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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ethiopia votes in poll overshadowed by Tigray famine + Armenia PM wins post-war snap election + Iran nuclear plant offine after 'fault' + NZ weightlifter to be first openly transgender Olympic athlete + Enormous undersea blast tests US navy ship Ethiopia-vote-famine-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopians go to the polls in a closely-watched election taking place as famine grips the war-torn Tigray region and doubts linger about the credibility of the twice-delayed vote. 650 words 0800 GMT by Nick Perry and Marion Douet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-vote,CHRONO Ethiopia-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party wins a majority in snap parliamentary polls called in an effort to defuse a political crisis after a war with Azerbaijan. 700 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan and Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE Armenia-vote-facts,FACTS Iran-nuclear,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's southern Bushehr nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body says. 450 words 0630 GMT Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,Lead WELLINGTON New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue". 550 words moved Also moving: Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,FOCUS US-military-tests-armament MIAMI The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war. 200 words moved. Picture. Video -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-spectators,LEAD TOKYO Tokyo Olympics organisers and Japanese officials meet to decide whether fans will be allowed at the pandemic-postponed Games, just weeks before they open. 650 words 0830 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Live video -- CORONAVIRUS -- health-virus-India-lifestyle-yoga-vaccines NEW DELHI India opens up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off a muted International Yoga Day hailing its "protective" properties against the virus. 450 words by 0530 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Thailand-crime-television-Serpent,FEATURE BANGKOK Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path. 1100 words moved by Sophie Deviller and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-vote-politics,WRAP PARIS French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's party performs weaker than expected in the first round of regional elections, in a vote marked by record levels of abstention. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video. Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP BARCELONA Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will deliver a major speech in Barcelona as his government is poised to pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid. 600 words moved by Rosa Sulleiro with Alvaro Villalobos in Madrid. File picture Sweden-politics-government,WRAP STOCKHOLM Sweden's government is under threat of being toppled as it faces a no confidence vote that could trigger snap polls, only a year ahead of the 2022 general election. 700 words moved by Helene Dauschy. File picture. File video Germany-politics-CDU-Laschet BERLIN German conservatives will unveil a plan to win voters in a future without Angela Merkel, as chancellor candidate Armin Laschet looks to extend his lead ahead of September's election. 600 words moved by Femke Colbourne. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-weather-accident,WRAP MIAMI Nine children and an adult are killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern United States, authorities say. 450 words moved. Graphic US-crime-homicide-justice-execution,FOCUS WASHINGTON Director Patrick Forbes hopes his new documentary "The Phantom" could be the spark prompting President Joe Biden to act against the death penalty thanks to its powerful message: "An innocent man was executed." 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Video US-Russia-diplomacy-sanctions,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia over the near-fatal poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a top White House advisor warns. 500 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-Apple-Daily,LEAD HONG KONG Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warns it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets using a sweeping new national security law. 500 words moved Afghanistan-conflict-talks-rights-women-Taliban,WRAP KABUL The Taliban says they remain committed to peace talks, but insist a "genuine Islamic system" in Afghanistan was the only way to end the war and ensure rights -- including for women. 550 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Germany-diplomacy,ADVANCER BERLIN Germany will seek to broker lasting peace in Libya on Wednesday, gathering world powers in Berlin to extract a firm promise to withdraw foreign fighters and keep the North African country on track for its December 24 election. 550 words 0900 GMT by Hui Min Neo. File picture Also moving: Libya-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Bedouin,FOCUS RAHAT, Israel From her tin-roof home in the sweltering Negev desert, Umm Jawad Abu Qwaider offers her bleak assessment of the first Arab party to back an Israeli government -- a shoulder shrug. 700 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-FRA,WRAP LE CASTELLET, France Max Verstappen wins the French Grand Prix to extend his lead over Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' title race and leaves the world champion's Mercedes team "with a big fight" to retain control of their Formula One fiefdom. 650 words moved. Picture Fbl-WC-2022-Qatar-Norway-QAT-NOR-rights OSLO Norway's football community votes against boycotting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite pressure from its grassroots over alleged human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Gulf state. 650 words moved afp
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