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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Four dead in Florida collapse, 159 unaccounted for + US ex-policeman to be sentenced for Floyd murder + Australia, Israel impose new curbs as Delta threatens + Aid workers 'brutally murdered' in war-torn Ethiopia + Ancient 'Dragon Man' discovery stuns scientists US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Four people are confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted for following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scoured the mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. 700 words 1930 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction,SCENE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Former policeman Derek Chauvin faces being jailed for up to 30 years when he is sentenced for the murder of African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. 700 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Live video Already moved: US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-racism-police-justice,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia and Israel, which had been successful in fending off Covid-19, reimpose restrictions as cases surge of the highly contagious Delta variant, which is also threatening Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. 750 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-Spain-attack,WRAP NAIROBI Three employees of medical charity MSF, a Spaniard and two Ethiopians, have been "brutally murdered" in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, the organisation says in a statement. 450 words moved 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 -- SPOTLIGHT -- Israel-parade-LGBTQ,WRAP TEL AVIV Thousands party in the streets of Tel Aviv at the city's first Pride event since the Covid pandemic, with many ignoring Israeli government pleas to wear masks amid a surge in infections. 600 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Indonesia JAKARTA Over a dozen fully vaccinated doctors have died of Covid-19 in Indonesia, a medical association says, as the Southeast Asian country battles a rash of severe cases in inoculated medical workers and highly infectious new virus strains. 450 words moved Health-virus-Australia-Sydney,2ndlead SYDNEY Central Sydney and its popular eastern beaches around Bondi are ordered into lockdown as authorities try to contain an expanding outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 in Australia's largest city. 600 words moved by Andrew Leeson Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM The Israeli health ministry reimposes a requirement for masks to be worn in enclosed public places, following a surge in Covid-19 cases since the rule was dropped 10 days ago. 500 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS Health-virus-Russia,lead Health-virus-research,FOCUS Health-virus-variant,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani,WRAP WASHINGTON Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani faces the cold reality of the end of US military presence in Afghanistan as he meets President Joe Biden in the White House. 700 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video 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 2100 GMT 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 1930 GMT by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Czech-weather-tornado,WRAP PRAGUE A rare tornado tears through several Czech villages and towns, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, rescuers say as they clean up the storm's aftermath one official described as a "living hell". 450 words moved by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video Germany-crime-knife,WRAP BERLIN Three people have been killed and several others injured in the German city of Wuerzburg in a knife attack by a 24-year-old Somalian who had recently spent time on a psychiatric ward, police and officials say. 650 words 1930 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France A Frenchwoman who killed her rapist husband walks free with a four-year sentence, three years suspended, in a high-profile and controversial case. 600 words 1930 GMT by Loic Venin. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Israel-archaeology-anthropology-palaeontology,lead JERUSALEM Bones belonging to a "new type of early human" previously unknown to science have been found in Israel, researchers say, claiming to have shed new light on human evolution. 650 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- China-fire,WRAP BEIJING At least 18 people are killed and 16 injured when an early morning fire broke out at a martial arts school in central China, according to the local government. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- 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 2000 GMT by Philip Van Slooten -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-WAL-DEN AMSTERDAM Gareth Bale and Wales may have been the neutrals' favourites during their rousing run to the semi-finals five years ago, but as they prepare to face Denmark in the last 16 of Euro 2020 on Saturday the goodwill is likely to all be for their opponents. 600 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video Also moving: fbl-Euro-2020-2021-ITA-AUT-Verratti,FOCUS -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Games-film-France-US-Sweden,INTERVIEW PARIS Video game adaptations of Hollywood blockbusters fell out of fashion over the last decade, but makers of the sequel to all-time top-grossing movie Avatar hope their tie-in will buck the trend. 500 words moved by Yassine Khiri. File picture afp
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