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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Climate change impacts sooner than feared: UN + Pro-democracy HK newspaper folds after arrests + Republicans block US voting rights measure + No booze, no hugs: Tokyo unveils Olympics rules + Panda gives birth to twins at Japanese zoo Climate-IPCC-report,WRAP-EXCLUSIVE PARIS Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP. 1,330 words 1000 GMT by Marlowe Hood, with Patrick Galey and Kelly Macnamara. Graphic. File picture -- Please see Special Advisory on the UN draft climate report for a full list of stories -- HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily announces it is printing its final edition after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, silencing the city's most China critical media outlet. 750 words 1100 GMT by Yan Zhao, Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video Also moving: HongKong-China-politics-media,PROFILE US-politics-voting-rights,WRAP WASHINGTON US Senate Republicans torpedo a Democratic effort to protect voting rights and expand ballot access for all Americans, a flashpoint issue months after an election marred by Donald Trump's baseless allegations of fraud. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: Tokyo Olympic organisers unveil tough new rules for spectators at the pandemic Games, as they mark one month until the opening ceremony. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein and Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video Japan-animal-China-panda,2ndlead TOKYO A panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo gives birth to twins, weeks after news of Shin Shin's pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-Tibet-music-youth-society,FOCUS LHASA In his flashy tracksuit, chunky silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and his rhyme-dropping about karma. 700 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-prisoners-rights,FOCUS BEIRUT Syrian mother Umm Saeed was so desperate to find her two jailed sons she even sold the family furniture to pay "fixers", but a decade of deceit has left her no closer to the truth. 950 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File Picture Afghanistan-US-conflict-Bagram,FOCUS BAGRAM, Afghanistan Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest airbase, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops. 800 words moved by Anne Chaon and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4, White House Covid response team coordinator Jeffrey Zients concedes. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Also moved: health-virus-US-vaccine-labor Health-US-virus-vaccination-teens,WRAP WASHINGTON A panel of experts convened by the top US health agency will hold a meeting to review data surrounding more than 300 confirmed cases of heart muscle inflammation among adolescents and young adults after receiving mRNA Covid vaccines. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture -- EUROPE -- EU-Hungary-LGBTQ-politics-law,lead BRUSSELS EU chief Ursula von der Leyen slams a new law in Hungary banning LGBTQ educational content for children as contrary to European Union values, and says she will raise legal concerns with Budapest. 300 words moved by Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners-pardon,WRAP SANT JOAN DE VILATORRADA, Spain Nine Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid are released from prison where they were serving long sentences after being pardoned by Spain. 550 words 1030 GMT by Rosa Sulleiro. Picture. Video France-trial-fbl-theft-celebrity,WRAP PARIS A gang of cat burglars accused of scaling buildings to steal millions in jewellery, fashion items and other valuables from the rich and famous, including Paris Saint-Germain football star Thiago Silva, go on trial in the French capital. 600 words 1200 GMT by Anne Lec'hvien France-media-politics,FOCUS PARIS Billionaire Vincent Bollore's bid to shake up the French news media by catering to conservative and right-wing voters is facing resistance from journalists at his next target, one of the country's biggest private radio stations. 700 words 1100 GMT by Adam Plowright -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Germany,WRAP BERLIN World powers gather in Berlin to seek lasting peace in Libya by ensuring the conflict-wracked North African country stays firmly on the path towards general elections on December 24. 650 words 1100 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video. Live video US-Iran-media-politics-sanction,WRAP TEHRAN Tehran warns that Washington's seizure of 33 websites run by Iran-linked media is "not constructive" for ongoing talks on bringing the United States back into a landmark nuclear deal. 800 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi with Paul Handley in Washington. Picture Lifestyle-Israel-food-environment,FOCUS NESS ZIONA, Israel It looks like chicken and tastes like chicken; but diners in Israel are tucking into laboratory-grown "meat" that scientists claim is an environmentally friendly way to feed the world's growing population. 800 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Tunisia-agriculture,FOCUS BIZERTE, Tunisia Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. 550 words moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Germany-history-culture-politics-Nigeria,FOCUS BERLIN The Benin bronzes are among the most prized possessions of Berlin's Ethnological Museum, but the 16th-18th century relics that once decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin may never see the light of day in a German museum again. 