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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Belarus forces civilian flight to land in Minsk + Lava stops on edge of DR Congo's Goma + Cable car crash kills 14 in Italy + Mickelson becomes oldest major winner at 50 + Eurovision winner vows to take drugs test Belarus-politics-arrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus forces a civilian airliner carrying a wanted opposition activist to land in the capital Minsk, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as a "hijacking" and an "act of state terrorism" ahead of an EU summit on toughening sanctions Monday. 800 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Graphic Already moved: Belarus-politics-arrest-Lithuania-passengers,SCENE DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo A river of red-hot lava stopped on the edge of Goma, sparing the eastern DR Congo city from disaster after an overnight eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. 850 words moved by Justin Katimwa. Picture. Graphic. Video Italy-accident-cablecar,WRAP ROME Fourteen people died including five Israelis when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services say. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic Golf-USPGA,WRAP KIAWAH ISLAND, United States Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in golf history, the 50-year-old left-hander capturing the PGA Championship by two strokes for his sixth and most iconic major title. 750 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture. Video Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Italy-drugs,WRAP THE HAGUE The singer for Italy's Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that he was snorting cocaine during the broadcast. 500 words moved by Danny Kemp -- SPOTLIGHT -- Afghanistan-conflict-archeology-culture,FOCUS LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. 750 words 0300 GMT by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS HONG KONG A shadow of fear hangs over Hong Kong's outspoken and staunchly pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, with its billionaire owner Jimmy Lai now jailed and many reporters asking themselves: "Are we next?" 750 words 0300 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Iran-nuclear-US-EU,lead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that it remains unclear whether Iran is "ready and willing" to take the necessary steps to return to compliance with the multination nuclear agreement. 500 words moved Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-US,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the six-month-old war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying those involved had "taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities." 400 words 0130 GMT US-justice-race-Floyd,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Day of Enlightenment." That's how the George Floyd Memorial Center wants to commemorate May 25, the anniversary of the 46-year-old Black man's death under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Also moved: US-justice-race-Floyd-march US-justice-race-Floyd-family US-enterprises-corporate-meeting-racism-wage,FOCUS US-minorities-language-deaf-IT,FOCUS WASHINGTON "English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. 700 words moved by Louis Baudoin. Picture. Health-virus-US-NewYork-leisure,FOCUS NEW YORK After 14 months of lockdown and restrictions, New Yorkers can now enjoy a city where most of these limitations have been lifted. But they are hesitant about partying and returning to the social life they enjoyed "before." 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- China-disaster-race BEIJING An investigation is underway into a disaster at an ultramarathon that left 21 runners dead -- including some of China's top athletes -- when bad weather struck the course. 350 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-coup YANGON Dozens of Myanmar security force members are killed, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in the coup-hit country's eastern fringe. 500 words moved. File picture Wrestling-IND-Oly-crime-Kumar NEW DELHI Two-time Olympic wrestling medallist Sushil Kumar is arrested, Indian police say, after a week-long manhunt over the alleged murder of a fellow athlete. 200 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-media-politics ISTANBUL Media rights groups urge Turkish authorities to investigate explosive allegations by a mafia boss about the high-profile killings of two journalists in the 1990s. 550 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A UN official calls for a "genuine political process" to avert further bloodshed, after a military conflict between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas ravages the Palestinian enclave. 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee with Daniella Cheslow in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD A wave of deadly attacks on pro-democracy activists and journalists in Iraq have sparked mounting calls to boycott October parliamentary elections, as perpetrators go unpunished. 750 words 0300 GMT by Ammar Karim. File Picture. Health-virus-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is tightening the screws on vaccine sceptics, barring them from pilgrimages and overseas travel and blocking access to universities, malls and offices in a contentious effort to boost inoculations. 750 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Syria-conflict-vote,ADVANCER BEIRUT President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for over half a century, faces an election Wednesday meant to cement his image as the only hope for recovery in the war-battered country, analysts say. 750 words 0300 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File Picture. File Video. Syria-conflict-vote-Assad,PROFILE BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist by training who has overseen one of the century's bloodiest conflicts, is expected to renew his stranglehold on power in elections on Wednesday. 750 words 0300 GMT. File Picture. File Video. We will also move: Syria-conflict-vote,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-books,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories It was the place to go for books in the Gaza Strip, from school texts to the Koran to Arabic translations of European classics. But last Tuesday, its owner watched in disbelief as the bookshop was reduced to rubble. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-children,FOCUS -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-shooting-weapons,FOCUS TOKYO Some of the world's toughest gun-control laws are posing unusual problems at the Tokyo Olympics, from the coach who can't touch a firearm to strict limits on ammunition. 700 words 0300 GMT by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video afp
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