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| - Duty Editor: Ben Richardson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia backs Belarus's Lukashenko + Germany admits to role in Namibia genocide + Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed -- again + Syria's Assad re-elected with 95% of vote + Nike split with Neymar over sex assault probe Belarus-politics-aviation-Russia,WRAP MOSCOW Russia shows its backing for Belarus's increasingly isolated regime, slamming a Western overflight ban as President Vladimir Putin prepares to host strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 650 words 1030 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-Namibia-genocide,WRAP BERLIN Germany for the first time recognises it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation. 600 words 1000 GMT by Isabelle Le Page. File Picture HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-vote,WRAP DAMASCUS Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results show, despite Western accusations the polls were "neither free nor fair". 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Syria-conflict-vote-Assad,PROFILE Fbl-BRA-FRA-Ligue1-PSG-Neymar-Nike-assault,WRAP LOS ANGELES Nike says it parted ways with Neymar last year after the superstar Brazil attacker "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation" as the company probed an employee's claim that he sexually assaulted her. 600 words moved. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-television-culture-LGBT,FOCUS BEIJING Two men exchange longing glances, a frisson of sexual tension in an on-screen relationship which must otherwise go unspoken -- China's "boys' love" phenomenon is gripping video streamers, slipping by censors of LGBTQ themes with their subtlety. 850 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Danni Zhu. Picture Europe-migrants-Serbia-Romania MAJDAN, Serbia Inside an abandoned house, onions sizzle as Seror struggles to cook an Iraqi speciality over an open fire for her family, who are among hundreds waiting for their chance to cross from Serbia into Romania. 750 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Video. Picture Iraq-conflict-Syria-jihadists,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq The return of dozens of Iraqi families suspected of links to the Islamic State group from Syria to Mosul has sparked fears among residents who survived the horrors of IS rule. 650 words 1000 GMT by Mohammad Salim. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Five million weary Melbourne residents are back under lockdown, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid" strategy of smothering outbreaks however small. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-IT-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook has reversed its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory amid renewed debate over the origins of the virus, raising fresh questions about social media's role in policing misinformation. 750 words moved by Rob Lever Health-virus-Mexico,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A steady decline in coronavirus cases and rising levels of immunity from vaccination or infection suggest that the worst of the pandemic may be over for hard-hit Mexico, experts say. 650 words moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. File Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Argentina-Uruguay-vaccines,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Kazakhstan-animal-environment,WRAP NUR-SULTAN Kazakhstan says the population of the critically endangered Saiga antelope has more than doubled since 2019 citing the first aerial survey of the animals in two years. 550 words 1200 GMT by Christopher Rickleton. File picture. File Video Germany-politics-Greens-election,FOCUS BERLIN Germany's resurgent Green party, its sights set on the chancellery in September's election, has stumbled on the campaign trail over undeclared bonus payments and controversial comments about arming Ukraine. 600 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File Picture Albania-transgender-discrimination,VIDEOESSAY TIRANA When she returns home, 22-year-old Luana Myrtollari immediately locks the door and draws the curtains, hiding away from a conservative society that has no space for transgender people. 550 words moved by Briseida Mema. Video. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-media-misinformation,FOCUS BAGHDAD Conspiracy theories, fake reports and mudslinging -- in Iraq, false news thrives and risks real-life consequences as authorities struggle to counteract its spread. 750 words moved by Laure Al Khoury. Picture. Video Cyprus-vote,ADVANCER NICOSIA Cypriots go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, as public anger simmers over the "golden passports" corruption scandal and the ultra-nationalist ELAM party looks to exploit the anti-establishment mood. 700 words 1030 GMT by Charlie Charalambous -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-France-health-virus,WRAP PRETORIA French President Emmanuel Macron visits South Africa for a quick trip dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its widening economic damage. 550 words 1200 GMT by Jerome Rivet. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics-infrastructure,WRAP CLEVELAND, Ohio President Joe Biden urges "generational" investment in US infrastructure to keep the economic superpower ahead of China while ensuring that less wealthy Americans are not left behind. 550 words moved by Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture Colombia-politics-protest,FOCUS BOGOTA Colombia marks a full month of anti-government protests that have claimed dozens of lives and invited international condemnation of its police response. Observers fear the end is nowhere in sight. 800 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture Mexico-vote-crime-drugs,FOCUS DOLORES HIDALGO, Mexico Every day before hitting the campaign trail, Julio Gonzalez prays he will come home alive and avoid joining the growing number of candidates murdered during another bloody Mexican election battle. 650 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-military-immigration WASHINGTON The US government is "rapidly" formulating plans to evacuate potentially thousands of interpreters who worked for coalition forces in Afghanistan over the past two decades to protect their safety, a top general says. 400 words moved HongKong-China-politics-court,PROFILE HONG KONG Hong Kong democracy campaigner Figo Chan wore an Avengers hoodie into court for his jail sentence in a nod to his love of the comic series and its tale of heroic redemption. He says prison will make him a better man. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,WRAP COLOMBO Tonnes of charred plastic pellets from a burning container ship wash ashore near Sri Lanka's capital as an international effort to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. 500 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video Afghanistan-Australia-diplomacy-conflict,FOCUS KABUL, Afghanistan Australia is due to shut its embassy in Afghanistan, highlighting the security fears for foreign missions and their local workers as US-led troops pull out of the war-torn country. 700 words at 0930 GMT by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video Myanmar-coup-politics-food,FOCUS YANGON Aye Mar sits with her seven children in their Yangon kitchen and worries whether their meal of rice and stringy vegetables -- all she can afford in coup-stricken Myanmar -- will satisfy their hunger. 500 words moved. Picture. Video China-technology-politics-internet,ANALYSIS BEIJING With a self-effacing note Chinese tycoon Zhang Yiming, the brains behind popular video-sharing app TikTok, stepped down as head of his own firm last week admitting he preferred "daydreaming" to running a multibillion-dollar global company. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng with Aidan Jones in Bangkok -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- France-economy,WRAP PARIS A much-expected rebound of France's Covid-battered economy fails to materialise in the first quarter as key sectors remain sluggish after over a year of virus restrictions. 550 words 1200 GMT by Jurgen Hecker Climate-business-corporate PARIS Carbon-polluting corporations and their investors face a rising tide of climate litigation, according to a new report released two days after a Dutch court ordered oil giant Shell to slash its greenhouse gas emissions. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1,WRAP PORTO, Portugal Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will be aiming to win the Champions League trophy they so desperately crave but a Chelsea side transformed in recent months under Thomas Tuchel stand in their way in Saturday's all-English final. 600 words 1430 by Kieran Canning and Andy Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ManCity-Chelsea-Dias-Silva,FOCUS Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,lead TOKYO Japan's government extends a coronavirus emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country until just a month before the Olympics, fuelling anxiety about whether the Games can go ahead safely. 600 words 1100GMT by Sara Hussein and Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Live Video -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-TV-celebrity-Friends LOS ANGELES Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer almost hooked up on the set of "Friends" -- but their characters Rachel and Ross nearly didn't, just one of the revelations as a one-off reunion special of the beloved 1990s sitcom streams on the HBO Max platform. 400 words moved Entertainment-Britain-culture-ballet,FOCUS BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta is staging world dance premieres at one of Britain's top ballet companies to welcome back audiences after the "nightmare" of pandemic lockdowns. 750 words moved by Anna Cuenca. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Britain-Scotland-pub,FOCUS INVERIE, United Kingdom Locals in Inverie, western Scotland, are plotting a community takeover of The Old Forge pub -- Britain's most remote watering hole, situated in what has been described as the country's "last true wilderness". 750 words moved by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video afp
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