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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + India to pump billions into virus fight + George Floyd killer seeks new trial + Facebook to rule on Trump ban + Mexico vows probe after deadly metro accident + Border line: Belgian landowner annexes part of France Health-virus,WRAP MUMBAI India pledges billions of dollars to boost its flagging vaccine programme, as President Joe Biden says 70 percent of American adults should have had at least one coronavirus shot by July 4. 700 words moved by Nivrita Ganguly and Ammu Kannampilly, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-racism-trial-police-Floyd-social,2ndlead WASHINGTON Derek Chauvin, the white ex-policeman convicted of murdering the African-American man George Floyd, asks for a new trial on claims of jury and prosecution misconduct. 500 words moved US-politics-IT-Facebook-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook's independent oversight board will rule on the platform's ban of former US president Donald Trump in a case that could set a precedent for how social media handles harmful content from world leaders. 800 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture Also moved: US-IT-politics-Trump,FACTS Mexico-accident-train,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's president promises an in-depth investigation to find those responsible for the deaths of at least 25 people in the collapse of an elevated metro train line with a history of problems. 700 words moved by Sofia Miselem and Daniel Rook. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mexico-accident-train,SCENE Mexico-accident-train,CHRONO Mexico-accident-train-line,BACKGROUND Belgium-France-border-offbeat BRUSSELS A Belgian landowner risked triggering an international incident by moving an old stone boundary marker that has denoted his country's border with France since the 1820 Treaty of Kortrijk. 250 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ghana-music-Afrobeats,FOCUS ACCRA On Saturday night at the Purple Pub in Ghana's capital Accra even the pandemic and an official shutdown of bars and clubs can't stop the music. 800 words moved by Marine Jeannin. Picture. Video Venezuela-health-education-contraception,FOCUS VIDONO, Venezuela Teenage pregnancies are an increasing issue in poor rural communities such as Vidono, Venezuela where there's a lack of sexual and reproductive education and even less public promotion of contraception methods. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video Taiwan-indigenous-hunting-culture-court,FOCUS TAITUNG COUNTY, Taiwan The freedom of Taiwan's Indigenous communities hangs on a landmark ruling set for Friday that could decide if hunting limitations placed on the tribes are discriminatory and unconstitutional. 750 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video Iraq-environment-pollution-heritage,FOCUS CHIBAYISH, Iraq In southern Iraq, putrid water gushes out of waste pipes into marshes reputed to be home to the biblical Garden of Eden, threatening an already fragile world heritage site. 750 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Britain-G7-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON The Group of Seven wealthy democracies discuss coronavirus vaccines, as they face growing pressure to share stockpiles and know-how with poor nations trailing far behind on fighting the pandemic. 650 words 1100 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-G7-diplomacy-US-Japan-SKorea Health-virus-US-vaccines-adolescents,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of American adults to have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine by the July 4 holiday, and has made vaccinating adolescents a key part of the next phase of the country's immunization campaign. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg US-pharmaceutical-earnings-health-Pfizer,WRAP NEW YORK Pfizer sharply increases its projections for 2021 revenues and profits following strong earnings, citing much higher Covid-19 vaccine sales as it prepares for a "durable" revenue stream in the wake of the pandemic. 800 words moved by John Biers -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM The Israeli president consults party leaders to determine if any lawmaker can form a government to break an unprecedented gridlock after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 28-day effort failed. 600 words 1000 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video. Iran-Britain-US-France-Germany-rights-justice,FOCUS PARIS Mixing hope with fears that expectations of any breakthrough will again be dashed, families of Western nationals held in Iran are anxiously watching intense diplomatic contacts with Tehran and recent rumours for signs their loved ones could be allowed home. 750 words 1030 GMT by Stuart Williams Egypt-Turkey-diplomacy,FOCUS CAIRO Turkey and Egypt have begun slowly warming ties as they vie for regional primacy a decade after the Arab Spring, but analysts say deep-seated mistrust means full normalisation will take time. 850 words moved by Farid Farid -- AFRICA -- Mali-France-media-kidnapping,WRAP BAMAKO Fears grow of another Westerner abducted in Mali as a French journalist says in a video that he has been kidnapped by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda. 500 words 1030 GMT. File picture. Graphic -- EUROPE -- France-history-Napoleon-politics,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron is to lay a wreath at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte to mark the 200th anniversary of his death after months of debate about the legacy of the country's most famous autocrat. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright Germany-Belarus-justice-torture,WRAP BERLIN Ten Belarusians file a criminal complaint in Germany against President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his regime for crimes against humanity. 500 words 1000 GMT by Femke Colborne Britain-vote,WRAP LONDON Candidates wind up campaigning for local elections in Britain, in the first vote since the coronavirus outbreak and after Brexit took full effect. 650 words 1000 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Italy-US-murder-trial ROME Jurors begin deliberating the fate of two American men accused of stabbing to death an Italian police officer two years ago in Rome, capping a year-long trial. 600 words 0930 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Live video Spain-politics-vote-Madrid,FOCUS MADRID With just two years until Spain heads into a general election, the sweeping victory of the right in Madrid's regional poll fires a warning shot across the bows of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. 600 words 1230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Hungary-China-politics-education,FOCUS BUDAPEST A project to build a Budapest campus for a top Chinese university is feeding growing unease about Hungary's diplomatic tilt from west to east and its soaring indebtedness to China. 850 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-displaced,FOCUS MAPUTO Six weeks after it was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, the northern Mozambican town of Palma remains deeply traumatised and hundreds of its residents flee each day, survivors and aid workers say. 700 words moved by Susan Njanji. File Picture Ethiopia-vote-unrest,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia is set to hold elections in a month, but with war in the north, ethnic violence elsewhere and major logistical hurdles, the path to credible polls is littered with obstacles. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Pictures. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Colombia-protest-taxation-UN-rights,WRAP CALI, Colombia The international community condemns security forces' violent repression of protests in Colombia after numerous deaths, while urging calm ahead of large anti-government rallies planned for Wednesday. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Colombia-protest-taxation-military,FOCUS BOGOTA In Colombia, a country still reeling from six decades of civil war and battling ongoing spurts of violence, fears have been raised of a creeping militarization as police and soldiers have forcefully clamped down on recent protests. 800 words moved by Diego Legrand. Picture US-IT-people-charity-divorce-Gates,FACTS NEW YORK Following the shock announcement that Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing, AFP answers key questions surrounding their powerful charity, from what projects it finances to its impact on the pandemic. 750 words moved. File picture -- ECONOMY -- EU-economy-China,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU unveils new powers to block state-backed companies making unfair inroads into Europe as the bloc seeks new ways to confront China. 550 words 1200 GMT by Alex Pigman -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL-India-health-virus-AUS-NZL SYDNEY Cricket authorities in Australia and New Zealand rush to evacuate star players from Covid-hit India, after the lucrative Indian Premier League was abandoned. 650 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture afp
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