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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Super League dead as owners brace for sanctions + Hope for US police reform after Chauvin verdict + India reels from Covid storm as oxygen runs out + Putin warns West against 'crossing the red line' + Slain Chad leader's son takes over, rivals cry 'coup' Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1 WRAP LONDON The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid follow all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League, dealing a fatal blow to the project as besieged owners launch damage-limitation exercises, desperate to head off sanctions. 750 words 2100 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Video US-racism-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The conviction of a white officer for George Floyd's murder raises hopes in the Black community of a historic turning point in US justice, but the police killing of another African American casts a shadow over prospects for change. 800 words 1900 GMT by Robin Legrand, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic, Picture. Video Already moved: US-politics-rights-race,POINTS US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-politics-crime-justice-Floyd,REAX Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals are running perilously low as daily Covid-19 deaths surge past 2,000 for the first time in one of the world's most brutal ongoing coronavirus waves. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-India,5thlead Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin warns the West against "crossing the red line" with Russia, in a major annual speech the opposition hopes to overshadow with mass protests. 800 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mainville and Romain Colas. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-Putin,PROFILE Russia-politics-Putin,POINTS Russia-Putin-politics,FACTS Chad-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad faces an uncertain future, as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno takes power in what the opposition calls a coup and Western allies that rely on the country's military might plead for stability. 750 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby-son,PROFILE Chad-politics-Deby-security,Q&A -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Huthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib. 1,000 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Climate-oceans-animal-environment-research TOKYO Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-politics,WRAP BERLIN Police clash with thousands of protesters in Berlin as the German parliament passes an amendment to give Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher anti-coronavirus measures. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne and Raphaelle Logerot. Picture. Video Health-virus-NZealand-Australia-travel,FOCUS QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand For the past year, the so-called "adrenaline capital of the world" has been more ghost town than party central. But unlike in most coronavirus-hit tourism hotspots, locals in New Zealand's scenic Queenstown are optimistic their adventure hub is about to get its pre-pandemic mojo back. 600 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd-investigation,2ndlead WASHINGTON One day after the George Floyd murder trial, the US launches an investigation of the Minneapolis police, signaling the Biden administration's intention to use federal powers to clean up systemic police abuse. 550 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture -- ASIA -- Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP JAKARTA Indonesia's military said it was searching for a submarine with 53 crew aboard after losing contact with the vessel during naval exercises off the coast of Bali. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Indonesia-military-submarine-Type209,FACTS Indonesia-military-submarine,FACTS Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,lead YANGON The Myanmar military's crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy says. 650 words 2030 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics,SCENE N'DJAMENA The call to prayer rings out as usual and market stalls hawking their colourful fabrics reopen, but residents in Chad's capital fear for their future after the death of a president who ruled for 30 years. 600 words 2000 GMT by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Mozambique-unrest,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Back from Mozambique, mercenary Lionel Dyck foresees "only hardships" for insurgent-hit north since his private military company left the region, days after a violent jihadist attack on Palma town. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture -- EUROPE -- Czech-Russia-diplomacy-espionage,WRAP PRAGUE The Czech government gives Moscow an ultimatum, warning it may expel more Russian diplomats unless the 20 Czech nationals ejected from Russia are allowed to return to work by noon on Thursday. 500 words 1930 GMT by Jan Flemr. File picture Also moved: Czech-Russia-Bulgaria-Britain-diplomacy-espionage,CHRONO Britain-royals-Queen-birthday,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II thanks well-wishers for their messages of support after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, as she turns 95 and spends her first birthday without him in more than seven decades. 650 words moved by James Pheby and Joe Jackson. File picture. File video. Graphic -- CLIMATE -- US-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration promises to rally the world on climate as adversaries China and Russia confirm participation in a summit and the European Union and Britain locked in far-reaching carbon reductions. 800 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Marc Burleigh in Brussels and Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing. Picture Also moved: EU-climate-politics,WRAP Climate-diplomacy-China-US,WRAP Taiwan-economy-tech-chips-environment,FOCUS TAIPEI In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades -- a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage. 800 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- Syria-conflict-OPCW-weapons,WRAP THE HAGUE The global chemical weapons watchdog strips Syria of its voting rights in an unprecedented punishment for poison gas attacks on civilians. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp. Video World-execution-rights-Iran-China-Egypt,lead PARIS Four states in the Middle East, led by Iran, made "ruthless and chilling" use of the death penalty in 2020 despite an overall decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, dominating the global toll of executions, Amnesty International says. 550 words moved by Stuart Williams -- TECHNOLOGY & LIFESTYLE -- Palestinians-espionage-Facebook-internet JERUSALEM Facebook says it has disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority's internal intelligence organisation to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political opponents. 500 words moved afp
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