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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Climate change to impact sooner than expected: UN + Republicans block sweeping US voting rights measure + No jury at Hong Kong's first national security trial + No booze, no autographs: Tokyo 2020 unveils fan rules + Panda gives birth to twins at Japanese zoo Climate-IPCC-report,WRAP PARIS Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP. 1,330 words moved by Marlowe Hood, with Patrick Galey and Kelly Macnamara. Graphic. File picture -- Please see Special Advisory on the UN draft climate report for a full list of stories -- US-politics-voting-rights,WRAP WASHINGTON US Senate Republicans torpedo a Democratic effort to protect voting rights and expand ballot access for all Americans, a flashpoint issue months after an election marred by Donald Trump's baseless allegations of fraud. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture HongKong-China-politics-court-trial,WRAP HONG KONG The first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law begins without a jury, a watershed moment for the financial hub's fast-changing legal landscape. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus TOKYO No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: Tokyo Olympic organisers unveil tough new rules for spectators at the pandemic Games, as they mark one month until the opening ceremony. 650 words 0700 GMT by Sara Hussein and Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video Japan-animal-China-panda,2ndlead TOKYO A panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo gives birth to twins, weeks after news of Shin Shin's pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. 450 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-Tibet-music-youth-society,FOCUS LHASA In his flashy tracksuit, chunky silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and his rhyme-dropping about karma. 700 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video Afghanistan-US-conflict-Bagram,FOCUS BAGRAM, Afghanistan Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest airbase, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops. 800 words moved by Anne Chaon and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4, White House Covid response team coordinator Jeffrey Zients concedes. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Also moved: health-virus-US-vaccine-labor Health-US-virus-vaccination-teens,WRAP WASHINGTON A panel of experts convened by the top US health agency will hold a meeting to review data surrounding more than 300 confirmed cases of heart muscle inflammation among adolescents and young adults after receiving mRNA Covid vaccines. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Media-politics-online-news PARIS The pandemic has helped rebuild a little of the confidence lost in the media, and pushed news companies even more towards digital, according to the annual Reuters Institute report. 550 words moved by Frederic Pouchot -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-NewYork,WRAP NEW YORK Former policeman Eric Adams takes the early lead in a New York City primary Tuesday that will all but certainly select the next mayor tasked with shaping the post-pandemic future of America's largest metropolis. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture. Video US-EU-Germany-France-Italy-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Days after Joe Biden's first presidential trip abroad, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to Europe to keep up the work of building Western unity against a rising China. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture US-Iran-media-politics-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON US Justice Department says it has seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well as three of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it says were hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Nicaragua-politics-elections,FOCUS MANAGUA With five opposition challengers now in detention, Nicaragua's long-serving President Daniel Ortega is clearing domestic obstacles to a fourth successive term, but lining up significant international resistance. 750 words moved. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Nicaragua-politics-elections, COUNTRY FACTFILE and Nicaragua-politics-elections, CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-anniversary,FOCUS LONDON Five years on from Britain's shock decision to quit the European Union, the wounds opened by Brexit have yet to heal, and analysts say its far-reaching changes are only just beginning. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Moved: Britain-NIreland-politics-EU-Brexit,WRAP France-trial-fbl-theft-celebrity PARIS A gang of cat burglars accused of scaling buildings to steal millions in jewellery, fashion items and other valuables from the rich and famous, including Paris Saint-Germain football star Thiago Silva, goes on trial in the French capital. 500 words moved by Anne Lec'hvien Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Germany BERLIN World powers are gathering in Berlin to seek lasting peace in Libya, by ensuring the conflict-wracked North African country stays firmly on the path towards general elections on December 24. 550 words moved by Hui Min Neo -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-prisoners-rights,FOCUS BEIRUT Syrian mother Umm Saeed was so desperate to find her two jailed sons she even sold the family furniture to pay "fixers", but a decade of deceit has left her no closer to the truth. 950 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File picture Lifestyle-Israel-food-environment,FOCUS NESS ZIONA, Israel It looks like chicken and tastes like chicken; but diners in Israel are tucking into laboratory-grown "meat" that scientists claim is an environmentally friendly way to feed the world's growing population. 800 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Tunisia-agriculture,FOCUS BIZERTE, Tunisia Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. 550 words moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-vote-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Vote counting gets under way following elections in Ethiopia that went ahead without polling in the war-torn northern Tigray region and other restive parts of Africa's second-most populous nation. 800 words moved by Nick Perry with Marion Douet in Bahir Dar. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school KANO, Nigeria Fifteen Nigerian hostages have escaped from their abductors as they slept, weeks after they were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the school's headteacher tells AFP. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Britney LOS ANGELES Under a controversial legal guardianship since 2008, Britney Spears is scheduled to address a Los Angeles court in the battle over her father's control of her affairs. 550 words moved by Laurent Banguet. File picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust WASHINGTON US lawmakers take a first step toward regulating Big Tech with a vote on a series of bills with potentially massive implications for large online platforms and consumers who use them. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture US-aviation-tourism-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America's airports from sleepy to crowded almost overnight. 700 words moved by John Biers and Juliette Michel -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-GER-HUN-UEFA,WRAP MUNICH UEFA's decision to block plans by Munich to light the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for the Germany-Hungary Euro 2020 match is met with defiance in the Bavarian city which vowed to decorate other landmarks in protest at a law passed by the Hungarian government. 700 words moved by Ryland James. File picture Also moved: Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-health-virus-Britain-politics-UEFA-Wembley,2ndlead Oly-2020-2021-swim-doping-CHN-Sun,WRAP SHANGHAI "Pride of China" Sun Yang is "a victim of political posturing" and did not break doping rules, his lawyer says, after a ban of more than four years forced the swimming star out of the Tokyo Olympics. 600 words 0530 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Video. File picture afp
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