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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Chad leader Deby dies 'fighting rebels' + Jurors deliberate in Floyd murder trial + FIFA warns clubs joining Super League + Doctors denied access to 'very weak' Navalny + EU agency to rule on J&J vaccine Chad-politics-Deby,WRAP N'DJAMENA After three decades in power, Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno dies from wounds sustained battling rebels, the army says, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West in a troubled region. 700 words 1500 GMT by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby,OBIT Chad-politics-Deby,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-politics-Deby-timeline,CHRONO Chad-politics-Deby,DATES Africa-Chad-leaders,FACTS -- Please see our special advisory for full coverage -- US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Jurors begin their first full day of deliberations in the trial of the former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd as US cities brace for a verdict in a case that sparked nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. 600 words 1600 GMT by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS Fbl-Eur-C1-Super-C1,WRAP MONTREUX, Switzerland FIFA president Gianni Infantino warns that clubs involved in the European Super League could face "consequences", as the backlash builds against the deeply divisive plans. 900 words 1430 GMT. File picture. Graphic. Video. Picture Russia-politics-Navalny,WRAP VLADIMIR, Russia Alexei Navalny's doctors are again denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic, as lawyers for the Russian opposition figure on hunger strike say he has grown "very weak" and demand he be transferred to a civilian hospital in Moscow. 750 words 1600 GMT by Ekaterina Anisimova. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Europe's drug regulator is expected to rule on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after fears it could be linked to extremely rare blood clots, as the US drugmaker says it is "very confident" in its shot. 800 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Haiti-politics-history-unrest,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE When Haitian strongman Francois Duvalier died, his subjects had no choice on their next president -- his 19-year-old son took over. The vote to approve him as successor was officially 2,391,916 to zero. 850 words moved by Amelie Baron. File picture Nigeria-religion-court-rights,FOCUS ABUJA Amina Ahmed is tired. Day and night, she waits by her phone for news of her husband, languishing behind bars in northern Nigeria for close to a year. 750 words moved by Louise Dewast. Picture Lebanon-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS BAALBEK, Lebanon For three decades Abu Ali planted potatoes to provide for his family, but Lebanon's economic crisis has driven up production costs and forced him to swap the crop for cannabis. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Morocco-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS KETAMA, Morocco After decades without legal cover, farmer Mohamed Morabet looks forward to selling his hashish this summer on the open market now that Morocco plans to legalise cannabis for medical use. 650 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture Iran-music-lute-Turkey-Arab,FOCUS TEHRAN The Oriental lute is making a comeback in Iran after decades in the shadows as musicians reconnect with an instrument integral to Arab and Turkish musical tradition in a fragmented region. 700 words moved by Karim Abou Merhi and Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Environment-marine-corals-Cyprus,INTERVIEW AYIA NAPA, Cyprus Many people think Cyprus has no corals, says marine ecologist Louis Hadjiannou. If climate change and coastal development continue unabated, he fears, they may soon be right. 500 words moved by Emily Irving-Swift. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-graveyards,SCENE NEW DELHI A summer storm is buffeting New Delhi as Mohammed Shamim wearily pauses to glance at yet another ambulance arriving with a coronavirus victim to bury, just minutes after the last. 700 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar and Uzair Rizvi in Lucknow. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-India Japan-health-virus-Oly-2020-2021,lead TOKYO Japan's third most populated region asks the central government to impose a state of emergency over the coronavirus as infections rise just three months before the country hosts the Olympics. 450 words moved Health-virus-Qatar-sport,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has defied soaring coronavirus numbers to stage high-profile sporting events, serving as a test bed ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, but also suffering high-profile setbacks. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. File Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-Laschet-CDU-CSU,WRAP BERLIN Armin Laschet, the leader of Angela Merkel's party, urges her conservatives to unite behind his campaign in September's election, after he won their nomination as chancellor candidate in a bruising battle that pushed the bloc to the brink of implosion. 650 words 1430 GMT by Hui Min Neo with Ralf Isermann in Munich. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Germany-politics-Laschet,PROFILE -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-fire,WRAP CAPE TOWN A sweeping fire on South Africa's iconic Table Mountain that choked Cape Town with smoke and destroyed several historic sites including a university library is almost contained, officials say. 500 words 1700 GMT by Linda Givetash. File Picture. File video Also moving: SAfrica-fire-Africa-library,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Pakistan-France-protest-religion,WRAP LAHORE Pakistan's parliament postpones a debate on whether the country should expel the French ambassador, as the government bids to appease a radical party that has threatened more violent protests unless the envoy is kicked out. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Pakistan-France-Khan-unrest-blasphemy,FOCUS India-transport-railway-rescue MUMBAI An Indian railway worker is hailed a "superhero" after he sprinted more than 30 metres along a track to grab a boy from the path of an express train. 250 words moved. Video Samoa-politics-Fiame APIA, Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a veteran powerbroker with ties to royalty, has taken the starring role in a Pacific island political drama that could see her unseat one of the world's longest-serving democratic leaders and become Samoa's first female prime minister. 650 words moved by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,Q&A LAUSANNE The declaration of a private Super League has hurled UEFA and the 12 rebel football clubs into a complex legal and political battle, fraught with wider implications for European sport. 700 words 1430 GMT by Coralie Febvre. Picture Fbl-Eur-Super-ESP-C1-construction-Perez,PROFILE MADRID Be it business, football or politics, Real Madrid's Florentino Perez has always played at the top of his game, now donning the captain's armband for the Super League that has sparked a war within European football. 700 words moved by Patxi Vrignon-Etxezharreta. File picture -- CLIMATE -- UN-climate-environment-US-coal,FOCUS WEST JEFFERSON, Alabama The exhaust-belching smokestacks of America's most greenhouse gas-emitting power plant tower over Jennifer Chesser's neighborhood, but she'd likely fight to keep them from falling silent. 750 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Picture. Video -- Please see our special climate advisory -- -- SCIENCE -- Science-Japan-mite-internet-Twitter-Austria TOKYO Call it the mite of Twitter: Japanese and Austrian researchers confirm a bug they spotted posted in a tweet is a previously unknown species, now aptly dubbed "Ameronothrus twitter." 350 words moved -- BUSINESS/TECH -- China-automobile-technology,FOCUS SHANGHAI Thought Big Tech was taking over your life through smartphones? It may be coming for your car next as Chinese firms lead a stampede into auto manufacturing in their battle for more consumers. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Switzerland-banking-investments-bankruptcy-CreditSuisse,ANALYSIS ZURICH Investors in Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse are demanding answers about its risk-taking after the bankruptcies of British financial firm Greensill and US hedge fund Archegos bled it for billions of dollars. 700 words moved by Nathalie Olof-Ors -- SPACE -- US-space-SPACEX,ADVANCER WASHINGTON SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight, and the first with a European. 600 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Australia-television-lifestyle-Netflix SYDNEY Surfers in the coastal Australian town of Byron Bay stage a "paddle out" protest as locals rally against a planned Netflix reality show some say could attract hordes of "vacuous" Instagram tourists to their beachside paradise. 450 words moved afp
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