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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Amazon's Bezos to go to space in July + Dozens dead in Pakistan train crash + Spain opens up for vaccinated visitors + Mali strongman sworn in again after second coup + US teen Coco Gauff in French Open breakthrough US-space-BlueOrigin-Bezos,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces he will fly into space next month on the first human flight launched by his Blue Origin rocket firm. 550 words 1600 GMT. File picture Pakistan-train-crash,WRAP KARACHI At least 43 people are killed and dozens injured when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughs into another express that derailed just minutes earlier, officials say. 650 words 1430 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-tourism,2ndlead MALAGA, Spain Spain opens its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise its all-important tourism sector which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1430 GMT by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Mali-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita vows to honour his country's commitments and reaffirms the goal of staging elections by next February as he is sworn in as transitional president following his second coup in less than a year. 550 words moved. Picture. File picture. Graphic Also moving: Mali-unrest-coup-France-politics,FOCUS Also moved: Mali-politics-conflict,CHRONO Mali-politics-army-unrest,PROFILE Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS American teenager Coco Gauff becomes the youngest woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in 15 years while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal face the future of men's tennis at the French Open. 650 words by Dave James 1700GMT Picture. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-Socotra-environment,FOCUS SOCOTRA, Yemen Centuries-old umbrella-shaped dragon's blood trees line the rugged peaks of Yemen's Socotra -- a flagship symbol of the Indian Ocean archipelago's extraordinary biodiversity, but also a bleak warning of environmental crisis. 900 words moved by Peter Martell. Picture. File Video Also moved: Yemen-Socotra-environment-UAE,BACKGROUND Pakistan-India-EU-economy-rice,FOCUS LAHORE From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the bitter rivals. 700 words moved by Cyril Belaud and Kaneez Fatima. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-tourism,FOCUS PARIS European tourism has had its worst time in living memory as coronavirus lockdowns, curfews and hotel and restaurant closures have threatened the industry's livelihood and frustrated travellers eager for a change of scenery. 800 words moved by Jurgen Hecker and AFP bureaus in Europe Health-virus-Slovakia-Russia-diplomacy BRATISLAVA Slovakia becomes the second EU member after Hungary to start using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, just two months after Bratislava's purchase of the Covid-19 jabs led to the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovic. 400 words moved by Laszlo Juhasz. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-education-research-investigation PARIS The former president of a French university has been charged following shock revelations over the putrid conditions in which thousands of corpses donated to the faculty for research were kept, a source says. 500 words moved by Guillaume Daudin Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-court,WRAP BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands Dutch judges start hearing evidence against three Russian suspects and a Ukrainian in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine in 2014. 500 words moved by Danny Kemp Germany-vote-politics,WRAP BERLIN Angela Merkel's conservatives celebrate a thumping win over the far right in the last regional vote before a general election that also exposed the weaknesses of the Greens, their main rivals at the national level. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne and Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel could face another week of high political suspense as its parliament speaker declines to schedule a crucial vote on a coalition that could see his ally, veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ousted after 12 straight years in power. 650 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson and Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Iran-IAEA-nuclear VIENNA The UN nuclear watchdog's head says it is "becoming increasingly difficult" to extend a temporary inspections arrangement with Iran, as Tehran and world powers try to salvage a nuclear deal. 450 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest,FACTS OUAGADOUGOU Suspected jihadists killed 160 people in the village of Solhan in Burkina Faso's conflict-wracked north on Friday, in the deadliest attack since Islamist violence reached the country in 2015. Here is what we know so far. 600 words 1500 GMT by Armel Baily with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako Nigeria-rights-media-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA Escalating its spat with Twitter, Nigeria directs all TV and radio stations to "suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately," describing its use as unpatriotic. 700 words 1500 GMT by Louise Dewast Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-IslamicState,WRAP KANO, Nigeria A rival Nigerian jihadist group claims Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has killed himself, potentially clearing the way for Islamic State-allied fighters to consolidate control and challenge an army already struggling after more than a decade of conflict. 650 words 1630 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru's presidential election is too close to call as rightwing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo vie to take over the reins of a country battered by pandemic-induced recession and political turmoil. 700 words 1600 GMT by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's party loses its absolute majority in the lower house in elections, initial results indicate, marking a setback to his promised "transformation" of the country. 650 words 1600 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez and Daniel Rook. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Mexico-vote-crime-drugs,SCENE -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin next week, her lawyer tells AFP, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies to flouting coronavirus restrictions during last year's election campaign. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- France-internet-media-advertising-regulator-Google,WRAP PARIS France's competition regulator fines Google 220 million euros ($267 million) after finding it had abused its dominant market position for placing online ads, the latest move by European authorities to take tougher stances against US tech giants. 700 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy China-economy-trade BEIJING China's exports rise 27.9 percent in May while imports grow at the fastest pace in more than a decade as the global economy powers back from the pandemic crisis, official data shows. 400 words moved ECB-EU-rate-inflation-eurozone,ADVANCER FRANKFURT Surging inflation and an economic rebound as virus curbs ease will be in focus when European Central Bank policymakers meet, testing their commitment to keeping pandemic-era stimulus measures in place. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick -- HEALTH -- Health-HIV-vaccines,Q&A WASHINGTON In the four decades since the first cases of what would come to be known as AIDS were documented, scientists have made huge strides in HIV treatment, transforming what was once a death sentence to a manageable condition. What we still don't have is a vaccine. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-Britain-royals-birth,WRAP LOS ANGELES Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana -- named for Harry's grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and his late mother -- in a moment of joy capping a year of increasingly strained ties between the couple and the British royal family. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Joshua Melvin in Washington. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,FOCUS afp
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