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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Facebook board upholds ban on Trump + Israel president seeks to end political gridlock + G7 works on global Covid vaccine plan + France marks 200th anniversary of Napoleon death + Mourners pay tribute to late Zulu queen US-politics-IT-Facebook-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook's independent oversight board upholds a ban on former US president Donald Trump while ordering further review of the case, in a ruling with a potentially far-reaching impact on the regulation of online speech. 700 words 1500 GMT by Rob Lever. Picture Also moving: US-IT-politics-Trump,FACTS Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM The Israeli president meets with party leaders to determine if any lawmaker can form a government to end an unprecedented era of gridlock after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed. 600 words 1600 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-G7-diplomacy-health-virus-vaccines-economy,WRAP LONDON The Group of Seven wealthy democracies work on plans to scale up global Covid-19 vaccinations, as calls mount for a drastic increase in funding to help developing nations virtually shut out of early efforts. 750 words 1500 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Graphic France-history-Napoleon-politics,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron is to lay a wreath at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte to mark the 200th anniversary of his death after months of debate about the legacy of the country's most famous autocrat. 600 words 1730 GMT by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video SAfrica-royals-people-Zulu,lead JOHANNESBURG Mourners in leopardskin regalia gather outside a Johannesburg morgue to accompany the body of the late Zulu regent queen, whose sudden death last week came less than two months after that of her husband, King Goodwill Zwelithini -- the longest-serving leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group. 400 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ghana-music-Afrobeats,FOCUS ACCRA On Saturday night at the Purple Pub in Ghana's capital Accra even the pandemic and an official shutdown of bars and clubs can't stop the music. 800 words moved by Marine Jeannin. Picture. Video Venezuela-health-education-contraception,FOCUS VIDONO, Venezuela Teenage pregnancies are an increasing issue in poor rural communities such as Vidono, Venezuela where there's a lack of sexual and reproductive education and even less public promotion of contraception methods. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video Iraq-environment-pollution-heritage,FOCUS CHIBAYISH, Iraq In southern Iraq, putrid water gushes out of waste pipes into marshes reputed to be home to the biblical Garden of Eden, threatening an already fragile world heritage site. 750 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's foreign minister is forced to abandon face-to-face G7 meetings on the pandemic in London because he may have been exposed to Covid-19, as the crisis deepened back home with his nation's daily death toll hitting a record at almost 3,800. 800 words moved by Nivrita Ganguly and Ammu Kannampilly, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Health-virus-US-vaccine-promotion,FOCUS WASHINGTON A free beer, a cake, a cash payment -- these are among the promotions being used in the United States to try to persuade people to get their Covid-19 vaccination. 500 words 1700 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture Health-virus-WHO-Germany-pandemic-information GENEVA The World Health Organization is to set up a global data hub in Berlin to analyse information on emerging pandemic threats, filling the gaps exposed by Covid-19. 550 words 1430 GMT by Robin Millard. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccines-adolescents,FOCUS US-pharmaceutical-earnings-health-Pfizer,WRAP -- AFRICA -- Mali-France-media-kidnapping,WRAP BAMAKO A missing French journalist says he has been kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, becoming the latest foreigner to be taken hostage in the West African country. 650 words 1430 GMT by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Also moved: Mali-France-media-kidnapping,FACTS Mozambique-unrest-displaced,FOCUS MAPUTO Six weeks after it was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, the northern Mozambican town of Palma remains deeply traumatised and hundreds of its residents flee each day, survivors and aid workers say. 700 words moved by Susan Njanji. File Picture Ethiopia-vote-unrest,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia is set to hold elections in a month, but with war in the north, ethnic violence elsewhere and major logistical hurdles, the path to credible polls is littered with obstacles. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Pictures. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Germany-Belarus-justice-torture,WRAP BERLIN Ten Belarusians file a criminal complaint in Germany against President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his regime for crimes against humanity. 600 words moved by Femke Colborne Belgium-Iran-diplomat-France-attack-prison,WRAP BRUSSELS An Iranian diplomat's 20-year sentence in Belgium for plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris is confirmed after he fails to appeal, his lawyer and prosecutors say. 600 words 1430 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere Italy-US-murder-trial ROME Jurors begin deliberating the fate of two American men accused of stabbing to death an Italian police officer two years ago in Rome, capping a year-long trial. 600 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Live video EU-Britain-Brexit-politics-Barnier-book-France,FOCUS BRUSSELS The EU's pointman on Brexit, Michel Barnier, releases a book recounting the insider track on Britain's acrimonious departure and teasing his ambition to become France's next president. 500 words moved by Clement Zampa Britain-vote,WRAP LONDON Candidates wind up campaigning for local elections in Britain, in the first vote since the coronavirus outbreak and after Brexit took full effect. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Spain-politics-vote-Madrid,FOCUS MADRID With just two years until Spain heads into a general election, the sweeping victory of the right in Madrid's regional poll fires a warning shot across the bows of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. 600 words moved by Mathieu Gorse. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-US,WRAP KANDAHAR, Afghanistan American warplanes back Afghan forces against a major Taliban offensive in the south of the country even as the US military presses on with a troop withdrawal. 550 words 1430 GMT by Rashid Durrani, with Jay Deshmukh in Kabul. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-diplomacy-defense-Taiwan-China,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden is expected to announce his strategy toward China soon, and calls are growing for him to make a clear public commitment to defend Taiwan militarily in the event of Chinese aggression. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-rights-UN-politics-justice GENEVA Scores of Nobel laureates, ex-heads of state and government, and former senior UN officials demand an international probe into the alleged killings of dissidents in Iran's prisons in 1988. 500 words moved by Nina Larson Iran-Britain-US-France-Germany-rights-justice,FOCUS PARIS Mixing hope with fears that expectations of any breakthrough will again be dashed, families of Western nationals held in Iran are anxiously watching intense diplomatic contacts with Tehran and recent rumours for signs their loved ones could be allowed home. 750 words moved by Stuart Williams Egypt-Turkey-diplomacy,FOCUS CAIRO Turkey and Egypt have begun slowly warming ties as they vie for regional primacy a decade after the Arab Spring, but analysts say deep-seated mistrust means full normalisation will take time. 850 words moved by Farid Farid -- CLIMATE -- Germany-climate-politics-environment,WRAP BERLIN The German government says it will set more ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions after a landmark ruling by the country's top court declared a flagship climate protection law "insufficient". 550 words 1430 GMT by Kit Holden -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- EU-economy-China,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU unveils new powers to block state-backed companies making unfair inroads into Europe as the bloc seeks new ways to confront China. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman US-economy-unemployment-services,WRAP WASHINGTON Private hiring accelerates in the United States though at a slower pace than expected, but analysts say the economy is poised for sustained employment gains in the coming months. 550 words 1530 GMT by Chris Stein -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL-India-health-virus-AUS-NZL SYDNEY Cricket authorities in Australia and New Zealand rush to evacuate star players from Covid-hit India, after the lucrative Indian Premier League was abandoned. 650 words moved by Andrew Beatty. 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