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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Derek Chauvin convicted of murdering George Floyd + Super League in ruins as all English clubs pull out + Covid deaths surge in India as oxygen runs out + China bike graveyard shows boom and bust of sharing US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, is convicted of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States. 800 words 0700 GMT by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-politics-crime-justice-Floyd,REAX Fbl-Eur-UEFA-Super-C1,WRAP LONDON The breakaway European Super League lies in ruins as all six English clubs pull out and Inter Milan is also tipped to withdraw following fan protests and condemnation from across football. 700 words 0630 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. File picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals run perilously low as Covid deaths surge above 2,000 for the first time and infection cases rise exponentially. 650 words 0630 GMT by Aishwarya KUMAR with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca-J&J,FACTS China-bicycle BEIJING Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China's cities. 300 words moved. PIcture. Video -- FOOTBALL -- Fbl-Eur-UEFA-Super-C1-media,REAX LONDON Newspapers hail a "defeat over greed" and a victory for fans as all six English clubs withdraw from the European Super League, leaving the controversial project in tatters.500 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic We have also moved: Fbl-Eur-Super,QUOTES Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1-clubs,QUOTES Fbl-Eur-Super-Q&A Fbl-Eur-Super,QUOTES fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1-Pr fbl-Eur-Super-economics,FOCUS Fbl-Eur-Super-ESP-C1-construction-Perez,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-China-film-Titanic-history,FOCUS SHANGHAI A new documentary film has revealed the "completely unknown" story of six Chinese men who survived the Titanic and adds a new chapter to the history of the world's most famous ship. 700 words movewd by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-pets,FOCUS SAO PAULO While the coronavirus crisis has depressed most sectors of the economy in Brazil, the country with more dogs than children splurged much attention, and money, on its pets in 2020. 500 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-oceans-animal-environment-research TOKYO Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-Floyd-Biden-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's emotional voice on the call to George Floyd's family told the story of his presidency: "I wish I were there just to put my arms around you." The most powerful man in the world, was calling from the Oval Office to a cellphone in Minneapolis, just minutes after a jury convicted a white former policeman for Floyd's murder during a brutal 2020 arrest. 600 words 0500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. US-CentralAm-migration-diplomacy,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Faced with a wave of Central American migrants seeking to enter the United States, President Joe Biden's administration says it is taking aim at what it sees as one of the key causes -- corruption. 700 words moved by Alina Dieste US-economy-unemployment-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Americans remain jobless, but even as the economy reopens some employers are finding hiring an unexpected challenge. 750 words moved by Julie Chabanas Cuba-politics-internet,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba's communist leadership has always viewed the internet with suspicion while trying desperately to control it. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture -- ASIA -- Taiwan-economy-tech-chips-environment,FOCUS TAIPEI In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades -- a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage. 800 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW Vladimir Putin delivers a state of the nation address as Russia faces a crisis in ties with the West and mass protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 650 words moved by Michael Mainville. Picture Also moving: Russia-politics-Putin,PROFILE Russia-Ukraine-politics-conflict,WRAP KIEV President Volodymyr Zelensky invites Russian leader Vladimir Putin to meet in war-torn eastern Ukraine, stressing that millions of lives are at stake from fresh fighting in the separatist conflict. 600 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov with Yulia Silina in Krasnogorivka. Video. Picture. Graphic Georgia-EU-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TBILISI European Council President Charles Michel declares that a political crisis in Georgia is resolved, but defiant opposition groups call for new protests and an ex-president announces his return from exile to oust the ruling party. 600 words moved by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video Britain-royals-Queen-birthday LONDON Queen Elizabeth II turns 95, just days after burying her late husband Prince Philip, in what will be her first birthday alone in more than seven decades. 500 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-Ramadan-television,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi celebrities are ambushed by actors disguised as jihadists as they visit families displaced by conflict, in a candid camera-style television show that's causing a scandal. 600 words moved by Ammar Karim and Sarah Benhaida Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Huthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib. 1,000 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-Deby,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno dies in combat only a day after securing re-election, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West in a troubled region. 850 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Chad-politics-Deby-North,FACTS Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby,OBIT Chad-politics-Deby-reax-world,REAX Chad-politics-Deby,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-politics-Deby-timeline,CHRONO Chad-politics-Deby,DATES Africa-Chad-leaders,FACTS Chad-politics-Deby-military-France,ANALYSIS SAfrica-fire,Lead CAPE TOWN South Africa's Table Mountain smoulders after a fire sweeps the iconic site, destroying a library housing rare collections and forcing thousands to evacuate, but officials say the blaze is under control. 400 words moved. Picture. File video Also moved: SAfrica-fire-Africa-library,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-picture,POINTS LOS ANGELES In a year that saw movie theaters boarded up due to Covid-19, eight new films that did reach our screens impressed Academy voters enough that they are in contention for Hollywood's biggest award -- the Oscar for best picture. Here is a look at the nominees. 1,000 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. US-entertainment-music-culture,FOCUS MIAMI With a new single out, two of reggaeton's most famous women are subverting the wildly popular dance genre's misogynist image, owning the style with an in-your-face ode to their sexuality. 750 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture afp
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