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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 strikes 'historic' agreement over global corporate tax + Trump returns to stage for 'survival of America' speech + At least 138 dead in Burkina Faso attacks + Federer ponders withdrawal from French Open G7-Britain-economy-politics,WRAP LONDON Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations endorse a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent, rallying behind a US-backed plan targeting tech giants and other multinationals accused of not paying enough. 800 words moved by Anna Malpas and Ben Perry. Picture. Video Also moved: G7-Britain-economy-politics,POINTS G7-Britain-economy-politics-environment-climate,FOCUS US-politics-election-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Former President Donald Trump returns to the stage for his first speech in months, framing next year's midterm elections as a battle for the "survival of America." 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials say. 550 words moved by Armel Baily. File Picture. Graphic. Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Roger Federer says he is considering withdrawing from the French Open despite reaching the fourth round as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal set up clashes with two Italian teenagers widely seen as their Grand Slam heir apparents. 700 words moved by Dave James. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Egypt-education-rights-prisoners,FOCUS CAIRO Clutching his passport and ticket to Seattle, Waleed Salem had a sinking feeling he would be prevented from boarding his flight from Cairo because of his academic research. His hunch proved right. 700 words moved by Farid Farid -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote LIMA Peruvians will be hoping for stability when electing a new president on Sunday, choosing between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo. 700 words 0800 GMT by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Peru-vote,CHRONO Peru-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexicans vote Sunday in elections seen as pivotal to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's promised "transformation" of a country shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, a deep recession and drug-related violence. 650 words by Yussel Gonzalez and Daniel Rook 0800 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video US-EU-health-pandemic-travel-family,FOCUS WASHINGTON Julien Rocher has been able to see his son Zadig, who lives in the United States, only once in 15 months since Washington shut the country's borders over the Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. File picture US-Mexico-Guatemala-diplomacy-migration-vaccines,FOCUS WASHINGTON US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Guatemala and Mexico next week, bringing a message of hope to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry in the US. 650 words moved by Alina Dieste Also moved: Mexico-US-migrant-students,FOCUS US-environment-drought-fishing,FOCUS OROVILLE, California With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California is scaling up a drastic operation to help its famous Chinook salmon reach the Pacific -- transporting the fry by road in dozens of large tanker trucks. 500 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video US-technology-internet-auction,FOCUS NEW YORK They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-vote-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,ADVANCER THE HAGUE Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will on Tuesday hear the decision on his appeal against his genocide conviction, in a Hague tribunal's final verdict on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smaijilhodzic in Kalinovik Also moving: Bosnia-Srebrenica-massacre,CHRONO Bosnia-Serbia-Kosovo-war,FACTS France-Britain-war-diplomacy-history,WRAP VER-SUR-MER, France A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles is to be unveiled in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice. 600 words moved by Chloe Coupeau Belarus-politics-unrest-Poland-border,SCENE BOBROWNIKI Draped in white-red-white Belarusian opposition flags, exiled Belarusians protest at the Polish frontier, calling for President Alexander Lukashenko to lift a border closure. 700 words moved by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-telecommunication-internet-politics,WRAP ABUJA Telecoms operators in Nigeria say they have complied with a government directive to suspend access to Twitter indefinitely, two days after the US social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules. 650 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Palestinians-Israel-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM For decades, Sheikh Jarrah was just another neighbourhood in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, but its story has gone viral online since protests flared against the planned expulsion of Palestinians from houses there. 800 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-Women-television-assault-award,FOCUS LONDON The hard-hitting British television series "I May Destroy You", which depicts the impact of a sexual assault on a young woman, has won praise from real-life survivors of sexual violence. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand. File picture. File video -- SPORT -- AUTO-PRIX-AZE-pole,WRAP BAKU Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claims pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a crash-laden, red-flagged qualifying session in Baku. 600 words moved. Picture Racing-ENG-Derby,WRAP EPSOM, United Kingdom Adam Kirby's despair at being jocked off John Leeper ended in joy as he won the Epsom Derby on Adayar giving trainer Charlie Appleby his second win in the blue riband of British flat racing. 600 words moved by Pirate Irwin, Glyn Kirk. Picture afp
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