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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Jury begins deliberations in Floyd trial + FIFA chief to give verdict on Super League + Kremlin critic Navalny hospitalised + NASA flies mini-chopper on Mars + Aussies in paradise say no to Netflix US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Jurors begin mulling the fate of the white ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing African-American George Floyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and which prosecutors called a "shocking abuse of authority". 850 words moved by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd-Minneapolis,SCENE Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,WRAP MONTREUX, Switzerland FIFA president Gianni Infantino is expected to deliver his verdict on the lucrative European Super League after the breakaway competition triggered threats of reprisals and an overwhelmingly negative response from across the game. 600 words 0600 GMT. Video. Picture. File picture. Graphic Already moved: Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1-FACTS fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,QUOTES EU-Russia-Ukraine-diplomacy-politics-opposition,WRAP MOSCOW Ailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is transferred to a prison hospital, as the EU warns it will hold Moscow responsible for the state of his health. 800 words moved by Jonathan Brown with Max Delany in Brussels. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-espionage-diplomacy,FOCUS Russia-opposition-health-Navalny,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,CHRONO US-space-Mars-Ingenuity,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA successfully flies its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called "our Wright brothers moment." 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Graphic Also moving: US-space-Mars-Ingenuity,FACTS Australia-television-lifestyle-Netflix SYDNEY Surfers in the Australian tourist town of Byron Bay protest as part of a growing backlash against a planned Netflix reality show they say will exploit their beachside paradise. 400 words 0530 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP AMSTERDAM Europe's drug regulator is expected to rule on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after fears it could be linked to extremely rare blood clots, while India will make shots available to all adults. 650 words 0830 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-India-graveyards,SCENE NEW DELHI A summer storm is approaching as Mohammed Shamim wearily pauses to glance at yet another ambulance arriving with a coronavirus victim to bury, just minutes after the last. 650 words 0700 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar and Uzair Rizvi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Qatar-sport,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has defied soaring coronavirus numbers to stage high-profile sporting events, serving as a test bed ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, but also suffering high-profile setbacks. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. File Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Haiti-politics-history-unrest,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE When Haitian strongman Francois Duvalier died, his subjects had no choice on their next president -- his 19-year-old son took over. The vote to approve him as successor was officially 2,391,916 to zero. 850 words 0600 GMT by Amelie Baron. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-space-SPACEX, ADVANCER WASHINGTON SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight, and the first with a European. 600 words 0600 GMT US-China-Russia-climate-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration accuses China of genocide but reaches a joint pledge to cooperate on climate. The White House is also working to arrange a summit with Russia, despite imposing harsh new sanctions. 800 words 0630 GMT by Shaun Tandon Cuba-politics-party,WRAP HAVANA Cuba marks the end of an era with the official transfer of power from the Castro clan, in charge for six decades, to the communist country's first civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel. 750 words moved by Leticia Pineda. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Cuba-politics-party-Castro,PROFILE Cuba-politics-party-DiazCanel,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Pakistan-France-protets-religion,WRAP LAHORE Pakistan's government will ask parliament to decide the fate of the French ambassador, apparently appeasing a radical Islamist party which had threatened more protests unless the envoy was expelled. 550 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-Khan-unrest-blasphemy,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win -- placating the ultra conservative quarters at home, while being hailed as a defender of Islam abroad. His bet seems to have backfired. 750 words moved by David Stout. File Picture China-automobile-technology,FOCUS SHANGHAI Thought your smartphone was taking over your life? Your car may be next to control you as Chinese firms lead a Big Tech stampede into the auto industry. 600 words 0600 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-Laschet-CDU-CSU,WRAP BERLIN Angela Merkel's party firmly backs Armin Laschet to be the conservative bloc's chancellor candidate at Germany's upcoming elections, in a bid to draw a line under a bitter battle with challenger Markus Soeder. 500 words moved Also moved: Germany-politics-Greens,WRAP Germany-politics-Baerbock,PROFILE Germany-politics-CDU-CSU,lead Russia-espionage-diplomacy,FOCUS MOSCOW In 2018, after former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury, Britain said it had identified two Russian agents seen wandering through the sleepy English town. 800 words moved by Maxime Popov. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Morocco-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS KETAMA, Morocco After decades without legal cover, farmer Mohamed Morabet looks forward to selling his hashish this summer on the open market now that Morocco plans to legalise cannabis for medical use. 650 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture Lebanon-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS BAALBEK, Lebanon For three decades Abu Ali planted potatoes to provide for his family, but Lebanon's economic crisis has driven up production costs and forced him to swap the crop for cannabis. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video. Iran-music-lute-Turkey-Arab,FOCUS TEHRAN The Oriental lute is making a comeback in Iran after decades in the shadows as musicians reconnect with an instrument integral to Arab and Turkish musical tradition in a fragmented region. 650 words moved by Karim Abou Merhi and Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-France-genocide-history,WRAP KIGALI France "bears significant responsibility" for enabling the genocide in Rwanda and still refuses to acknowledge its true role in the 1994 horror, a newly released report commissioned by Kigali says. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Rwanda-France-genocide-history,CHRONO Rwanda-France-genocide-history,FACTS -- ENVIRONMENT -- US-climate-diplomacy-coal,lead WASHINGTON The United States will press all nations to reduce reliance on coal, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, in an implicit challenge to China as he vowed greater US leadership. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture UN-climate-environment-US-coal,FOCUS WEST JEFFERSON, Alabama The exhaust-belching smokestacks of America's most greenhouse gas-emitting power plant tower over Jennifer Chesser's neighborhood, but she'd likely fight to keep them from falling silent. 750 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Picture. Video -- Please see our special climate advisory for full filing plan -- -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-IT-lifestyle-Facebook,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says it is adding podcasts and "live audio rooms" in a push to get people talking and take on the fast-growing audio-based app Clubhouse. 500 words moved by Glenn Chapman afp
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