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| - Duty Editor: Rebecca Bailey Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hardline cleric Raisi elected Iranian president + Brazil surpasses half a million Covid-19 deaths + Dozens dead in renewed battle for Yemen's Marib + United States marks 'Juneteenth' end of slavery + Germany back on track at Euro 2020 with 4-2 win Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is declared the winner of Iran's presidential election, a widely anticipated result after many political heavyweights were barred from running. 850 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-vote,REAX Iran-vote-Raisi,PROFILE Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil becomes the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic. 800 words 0130 GMT by Louis Genot. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-politics-Bolsonaro,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Renewed battles between government forces and Huthi rebels over the strategic city of Marib in northern Yemen have left 47 dead, including 16 pro-government forces, military sources say. 400 words moved 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 0230 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Germany breathe life into their Euro 2020 campaign with a stunning 4-2 win over holders Portugal in Munich despite Cristiano Ronaldo moving closer to the all-time international goals record, after world champions France are forced to settle for a draw with Hungary. 700 words moved by Andy Scott with Ryland James in Munich. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- SAfrica-history-apartheid-jobs,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa Thirty years ago South Africa's apartheid laws were formally struck down, bringing a dizzying jolt of hope to millions of disenfranchised citizens. Today that optimism has all but fizzled out -- particularly among the young. 600 words moved by Claire Doyen and Michelle Gumede. Picture -- AMERICAS -- 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 0330 GMT by Rob Lever 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 0130 GMT by Bob Chiarito. Picture US-politics-slavery-Houston,SCENE HOUSTON A Houston neighborhood founded and built in the 19th century by former slaves has been designated the Texas city's first heritage district, just as the United States marks a new national holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. 750 words moved by Francois Picard. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- 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 0200 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video China-politics-rights,PROFILE BEIJING In a small, book-strewn apartment in 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 0230 GMT by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- 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 0300 GMT by Hamza Mekouar. File picture. Video Libya-migrants-women-slavery,FOCUS MEDENINE, Tunisia For Aisha, being used as a sex slave and humiliated day after day was something you only heard about on television -- until it became her living "hell" in Libya. 700 words 0230 GMT by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video. 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 0230 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- EUROPE -- Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenians head to the polls in early parliamentary elections called in an attempt to heal the country's divisions after a disastrous war with Azerbaijan, but which could spark post-election protests. 650 words 0200 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moving: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE Armenia-vote-facts,FACTS 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. 650 words 0200 GMT by Adam Plowright -- AFRICA -- SAfrican-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 0300 GMT. Picture. Video afp
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