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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US announces probe into Minneapolis police + Super League crumbles, clubs face sanctions + Indonesian warships hunt for missing submarine + Blast at Pakistan hotel hosting China envoy + I spy: Britain's MI5 to join Instagram US-racism-police-trial-Floyd-investigation,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US Justice Department announces an investigation into the Minneapolis police, a day after a former officer was convicted of murdering George Floyd, signalling the Biden administration's intention to use federal powers to clean up systemic police abuse. 650 words moved Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,WRAP PARIS The European Super League crumbles with 10 of the 12 founding clubs turning their backs on the three-day old project despite mastermind Florentino Perez insisting the widely condemned breakaway tournament was not dead, but merely "on stand-by". 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP JAKARTA Indonesia's military deploys warships in the hunt for a decades-old navy submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard during regular exercises, as Australia offers to help. 600 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Indonesia-military-submarine-Type209,FACTS Indonesia-military-submarine,FACTS Pakistan-China-blast QUETTA At least four people are killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb explodes at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials say. 350 words moved. Picture. Video Britain-espionage-MI5-Instagram LONDON Britain's domestic intelligence service, MI5, is set to open an official Instagram account, in the latest step by the country's spy agencies to come out of the shadows. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- HongKong-China-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG Both veteran Marxists who have spent decades campaigning for Hong Kong democracy, Chan Po-ying and Leung Kwok-hung viewed marriage as something of a patriarchal and unnecessary institution -- but when China's crackdown on Hong Kong dissidents came for Leung, 63, they finally tied the knot. 750 words 0300 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-drugs-crime,FOCUS MUMBAI As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers for coronavirus drugs after the Indian hospital treating her ran out of supplies. 700 words 0300 GMT by Ammu Kannampilly, with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi and Uzair Rizvi in Lucknow. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The conviction of a white officer for George Floyd's murder raises hopes in the Black community of a historic turning point in US justice, but the police killing of another African American casts a shadow over prospects for change. 800 words moved by Robin Legrand, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic, Picture. Video Already moved: US-politics-rights-race,POINTS US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-politics-crime-justice-Floyd,REAX -- ASIA -- SKorea-court-enterprises-Samsung,lead SEOUL The jailed de facto leader of the giant Samsung group goes on trial over an allegedly manipulated takeover in proceedings that effectively put South Korea's conglomerate control system in the dock. 500 words 0400 GMT by Claire Lee China-Australia-espionage-virus,FACTS BEIJING Spying charges, calls for a probe into the origins of Covid-19, and now a body blow to Chinese Belt and Road ambitions Down Under -- tensions between Australia and its biggest trade partner China are going from bad to worse. 600 words 0400 GMT -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin warns the West against "crossing the red line" with Russia, in a major annual speech the opposition hopes to overshadow with mass protests. 800 words moved by Michael Mainville and Romain Colas. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-Putin,PROFILE Russia-politics-Putin,POINTS Russia-Putin-politics,FACTS ECB-EU-eurozone-rates-inflation-rate FRANKFURT Christine Lagarde is expected to stress the European Central Bank's commitment to cheap money as Europe's biggest economies battle a surge in coronavirus infections that could slow the eurozone recovery. 650 words 0230 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatick. File picture Czech-Russia-diplomacy-espionage,WRAP PRAGUE The Czech government gives Moscow an ultimatum, warning it may expel more Russian diplomats unless the 20 Czech nationals ejected from Russia are allowed to return to work by noon on Thursday. 500 words moved by Jan Flemr. File picture Also moved: Czech-Russia-Bulgaria-Britain-diplomacy-espionage,CHRONO Britain-royals-Queen-birthday,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II thanks well-wishers for their messages of support after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, as she turns 95 and spends her first birthday without him in more than seven decades. 650 words moved by James Pheby and Joe Jackson. File picture. File video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-Iceland-song-Oscars,FOCUS REYKJAVIK In just a year the small Icelandic village of Husavik has shot to fame as the setting of the kitsch musical comedy "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" -- and now it dreams of winning an Oscar. 500 words moved by Jeremie Richard. Picture -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad faces an uncertain future, as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno takes power in what the opposition calls a coup and Western allies that rely on the country's military might plead for stability. 750 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby-son,PROFILE Chad-politics-Deby-security,Q&A Chad-politics,SCENE N'DJAMENA The call to prayer rings out as usual and market stalls hawking their colourful fabrics reopen, but residents in Chad's capital fear for their future after the death of a president who ruled for 30 years. 600 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-fishing-climate-conflict,FEATURE MOPTI, Mali Ousmane Djebare Djenepo, wearing sunglasses and an easy smile, stands upright to show off the mighty Niger River which is flowing around his traditional wooden canoe, or pirogue. 750 words 0300 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video Also moving: Mali-fishing-climate-conflict,BACKGROUND Mozambique-unrest,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Back from Mozambique, mercenary Lionel Dyck foresees "only hardships" for insurgent-hit north since his private military company left the region, days after a violent jihadist attack on Palma town. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- US-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden hopes to rally the world on climate as he unveils more ambitious US commitments at a summit that will bring on board adversaries China and Russia and follows firmer commitments by the European Union and Britain. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon Peru-water-environment,FOCUS HUAROCHIRI, Peru In the mountains of western Peru, a farming community is restoring a network of stone canals built more than a millennium ago, hoping the pre-Columbian technology holds the solution to its water problems. 550 words 0200 GMT by Ernesto Tovar. Picture. Video. Graphic Peru-environment-animal LIMA Peruvian officials announce the discovery of a brand-new frog, a spotted brown critter with an unusual eye coloring and no eardrum, in a natural park in the Amazon jungle. 200 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-diversity,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Actors of color are favorites in each category, and two female directors are nominated for the first time -- this year's Oscars could set new benchmarks for diversity, thanks to long-brewing industry changes as well as Covid-19's transformation of Hollywood, experts say. 850 words 0200 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Picture afp
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