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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Australia to oppose Great Barrier Reef downgrade + Nassib comes out as NFL's first openly gay player + Covid disrupts England and Scotland at Euro 2020 + Ethiopia counts votes from 'historic' election + Caught red-pawed: Bear behind US car break-ins Australia-environment-climate,WRAP BRISBANE Australia says it will challenge a UNESCO plan to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's world heritage status because of its deterioration, as environmental groups say it highlights government inaction on climate change. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Graphic Amfoot-NFL-Raiders-Nassib-homosexuality,WRAP LOS ANGELES Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib makes history after coming out as the first active openly gay player in the NFL, announcing his sexual orientation in a post on social media. 700 words 0930 GMT by Rob Woollard fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England's bid to win their Euro 2020 group has been thrown into chaos ahead of their clash with the Czech Republic after Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell were forced to isolate following Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour's positive coronavirus test. 750 words 1130 GMT by Steven Griffiths. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-vote-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Counting is under way following a national election in Ethiopia that went ahead without voting in the war-torn northern Tigray region and other restive parts of Africa's second-most populous nation. 600 words 1000 GMT by Nick Perry and Marion Douet. Picture. Video US-animal-crime-bear WASHINGTON A large black bear is behind a series of car break-ins in New Hampshire, US police say, after it was caught red-pawed on home security cameras clambering into a pick-up truck. 250 words moved. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-animal-monk-religion,FOCUS SHANGHAI His bald head glistening with sweat, Buddhist monk Zhi Xiang peers into the eyes of a stray dog whose coat has become matted in heavy rain and says soothingly: "Let me cut your hair, cutie." 750 words moved by Peter Stebbings and Jessica Yang. Picture. Video Colombia-protest-poverty,FOCUS CALI, Colombia In a rich neighborhood in the Colombian city of Cali, residents standing next to police fire their weapons at protesters, believing they are protecting their possessions from the mob. After 50 days of social protests, Cali's class divide seems to be widening. 750 words moved by Diego Legrand. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Colombia-toll,lead -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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. 600 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Health-virus-India,lead BANGALORE, India An aviation firm carries out the first tests in India of longer-range drone deliveries, as hopes grow that they could deliver medicines as well as Covid-19 vaccines to remote areas. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners-pardon,WRAP MADRID Spain pardons the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid in a bid to break the deadlock over the political crisis in this wealthy northeastern region. 550 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Spain-politics-Catalonia,FACTS Spain-politics-Catalonia-pardon,FOCUS BARCELONA In pardoning the Catalan separatists jailed over a failed 2017 independence bid, Spain's government is making a risky gamble which may calm tensions but won't solve the crisis, analysts said. 600 words moved by Rosa Sulleiro UNESCO-Britain-Australia-Italy-heritage-politics-Hungary,WRAP PARIS The UN's cultural agency UNESCO angers Liverpool with a recommendation to remove the English city's historic waterfront from its world heritage list due to overdevelopment. 650 words 1100 GMT by Clare Byrne Vatican-pope-religion-Italy-homosexuality,lead ROME The Vatican has made an unprecedented diplomatic objection to a draft Italian law against homophobia, claiming it breaches a bilateral treaty by curtailing Catholic freedom of belief, a report says. 500 words 1200 GMT by Alvise Armellini and Catherine Marciano. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-Hashed,FOCUS BAGHDAD With the second-biggest bloc in parliament, powerful friends in neighbouring Iran and vast financial assets, the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition has become the predominant force in Iraqi politics, experts say. 750 words 1000 GMT by Ammar Karim and Sarah Benhaida -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-NewYork NEW YORK New York City residents cast ballots in a Democratic primary that will select the mayor tasked with shaping the post-pandemic future of America's largest metropolis. 500 words moved. Picture US-sports-university-court,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court rules that America's top university athletics body cannot block student-athletes from getting extra benefits, eroding its power over the multi-billion-dollar college sports industry. 600 words moved by Paul Handley -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media,2ndlead HONG KONG Media outlets in Hong Kong must not "subvert" the government, the city's leader says, rejecting US criticism of recent action against a pro-democracy newspaper under a powerful new security law. 550 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS Myanmar-politics-military-coup,lead YANGON Myanmar soldiers battle an anti-junta civilian militia with small arms and grenades in the country's second city, with four protesters killed and several members of the security forces injured, authorities say. 300 words 1030 GMT. Picture -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics have weathered a historic postponement, an unprecedented ban on overseas fans and persistent domestic opposition, but with one month to go, the finish line is finally in sight. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. File picture ** Please see AFP's Special Tokyo Olympics Advisory: one month to go ** fbl-Euro-2020-2021-RUS-DEN,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark is a nation united behind its football team after they charged into the Euro 2020 knockouts on a cathartic night in Copenhagen which sets them up well for the rest of the tournament. 550 words moved by Terry Daley. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE -- Italy-fashion-lifestyle-health-virus MILAN Milan Men's Fashion Week wraps up, following Giorgio Armani's first live runway show since coronavirus that opened the door to a return to normalcy for the industry. 500 words 1130 GMT by Brigitte Hagemann and Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. France-fashion-lifestyle-health-virus PARIS France's fashion houses are tip-toeing back on to the catwalk this week after more than a year of crisis that has upended the industry and left many wondering if the traditional calendar will ever return. 700 words moved by Olga Nedbaeva France-luxury-retailing,FOCUS PARIS Parisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded aisles of the Samaritaine department store starting Wednesday, after 16 years of painstaking work to restore the Art Deco and Art Nouveau landmark to its former glory. 700 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video France-ballet-charity-hospital,SCENE PARIS In an intensive care unit, an intubated boy is watching intensely as two star dancers from the Paris Opera twirl around his bed in shimmering costumes. 450 words 1000 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-education-Clooney LOS ANGELES Hollywood star George Clooney will launch an academy for Los Angeles high school students as part of a new scheme to teach movie industry skills to children from disadvantaged and minority communities. 400 words moved 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. 450 words moved afp
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