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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran president-elect issues nuclear talks warning + Nassib comes out as NFL's first openly gay player + Australia to oppose Great Barrier Reef downgrade + Judge dismisses bid to detain Peru's Fujimori + Clooney to launch LA high school film programme Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Amfoot-NFL-Raiders-Nassib-homosexuality,WRAP LOS ANGELES Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib makes history after coming out as the first active openly gay player in the NFL, announcing his sexual orientation in a post on social media. 600 words 0200 GMT by Rob Woollard Australia-environment-climate,WRAP BRISBANE Australia says it will challenge a UNESCO plan to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's world heritage status because of its deterioration, as environmental groups say it highlights government inaction on climate change. 600 words 0230 GMT by Holly Robertson. Picture. Graphic Peru-vote-Fujimori-corruption-court,lead LIMA A Peruvian judge dismisses a prosecutor's request for the detention of corruption-accused presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori while the country awaits the outcome of June 6 elections in which she vied for the top job. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-education-Clooney LOS ANGELES Hollywood star George Clooney will launch an academy for Los Angeles high school students as part of a new scheme to teach movie industry skills to children from disadvantaged and minority communities. 400 words moved -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers have weathered a historic postponement, an unprecedented ban on overseas fans and persistent domestic opposition, but with one month to go, the finish line is finally in sight. 700 words 0400 GMT by Sara Hussein. File picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-virus-health,INTERVIEW TOKYO Infectious disease expert Atsuo Hamada still fondly remembers the thrill of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but with a month until Japan hosts the Games again, he has concerns. 650 words 0400 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. File picture We will also move: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,CHRONO Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Tokyo-venues,FACTS -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-animal-monk-religion,FOCUS SHANGHAI His bald head glistening with sweat, Buddhist monk Zhi Xiang peers into the eyes of a stray dog whose coat has become matted in heavy rain and says soothingly: "Let me cut your hair, cutie." 750 words 0200 GMT by Peter Stebbings and Jessica Yang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-EU-travel-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the Covid pandemic recedes dramatically in the West, Europe is opening its doors to Americans -- but the reverse is not holding true, with the United States not budging on restrictions imposed 15 months ago. 600 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Health-virus-science-research-ethics,FOCUS PARIS In the fever rush to study the coronavirus as it scorched its way across the planet, unprecedented demand for information and intense online scrutiny have thrown a spotlight on mistakes in science research and tested public trust, experts say. 750 words moved by Julie Charpentrat. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-science-research-ethics,Q&A Health-virus-SAfrica,3rdlead GENEVA South Africa is set to host the continent's first Covid-19 jab-producing vaccine technology hub, with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that Africa now understood that doses from elsewhere will "never come" in time to save lives. 550 words moved by Robin Millard with Susan Njanji in Johannesburg. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-sports-university-court,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court rules that America's top university athletics body cannot block student-athletes from getting extra benefits, eroding its power over the multi-billion-dollar college sports industry. 600 words moved by Paul Handley Colombia-protest-poverty,FOCUS CALI, Colombia In a rich neighborhood in the Colombian city of Cali, residents standing next to police fire their weapons at protesters, believing they are protecting their possessions from the mob. After 50 days of social protests, Cali's class divide seems to be widening. 750 words 0130 GMT by Diego Legrand. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-Armenia-religion-tourism,FOCUS DHAKA With no priest to minister and no faithful to pray, an Armenian church in Bangladesh has one last parishioner: a Hindu caretaker doing his "sacred duty" to preserve a relic of the city's former commercial elite. 600 words 0330 GMT by Shafiqul Alam. Picture -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP BARCELONA Spain will pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says in a move that could turn the page on a years-long political impasse over the region's separatist drive. 700 words moved by Rosa Sulleiro with Alvaro Villalobos in Madrid. Picture. Video France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON SUR SAONE, France A French woman goes on trial for killing the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp. 600 words moved by Loic Vennin. Picture. Video EU-Belarus-diplomacy-sanctions,WRAP LUXEMBOURG The EU, US, Britain and Canada ratchet up pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by imposing coordinated sanctions after the forced landing of a Ryanair airliner to arrest a regime critic. 600 words moved by Christian Spillman. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-Belarus-diplomacy-sanctions-fertiliser-petroleum,FACTS Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pledges to build a new Armenia after scoring a decisive victory in snap parliamentary elections that bolstered his rule after months of discontent and protests following a military defeat to Azerbaijan. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko and Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE France-vote-politics,WRAP PARIS France's far-right led by Marine Le Pen insists it can recover from a disappointing first round of regional polls marked by a strong result from the traditional right and another feeble performance by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party. 750 words moved by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Spielberg LOS ANGELES Steven Spielberg will produce multiple new films for Netflix every year, the company says, in a major deal that highlights how fully Hollywood has embraced streaming platforms. 450 words moved Opera-women-France-Spain-US-celebrity,INTERVIEW PARIS Two years after sexual harassment accusations that cost him his career in the United States, Placido Domingo is back on stage in Europe and tells AFP: "We cannot rewrite our past." 700 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Austria edge to a 1-0 win over Ukraine to beat their opponents to a spot in the last 16 of Euro 2020, while Denmark will try and snatch a knockout place despite losing their first two games. 750 words by Jed Court with Terry Daley in Copenhagen 2130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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