800 words moved by Femke Colborne -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-NewYork,WRAP NEW YORK Former policeman Eric Adams takes the early lead in a New York City primary that will all but certainly select the next mayor tasked with shaping the post-pandemic future of America's largest metropolis. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture. Video US-EU-Germany-France-Italy-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Days after Joe Biden's first presidential trip abroad, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to Europe to keep up the work of building Western unity against a rising China. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture US-Iran-media-politics-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON US Justice Department says it has seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well as three of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it says were hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Nicaragua-politics-elections,FOCUS MANAGUA With five opposition challengers now in detention, Nicaragua's long-serving President Daniel Ortega is clearing domestic obstacles to a fourth successive term, but lining up significant international resistance. 750 words moved. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Nicaragua-politics-elections, COUNTRY FACTFILE and Nicaragua-politics-elections, CHRONO -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-Tajikistan-conflict-Taliban,WRAP KUNDUZ, Afghanistan The Taliban remain in control of Afghanistan's main crossing with Tajikistan a day after the insurgents seized a vital inland transit hub and sent government forces fleeing into the neighbouring country. 500 words by 1100 GMT by Hakim Hasas. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust WASHINGTON US lawmakers take a first step toward regulating Big Tech with a vote on a series of bills with potentially massive implications for large online platforms and consumers who use them. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain remains as split as it was five years ago when the country voted to leave the European Union, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson eyes new opportunities to shape the future but the practicalities of implementing Brexit prove a headache. 650 words 1100 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture. Video. File video Also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-business,FOCUS US-aviation-tourism-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America's airports from sleepy to crowded almost overnight. 700 words moved by John Biers and Juliette Michel -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2021-2020-rights-gays-Hungary-Germany-politics,WRAP MUNICH, Germany Germany stages a defiant colourful display after UEFA blocked plans to light Munich's stadium in rainbow colours in protest against Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law, with the foreign minister slamming the football body's decision as "wrong". 500 words 1000 GMT by Yann Schreiber with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture. Video Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Spain and reigning champions Portugal are at risk of a shock early exit from Euro 2020, while Munich will be decked out in rainbow colours ahead of Germany's crucial match with Hungary in the Bavarian city. 700 words by 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Oly-2020-2021-swim-doping-CHN-Sun,WRAP SHANGHAI "Pride of China" Sun Yang is "a victim of political posturing" and did not break doping rules, his lawyer says, after a ban of more than four years forced the swimming star out of the Tokyo Olympics. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Video. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-music-Britney LOS ANGELES Under a controversial legal guardianship since 2008, Britney Spears is scheduled to address a Los Angeles court in the battle over her father's control of her affairs. 550 words moved by Laurent Banguet. File picture France-luxury-retailing,SCENE PARIS Crowds swarm the iconic Samaritaine department store as it opened its doors after a 16-year renovation, eager to discover - or rediscover - the Art Nouveau Paris landmark. 500 words 1100 GMT by Joseph Schmid and Guillaume Bonnet. Picture. Video. Britain-France-music-diplomacy-virus-festival,FOCUS LONDON Simon Rattle, celebrated head of the London Symphony Orchestra, considers it "a miracle" they are headed to France for their first international shows since the pandemic, though Brexit still poses a long-term threat. 600 words 1100 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video US-France-cartoon-award-festival ANGOULEME, France Graphic novelist Chris Ware is awarded one of the industry's top prizes, the Grand Prix of Angouleme, for his work documenting the quiet dramas of suburban American life. 500 words moved by Hugues Honore Netherlands-art-painting-museum,FOCUS AMSTERDAM For the first time in 300 years, art lovers can see Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" in its original form after Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum unveiled a reconstruction of large pieces that were hacked off in 1715. 600 words 1100 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video. Picture afp
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