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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hunt for missing after deadly Indonesia floods + North Korea to skip Tokyo Olympics + Jordan bans reporting on royal rift + Floyd neck restraint 'violated policy' + NASA chopper survives first night alone on Mars Indonesia-ETimor-flood-disaster-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Rescuers are searching for dozens of people still missing after floods and landslides swept away villages in Indonesia and East Timor, killing scores of people and leaving thousands more homeless. 650 words 0930 GMT by Handrianus Emanuel. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-diplomacy-Oly-2020,WRAP SEOUL North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry says, blowing the final whistle on Seoul's hopes of using the Games to restart talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour. 700 words moved by Claire Lee. File picture Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-health-virus Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan seeks to throw a veil over its palace turmoil by ordering media to stop reporting on a rift between the king and his half-brother, who has pledged to return to the family fold. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo testifies that officer Derek Chauvin violated the department's training policies and its "values" by kneeling on George Floyd's neck after he had stopped resisting. 700 words moved by Joy Powell with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic US-space-Mars-Ingenuity WASHINGTON NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, the US space agency says, hailing it as "a major milestone" for the tiny craft as it prepares for its first flight. 500 words moved. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Nigeria-politics-painting-arts,PROFILE LAGOS When in 2019 Nigerian painter Julius Agbaje depicted President Muhammadu Buhari as the Joker, he never imagined that a year later his portrait would become a symbol of youth protest. 700 words moved by Camille Malplat. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-travel-NZealand-Australia,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealanders and Australians rush to book trans-Tasman flights as the beleaguered tourism industry welcomes the "lifeline" of a quarantine-free travel bubble between the largely Covid-free neighbours. 700 words 0930 GMT. File picture. Video Health-virus-India NEW DELHI The Indian capital imposes an immediate night curfew a day after the vast nation posted a record virus surge, with financial hub Mumbai also introducing similar restrictions. 400 words 0930 GMT. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP VIENNA The United States is expected to join talks aimed at salvaging an international agreement to curtail Iran's nuclear programme, which Washington withdrew from in 2018. 600 words 1100 GMT by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's president is expected to nominate a candidate to form a government after another inconclusive election, with front-runner Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the favourite to be tapped. 600 words 1230 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-technology,FOCUS BEIRUT Away from the mud-slinging of social media and the perennial polarisation of debate in Lebanon, audio app Clubhouse is hosting a new kind of conversation in the crisis-hit country. 750 words 1200 GMT by Hashem Osseiran -- EUROPE -- Denmark-Greenland-vote,WRAP NUUK The autonomous Danish territory of Greenland votes in a legislative election, after a campaign focused on a disputed mining project, as the Arctic island confronts first-hand the effects of global warming. 650 words 1230 GMT by Christian Solbeck with Camille Bas-Wohlert in Copenhagen. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Denmark-Greenland-vote,FACTS Turkey-EU-diplomacy,WRAP ANKARA The European Union's top two officials pay a rare visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at testing his avowed commitment to improve uneasy ties. 600 words 1130 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Myanmar activists daub pavements and bus stops with red paint to protest at the junta's bloody crackdown on protests, as an online fundraising drive to support the movement nears the $10 million mark. 550 words 1030 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- Senegal-Islam-funeral,FOCUS DAKAR In Senegal, an organisation of Muslim faithful provides funerals for people who have died anonymously or whose bodies have not been claimed, determined that no-one should be denied rites whatever their status. 700 words 1100 GMT by Malick Ba. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-PSG,FOCUS PARIS Paris Saint-Germain are seeking revenge for their defeat in last season's final when they renew acquaintances with Bayern Munich in the Champions League last eight this week, but the French giants appear to have gone backwards since then despite the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino as coach. 650 words moved by Andy Scott Asia-MAS-fbl-women,INTERVIEW KUALA LUMPUR A women's version of the AFC Champions League will be launched in 2023, Asian football's governing body says, hoping a new international club tournament can boost the women's game in the region. 650 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS / ECONOMY -- EU-France-government-aviation-AirFrance-aid,WRAP PARIS The EU authorises the French government to double its stake in Air France and inject up to four billion euros into the airline after the pandemic hit passenger traffic. 500 words moved by Tangi Quemener with Daniel Aronssohn in Brussels Switzerland-banking-investments-CreditSuisse,WRAP ZURICH Credit Suisse says it has taken a $4.7 billion hit from its links to troubled hedge fund Archegos Capital Management, cut dividends and announces the departure of two senior executives. 600 words 1030 GMT by Nathalie Olof-Ors. -- SCIENCE -- Singapore-science-biology-technology SINGAPORE Remote-controlled Venus flytrap "robo-plants" and crops that tell farmers when they are hit by disease could become reality after scientists developed a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation. 450 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video afp
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