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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kongers snap up final edition of Apple Daily + Britney Spears urges judge to end guardianship + McAfee founder dies by suicide in Spanish jail + Former Philippine president Aquino dies + Ronaldo equals top international scorer record HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kongers queue for the final edition of the city's beloved pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after it was forced to close under a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders. 750 words 0800 GMT by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Entertainment-US-music-Britney,WRAP LOS ANGELES US pop singer Britney Spears urges a judge to end a controversial guardianship that has given her father control of her affairs since 2008 during an emotional court hearing. 700 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Spain-US-court-prison-McAfee,WRAP MADRID Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee is found dead in his jail cell in Spain, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion. 700 words moved by Daniel Silva. File picture. Video Philippines-politics-obit,OBIT MANILA Former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the reserved scion of one of Asia's most famous political families, died Thursday. He was 61. 700 words moved. Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Cristiano Ronaldo equals the all-time international scoring record with his 109th goal for Portugal as the reigning champions scrape into the last 16 of Euro 2020 along with Germany and Spain. 800 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Indonesia-religion-charity-terror,FOCUS JAKARTA Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and jihadist training camps, in a scam that has netted big money for extremist groups. 750 words moved by Haeril Halim. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-WHO-Russia,lead GENEVA The World Health Organization says it has uncovered problems at a Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine production site that Moscow insists have been resolved. 500 words moved by Robin Millard Health-US-virus-vaccination-teens,WRAP WASHINGTON US health authorities plan to update official guidance about administering mRNA Covid vaccines to adolescents and young adults after finding a likely link to rare cases of heart inflammation, but say the overall benefits still "clearly" outweigh the risks. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Also moved: US-banking-health-MorganStanley,WRAP Health-virus-Europe,2ndlead STOCKHOLM The highly contagious Delta variant could soon account for 90 percent of new coronavirus cases in the EU, the bloc's disease control agency says, urging members to spur vaccination drives. 600 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-politics, FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has lashed out at middle class voters he calls selfish and unscrupulous after losing support in the capital -- traditionally a bastion of his party. 700 words 0530 GMT by Jean Luis Arce Brazil-poverty-health-virus,FOCUS SANTOS, Brazil It's best to watch your step in Dique da Vila Gilda, a slum on stilts where the rickety walkways across the fetid water below the tin-roof shacks sometimes break beneath people's feet. Here, the coronavirus pandemic has only deepened already stark inequalities. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video US-environment-nature-animal-cicada,FOCUS WASHINGTON They've been everywhere, crawling up trees and flitting about clumsily in search of a mate, droning loudly, causing auto accidents and even daring to land on the neck of the US president. 650 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. Picture. File video Nicaragua-politics-vote-rights,INTERVIEW MANAGUA Ten days ago Victor Hugo Tinoco was detained, accused of plotting against the Nicaraguan government alongside another 18 opposition figures, in an episode his dauther says is part of ongoing "state terrorism." 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media,SCENE HONG KONG As journalists from Hong Kong's embattled pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper scrambled to produce their final edition, they didn't need to go far to find their front page -- the news was right outside their doors. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi, Yan Zhao and Daniel Suen. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,PROFILE US-Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,FOCUS WASHINGTON Kabul could be captured by the Taliban within a year as US forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but its fall is not inevitable and will depend on a much better-run Afghan defense force, US experts say. 750 words moved by Paul Handley and Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Also moving: US-Afghanistan-conflict-military-withdraw,FACTS Afghanistan-US-conflict,Q&A KABUL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani begins a visit to Washington at a time the Taliban are making huge advances across the country, peace talks have stalled, and there are doubts that demoralised national security forces can contain insurgent advances. What are the implications for the war-wracked nation? 700 words 0630 GMT by Jay Deshmukh. Graphic China-finance-cryptocurrency-regulation,FOCUS BEIJING When authorities in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble them in Sichuan. Then he was told that mine had to shuit as well. 800 words 0600 GMT by Beiyi Seow with Daniel Hoffman in New York -- EUROPE -- Russia-Britain-navy-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russia says it fired warning shots at a British navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country's territorial waters, but the UK denies the incident occurred. 750 words moved. File picture Gibraltar-women-abortion-law-referendum MADRID Gibraltar heads to the polls to vote on plans to ease draconian abortion laws in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved EU-Hungary-Russia-Turkey-summit BRUSSELS Controversy over a new Hungarian law banning LGBTQ references in school materials is threatening to overshadow an EU summit intended to focus on foreign policy issues: confronting Russia and tricky ties with Turkey. 750 words moved by Marc Burleigh, Max Delany. Video. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WBank,FOCUS BEITA, Palestinian Territories With flashing lasers, honking horns and choking smoke from burning tyres, the latest tactics used by Palestinian protesters are dusk till dawn rallies to make life unbearable for Israeli settlers. 800 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video Women-Egypt-gender-rights-politics,FOCUS CAIRO In a push to cement meagre rights, Egyptian women have been battling a "shocking" draft bill influenced by Islamic law which would have deepened a system of guardianship, further restricting their daily lives. 850 words moved by Mona Salem. Picture Iran-nuclear-sabotage,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has foiled a sabotage attack on an atomic energy agency building. shortly after slamming Washington's blockage of dozens of Iranian media sites as unhelpful for ongoing nuclear talks. 750 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-bombings-election-conflict,WRAP MEKELE, Ethiopia An airstrike on a busy market killed or wounded dozens in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, survivors and emergency workers say, as a seven-month-old conflict surged again. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video. Also moved: Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-famine-aid-UN,2ndLead Mozambique-unrest-SADC,WRAP MAPUTO Southern African countries agree to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency that is wreaking havoc in northern Mozambique and threatening to spread further. 600 words moved. Video. File picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers launch a contentious debate on legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-ttennis-THA,FOCUS BANGKOK Table tennis star Orawan Paranang fires balls across a practice table dominating the living room of a modest house on the edge of Bangkok, a makeshift setup that forms the final part of a 17-year journey from rural poverty in Thailand to the Tokyo Olympics. 450 words moved by Pathom Sangwongwanich. Picture. Video Lifestyle-China-wrestling,PHOTOESSAY SHENZHEN, China The crowd gasps and cheers as a bare-chested man grabs a chair and smashes it over the head of his opponent. This is WWE-style wrestling in China, where the sport is attempting to take off. 400 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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