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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hope for change after Chauvin verdict + Super League in ruins as clubs pull out + India Covid deaths surge as oxygen runs out + Putin warns foreign rivals in key speech + Chad opposition claims 'coup' after Deby death US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The conviction of a white officer for George Floyd's murder raises hopes in the Black community of a historic turning point in US justice, but the police killing of another African American casts doubt on prospects for change. 650 words 1500 GMT by Robin Legrand with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-politics-rights-race,POINTS Also moved: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-politics-crime-justice-Floyd,REAX Fbl-Eur-UEFA-Super-C1,WRAP LONDON The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid follow all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League, dealing a fatal blow to the divisive project. 650 words 1530 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals are running perilously low as daily Covid-19 deaths surge past 2,000 for the first time in one of the world's most brutal ongoing coronavirus waves. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin warns Russia's foreign rivals to tread lightly as he gives a key speech amid deep tensions with the West and arrests of opposition protesters. 800 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mainville and Maria Panina. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-Putin,PROFILE Russia-politics-Putin,POINTS Russia-politics-Putin,FACTS Chad-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad faces an uncertain future as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno takes power in what the opposition brands a coup and Western allies who rely on the country's military might plead for stability. 750 words 1500 GMT by Djimet Wiche and Ali Abba Kaya. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby-son,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Huthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib. 1,000 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Italy-cycling-transport-health-Rome,FEATURE ROME With its historic seven hills, crazy traffic, cobbles and notoriously crumbling roads, Rome has never been the ideal city for cyclists -- but with the coronavirus pandemic, things are changing. 700 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video Climate-oceans-animal-environment-research TOKYO Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic Taiwan-economy-tech-chips-environment,FOCUS TAIPEI In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades -- a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage. 800 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-politics,3rdlead BERLIN Police fire tear gas as thousands of people protest in Berlin against a planned law amendment to give Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher anti-coronavirus measures. 650 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne and Raphaelle Logerot. Picture. Video. Live Video Also moved: Health-virus-court-EU-Germany-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Idlib BAB AL-HAWA, Syria A first batch of Covid-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in wartorn northwestern Syria, where millions of people live in dire humanitarian conditions, a UN official says. 350 words moved Health-virus-Spain-rehab,FOCUS MADRID At a rehabilitation centre inside a Madrid hospital, Covid patients drag an oxygen tank with them everywhere, even when exercising on a treadmill. Although the vaccines have raised hopes the pandemic will soon end, many who are battling to get over a serious bout of coronavirus continue to struggle with breathlessness, fatigue and mobility problems. 600 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Health-virus-NZealand-Australia-travel,FOCUS QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand For the past year, the so-called "adrenaline capital of the world" has been more ghost town than party central. But unlike in most coronavirus-hit tourism hotspots, locals in New Zealand's scenic Queenstown are optimistic their adventure hub is about to get its pre-pandemic mojo back. 600 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Indonesia-military-submarine,4thlead JAKARTA Indonesia's military says it is searching for a submarine with 53 crew aboard after losing contact with the vessel during naval exercises off the coast of Bali. 400 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,lead YANGON The Myanmar military's crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy says. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Australia-China-diplomacy,2ndlead SYDNEY Australia announces it will revoke a state government's deal to join China's Belt and Road Initiative, saying it is inconsistent with the nation's foreign policy. 550 words moved Also moved: China-Australia-espionage-virus China-bicycle BEIJING Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China's cities. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Taiwan-marriage-offbeat TAIPEI Keen to make the most of a statutory holiday for newlyweds, a couple from Taiwan find a novel way to maximise their honeymoon -- by marrying four times in just over a month. 400 words moved -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Queen-birthday,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II thanks well-wishers for their messages of support after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, as she turns 95 and spends her first birthday without him in more than seven decades. 650 words moved by James Pheby and Joe Jackson. File picture. File video. Graphic Czech-Russia-Bulgaria-Britain-diplomacy-espionage,CHRONO PRAGUE A fatal explosion at a Czech arms depot, the poisoning of a Bulgarian arms dealer and a nerve agent attack in Britain -- all crimes supposedly orchestrated by Russian military intelligence. 650 words 1500 GMT Britain-politics-lobbying-health-virus,lead LONDON British inventor James Dyson is drawn into a wider row about privileged government access after the BBC reports he personally texted Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. 500 words moved Britain-Scotland-vote-independence LONDON Scotland's new Alba party, led by former first minister Alex Salmond, promises to push hard for an independence referendum immediately after elections next month. 500 words moved by Anna Malpas Britain-NIreland-Ireland-politics-unification LONDON A majority of people both north and south of the border predict a united Ireland in the medium term, according to a BBC poll. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-Deby-security,Q&A PARIS The death of Chad's veteran strongman leader Idriss Deby has thrown the future of the country and the wider battle against jihadist groups in the Sahel region of northern Africa into doubt. AFP looks at the big questions a day after the army announced his demise. 750 words moved by Adam Plowright Mozambique-unrest,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Back from Mozambique, mercenary Lionel Dyck foresees "only hardships" for insurgent-hit north since his private military company left the region, days after a violent jihadist attack on Palma town. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-Floyd-Biden-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's emotional voice on the call to George Floyd's family told the story of his presidency: "I wish I were there just to put my arms around you." The most powerful man in the world, was calling from the Oval Office to a cellphone in Minneapolis, just minutes after a jury convicted a white former policeman for Floyd's murder during a brutal 2020 arrest. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture -- CLIMATE -- US-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States promises to rally the world on the eve of a summit on climate, with rivals China and Russia confirming participation and the European Union sealing emission cuts billed as a "game-changer." 650 words 1530 GMT GMT by Shaun Tandon with Marc Burleigh in Brussels and Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing. Picture Also moved: EU-climate-politics,WRAP Climate-diplomacy-China-US,WRAP -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- World-execution-rights-Iran-China-Egypt,lead PARIS Four states in the Middle East, led by Iran, made "ruthless and chilling" use of the death penalty in 2020 despite an overall decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, dominating the global toll of executions, Amnesty International says. 550 words moved by Stuart Williams -- SPORT - Britain-politics-fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA,FOCUS LONDON Britain's government, exploiting a populist cause ahead of elections next month, is vowing no let-up in its pressure on England's biggest football clubs despite the implosion of a renegade European competition. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-museum-design-health-virus-retail,FOCUS LONDON Touching artwork is strictly forbidden in most museums, let alone buying it and taking it home. But the Design Museum in London wants visitors to do precisely that. 600 words moved by Imram Marashli. Picture. Video Iraq-Ramadan-television,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi celebrities are ambushed by actors disguised as jihadists as they visit families displaced by conflict, in a candid camera-style television show that's causing a scandal. 600 words moved by Ammar Karim and Sarah Benhaida afp
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