relief package. 750 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Peru-indigenous-oil,2ndlead LIMA Peruvian indigenous people angry over the coronavirus pandemic and armed with spears assault a settlement for oil workers deep in the Amazon, triggering a clash with police that leaves three natives dead. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG Teenager Tony Chung says he was walking outside a shopping mall when police officers from Hong Kong's new national security unit swooped, bundled him into a nearby stairwell and tried to scan his face to unlock his phone. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai,PROFILE HONG KONG A rags to riches millionaire, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "trouble-maker" who has been a thorn in Beijing's side for years via his tabloid's caustic coverage and his unapologetic support for the city's democracy movement. 600 words 0800 GMT by Jerome Taylor. File picture. -- AFRICA -- Niger-unrest-France,WRAP KOURE, Niger Gunmen on motorcycles kill eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its wildlife, officials say. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Mauritius-environmental-pollution,shipping,WRAP PORT LOUIS A ship that ran aground off Mauritius leaking tonnes of oil into the ocean is cracking, the prime minister says, threatening an even greater ecological and economic disaster for the island nation. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Golf-USPGA SAN FRANCISCO Collin Morikawa claims his first major championship, delivering a magical eagle on the 16th hole in a bogey-free round of 64 at the 2020 PGA Championship. 600 words moved by Greg Heakes. Picture afp
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