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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hundreds snared in 'staggering' global crime bust + Major outage hits media, govt websites + Macron slapped by bystander on France tour + UN court upholds 'Butcher of Bosnia' genocide verdict + Elephants pause for a snooze on China trek US-Europe-Australia-crime-tech-police,WRAP THE HAGUE Police arrest more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones used by criminals that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies say. 800 words 1500 GMT by Danny Kemp with Andrew Beatty in Sydney. Picture. Video World-media-internet,WRAP PARIS Several media, government and social sites, including the White House and Reddit, suffer temporary outages due to a glitch in cloud computing services provider Fastly. 500 words 1530 GMT. Video France-Macron-politics,WRAP TAIN-L'HERMITAGE, France A bystander slaps French President Emmanuel Macron across the face during a trip to southeast France, in a major security breach on the second stop of a nationwide tour. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: France-Macron-politics,FACTS Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,WRAP THE HAGUE UN judges dismiss Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic's appeal against his life sentence for genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II. 700 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Srebrenica. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic China-animal-environment-elephant BEIJING A herd of wild elephants in southwestern China have been captured on camera taking a breather from a 500-kilometre march of chaos that has caused more than $1 million in damage. 250 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kazakhstan-environment-antelope,FOCUS Amangeldi, KAZAKHSTAN Dropping to his knees to weigh a spindly-legged newborn saiga antelope, conservationist Albert Salemgareyev finds himself in the midst of the Kazakh steppe's most important baby boom. 800 words moved by Abduaziz Madyarov. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-US-politics-diplomacy,FACTS MOSCOW Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden are to meet in Geneva on June 16 amid the biggest crisis in ties between their two countries in recent history. Here are five key issues they are expected to discuss. 650 words moved Also moved: US-Russia-diplomacy-politics,FACTS Russia-US-politics-diplomacy,FACTS Britain-NIreland-politics,WRAP DUBLIN A fiercely loyal follower of Democratic Unionist Party leader Edwin Poots will become Northern Ireland's next first minister when incumbent Arlene Foster steps down, raising the stakes for post-Brexit trading arrangements in the British-run province. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joe Stenson. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM After weeks of political wrangling, the Israeli parliament will vote Sunday on whether to install a "change" coalition and end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12 consecutive years in power. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO Iran-rights-justice PARIS A man serving a five-year jail sentence on political charges in Iran dies in custody, activists say, accusing the authorities of contributing to his death by neglecting his medical conditions. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest-refugee-UN, WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Thousands of families flee their homes in northern Burkina Faso after a jihadist massacre that claims at least 138 lives and leaves the country reeling. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic ICoast-attack,WRAP ABIDJAN An Ivorian soldier dies in an attack on Ivory Coast's northern border with Burkina Faso, an assault likely to fuel concern that jihadists sweeping across the Sahel are now targeting countries on the Gulf of Guinea. 500 words moved. File picture. Graphic Kenya-Turkey-arrest-coup-judiciary,FOCUS NAIROBI How did a foreign citizen disappear from Kenya's police headquarters and end up under arrest in Turkey, despite a court order banning his extradition? 800 words moved by Fran Blandy. File Picture SAfrica-crime-security,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG As night falls over a leafy Johannesburg suburb, private security guards step into camouflage clothing and load their rifles, preparing to set off on a night patrol to reassure the nervous rich in the crime-ridden country. 700 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- UN-diplomacy-Guterres,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council votes to give Secretary General Antonio Guterres a second term, with conflict resolution set to top his agenda at the world body's helm. 600 words 1530 GMT by Philippe Rater. File picture Canada-crime-racism-Islam,WRAP OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams as a "terrorist attack" the killing of four members of a Muslim family, run down in a vehicle attack that left the community in shock. 600 words 1700 GMT by Eric Thomas. Picture. Video Also moving: Canada-crime-racism-Islam Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru is on tenterhooks as right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori claims fraud after her far-left rival Pedro Castillo takes a narrow lead into the final stretch of vote-counting to determine who will be the next president. 650 words 1500 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Mexico-Guatemala-diplomacy-migration,WRAP MEXICO CITY US Vice President Kamala Harris hold talks with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a visit to the region aimed at tackling the "root causes" of a surge in migrant flows. 500 words 1600 GMT by Daniel Rook. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-Spain-media,INTERVIEW MADRID It was only when he boarded the plane that would fly him to Europe that Mratt Kyaw Thu finally felt safe for the first time since Myanmar's military coup on February 1. 850 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture. Video Pakistan-train-crash,WRAP DAHARKI, Pakistan Pakistani engineers re-open the nation's main north-south railway line after clearing the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided in a remote farming region, killing dozens and highlighting huge safety problems on the dilapidated network. 650 words moved by Ashraf Khan. Graphic. Picture. Video Virus-health-India-women,FOCUS NEW DELHI Tanya Ashnigdh is four months pregnant and terrified, one of millions of expectant women excluded from India's faltering inoculation drive despite being at greater risk from Covid-19. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- US-Europe-Australia-crime-tech-police,FOCUS WASHINGTON The FBI got a master supplier of technology to criminal gangs to distribute supposedly foolproof encrypted phones to violent drug and arms mobsters worldwide, intercepting their communications for 18 months to set up the arrests of hundreds in Operation Trojan Shield. 650 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley. Graphic US-politics-economy-diplomacy-China,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate is poised to pass a huge industrial policy bill aimed at countering a surging economic threat from rival China, overcoming partisan divisions to pump more than $100 billion into high-end research and development. 600 words 1600 GMT by Michael Mathes US-IT-security-hacking,FOCUS WASHINGTON The latest wave of ransomware attacks hitting the US and elsewhere portends a difficult battle against hackers even as government and the private sector ramp up defenses. 750 words 1500 GMT by Rob Lever WorldBank-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Fueled by widespread Covid-19 vaccinations in advanced nations, the global economic recovery has picked up speed, but the upbeat outlook obscures a worrying picture in poor nations, the World Bank says. 650 words moved by Heather Scott Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-NIreland-trade,WRAP LONDON The UK government defends the British banger amid reports of a possible "sausage war" with the European Union, sparked by a row over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS World number 85 Tamara Zidansek becomes the first woman from Slovenia to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam at the French Open, while Stefanos Tsitsipas hopes to stay on course for a first major final when he meets rival Daniil Medvedev. 650 words by Martyn Wood 1600 GMT Picture Graphic afp
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