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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Belarus declares Lukashenko win amid protest crackdown + Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai arrested + Lebanon govt teetering as protests grow + US lauds Taiwan's democracy on historic visit + Face masks become compulsory in Paris hotspots Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus declares a landslide election victory for long-serving leader Alexander Lukashenko after police use stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters denouncing the vote as a fraud. 750 words 1030 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is arrested and led in handcuffs through his newspaper office as police raid the building, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent since China imposed a security law on the city. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics,FOCUS HongKong-China-politics-media,NextDigital Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT The Lebanese government teeters after two ministers quit over the deadly Beirut port explosion and as protesters' fury on the scarred streets shows no sign of abating. 700 words 1130 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TAIPEI A US cabinet member heaps praise on Taiwan's democracy and its success in battling the coronavirus as he meets the island's leader during a historic visit that China has slammed as a threat to peace. 650 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Live Video Also moved: Taiwan-China-US-politics-military,FACTS Taiwan-China-US-politics-diplomacy,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Face masks become compulsory in Paris tourist hotspots amid warnings of a resurgence of coronavirus cases, as infections in the world's worst-hit country the United States top five million. 800 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-environmental-pollution,shipping,WRAP PORT LOUIS Salvage crews race against time to prevent a second disastrous oil spill off the picture-perfect coastline of Mauritius, with a damaged tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of fuel at risk of splitting apart. 600 words 1230 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-Kursk-accident,FACTS PARIS On August 12, 2000, the Kursk nuclear submarine, pride of the Northern Fleet, sinks after a torpedo explodes, and the fate of its trapped 118 crew some 100 metres at the bottom of the Barents Sea captivates the nation until the tragic conclusion nine days later. 700 words 1200 GMT by Karinne Delorme. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-heritage,FOCUS BEIRUT The monster explosion that levelled Beirut port darkened the city's future but it also blasted its past into oblivion, ravaging many architectural treasures. 750 words 1100 GMT by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video Algeria-trial-media ALGIERS An Algerian journalist faces years in prison if convicted in a trial that rights groups call a test of press freedom in a country recently rocked by anti-government protests. 450 words moved Israel-Palestinians-conflict-cave,FOCUS FARASIN, Palestinian Territories Ahmed Amarneh's home, with its wooden door and cushion-lined rooms, is not the first Palestinian residence in the West Bank to receive an Israeli demolition notice, but it may be the first such doomed home that is built inside a cave. 700 words 1300 GMT Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video -- LATIN AMERICA -- Health-virus-Peru-indigenous-oil,2ndlead LIMA Peruvian indigenous people angry over the pandemic and armed with spears assault a settlement for oil workers deep in the Amazon, triggering a clash with police that left three natives dead. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai,PROFILE HONG KONG A rags-to-riches millionaire, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has been a thorn in Beijing's side for decades thanks to his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy. 650 words moved by Jerome Taylor. File Picture Afghanistan-conflict-talks-Taliban,WRAP KABUL Afghan peace talks are expected to begin within days after authorities announced they would start releasing this week hundreds of Taliban prisoners accused of brutal attacks including on foreigners. 600 words 1030 GMT by Mushtaq Mojaddidi, with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. File Picture. File Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Iceland-China-conservation-environment-whale REYKJAVIK Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have been released into an Icelandic sea sanctuary ahead of their release into the wild, a move conservationists hope will become a model for rehoming some 300 belugas currently in captivity. 450 words 0930 GMT. -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-Atletico-health-virus,WRAP MADRID Atletico Madrid anxiously await the results of more coronavirus tests after two individuals from the Spanish club tested positive just days before they face Leipzig in Portugal for a place in the Champions League semi-finals. 450 words 1100 GMT by Tom Allnutt Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1,PREVIEW Golf-USPGA,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Collin Morikawa claims his first major championship, delivering a magical eagle on the 16th hole in a bogey-free round of 64 at the 2020 PGA Championship. 600 words moved by Greg Heakes. Picture afp
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