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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40 41 46 36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Number of missing jumps in Florida collapse + US cop to be sentenced for Floyd murder + Australia, Israel battle virus surge + Russia 'regrets' EU rejection of talks + 'New type of early human' found in Israel US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Four people are now known to have died in the collapse of an oceanfront apartment block near Miami Beach, officials say, while the number unaccounted for has risen to 159 -- fueling fears of a much higher death toll. 700 words 1500 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction,SCENE Health-virus-WRAP SYDNEY Australia and Israel, which had been successful in fending off Covid-19, reimpose restrictions as cases surged of the highly contagious Delta variant which also threatened Africa with a brutal third wave. 650 words 1700 GMT by Andrew Leeson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Former policeman Derek Chauvin could be ordered behind bars for 30 years when he is sentenced for the murder of African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. 600 words 1700 GMT by Kerem Yucel with Peter Hutchison in New York. File picture. File video Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-racism-police-justice,FOCUS Russia-EU-politics-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Moscow says it regrets an EU decision to reject meetings with President Vladimir Putin and said the move highlights a split within the bloc it blamed on anti-Russian members. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-France-Germany-EU-diplomacy-Britain,FOCUS Israel-archaeology-anthropology-palaeontology,lead JERUSALEM Bones belonging to a "new type of early human" previously unknown to science have been found in Israel, researchers say, claiming to have shed new light on human evolution. 600 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia-Sydney,2ndlead SYDNEY Central Sydney and its popular eastern beaches around Bondi are ordered into lockdown as authorities try to contain an expanding outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 in Australia's largest city. 600 words moved by Andrew Leeson Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM The Israeli health ministry reimposes a requirement for masks to be worn in enclosed public places, following a surge in Covid-19 cases since the rule was dropped 10 days ago. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Africa faces a vicious coronavirus resurgence, with unprecedented hospital admissions and deaths pushing facilities to the brink as the continent falls far behind in the global vaccination drive. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Video. Graphic. File Picture Health-virus-Russia,lead MOSCOW Moscow authorities reimpose work-from-home restrictions as the Russian capital posted a new daily record for Covid-19 deaths due to a surging outbreak of the Delta variant. 400 words 1630 Picture. Video Health-virus-research,FOCUS PARIS The Delta variant is causing new Covid-19 cases to surge across the globe and experts say the more-contagious strain could continue to spread if vaccination efforts don't improve. 800 words 1500 GMT by Amelie Baubeau -- EUROPE -- Czech-weather-tornado,WRAP PRAGUE A rare tornado tears through several Czech villages and towns, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, rescuers say as they clean up the storm's aftermath one official described as a "living hell". 450 words moved by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-opposition-media-Russia,2ndlead MOSCOW Belarus investigators say dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was dramatically detained after his plane was forced to land in Minsk, has been moved to house arrest. 550 words moved. File picture Britain-politics-health-Hancock,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by his beleaguered health secretary after he admitted to breaking Covid rules during a newly-revealed affair with a close aide. 500 words moved. File picture France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France A French court gives its verdict in the case of a woman on trial for killing the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp. 600 words 1500 GMT by Loic Venin. Picture. Video US-France-diplomacy-Blinken,SCENE PARIS For the first visit by a top official from President Joe Biden's administration, France got not only a top diplomat committed to Europe. For Secretary of State Antony Blinken, France is a second home. 500 words 1630 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture Russia-politics-homosexuality-diplomacy MOSCOW The US, British and Canadian embassies in Russia, where homophobia is widespread, display rainbow flags at their buildings in Moscow as part of the global celebrations of Pride Month. 300 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Iran-France-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS The United States and France warn Iran that time is running out to return to a nuclear deal, voicing fear that Tehran's sensitive atomic activities could advance if talks drag on. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Israel-parade-LGBTQ,WRAP TEL AVIV, Israel Thousands party in the streets of Tel Aviv at the city's first Pride event since the Covid pandemic, with many ignoring government pleas to wear masks amid a surge in infections. 600 words 1600 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Jordan-debt-justice,FOCUS AMMAN Cash-strapped and struggling to care for his two disabled children, Mohammad Sabha took out a loan. Now he fears ending up in a Jordanian prison because he can't repay it. 700 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video UAE-economy-transport-rail,FOCUS ABU DHABI In the desert emirate of Abu Dhabi, Ibrahim al-Hammadi inspects a freight train on the UAE's first railway line. He climbs aboard the locomotive, does a final systems check and then it's full steam ahead. 800 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-art-internet-cryptocurrency,FOCUS LAGOS At only 29, Nigerian pop-artist Osinachi has sold paintings on Microsoft Word for several thousand euros, or the equivalent amount in ether, a cryptocurrency often used to buy digital art. 650 words moved by Camille Malplat -- ASIA -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani,WRAP WASHINGTON Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani faces the cold reality of the end of US military presence in Afghanistan as he meets with President Joe Biden in the White House. 700 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video China-fire,WRAP BEIJING At least 18 people are killed and 16 injured after a fire breaks out at a martial arts school in central China, according to the local government. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. Graphic China-politics-party-anniversary-members,FOCUS SHANGHAI Wang Ying is young, educated and an unquestioning believer in the Communist Party's sole right to rule China -- exactly what the increasingly conformist institution seeks as it enters a new century. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Also moving: China-politics-party-anniversary,FOCUS -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-inflation,WRAP WASHINGTON Prices spiked again in the United States last month, but much of the increases are seen in sectors tied to the economy's reopening, making it unclear if the data will shift the Federal Reserve from its low-rates stance. 500 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein Japan-business-politics-Toshiba,WRAP TOKYO Toshiba shareholders vote to eject the firm's chairman in the latest twist for a company that has endured years of scandal and allegations of mismanagement, in a rare victory for activist investors in corporate Japan. 500 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Natsuko Fukue Spain-IT-telecommunication-lifestyle,ADVANCER MADRID A scaled-back version of the world's biggest mobile fair opens Monday in Spain under tight virus controls, with top firms avoiding an in-person presence after the pandemic derailed last year's edition. 600 words moved by Daniel Silva. File picture -- SPORT -- Cycling-Tour-FRA-2021,PREVIEW BREST Tension mounts as the pretenders to the 2021 Tour de France fine-tune their plans to dethrone the champion Tadej Pogacar with the world's best-known bike race about to embark from the Atlantic Coast. 600 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Cycling-Tour-FRA-2021-SLO-Pogacar-Roglic,FOCUS Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-WAL-DEN AMSTERDAM Gareth Bale and Wales may have been the neutrals' favourites during their rousing run to the semi-finals five years ago, but as they prepare to face Denmark in the last 16 of Euro 2020 on Saturday the goodwill is likely to all be for their opponents. 600 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video Also moving: fbl-Euro-2020-2021-ITA-AUT-Verratti,FOCUS -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Italy-Colosseum-archaeology-tourism,PHOTOESSAY ROME The Colosseum says it finished a meticulous restoration of its underground area, with a new visiting path allowing for more intimate views of the arena's bloody subterranean corridors. 550 words 1430 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video France-art-DaVinci-gallery,FOCUS AMBOISE, France A new virtual gallery of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings that plunges the viewer into the Renaissance master's creative process opens at the manor in central France where he spent the last three years of his life. 650 words moved by Gina Doggett Games-film-France-US-Sweden,INTERVIEW PARIS Video game adaptations of Hollywood blockbusters fell out of fashion over the last decade, but makers of the sequel to all-time top-grossing movie Avatar hope their tie-in will buck the trend. 500 words moved by Yassine Khiri. File picture afp
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