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| - Duty Editor: Yana Dlugy Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe eases Covid curbs as Australia battles new surge + Rescuers scour for 159 missing in US building collapse + Ex-cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder + Tour de France gets rolling with action-filled first stage + China's rogue elephants spotlight conservation woes Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's largest city locks down to contain a sudden Covid surge, but several European nations lift restrictions despite the global spread of a highly contagious form of the disease. 750 words 1300 GMT by Andrew Leeson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Four people are confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scour a mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction,SCENE US-racism-police-trial MINNEAPOLIS Former policeman Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. 800 words moved by Joy Powell with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: US-racism-police-justice,FOCUS US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE Cycling-Tour-FRA BREST, FRANCE The Tour de France rolls out of the Atlantic port of Brest with 24 teams of eight riders for a 21-day trek across France with a dramatic day of action assured on the opening stage. 600 words 1030 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Graphic China-animal-environment-elephant,FOCUS BEIJING The mammoth trek across southern China of a herd of elephants that has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on the loss of their habitat and conservation challenges. 650 words moved by Poornima Weersaekara. File picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- France-architecture-arts-environment ARLES, France Rising high beyond an ancient Roman arena in Arles, a tall, twisted tower created by Frank Gehry shimmers in the sun, the latest futuristic addition to this southern French city known for its World Heritage sites. 550 words moved by Isabelle Wesselingh -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia-Sydney,2ndlead SYDNEY Sydney's usually bustling harbourside restaurants are shut and city streets nearly deserted as a two-week lockdown began across Australia's largest city to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of the Delta coronavirus variant. 550 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-crime-knife,WRAP WUERZBURG, Germany Investigators are racing to pinpoint the motive of the man who went on a knife rampage in the German city of Wuerzburg, killing three people and leaving five seriously injured. 650 words 1100 GMT by Pauline Curtet with Hui Min Neo in Berlin. Picture. Video. Live video US-France-Germany-Italy-diplomacy-Blinken,FOCUS PARIS After four turbulent years with president Donald Trump, European allies are barely concealing their joy as they welcome Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his more collaborative approach. 550 words 1130 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-Spain-attack,WRAP NAIROBI One Spanish and two Ethiopian employees of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres have been "brutally murdered" in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, the organisation says. 650 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Colombia-Venezuela-violence-border,WRAP BOGOTA President Ivan Duque says the helicopter he was flying in near the border with Venezuela was hit by gunfire in the first attack against a Colombian head of state in nearly 20 years. 500 words moved. File picture US-accident-construction-building,FOCUS WASHINGTON Rescuers are still searching for survivors in rubble of the collapsed Florida apartment tower, but pressure is building -- from families of missing residents to the state's governor -- for answers on how such a disaster could have occurred. 700 words moved by Valentin Graff Canada-indigenous-school-graves,lead OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for "harmful government policies" and does not rule out a criminal probe after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at a former indigenous residential school in Western Canada. 600 words moved by Michel Comte Colombia-kidnapping-peace-justice,INTERVIEW BOGOTA The anguish did not end with her liberation from the clutches of FARC guerillas 13 years ago, says Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage in a South American jungle for more than half a decade at the height of Colombia's decades-long conflict. 550 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden promises Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani strong support during a White House meeting but makes clear he was not planning to slow the US withdrawal after nearly two decades of fighting. 700 words moved by Paul Handley and Jerome Cartillier -- ASIA -- China-automobile-Tesla BEIJING Electric car giant Tesla will "recall" over 285,000 cars from the Chinese market after an investigation found issues with its assisted driving software that could cause road collisions, a government regulator announces. 350 words moved China-fire,WRAP BEIJING At least 18 people are killed and 16 injured when a fire broke out at a martial arts school in central China, according to the local government. 550 words moved. Graphic -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-Europe-trade-economy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Employers on both sides of the Atlantic are urging the Biden administration to urgently lift travel restrictions on Europeans, as investment from the continent in the United States plunged by nearly a third last year. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Science-human-evolution-China,lead WASHINGTON A skull preserved almost perfectly for more than 140,000 years in northeastern China represents a new species of ancient people more closely related to us than even Neanderthals -- and could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture Climate-environment-Brazil-hydropower WASHINGTON A controversial hydropower plant on the Amazon that promised "green energy" ended up increasing greenhouse gas emissions threefold compared to before it began operation, a study finds. 500 words moved by Philip Van Slooten -- ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE -- Italy-Colosseum-archaeology-tourism,PHOTOESSAY ROME The Colosseum says it finished a meticulous restoration of its underground area, with a new visiting path allowing for more intimate views of the arena's bloody subterranean corridors. 550 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video afp
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