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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Contact: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel's Netanyahu ousted as coalition forms new govt + G7 to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses + Tensions rise in Peru over vote fraud claim + Djokovic makes history with 19th Grand Slam title Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM A motley alliance of Israeli parties ousts Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister, and forms a new government in a seismic shift in the country's turbulent politics. 850 words 1930 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Bennett,PROFILE Israel-politics-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-politics-crisis,CHRONO Israel-politics-Netanyahu,DATES Israel-politics-government,FACTS G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders vow to start delivering one billion doses of Covid vaccines and to step up action on climate change, in a summit call to arms by a revived democratic alliance that also confronted China and Russia. 850 words 1930 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: G7-summit,REAX G7-summit-communique,POINTS Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru marks a week since presidential elections whose results have been delayed by fraud claims from rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori, risking an imminent corruption trial if leftist rival Pedro Castillo holds on to his narrow lead. 600 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic claims a 19th Grand Slam title and becomes the first man in 52 years to win all four majors twice when he comes from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in a gripping French Open final. 650 words by Dave James 2000 GMT. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open-Djokovic,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Britain-homosexuality-social-ENG-cricket BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom History is made in a quiet corner of Birmingham, central England, as the world's first match was played between two LGBTQ+ cricket teams. 650 words moved by Imran Marashli -- G7 SUMMIT -- Britain-US-diplomacy-royals-Queen-Biden,lead WINDSOR CASTLE, United Kingdom Joe Biden ends the first leg of his maiden overseas trip as US president, inspecting a military guard of honour and taking tea with Queen Elizabeth II. 420 words moved. Picture. Video Britain-NIreland-France-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom UK anger with Europe sizzles after a sausage-themed dispute between the British and French leaders over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP MADRID Right-wing protesters march in Madrid to denounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence bid. 700 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video Switzerland-voting-agriculture-environment-terrorism,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland rejects proposals that would have made it the first European country to ban synthetic pesticides following a divisive campaign that ruptured the idyllic image of peaceful Alpine pastures. 750 words moved by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. Picture. File video. Spain-politics-Podemos,WRAP MADRID Podemos, the junior member of Spain's ruling coalition, formally appoints Ione Belarra as its new leader, putting two women at the helm of the radical left-wing party following the departure of its founder. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video Switzerland-ballet-Bejart-abuse,FOCUS GENEVA Switzerland's prestigious Bejart Ballet Lausanne company faces a probe as allegations of drug use, harassment and abuse of power raise the question why nothing apparently changed after an earlier investigation raised similar issues. 750 words moved by Nina Larson. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-US-transport-Uber,FOCUS HOUSTON The light bulb moment for the neurosurgeons came as they conducted patient rounds and realised they weren't doing as many emergency surgeries late on Friday and Saturday nights -- and that it was probably because of Uber. 550 words moved by Francois Picard -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-trial-SuuKyi,WRAP YANGON The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court, more than four months after a military coup. 500 words 2100 GMT. File picture. File video China-accident,WRAP BEIJING At least 12 people are killed and nearly 140 others injured when a gas line explodes in a residential compound in central China's Hubei province, local officials say. 500 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara. Picture. Video. Graphic Malaysia-France-Switzerland-crime-children-kidnapping,lead KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia deports a leading figure in conspiracy circles who is wanted in France over the kidnapping of an eight-year-old girl, sources tell AFP. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-vote,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria awaits the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by widespread abstention, with a moderate Islamist party saying it is in the lead. 500 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-attack,3rdlead ABIDJAN Two soldiers and a police officer are killed as their vehicle hits an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, the military says. 550 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA The Copa America that almost never was opens in Brazil, overshadowed by the desperate race to find a host, sponsor pullouts and Covid-19 -- including outbreaks on two teams. 650 words 2130 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England launch their bid for Euro 2020 glory with a 1-0 win over Croatia as Denmark's team doctor confirms Christian Eriksen had suffered a cardiac arrest and was "gone" before being resuscitated. 700 words 2130 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Graphic. Video afp
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