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| - Duty Editor: Tom Barfield Email: tom.barfield@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Over 3 billion vaccines injected worldwide + S.Africa's Zuma jailed for contempt of court + Israel opens first Gulf embassy + US, China call for virus cooperation at G20 + England face Germany after France knocked out of Euro 2020 Health-virus,WRAP PARIS More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been administered around the world, an AFP tally shows, as countries race to contain the virulent Delta variant that is fuelling outbreaks all over the globe. 700 words 1600 GMT by Marriane Barriaux with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic SAfrica-politics-corruption-court,WRAP JOHANNESBURG In a historic ruling, South Africa's top court hands the country's former president Jacob Zuma a 15-month jail term for "egregious" contempt of court, after he refused to appear before graft investigators. 650 words 1600 GMT by Tendai Dube, Michelle Gumede and Susan Njanji. Video. File Picture Also moving: SAfrica-politics-corruption-court, PROFILE UAE-Israel-diplomacy,WRAP ABU DHABI Israel's top diplomat Yair Lapid opens the Jewish state's first embassy in the Gulf on a trip to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries normalised ties last year. 600 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video G20-summit-Italy-virus,WRAP MATERA, Italy The United States leads calls at a G20 meeting for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis as China insists that multilateralism should not just be a slogan. 550 words 1500 GMT by Shaun Tandon and Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England can avenge decades of hurt at the hands of Germany when they face their old rivals in a blockbuster Euro 2020 last-16 clash after the tournament was rocked by France's stunning exit. 700 words by John Weaver 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Syria-conflict-aid-Idlib,FOCUS AZAZ, Syria In a camp in northwest Syria, Mohamad al-Abdullah relies on UN aid to treat a spinal injury that could have paralysed him, had it not been for cross-border assistance now threatened by a Russian veto. 750 words moved by Bakr Alkasem. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Russia,3rdlead MOSCOW The Kremlin concedes that Russia will not reach its 60 percent vaccination target by the end of summer as the country registers its highest daily death toll. 550 words 1430 GMT by Anastasia Clark. File picture Health-virus-Australia,3RDLEAD BRISBANE About 10 million Australians are ordered into lockdown as Covid-19 spreads across the country, and Brisbane becomes the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson, with Tristan Lavalette. Picture Health-virus-India,SCENE ALLAHABAD, India Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India's ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. 600 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-media,WRAP MOSCOW Russian police question investigative journalists and raid their apartments as authorities pile fresh pressure on independent media. 550 words 1430 GMT by Anna Smolchenko Germany-crime-knife,WRAP BERLIN German investigators say they suspect an Islamic extremist motive behind a deadly knife attack by a Somali man, risking reopening a divisive migration debate during a general election campaign. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture France-parliament-LGBT-health,WRAP PARIS Lesbian couples and single women in France are set to celebrate a milestone when parliament passes a bill giving them access to fertility treatment for the first time. 600 words 1800 GMT by Anne Pascale Reboul. Spain-law-gender,WRAP MADRID Spain's left-wing government adopts a draft bill that would allow any transgender person over 16 to change gender on their official ID document by presenting a simple statement. 550 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-Syria-conflict-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Thousands of members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance march in the capital Baghdad to mourn their comrades killed in US air strikes along the Syrian border. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Lebanon-economy-fuel,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon hikes fuel prices by more than 30 percent as it reduces subsidies that have eaten away at the central bank's foreign currency reserves amid a painful economic crisis. 600 words moved by Hachem Osseiran. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-justice,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Overlooking war-battered Gaza from the tenth floor of a tower block, Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani has a new bundle of files -- on victims of last month's war with Israel. 750 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Dissident leaders in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray vow to drive out "enemies" from the region, suggesting fighting will continue despite a ceasefire declaration by the federal government. 800 words moved. File pictures. Graphic Eswatini-politics-unrest-protest,LEAD MANZINI Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, deploys soldiers to major cities and towns to crack down on pro-democracy protests. 400 words 1500 GMT. File Picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Questions mount about how a residential building in the Miami area could have collapsed so quickly and violently last week, as the death toll rises to 11 with 150 still unaccounted for, leaving desperate families to fear the worst. 800 words moved by Cyril Julien and Chris Stein. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-animal-therapy,SCENE US-Canada-weather,WRAP OTTAWA Schools and Covid-19 vaccination centers close while community cooling centers open as western Canada and parts of the western United States bake in an unprecedented heat wave that has broken records. 550 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture US-politics-Trump-investigation,FOCUS NEW YORK Lawyers for the Trump Organization are making a last-ditch effort to ward off what appears to be an impending criminal indictment of the ex-president's company, according to US media. 650 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Mexico-court-drugs,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes recreational marijuana use for adults, drawing a cautious welcome from activists who say users face a "legal vacuum" until lawmakers pass a stalled legalization bill. 500 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez and Jean Arce. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-rights-law,FOCUS HONG KONG China's national security law for Hong Kong has shaken the city's legal foundations in the year since it was imposed, lawyers say, with court decisions and sweeping new powers for prosecution fuelling concerns about rights and the rule of law. 750 words moved by Xinqi Su. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Japan-art-internet-blockchain-NFT,FOCUS TOKYO Tokyo tattoo artist Ichi Hatano's usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he's keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan's first crypto art exhibition. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture. Video -- HEALTH & LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-China-social-health,FEATURE SHANGHAI At the height of her eating disorder Zhang Qinwen was the weight of a child. Her hair fell out, she was unable to walk and she could barely see. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings, with Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video NZealand-health-research-obesity WELLINGTON New Zealand researchers have created a weight-loss device that uses magnets to clamp a patient's jaw together -- hailing it as a new tool against obesity despite critics likening it to an instrument of medieval torture. 350 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-aviation-travel-UnitedAirlines-Boeing-Airbus,WRAP NEW YORK United Airlines announces a huge new plane order with Boeing and Airbus in the biggest bet thus far by a major carrier on a travel industry recovery from Covid-19. 750 words 1430 GMT by John Biers Mexico-US-Canada-trade-labor,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A revamped North American free trade agreement is giving factory workers new muscle to flex in Mexico, where labor unions have long been accused of shady backroom deals with employers. 650 words moved by Jean Luis Arce with Gabriela Montejano in Guanajuato. File picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-UAE-T20WC,WRAP NEW DELHI The Twenty20 World Cup is shifted to the United Arab Emirates and Oman due to the coronavirus situation in India, cricket's world body confirms. 550 words moved. -- PEOPLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-royals-Diana-auction-car LONDON A Ford Escort that once belonged to Diana, princess of Wales, sells to a South American museum for more than £50,000 ($69,200, 58,100 euros). 200 words moved. Picture afp
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