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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong enforces ban on Tiananmen commemorations + Beijing accuses US of 'suppressing' Chinese firms + Jailed Belarus activist spoke 'under pressure': opposition + No evidence of alien spaceships, US report says HongKong-China-politics-Tiananmen,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong police detain one of the organisers of the annual vigil commemorating Beijing's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown, as authorities sought to prevent any show of pro-democracy people power on Friday's sensitive anniversary. 750 words 1200 GMT by Su Xinqi, Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics,CHRONO US-China-economy-politics-sanctions,WRAP BEIJING China accuses the United States of "suppressing" Chinese firms after President Joe Biden expanded a blacklist of companies Americans are barred from investing in. 500 words 0930 GMT Belarus-politics-unrest-opposition,WRAP WARSAW Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya dismisses an interview shown on state television in Belarus with a journalist who was arrested after his plane was forced to land in Minsk. 450 words 0930 GMT US-military-space WASHINGTON There is no evidence that unexplained aerial phenomena spotted in recent years by US military personnel are aliens, an upcoming government report quoted by The New York Times says, but intelligence officials still can't explain the mysterious aircraft. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Myanmar-politics-military-guerrilla,FOCUS BANGKOK Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree. 750 words moved. File picture. Video SLeone-China-fishing-environment-tourism,FOCUS FREETOWN Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean. 700 words moved Saidu Bah. Picture. Video Switzerland-sport-climbing-age,FOCUS VILLENEUVE, Switzerland Marcel Remy is the grand old man of Swiss Alpinists, and with his sure and steady progress as he conquers a climbing wall, few would realise he is 98-years-old. 600 words moved by Eloi Rouyer. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-tourism-travel,lead PARIS Travel to France for EU residents will be fully allowed starting June 9 but Britain and the United States remain on an "orange" alert list that will require even vaccinated travellers to show a negative Covid test, the government says. 600 words 1100 GMT by Tangi Quemener and Joseph Schmid Health-virus-Cyprus-UN NICOSIA Checkpoints reopen along the UN-patrolled buffer zone that divides Cyprus as coronavirus restrictions first imposed 15 months ago are finally eased. 450 words 0930 GMT by Charlie Charalambous. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-tourism,FOCUS TORREMOLINOS, Spain The beach at Torremolinos is nearly empty but this southern Spanish resort is gearing up for what it hopes will be a busy summer and a return of "normality". 650 moved moved by Diego Urdaneta. File picture. Video Health-virus-India-crime,FOCUS NEW DELHI From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders to recycled PPE, India's coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers, with sometimes deadly consequences. 550 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga Health-virus-Nepal-mountaineering-Everest KATHMANDU Expedition organiser Dawa Steven Sherpa has been running teams on Everest for over a decade, but this year has been the most challenging yet, in a season that grappled with a storm of coronavirus, cyclones and misinformation. 500 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-war-genocide-court-Mladic,FOCUS KALINOVIK, Bosnia The triumphant face of war criminal Ratko Mladic stares out of a roadside mural in his hometown, a reminder of his hero status among Bosnian Serbs days before judges rule on his final appeal against his genocide conviction. 650 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup-France-army,WRAP PARIS France says it will suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country's second coup in nine months, adding to international pressure for the military junta to return civilians to positions of power. 650 words moved by Daphne Benoit. File picture. Video Africa-France-politics-diplomacy,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe, a fierce critic of post-colonial relations, raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France's President Emmanuel Macron to lead preparations for the upcoming 29th Africa-France Summit. In an interview with AFP, the 63-year-old politics and history professor explains what he hopes the summit will achieve. 650 words moved by Claire Doyen. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest-jihadists,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is believed to have been injured or killed in clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists -- a development that has huge consequences for the 12--year-old Islamist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. 850 words moved. File picture. Graphic Mozambique-unrest,FOCUS PEMBA, Mozambique Host families in the northern Mozambican town of Pemba have opened the doors of their homes to people fleeing jihadist violence, even though they themselves are often poor and in need. 800 words moved by Susan Njanji. File pictures. -- LATIN AMERICA -- Peru-vote,ADVANCER LIMA Peruvians will be faced with choosing the "lesser evil" between rightwing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftwing unionist Pedro Castillo when voting for their new president on Sunday. 800 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Peru-vote-Fujimori,PROFILE Peru-vote-Castillo,PROFILE Nicaragua-politics-opposition-arrest,PROFILE MANAGUA Like her mother before her, Nicaraguan opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro -- placed under house arrest Wednesday on government claims of money-laundering -- has proved to be a thorn in the side of President Daniel Ortega. 600 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-refugee-Rohingya- migration,lead ACEH, Indonesia A boat filled with dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, lands off the Indonesian coast, marking the latest arrival by the persecuted Myanmar minority. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Britain-China-rights-Uyghurs,FOCUS LONDON A panel of UK-based lawyers and rights experts investigating the plight of Uyghurs in China begins hearing evidence from witnesses, with its chair saying Beijing faced 'grave' accusations. 550 words 1100 GMT by Callum Paton. Mongolia-social-employment-family-gender,FOCUS ULAANBAATAR Mongolia once guaranteed free childcare for working mothers but decades after the landlocked country abandoned communist rule, some have been forced to choose between bribing nurseries or leaving their jobs to look after their young ones. 650 words moved by Khaliun Bayartsogt. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- G7-Britain-economy-politics,WRAP LONDON Group of Seven finance ministers kick off talks, with Europeans optimistic the world's wealthiest countries will support US-backed plans for a minimum global level of corporate tax. 600 words 1200 GMT by Roland Jackson. Pictures. Video US-economy-employment WASHINGTON A key US government jobs report is expected to show American businesses added hundreds of thousands of jobs last month as vaccines helped the economy return to normal -- but with Covid-19 still keeping some people away from the workplace, strong rehiring is no sure thing. 550 words moved by Chris Stein -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA,WRAP LOS ANGELES The Phoenix Suns, fueled by 47 points from Devin Booker, topple reigning NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers 113-100, handing superstar LeBron James the first first-round playoff exit of his career. 700 words moved. Picture Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams continues her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title in the French Open third round, while Stefanos Tsitsipas faces the first real test of his title credentials against John Isner. 600 words 1200 GMT by Jed Court. Picture Tennis-CHN-Li-FRA-Open,FOCUS SHANGHAI A decade ago, more than 110 million people tuned in from China to watch Li Na become the first Asian-born player to win a Grand Slam singles title, but now she is rarely seen on TV or in the country's media. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-Lebanon-forests-climate,FOCUS QSAYBEH, Lebanon The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a regional delicacy, but harvests have collapsed amid an exotic insect infestation experts say is accelerated by climate change. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video afp
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