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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China vaccine doses pass one billion mark + Iran's ultraconservatives hail Raisi election win + Post-war Armenia holds snap election + Wales face Italy seeking Euro last-16 ticket Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China announces it has administered its one-billionth shot in the world's biggest coronavirus inoculation drive as Brazil's death toll from the pandemic passes 500,000. 650 words 0930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's ultraconservatives hail the election win of cleric Ebrahim Raisi while the US charges the vote was unfair and Israel labels him the country's "most extremist" president so far 600 words 1100 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenians go to the polls in early parliamentary elections called by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an attempt to heal divisions after a disastrous war with Azerbaijan and renew his mandate. 700 words 11 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan and Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE Armenia-vote-facts,FACTS Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Wales and Gareth Bale can secure a place in the last 16 of Euro 2020 when they face Italy in Rome after Germany breathed life into their campaign with a stunning 4-2 win over holders Portugal in Munich. 700 words 1030 GMT by Andy Scott with Emmeline Moore in Rome. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Libya-migrants-women-slavery,FOCUS MEDENINE, Tunisia For Aisha, sexual slavery was something you only heard about happening to others in television reports, until she found herself locked in a living "hell" in Libya. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-Kadhafi-housing,FOCUS TRIPOLI Before Moamer Kadhafi's ouster, Libyans steered well clear of the Bab al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled, but a housing shortage in Tripoli has forced squatters to move in. 650 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-vote-politics,WRAP PARIS France heads to the polls for the first round of regional elections that could see Marine Le Pen's far-right party make gains and step further into the political mainstream. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright Britain,politics,WRAP LONDON The colourful former speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow said he has left the Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party, launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 600 words 1000 GMT by Anna Malpas -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-culture-religion-society,FOCUS RIYADH Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's austere image. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-election-vote,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Twice delayed, hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic, violent insecurity, and planning chaos, Ethiopia's electoral board says it is ready for Monday's crucial vote and assures it will be credible. 600 words 1030 GMT by Nick Perry. Picture. Video SAfrica-Zimbabwe-surgery JOHANNESBURG Plastic surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last month. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-parade-LGBTQ WASHINGTON The driver of a pickup truck slams into a crowd gathering for a Pride parade in south Florida, killing one man and injuring another, authorities say. 500 words moved. Video US-politics-racism-holiday,WRAP NEW YORK With marches, music and speeches, Americans celebrate "Juneteenth," the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery and which comes a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-slavery-Houston,SCENE US-crime-business-health-virus,FOCUS CHICAGO Businesses in downtown Chicago that survived the pandemic-related economic slump and two spasms of looting last summer should be ecstatic with Monday's reopening of America's third-largest city. Yet, many are batting a new hardship -- a surge in crime that is keeping customers, and their money, away. 800 words moved by Bob Chiarito. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-talks-rights-women-Taliban KABUL The Taliban say they remain committed to peace talks but insist a "genuine Islamic system" in Afghanistan was the only way to end the war and ensure rights -- including for women. 400 words moved Health-virus-India,SCENE NEW DELHI A few weeks ago, New Delhi's crematoriums were operating around the clock dealing with Covid-19 victims. Now the Indian capital's shopping malls and markets are buzzing again. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video China-politics-rights,PROFILE BEIJING In a small, book-strewn apartment on Beijing's outskirts lives one of the last Chinese academics who refuses to be silenced by the ruling Communist Party's relentless crackdown on intellectuals. 700 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust,FOCUS WASHINGTON The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the internet and on America's biggest and most successful companies. 850 words moved by Rob Lever -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA,lead LOS ANGELES Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in a thrilling game seven that went to overtime to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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