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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Highly-infectious coronavirus variants surge in Africa + First astronauts arrive at China's space station + Ivory Coast ex-leader heads home after acquittal + Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper + Belgium beat Denmark to enter Euro 2020 last 16 Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Highly contagious coronavirus variants are fuelling a surge in infections in Africa, the World Health Organization warns, while in Europe more governments are easing their pandemic restrictions. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-Africa-WHO Health-virus-world,FACTS China-space,WRAP JIUQUAN, China The first astronauts arrive at China's new space station in the country's longest crewed mission to date -- a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. 600 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,WRAP ABIDJAN Former president Laurent Gbagbo returns to a tense Ivory Coast after nearly a decade, with police using tear gas to disperse supporters seeking to welcome him home following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court. 700 words 2130 GMT by Stephane Barbier and Christophe Koffi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,CHRONO ICoast-politics-Gbagbo-massacre,PROFILE ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,DATES HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong national security police conduct a fresh raid on pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, arresting five executives and carting off computers in the latest blow to the outspoken tabloid. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi, Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,PROFILE fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Kevin De Bruyne scores the winner as Belgium beat Denmark 2-1 in Copenhagen to reach the knockout stage of Euro 2020, as fans and players at the Parken Stadium show their support for Christian Eriksen. 650 words by Jed Court 2130 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-society,FOCUS NEW YORK Banished at the start of the pandemic, the handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions -- but "pressing the flesh" faces an uncertain future. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-condom,FOCUS TOKYO For Japanese condom makers, the Olympics was supposed to be a golden opportunity, with hordes of eager tourists and tens of thousands of their innovative, ultra-thin prophylactics given to athletes. But a ban on overseas fans along with strict virus rules have left manufacturers deflated. 650 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. File picture. File video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-virus-health,2ndlead Health-virus-France-leisure,lead PARIS France savours a fresh sense of freedom as people are allowed to remove face masks when outside for the first time since last autumn, while Disneyland Paris again welcomes visitors after an eight-month Covid hiatus. 500 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-health-Obamacare,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court throws out a bid by Republican-led states to demolish the "Obamacare" program, safeguarding the health insurance of millions with the pandemic still a threat in much of America. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive. File picture Afghanistan-conflict-US-Turkey-Taliban,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hails a promise by Turkey to secure Kabul's airport once US forces leave, helping ease fears of a government collapse once US forces leave. 550 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Nikol Pashinyan urges voters to give him a new mandate as some 20,000 supporters pack a central square in the capital Yerevan ahead of snap polls. 650 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan and Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-Kurds-attack,2ndlead ANKARA An assailant storms into a provincial office of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, killing a woman and renewing alarm at the heated rhetoric accompanying government efforts to shut the party down. 550 words moved. Video France-vote-LePen,FOCUS PARIS French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been touring the country ahead of regional elections this weekend, upbeat about her party's prospects as she tries to steer it further into the mainstream. 650 words moved by Anne Renaud and Adam Plowright -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-US-media,WRAP YANGON A US journalist detained in Myanmar since May appears in a special court, his employers say, where he faces charges under a law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military. 650 words 1930 GMT Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-dissent,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN On the eve of Iran's presidential election, expected to hand victory to ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, the candidate-vetting Guardian Council insists "the political contest is serious." 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video -- AFRICA -- Zambia-politics-Kaunda,WRAP LUSAKA Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda dies at the age of 97, the government announces, days after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. 600 words moved by Obert Simwanza. File picture. File video Also moved: Zambia-politics-Kaunda,OBIT Zambia-Africa-Kaunda,FACTS Zambia-politics-Kaunda,DATES -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Britain-US-trade-aerospace-tariff-EU,WRAP LONDON Britain and the US suspend retaliatory tariffs levied during a 17-year dispute over state aid for European planemaker Airbus and US rival Boeing,leaving the UK to concentrate on securing a post-Brexit free-trade deal with the world's biggest economy. 600 words moved by Ben Perry. File picture. File video Inflation-economy-prices,Q&A PARIS Inflation is surging worldwide, making markets nervous that it could derail a post-pandemic economic recovery by putting pressure on central banks to consider pulling stimulus measures sooner than planned. 700 words moved afp
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