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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Teenager arrested after two killed in US protests + New Zealand gunman faces sentencing over massacre + Hurricane Laura bears down on Texas and Louisiana + NBA halts playoffs as Bucks lead shooting boycott + Search for HIV cure boosted by rare 'controllers' US-police-shooting-racism,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin A 17-year-old is arrested on murder charges after two people were shot dead during demonstrations against police brutality in the US city of Kenosha, as authorities released their first account of the shooting of a black man by an officer that ignited the violence. 900 words 0200 GMT by Robert Chiarito. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-police-shooting-racism,POINTS NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,WRAP CHRISTCHURCH New Zealand mosques shooter Brenton Tarrant is due to be sentenced over the massacre last year of 51 Muslim worshippers, with the Australian white supremacist expected to be jailed for life. 650 words 0200 GMT by Chris Foley. Picture. Video US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana Hurricane Laura was barrels towards the coast of the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas as a monster Category 4 storm, prompting warnings of "unsurvivable" storm surge and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents. 750 words 0300 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds. Picture. Video. Graphic Basket-NBA-protest-shooting-racism-Bucks,WRAP ORLANDO, Florida The Milwaukee Bucks stage an unprecedented boycott over the police shooting of an unarmed black man, forcing the NBA to halt its playoff schedule and prompting a wave of walkouts by teams across other leagues. 700 words 0200 GMT. Picture Health-science-AIDS-research TOKYO A handful of people with HIV are able to control the disease without treatment, and now research on these so-called elite controllers is offering clues in the search for a cure. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Republicans,WRAP BALTIMORE Donald Trump's devoutly evangelical Christian vice president, Mike Pence, takes center stage at the Republican convention with a speech likely aimed at voters worried about the president's moral standing and leadership during the Covid-19 crisis. 700 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Republicans-MelaniaTrump,FOCUS US-China-politics-security-sanction,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces sanctions and restrictions on two dozen Chinese companies and associated officials for taking part in building artificial islands in disputed waters in the South China Sea. 550 words moved. File picture US-lifestyle-leisure-tourism,FOCUS NEW YORK Summers in Coney Island usually ring with the sound of excited screams from roller coasters, playful shouts from bumper cars and children's laughter from spinning teacups. This year the coronavirus has silenced the famous New York boardwalk, sparking fears for its future. 750 words 0130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Video. Picture Health-virus-Panama-Cuba-US-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS PANAMA CITY Panama's government this week abandoned plans to bring in Cuban doctors to help combat the worst coronavirus outbreak in Central America, under pressure from the United States and local unions. 600 words 0200 GMT by Juan Jose Rodriguez. File picture -- ASIA -- NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,PROFILE CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand There were no obvious warning signs when Christchurch mosques gunman moved to New Zealand from Australia in 2017 -- he had no criminal history and was not on any security watch-lists. 650 words 0400 GMT by Marty Melville. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Ireland-EU-politics,WRAP DUBLIN EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, a key figure in Brexit talks and one of the bloc's most senior officials, resigns after a week of pressure over a breach of coronavirus guidelines. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson Greece-Turkey-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ATHENS Greece and its EU allies stage war games in the Mediterranean while Turkey conducts drills with the US navy nearby as the dispute between the two neighbours over gas and maritime borders ratchets up another notch. 700 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara. Picture. Graphic. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Alexeivich,WRAP MINSK Belarusian Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich says she refused to answer investigators' questions after she was summoned as a witness in a criminal probe into the opposition. 700 words moved. Picture. Video France-attacks-justice-trial,ADVANCER PARIS Fourteen alleged accomplices in the 2015 jihadist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jewish supermarket go on trial next Wednesday more than half-a-decade after days of bloodshed that still shock France. 700 words 0300 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre. File picture. File video Also moving: France-attacks-justice-trial-Charlie,BACKGROUND Finland-environment-climate-transport,FOCUS LAHTI, Finland Inhabitants of a town in Finland can now earn rewards, including bus tickets or free food, if they cut car use, under a scheme to lure the public into lower-carbon lifestyles. 600 words 0230 GMT by Sam Kingsley. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-religion-Islam-protests-health,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq "May God have revenge on every politician!" The anguished cry echoes across the revered Imam Hussein's shrine in Iraq's Karbala, as Shiite pilgrims mourn his killing centuries ago and demand justice today. 700 words 0330 GMT by Salmane Ameen. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-rap-sexuality-CardiB,FOCUS NEW YORK An unadulterated celebration of female desire brimming with graphic sexual metaphors, Cardi B's summer bop "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion has topped the charts -- and left the American right hot and bothered over the indecency. 800 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-LIga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi BARCELONA Lionel Messi's bombshell request to leave Barcelona is expected to spark a legal battle over a multi-million-dollar buy-out clause but also raises the question of which club could afford him in the heat of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi-career Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,PROFILE Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,FACTS Auto-prix-BEL SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Charles Leclerc returns to the scene of his first Formula One victory with a heavy heart for this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, a year after close friend Anthoine Hubert died in a crash at the track. 500 words 0130 GMT afp
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