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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden orders intel probe into Covid origins + UN aviation body to discuss Belarus diversion + More than 150 feared drowned as Nigerian boat sinks + Villarreal edge Man Utd in epic 11-10 shootout + 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies Health-virus-politics-China-US probe,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Joe Biden orders US intelligence agencies to report to him in the next three months on whether the Covid-19 virus first emerged in China from an animal source or from a laboratory accident. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP MINSK The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will meet to discuss Belarus, after the United States and western European members of the UN Security Council called for the body to investigate Minsk's diversion of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board. 900 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Belarus-politics-aviation-law,FOCUS Nigeria-accident-boat,WRAP KANO, Nigeria More than 150 people are feared drowned in northwest Nigeria after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sinks in the Niger River, local officials say. 350 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Graphic Fbl-Eur-C3-ENG-ESP-ManUtd-Villarreal,WRAP GDANSK, Poland Villarreal defeat Manchester United 11-10 on penalties to win their first major trophy after a 1-1 draw in the Europa League final as goalkeeper David de Gea misses the decisive spot-kick in a remarkable shootout. 700 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: fbl-Eur-C3-ESP-ENG-Villarreal-ManUtd-Coquelin-Pedraza,REAX US-literature-children-Carle,lead WASHINGTON Eric Carle, author and illustrator of the beloved children's classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," dies at age 91, according to a statement from his official Instagram account. 400 words 0230 GMT. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Taiwan-population-women-social,FOCUS TAIPEI Wu En-tzu has delivered more than 2,000 babies working as an obstetrician but does not plan to have children of her own -- an increasingly common position taken by Taiwanese families. 750 words 0330 GMT by Amber Wang. Video. Picture Health-virus-Pakistan-Saudi-Afghanistan,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Afghanistan's capital has become an unlikely pandemic transit route for Pakistanis desperate to reach the riches of Saudi Arabia despite deteriorating security and the threat of bomb blasts. 500 words 0330 GMT by David Stout with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-treatments,FOCUS WASHINGTON The hunt is on for a coronavirus treatment that can be taken as a pill soon after a confirmed positive, halting the disease in its tracks so that cases that might have been severe end up being nothing more than a bad cold. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-AstraZeneca-court Health-virus-WHO-variants,lead Health-virus-Switzerland Health-virus-Taiwan-China-politics Health-virus-EU-vaccines-AstraZeneca-court,UPDATE BRUSSELS The European Union asks a Belgian court to impose penalties running to millions of euros per day on AstraZeneca for Covid-19 vaccine doses it has failed to deliver to the bloc. 750 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. File picture. File video Health-virus-Morocco-vaccines-prison,PHOTOESSAY SALE, Morocco Morocco vaccinates nearly 4,000 inmates as part of a campaign launched in March to inoculate the incarcerated population against coronavirus, the kingdom's prison authority says. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-Australia-trial-espionage,WRAP BEIJING Australian academic Yang Jun is due to go on trial in Beijing on espionage charges after spending more than two years in detention, in a case that has increased tensions between the two countries. 500 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video Myanmar-army-coup-gas-energy-Total-France,WRAP PARIS Myanmar's army loses a source of revenue as French energy giant Total says that cash payments to a joint venture with the army have been suspended due to unrest in the country. 600 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-shooting-California-crime,WRAP SAN JOSE A public transit worker shot dead eight people at a California rail yard before turning his gun on himself as police arrived, officials say, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. 700 words 0200 GMT by Amy Osborne with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic US-defence-intelligence-UFO,FOCUS WASHINGTON Are aliens watching us? That's what Americans hope to find out when a report on the US government's secret files on UFOs goes to Congress next month after years of sightings and videos suggesting that highly advanced extraterrestrials are, indeed, out there. 750 words 0130 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume US-politics-justice-Trump-election,FOCUS WASHINGTON Would Donald Trump run for president under indictment? No charges have been filed, but a grand jury may bring findings this year that put the former president in legal jeopardy and pose grave risks to his 2024 ambitions. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain's government "disastrously" failed the public by mishandling its coronavirus pandemic response, former top adviser Dominic Cummings tells lawmakers, calling Prime Minister Boris Johnson "unfit for the job". 850 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Also moving: Britain-politics-health-virus,POINTS Also moved: Britain-politics-Cummings,PROFILE Switzerland-EU-diplomacy-trade,WRAP BERN Switzerland calls off years of talks with the European Union aimed at sealing a cooperation agreement with Bern's largest trading partner, angering Brussels. 800 words moved by Fabrice Coffrini with Robin Millard in Geneva. Picture. Video Also moved: Switzerland-EU-diplomacy-trade,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,WRAP AMMAN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up a Mideast tour to bolster an Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, calling for regional cooperation to avoid more 'harrowing violence'. 800 words moved by Kamal Taha with Emmanuel Parisse in Cairo. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UN-rights GENEVA The UN Human Rights Council will discuss creating a broad, international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, but also of "systematic" abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel. 700 words 0200 GMT by Nina Larson Syria-conflict-vote,WRAP DAMASCUS President Bashar al-Assad dismisses criticism of Syria's presidential election as voters cast ballots in government-held areas despite Western accusations it is neither 'free nor fair'. 750 words moved by Maher Al-Mounes and Rouba El-Husseini in Beirut. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-France-diplomacy-genocide-history,WRAP KIGALI French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Rwanda for a highly symbolic visit aimed at moving on from three decades of diplomatic tensions over France's role in the 1994 genocide in the country. 600 words 0400 GMT by Jerome Rivet, Simon Valmary. Picture. Video Mali-politics-conflict-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's interim president and prime minister resign, a top junta aide says, two days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to amount to the country's second coup in nine months. 800 words moved by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. File picture. Video. Graphic DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern DR Congo rattle the nearby city of Goma four days after its eruption, badly damaging several buildings and prompting hundreds of residents to flee and the UN to relocate some of its staff. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- Britain-transport-technology-Uber-US-unions,WRAP LONDON US ride-hailing giant Uber announces a "historic" pact with a British trade union to represent its 70,000 drivers in the UK, after a court ruling granted them workers' rights. 550 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- ENVIRONMENT -- Netherlands-Britain-Shell-energy-climate-oil-court,WRAP THE HAGUE A Dutch court orders oil giant Shell to slash its greenhouse gas emissions in a landmark victory for climate activists with implications for energy firms worldwide. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video US-climate-corporate-meeting-ExxonMobil,WRAP NEW YORK Investors reject the responses of US oil giants to climate change, installing activist board members at ExxonMobil and directing Chevron to deepen emissions cuts. 850 words moved by John Biers -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-IT-lifestyle-cinema-Amazon-MGM,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Amazon has agreed to buy the storied MGM studios for $8.45 billion, the companies say, giving the US tech giant a vast content library to further its ambitions in streaming. 700 words moved. File picture Entertainment-film-US-Britain-Cruella,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Pitting one of its most memorable villains against a fearsome new foe, Disney's devilishly fashionable "Cruella" is one of the studio's darkest movies yet, according to star Emma Stone. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-Philippines,INTERVIEW JASIN, Malaysia Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz grunts with the effort of hoisting a barbell over her head in a makeshift gym ringed by banana and rambutan trees as trucks thunder past -- an unlikely training base for a shot at her country's first ever Olympic gold in Tokyo. 800 words 0230 GMT by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video afp
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