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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden accuses 'toxic' Trump of fanning US unrest + Hong Kong launches mass testing; US cases hit 6m + Hamas, Israel strike deal to end Gaza escalation + Baltics ban Lukashenko over crackdown in Belarus + BTS become first S. Korean band to top US charts US-politics-vote,WRAP PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Joe Biden accuses President Donald Trump of stoking violence after a week of deadly unrest catapulted law and order to the top of the political agenda barely two months before the US election. 850 words moved by Saul Loeb with Michael Mathes in Washington Health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong begins a mass coronavirus testing programme overshadowed by fears that Beijing is using the scheme to harvest DNA, as the United States surpasses six million virus cases. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas say they have reached a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel to end more than three weeks of cross-border attacks. 550 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK The Baltic states ban embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko while he cracks down further on the opposition movement following a huge rally at the weekend. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-SKorea-music-BTS NEW YORK K-pop sensation BTS becomes the first all-South Korean act to rule the top US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard announces, with their English-language "Dynamite" hitting number one. 400 words 0530 GMT. Picture. -- ASIA -- Virus-health-HongKong-China-politics,UPDATE HONG KONG Hong Kong launches a mass coronavirus testing scheme, but calls for millions to take up the offer have been undermined by deep distrust of the government following China's crushing of the city's democracy movement. 650 words 0530 GMT by Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video Australia-media-internet,2ndlead SYDNEY Facebook threatens to block users and media organisations in Australia from sharing news stories in response to government plans to force digital giants to pay for content. 600 words moved Australia-Chin-diplomacy-media BEIJING An Australian journalist detained in China for at least two weeks without being publicly charged has been a prominent figure on state-run media. 600 words 0600 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON After vigilante shootings at protests against police brutality left three people dead in the United States, fears are rising as the deeply divided country -- awash with guns -- heads into a key election in the midst of the biggest economic collapse since 1929, the deadliest pandemic since 1918 and the worst social upheaval since the 1960s. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plaintive. Pictures US-politics-vote WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump prepares to take his law-and-order re-election mantra to flashpoint Kenosha, scene of America's latest police shooting of a black man, brushing off warnings that he is not welcome there. 700 words 0600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-politics-Trump LOS ANGELES As battle lines are drawn ahead of Donald Trump's bid for re-election, a new documentary based on the testimony of mental health professionals labels the US president a "malignant narcissist." 500 words 0530 GMT. Video. -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-Europe PARIS French pupils go back to school as schools across Europe open their doors to greet returning pupils this month, nearly six months after the coronavirus outbreak forced them to close and despite rising infection rates across the continent. 500 words 0800 GMT by Eleonore Hughes Health-food-obesity-ageing PARIS People who eat a lot of industrially processed junk food are more likely to exhibit a change in their chromosomes linked to ageing, according to research presented at an online medical conference. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-internet-women,FOCUS TEHRAN Three years after the #MeToo movement spread globally, Iranian women have broken their silence on sexual violence, raising awareness about a subject that's taboo in the Islamic republic. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Video Iran-nuclear-UN-EU-diplomacy VIENNA The signatories to the faltering Iran nuclear deal meet in Vienna as the US urges international sanctions on the Islamic republic to be reimposed and an arms embargo to be extended. 450 words 0830 GMT by Julia Zappei -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-icesheets-oceans-sealevel-modelling PARIS The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift oceans 65 metres, are tracking the UN's worst-case scenarios for sea level rise, researchers say, highlighting flaws in current climate change models. 750 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Nigeria-Entertainment-film KANO, Nigeria At a time when the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on businesses around the world, the film industry in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north is going from strength to strength. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-SerieA-ITA-Messi-transfers ROME While some Serie A clubs are eyeing Lionel Messi longingly, their mantra as they prepare for the transfer window is "financial prudence". 650 words moved by Anthony Lucas afp
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