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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mass protest tells Lukashenko to resign + New Zealand mosque gunman sentencing starts + Mali junta says it wants three-year rule + California fires destroy million acres + Bayern beat PSG to win Champions League Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Tens of thousands of demonstrators mass in central Minsk to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who flew over the scene of the banned protest in a helicopter and called the marchers "rats". 900 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya with Maria Panina in Moscow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Belarus-vote-unrest-Baltics,SCENE Belarus-vote-unrest,CHRONO Belarus-vote-Tikhanovskaya,INTERVIEW NZealand-Australia-attacks-mosque-court,2ndlead CHRISTCHURCH The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosque shooting shows no emotion as his sentencing hearing opens with horrific details of an atrocity prosecutors say was meticulously planned to inflict maximum casualties. 600 words 0200 GMT by Chris Foley. Picture. Video Mali-unrest-army-coup,WRAP BAMAKO The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation says. 500 words 0130 GMT. Video US-California-fires,WRAP LOS ANGELES Firefighters battle some of California's largest-ever fires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes and burned one million acres, with further lightning strikes and gusty winds forecast in the days ahead. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern,WRAP LISBON Bayern Munich become kings of Europe for the sixth time as Kingsley Coman's goal gives them a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, completing a fantastic season for the German giants. 700 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video Also moved: fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-fans,WRAP fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-Coman,FOCUS fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-Bayern-PSG-Flick,PROFILE -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will draw on all his showman's instincts at the Republican convention for a performance he hopes will bulldoze opponents and wow supporters ahead of a bitter election that polls say he is about to lose. 650 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith Health-virus-Peru-party-raid LIMA At least 13 young people suffocate in a crush during a raid on a nightclub in Peru's capital, where a party was being held in violation of a coronavirus ban on large gatherings, police say. 550 words moved. Picture US-politics-Biden-Harris WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he blames Donald Trump for "walking away" as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the country, in a televised interview with running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican National Convention. 400 words 0200 GMT Haiti-US-weather,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Two hurricanes are expected to slam into the US Gulf Coast in the coming days, forecasters say, as Tropical Storm Laura struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic hard, killing at least 12 people. 550 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Graphic Canada-politics-parties-Conservatives OTTAWA Canadian conservatives will reveal their pick for a new leader and main contender to challenge liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in possible snap elections. 650 words 0300 GMT by Michel Comte -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-rights-migration,FOCUS BEIRUT After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda says the deadly blast that ripped through her Beirut home was the final straw. 700 words 0300 GMT by Oumeima Nechi. Picture. Video Sudan-archaeology-crime,FOCUS JABAL MARAGHA, Sudan When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they thought they were lost. The site had vanished. 750 words 0330 GMT by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video Saudi-politics-rights-royals-UN,FOCUS RIYADH Two rights groups are lodging a complaint to the UN over the "arbitrary" detention of a philanthropist Saudi prince, according to a document seen by AFP, adding to international pressure for his release. 750 words 0400 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File Picture -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest BUNIA, DR Congo An armed group in eastern DR Congo has agreed to President Felix Tshisekedi's appeal to suspend attacks on its ethnic rivals, the militia and government say. 350 words moved -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Bosnia-migration-refugee-children,FOCUS BELGRADE A group of boys sit in a park in downtown Belgrade, but they are not here for a picnic. They are unaccompanied minors joining a growing tide of migrants on the Balkan route, where myriad dangers await. 850 words 0330 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Malaysia-France-Ireland-Britain-missing-inquest KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian coroner begins an inquiry into the death of a French-Irish teenager whose unclothed body was found in the jungle after she went missing on holiday last year. 500 words 0400 GMT by M Jegathesan. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cycling-Tour-FRA,ADVANCER PARIS The Tour de France rolls out of the French Riviera next Saturday with peaks, plains and rigid coronavirus protocols standing between the 176 riders and the final dash along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. 700 words 1000 GMT by Damian McCall Paralympics-2020-2021-JPN-IPC,INTERVIEW TOKYO Next year's Paralympics need to be able to guarantee zero coronavirus cases, the head of the Games tells AFP, adding that they cannot go ahead if protection measures do not improve. 600 words 0200 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture afp
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