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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Desperate search after Miami building collapse + Virus lockdown in Australia as Delta takes hold + Cop in George Floyd killing faces sentencing + 750 new unmarked school graves found in Canada + 'New type of early human' found in Israel US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Rescue teams comb through the rubble of an oceanfront apartment block near Miami Beach that partially collapsed, killing at least one person and leaving at least 99 unaccounted for amid fears of a much higher death toll. 750 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video Also moved: US-accident-construction,SCENE Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Several countries which have had success in fending off Covid-19, including Australia and Israel, announce new measures to tackle surging cases of the highly contagious Delta variant. 600 words 1000 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Former policeman Derek Chauvin could be ordered behind bars for 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. 550 words moved by Kerem Yucel with Charlotte Plantive in Washington. File picture. File video Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE Also moved: US-racism-police-justice,FOCUS Also moved: US-crime-racism-statue Canada-indigenous-school-graves,WRAP MONTREAL More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader says -- the second such shock discovery in less than a month. 700 words moved by Eric Thomas. File picture. Live video. Video 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. 600 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- HongKong-China-lifestyle-architecture,FEATURE HONG KONG In a packed metropolis where old buildings are frequently replaced by gleaming skyscrapers, two Hong Kong model makers are trying to preserve the city's architectural past -- in painstakingly detailed miniature form. 700 words moved by Michael Zhang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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-Africa,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Africa faces a vicious coronavirus resurgence, with unprecedented hospital admissions and deaths pushing facilities to the brink as the continent falls far behind in the global vaccination drive. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Video. Graphic. File Picture Health-virus-research,FOCUS PARIS The Delta variant is causing new Covid-19 cases to surge across the globe and experts say the more-contagious strain could continue to spread if vaccination efforts don't improve. 800 words 1400 GMT by Amelie Baubeau Health-virus-Nepal,FOCUS KATHMANDU A ventilator "bank" where hospitals can rent critical care machines for Covid-19 patients has given Nepal's cash-strapped healthcare system a much needed lifeline. 550 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-France-Germany-EU-diplomacy-Britain PARIS A bid by France and Germany, blocked for now by EU counterparts, to resume European summits with President Vladimir Putin shows anxiety in Berlin and Paris that Europe risks being sidelined in dealing with Russia under the presidency of Joe Biden, analysts say. 700 words 1100 GMT by Valerie Leroux. Picture France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France A French court gives its verdict in the case of a woman on trial for killing the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp. 600 words 1500 GMT by Loic Venin. Picture. Video. Czech-weather,WRAP PRAGUE Rescuers comb rubble for more victims following a rare tornado that killed at least three people and injured dozens in the Czech Republic's southeast. 500 words 1200 GMT by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video Gibraltar-women-abortion-law-referenda,WRAP GIBRALTAR Gibraltar votes by a large majority to ease its draconian abortion laws in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by William Edwards -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-parade-LGTQ,WRAP TEL AVIV Tens of thousands are expected to join the first Tel Aviv pride event since the start of the Covid pandemic even as health officials urge marchers to wear masks amid a surge in infections. 650 words 1130 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Jordan-debt-justice,FOCUS AMMAN Cash-strapped and struggling to care for his two disabled children, Mohammad Sabha took out a loan. Now he fears ending up in a Jordanian prison because he can't repay it. 700 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video UAE-economy-transport-rail,FOCUS ABU DHABI In the desert emirate of Abu Dhabi, Ibrahim al-Hammadi inspects a freight train on the UAE's first railway line. He climbs aboard the locomotive, does a final systems check and then it's full steam ahead. 800 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-art-internet-cryptocurrency,FOCUS LAGOS At only 29, Nigerian pop-artist Osinachi has sold paintings on Microsoft Word for several thousand euros, or the equivalent amount in ether, a cryptocurrency often used to buy digital art. 650 words moved by Camille Malplat -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-infrastructure,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden announces a deal reached with a bipartisan group of senators to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, likely unlocking the most funding for roads, bridges, ports and broadband in decades. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Michael Mathes. Picture US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani,FOCUS WASHINGTON Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani faces the cold reality of the end of US military presence in Afghanistan when he meets with President Joe Biden in the White House. 700 words moved by Paul Handley and Jerome Cartillier -- ASIA -- China-fire,WRAP BEIJING At least 18 people are killed and 16 injured after a fire breaks out at a martial arts school in central China, according to the local government. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. Graphic China-politics-party-anniversary-members,FOCUS SHANGHAI Wang Ying is young, educated and an unquestioning believer in the Communist Party's sole right to rule China -- exactly what the increasingly conformist institution seeks as it enters a new century. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Also moving: China-politics-party-anniversary,FOCUS -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers advance legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws, setting the stage for a tough floor fight in Congress. 700 words moved by Rob Lever with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco US-China-market-listing NEW YORK Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing plans to raise between $3.7 billion and $4 billion when it lists in New York, according to an updated filing. 300 words moved Japan-business-politics-Toshiba,WRAP TOKYO Toshiba shareholders vote to eject the firm's chairman in the latest twist for a company that has endured years of scandal and allegations of mismanagement, in a rare victory for activist investors in corporate Japan. 500 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Natsuko Fukue -- SPORT -- Cycling-Tour-FRA-2021,PREVIEW BREST Excitement mounts as the Tour de France peloton prepares to roll out of this Atlantic coast port on Saturday with all eyes on reigning champion Tadej Pogacar and the pretenders to his title in the world's most famous bike race. 600 words 1200 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 -- France-art-DaVinci-gallery,FOCUS AMBOISE, France A new virtual gallery of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings that plunges the viewer into the Renaissance master's creative process opens at the manor in central France where he spent the last three years of his life. 650 words moved by Gina Doggett 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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