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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + British royals in crisis talks after interview + Jury selection delayed in George Floyd trial + Equatorial Guinea blast death toll rises to 98 + Brazilian court overturns Lula conviction + Neanderthals disappeared from Europe much earlier US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Britain's Queen Elizabeth is in crisis talks after Prince Harry and his wife Meghan lifted the lid on life inside Buckingham Palace with an explosive interview that reverberated around the world. 800 words 0530 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-racism,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-internet,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-questions,Q&A Britain-US-royals-crises,FACTS Britain-US-royals-politics,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Jury selection is delayed in the trial of the white policeman charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death sparked mass protests against racial injustice and police brutality in the US and around the world. 800 words moved by Joy Powell and Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,INTERVIEW US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial,WRAP EGuinea-blast,WRAP MALABO The death toll from accidental explosions that rocked a military camp in Equatorial Guinea and the surrounding area rises sharply to 98 with hundreds wounded, the vice president says, as the scale of the disaster became clearer. 500 words moved by Samuel Obiang. Graphic. Picture. Video Brazil-politics-court-corruption-Lula,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO A Brazilian Supreme Court justice overturns graft convictions against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for the left-wing leader to run in the 2022 presidential election. 650 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. File picture Also moved: Brazil-politics-court-corruption-Lula,CHRONO Science-archaeology-anthropology-Europe WASHINGTON Neanderthal fossils from a cave in Belgium believed to belong to the last survivors of their species ever discovered in Europe are thousands of years older than once thought, a new study says. 500 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster-communities,FOCUS NAMIE, Japan Masakazu Daibo has reopened his family's eel restaurant in part of Japan's Fukushima region declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, but so far he has barely a single neighbour. 1050 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. Graphic ** Please see our special advisory on the 10th anniversary of the Japanese tsunami ** Afghanistan-religion-history-Taliban-Buddha-anniversary,FOCUS BAMIYAN Afghanistan's giant Buddhas stood watch over the picturesque Bamiyan valley for centuries, surviving Mongol invasions and the harsh environment until the Taliban arrived with an apocalyptic worldview that paid little mind to one of the great wonders of antiquity. 700 words moved by Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy-economy-poverty MILAN Eyes on the ground, they queue in silence for a food parcel outside Milan's Pane Quotidiano charity. Since coronavirus swept across Italy a year ago, the line has grown and grown. 600 words 0600 GMT by Brigitte Hagemann. Video. Picture Health-virus-Czech-internet,FOCUS PRAGUE As the Czech Republic struggles to cope with the world's highest coronavirus infection rate, a tidal wave of disinformation and a bungled government response are hampering vaccination efforts. 800 words moved by Ladka Mortkowitz. File picture Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy passes the grim milestone of 100,000 official coronavirus deaths, amid warnings that the spread of new variants is fuelling a fresh wave of infections. 500 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vaccines JERUSALEM Israel launches a campaign to vaccinate some 100,000 Palestinians in the West Bank who hold permits to work in Jewish settlements in the occupied territory and inside the Jewish state. 550 words moved by Ahmad Gharabli. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine WASHINGTON People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can gather indoors unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is testing whether he can bring sweeping changes in Afghanistan, including a potential government involving the Taliban, in a high-risk strategy as he weighs whether to honor a May deadline to end America's longest war. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Mexico-crime-politics,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexico is reeling from a surge in political violence ahead of upcoming elections, with dozens of politicians murdered at the hands of criminal gangs vying for influence. 550 words 0630 GMT by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias -- ASIA -- Pakistan-Yousafzai-television-Apple ISLAMABAD Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a teenager after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt, has signed a deal with Apple TV+ that will see her produce dramas and documentaries that focus on women and children. 350 words 0530 GMT Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON People barricaded in a Yangon district overnight tell of security forces searching room by room for anti-coup protesters, targeting apartments flying the flag of Aung San Suu Kyi's party. 500 words 0630 GMT. Video. Picture. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-vote-politics,ADVANCER THE HAGUE Dutch voters head to the polls next week in the first major test of a European government's coronavirus policies in 2021, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte on course to win a fourth term in office. 700 words by Danny Kemp moved. Video Also moved: Netherlands-politics-vote-Klaver,INTERVIEW Netherlands-politics-vote-Wilders,INTERVIEW Netherlands-politics-vote-Rutte,PROFILE Egypt-France-Switzerland-ballet-gender,FOCUS PARIS Surrounded by little girls and mocked at school when he first tried ballet, it took serious determination for Luca Abdel-Nour to become the first Egyptian prizewinner at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne. 500 words 0500 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video Iran-rights-protest-Pakistan,FOCUS PARIS After Iran last month imposed an internet shutdown lasting several days in a southeastern region during a rare upsurge of unrest, activists say the government is now using the tactic repeatedly when protests erupt. 850 words 0530 GMT by Stuart Williams. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict-Assad,FOCUS BEIRUT A decade of war may have ravaged his country, but Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has clung to power and looks determined to cement his position in presidential elections this year. 1200 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. File picture. File video ** For more see AFP's special advisory on 10 years of war in Syria ** -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-assault-unrest-conflict,FOCUS MEKELE, Ethiopia It was "like they were fetching water," 40-year-old Tirhas recalls. Once a day, she says, Ethiopian soldiers would line up outside her cell in a military camp, sometimes as many as 10 men waiting their turn to rape her. 1000 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video. Picture DRCongo-mining-music,VIDEOESSAY LUBUMBASHI,DR Congo The cone-shaped slag heap at the southeastern Congolese city of Lubumbashi is a mighty symbol of the time when copper was king. 350 words 0600 GMT by Samir Tounsi. Picture. Video Lifestyle-SAfrica-fashion-sneakers,FOCUS Queueing outside an upmarket Johannesburg clothing store, young fashion lovers hope to lay their hands on the latest sneakers to come out of the United States. 700 words 0600 GMT by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video Senegal-unrest-protest,WRAP DAKAR Senegal's main opposition leader calls for "much larger" protests, but urges non-violence after days of deadly clashes in the West African state sparked by his recent arrest. 700 words moved by Malick Rokhy Ba and Laurent Lozano. Graphic. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-Jiangsu-fans,FOCUS SHANGHAI Fans of Chinese football champions Jiangsu FC say police have warned them not to protest or "make trouble" after the club's abrupt financial collapse, describing themselves as angry, heartbroken and powerless. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture tennis-ATP-rankings-Djokovic,lead PARIS Novak Djokovic sets a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of a record 20 Grand Slam titles is now firmly in the Serb's sights. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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