REUTERS NEWS SCHEDULE AT 10:00 p.m. GMT/6:00 a.m. SGT

REUTERS NEWS SCHEDULE AT 10:00 p.m. GMT/6:00 a.m. SGT

Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 10 p.m. GMT/6 a.m. SGT. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning or on Media Express http://mediaexpress.reuters.com/planning-tools/calendar. TOP STORIES

GLOBAL RUSSIA-POLITICS-PROTESTS

Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown MOSCOW - Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.

HONGKONG-EXTRADITION-PROTESTS Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets in Hong Kong clash over anti-triad march

HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend. U.S.

USA-COURT-WALL U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding. USA-TRUMP-CUMMINGS

Trump tells black lawmaker to clean up 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested' district WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border.

BUSINESS MYLAN-NL-M-A-PFIZER

Pfizer in talks to merge off-patent drugs business with Mylan: source Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) is in talks to merge its off-patent drugs business with Mylan NV (MYL.O) in a stock deal, according to a source familiar with the matter.

REFINITIV-M-A-LSE London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv for $27 billion

LONDON/NEW YORK - The London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L) said on Friday it was in discussions to acquire financial data analytics provider Refinitiv Holdings Ltd for $27 billion, including debt. ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION-WUTANG Wu-Tang Clan gets back to its roots in new TV series

LOS ANGELES - The story of famed 1990s group Wu-Tang Clan is coming to television in a series that rapper RZA hopes will resonate beyond America’s hip-hop community. TELEVISION-FOUR-WEDDINGS

'Four Weddings' gets a reboot, without the floppy-haired British guy LOS ANGELES - Imagine “Four Weddings and a Funeral” without Hugh Grant?

SPORTS CYCLING-FRANCE-BERNAL

Cycling: Bernal all but wraps up maiden Colombian Tour title VAL THORENS, France - Climbing phenomenon Egan Bernal was poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France and the youngest race champion in 110 years when he retained the overall lead after Saturday’s 20th stage, a 59-km ride from Albertville.

GAMES-PANAM-MARATHON-MEN Pacheco win's men's marathon, completes sweep for Peru

Peru’s Christian Pacheco completed a marathon sweep for the host country when he smashed the Pan Am Games record with a personal best time in winning the men’s event on Saturday. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS USA-ELECTION/SANDERS-CANADA (PIX)

Sen. Sanders with Type 1 diabetes advocates in Windsor Canada Type 1 diabetes advocates from the United States and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders arrive at a Canadian pharmacy to purchase lower cost insulin in Windsor, Ontario, Canada

28 Jul CLIMATE-CHANGE/HEATWAVES (PIX)

Think the heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points Europe's record temperatures have hammered home the reality of climate change for millions of people.

But red warning lights have been flashing since the start of the year, from record melting of Arctic sea ice, to evidence that the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet may have passed the point of no return, accelerating deforestation in the Amazon, and evidence of a mysterious surge in methane levels. Taken together, the indicators paint a picture of a climate system that has reached the verge of dangerous tipping points far more quickly than scientists had anticipated even a few years ago.

Will growing public consciousness of the crisis – fuelled by the heatwaves -- translate into faster action? 28 Jul 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

SAFRICA-LAND/ South African agriculture minister briefs media on land reform report

South Africa's Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza briefs media on a report for President Cyril Ramaphosa on land reform. The report makes recommendations on accelerating the work of government to address historical land imbalances.

28 Jul 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT IRAN-NUCLEAR/ (TV)

Extraordinary meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission An extraordinary meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission, composed of the E3/EU+2 and Iran, will convene in Vienna.

28 Jul RELIGION

INDIA-KASHMIR/PILGRIMAGE (PIX) Record-breaking number of Hindu pilgrims travel to cave in Kashmir mountains

A record-breaking number of Hindus go on Amarnath Yatra, a pilgrimage to a holy cave in the mountains of contested Kashmir, amid tensions over stringent security measures following a suicide attack in February. 28 Jul 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

Also Read: US President Donald Trump offers to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

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