Duty Editor: Mike Patterson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump says will nominate woman as Ginsburg successor + Trump gives blessing to TikTok deal with Oracle, Walmart + Thai protestors install 'People's Plaque' in call for reform + Belarus police detain hundreds of women at protest + Hollywood stars don pyjamas for 'virtual' Emmys US-politics-justice-court,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump vows to quickly nominate a successor to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, adding that "it will be a woman." 750 words 0530 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-justice-court-Ginsburg-feminism,FOCUS US-politics-justice-court-Ginsburg-vote,SCENE US-court-justice-Ginsburg,FACTS US-court-justice-Ginsburg-successor,FACTS US-TikTok-Trump-deal,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he has approved a deal allowing Silicon Valley giant Oracle to become the data partner for TikTok to avert a shutdown of the massively popular Chinese-owned video app, which Washington has called a security risk. 600 words moved by Torrence Otten Thailand-politics-royals-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of protesters cheer as activists install a new plaque declaring that Thailand "belongs to the people" -- the boldest show of defiance in a youth-led movement which has questioned the unassailable monarchy's role in the kingdom. 700 words 0600 GMT. Video. Picture Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals-protest,Q&A Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Riot police in Belarus bundle hundreds of women, including a great-grandmother who has become an icon of the protest movement, into vans as opposition marchers rally in Minsk seeking an end to President Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,WRAP LOS ANGELES TV stars pick out their favorite pajamas ahead of Sunday's reinvented, pandemic-hit Emmys, which will see nominees accept prizes live from their homes, with dark superhero satire "Watchmen" tipped to dominate the night. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-nominees,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-UN-sanctions,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States unilaterally proclaims that UN sanctions against Iran are back in force and promised to punish those who violate them, in a move that risks increasing Washington's isolation but also international tensions. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Philippe Rater at the United Nations US-fires-firefighters,FOCUS LOS ANGELES This year's ferocious wildfires on the US West Coast are taking a heavy toll on exhausted firefighters who see no end in sight to the blazes, with the coronavirus pandemic adding another layer of risk. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-security-Palantir,FOCUS WASHINGTON Perhaps the most secretive firm to emerge from Silicon Valley, Palantir Technologies is set for a stock market debut this month that may shed light on the Big Data firm specializing in law enforcement and national security. 850 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture -- ASIA -- China-lifestyle-safety-economy-bodyguard,FOCUS TIANJIN, China At the "Genghis Security Academy", which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly-rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman. 750 words moved by Ye Qian with Helen Roxurgh in Beijing. Picture. Video China-bakery-food-disabled,VIDEOESSAY CHANGSHA, China The oven's warm glow and aroma of fresh bread signal the morning rush at Bach's Bakery in the central Chinese city of Changsha, which employs mainly hearing-impaired staff. 400 words moved by Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-vote ROME Italians head to the polls -- to the alarm of coronavirus experts -- for a referendum and regional elections that could weaken the government and radically reshape the political landscape. 650 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture Health-virus-Britain-nightclub-leisure,FOCUS LONDON Inside a former London newspaper printing factory turned nightclub, a roaming urban fox has replaced throngs of dancers shut out by the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Veronique Dupont. Picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-Britain-music-health-virus,VIDEOESSAY Romania-trafficking-justice-corruption,INVESTIGATION BUCHAREST "I want him to pay for everything I've suffered," says a short, frail 24-year-old Romanian who was forced into prostitution by a man who duped her. 900 words moved by Mihaela Rodina, Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary,FOCUS BAGHDAD In the four decades since Iran and Iraq went to war, Tehran has turned enmity into influence, seeing its allies installed in Baghdad's halls of power and becoming its top trading partner. 800 words moved by Salam Faraj and Maya Gebeily. Video. File picture Also moved: Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary-chemical,FOCUS Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary,FACTS -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-ESP-Pr-Liga-Tottenham-RealMadrid-Bale LONDON Tottenham have gambled on the homecoming of Gareth Bale as the shot in the arm they badly need to arrest an alarming slide in the 15 months since reaching their first Champions League final. 600 words moved by Kieran Canning afp