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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran president-elect issues nuclear talks warning + Ethiopia votes in poll overshadowed by Tigray + Setbacks for Le Pen, Macron in France vote + Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatists + Up to 10,000 fans at Tokyo Olympic events Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Ethiopia-vote,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia votes in an election which authorities promise will be the most democratic yet in Africa's second-most populous country -- but with famine blighting the war-torn Tigray region. 800 words moved by Nick Perry with Marion Douet in Bahir Dar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Eritrea-Ethiopia-Tigray-UN-rights France-vote-politics,WRAP PARIS France's far-right led by Marine Le Pen insists it can recover from a disappointing first round of regional polls marked by a strong result from the traditional right and another feeble performance by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party. 750 words moved by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video. Graphic Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP BARCELONA Spain will pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says in a move that could turn the page on a years-long political impasse over the region's separatist drive. 700 words moved by Rosa Sulleiro with Alvaro Villalobos in Madrid. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-spectators,2ndlead TOKYO Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympic events, organisers say, warning competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein and Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Thailand-crime-television-Serpent,FEATURE BANGKOK Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path. 1,100 words moved by Sophie Deviller and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-science-research-ethics,FOCUS PARIS In the fever rush to study the coronavirus as it scorched its way across the planet, unprecedented demand for information and intense online scrutiny have thrown a spotlight on mistakes in science research and tested public trust, experts say. 750 words moved by Julie Charpentrat. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-science-research-ethics,Q&A Health-virus-India-lifestyle-yoga-vaccines,2ndlead NEW DELHI India opens up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off a muted International Yoga Day hailing its "protective" properties against the virus. 600 words by moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica,3rdlead GENEVA South Africa is set to host the continent's first Covid-19 jab-producing vaccine technology hub, with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that Africa now understood that doses from elsewhere will "never come" in time to save lives. 550 words moved by Robin Millard with Susan Njanji in Johannesburg. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-EU-travel-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the Covid pandemic recedes dramatically in the West, Europe is opening its doors to Americans but the reverse is not holding true, with the United States not budging on restrictions imposed 15 months ago. 550 words 2130 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi -- EUROPE -- France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON SUR SAONE, France A French woman goes on trial for killing the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp. 600 words moved by Loic Vennin. Picture. Video EU-Belarus-diplomacy-sanctions,WRAP LUXEMBOURG The EU, US, Britain and Canada ratchet up pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by imposing coordinated sanctions after the forced landing of a Ryanair airliner to arrest a regime critic. 600 words moved by Christian Spillman. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-Belarus-diplomacy-sanctions-fertiliser-petroleum,FACTS Sweden-politics-government,WRAP STOCKHOLM Sweden's government topples as Stefan Lofven becomes the country's first prime minister to lose a no-confidence vote, meaning he can now either resign or trigger a snap election. 750 words moved by Johannes Ledel with Helene Dauschy. Picture. Video Also moved: Sweden-politics-Lofven,PROFILE Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pledges to build a new Armenia after scoring a decisive victory in snap parliamentary elections that bolstered his rule after months of discontent and protests following a military defeat to Azerbaijan. 700 words 1930 GMT by Anna Smolchenko and Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE Germany-Russia-espionage,WRAP BERLIN German police arrest a Russian scientist working at a German university, accusing him of spying for Moscow, the latest case that risks further inflaming tensions between Germany and Russia. 600 words moved by Deborah Cole UN-rights-Ethiopia-China-Russia,WRAP GENEVA The UN rights chief calls for concerted action to recover from the worst global deterioration of rights she had seen, highlighting the situation in China, Russia and Ethiopia among others. 750 words moved by Nina Larson. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down as authorities give conflicting reports on what looks like a regular maintenance operation. 700 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-AppleDaily,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily says its board will decide whether to close the publication at their next meeting on Friday after an asset freeze by authorities using a new national security law left the outspoken media group unable to pay staff. 650 words moved -- BUSINESS & TECH -- China-Bitcoin-finance-cryptocurrencies,2ndlead BEIJING Bitcoin tumbles more than 10 per cent after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. 550 words moved Also moved: China-Bitcoin-economy-finance-cryptocurrencies-regulation,Q&A -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Spielberg LOS ANGELES Steven Spielberg will produce multiple new films for Netflix every year, the company says, in a major deal that highlights how fully Hollywood has embraced streaming platforms. 400 words moved Opera-women-France-Spain-US-celebrity,INTERVIEW PARIS Two years after sexual harassment accusations that cost him his career in the United States, opera legend Placido Domingo is back on stage in Europe and tells AFP: "We cannot rewrite our past." 700 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. File picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue". 600 words moved by Neil Sands fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Austria edge to a 1-0 win over Ukraine to beat their opponents to a spot in the last 16 of Euro 2020, while Denmark will try and snatch a knockout place despite losing their first two games. 750 words by Jed Court with Terry Daley in Copenhagen 2130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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