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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: engdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses + Netanyahu faces end of rule in Israel parliament vote + England kicks off Euro bid after Danish star shock + Tensions rise in Peru over vote fraud claim + Djokovic aims to make history in French Open final G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders vow to start delivering one billion doses of Covid vaccines and to step up action on climate change, in a summit call to arms by a revived democratic alliance that also confronted China and Russia. 850 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: G7-summit,REAX Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu faces the likely end of his 12-year reign as lawmakers look set to vote into power a fragile "change" coalition united in their desire to oust the indicted leader. 750 words 1500 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Bennett,PROFILE Israel-politics-Lapid,PROFILE Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England open their Euro 2020 campaign on a revenge mission against Croatia with the tournament reeling after Denmark's Christian Eriksen needed emergency treatment on the pitch. 750 words at 1530 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Video. Graphic Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Tensions are rising a week after Peru presidential elections in which leftist Pedro Castillo has cast himself as the victor even as rightwing rival Keiko Fujimori, who risks an imminent corruption trial if she loses the race, has claimed fraud. 500 words 1700 GMT by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Tennis-FRA-Open PARIS Novak Djokovic can become the first man in 52 years to win all four Grand Slam titles twice in the French Open final when he takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas, the first Greek to reach a championship match at the majors. 650 words 1800 GMT by Dave James. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open-women-doubles -- SPOTLIGHT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-health,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Her eyes glued to a cellphone photo of her sister and four children killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Ola lets out the painful words: "I was hoping we'd find them alive". 850 words moved by Mai Yaghi and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Britain-homosexuality-social-ENG-cricket BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom History is made in a quiet corner of Birmingham, central England, as the world's first match was played between two LGBTQ+ cricket teams. 650 words 1500 GMT by Imran Marashli -- EUROPE -- Switzerland-voting-agriculture-environment-terrorism,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland rejects proposals that would have made it the first European country to ban synthetic pesticides following a divisive campaign that shattered the idyllic image of peaceful Swiss Alpine pastures. 750 words 1430 GMT by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. Picture. File video Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP MADRID Podemos, the junior member of Spain's ruling coalition, formally appoints Ione Belarra as its new leader, putting two women at the helm of the radical left-wing party following the departure of its founder. 650 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video Switzerland-ballet-Bejart-abuse,FOCUS GENEVA Switzerland's prestigious Bejart Ballet Lausanne company faces a probe as allegations of drug use, harassment and abuse of power raise the question why nothing apparently changed after an earlier investigation raised similar issues. 750 words moved by Nina Larson. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Canada-crime-Islam-funeral,WRAP LONDON, Ontario Several hundred people gather in London, Ontario to pay homage to a Muslim family mowed down by the driver of a pick-up truck, in an attack that has shocked Canadians and which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced as "terrorist." 550 words moved by Nicole Osborne with Philippe Sauvagnargues in Montreal. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-accident,WRAP BEIJING At least 12 people are killed and nearly 140 others injured as a gas line explosion rips through a residential compound in central China's Hubei province, local officials say. 500 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara. Video. Graphic Malaysia-France-Switzerland-crime-children-kidnapping KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia deports a leading figure in conspiracy circles who is wanted in France over the kidnapping of an eight-year-old girl, sources tell AFP. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-economy-G7-US-taxation,FOCUS DUBAI Tax advantages paired with a life of luxury have long drawn foreigners and multinationals to the UAE, which is aiming to remain attractive whether or not it signs up to a global tax initiative. 700 words moved by Aziz El Massassi -- AFRICA -- ICoast-attack,3rdlead ABIDJAN Two soldiers and a police officer are killed as their vehicle hits an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, the military says. 550 words moved -- SPACE AUCTION -- US-space-BlueOrigin,WRAP WASHINGTON A mystery bidder pays $28 million at auction for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos, when the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire's company Blue Origin blasts off from a Texas desert next month. 600 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- HEALTH -- Health-US-transport-Uber,FOCUS HOUSTON The light bulb moment for the neurosurgeons came as they conducted patient rounds and realised they weren't doing as many emergency surgeries late on Friday and Saturday nights -- and that it was probably because of Uber. 550 words 1600 GMT by Francois Picard -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-China-Europe-manufacturing-trade-metal,FOCUS NEW YORK What if China were to cut off the United States and Europe from access to rare minerals that are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and drones? With the transition to green energy under way, Washington and Brussels want to avoid this scenario by investing in the market. 750 words moved by Ali Bekhtaoui. File picture US-IT-games-E3 SAN FRANCISCO The world's premier video game trade show, E3, kicks off online, celebrating play that "kept us sane" during the pandemic, venturing into new fantasy worlds with Ubisoft's fresh offering "Avatar," and promising a real-world gathering next year. 550 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-swim-AUS,WRAP ADELAIDE Australia's Kaylee McKeown throws down the Olympic gauntlet to American rival Regan Smith by smashing her 100m backstroke world record, while Ariarne Titmus fires a warning shot to superstar Katie Ledecky with the second fastest 400m freestyle ever. 550 words moved. Picture Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA The Copa America that almost never was is set to open in Brazil, overshadowed by the desperate race to find a host, sponsor pullouts and Covid-19 -- including outbreaks on two of the participating teams. 600 words 1600 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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