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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ultraconservative set to win Iranian election + Swiss court jails Liberian warlord for 20 years + Delta variant blamed as Moscow Covid cases soar + Palestinians cancel million vaccine deal with Israel + England lock horns with Scotland at Euro 2020 Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iranians vote in a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory after all serious rivals were barred from running. 900 words 2000 GMT by Frank Zeller and Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also move: Iran-vote,SCENE Iran-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Iran-vote-history,CHRONO Switzerland-Liberia-conflict-warcrimes-trial-verdict,WRAP GENEVA A former Liberian warlord is jailed for 20 years in Switzerland, becoming the first person from the country to be convicted of war crimes committed during the bloody conflict there a generation ago. 650 words moved by Nina Larson Also moved: Switzerland-Liberia-conflict-warcrimes,FACTS Health-virus-Russia,WRAP MOSCOW New coronavirus infections hit a pandemic high in Moscow, tripling in just weeks due to the Delta variant and forcing Russia's capital to close its Euro fan zone and extend other curbs. 600 words moved by Antoine Lambroschini. File picture. File video Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,3rdlead RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The Palestinian Authority cancels a deal with Israel that would have had the Jewish state provide one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Palestinians because they were "about to expire". 550 words 1930 GMT Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England can join Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands in the last 16 of Euro 2020 if they get the better of neighbours Scotland, while Sweden take a step towards the next round with a 1-0 win over Slovakia. 700 words 2130 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Environment-climate-Jordan-fish,FOCUS FIFA NATURE RESERVE, Jordan Jordan is racing against time to save a tiny rare fish from extinction as falling water levels partly triggered by global warming threaten to dry up its last habitat. 700 words moved by Mussa Hattar. Picture. Video SAfrica-history-apartheid-jobs,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa Thirty years ago South Africa's apartheid laws were formally struck down, bringing a dizzying jolt of hope to millions of disenfranchised citizens. Today that optimism has all but fizzled out -- particularly among the young. 600 words moved by Claire Doyen and Michelle Gumede. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-court-AstraZeneca-Belgium,2ndlead BRUSSELS A Belgian court orders AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to EU member states by September 27 -- far fewer than Brussels had demanded. 700 words moved by Dave Clark Health-virus-vaccines-Africa-EU,FOCUS RABAT Europe is gradually re-opening to vaccinated travellers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such as Morocco recipients of jabs not recognised by the EU are facing bitter disappointment. 750 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Canada-US-pornography-internet-lawsuit,WRAP MONTREAL The noose tightens around Pornhub as the adult video site is sued by 34 women who say they appeared without consent in footage showing rape, sexual abuse, revenge porn or images of them when they were minors. 600 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. File picture US-politics-racism-holiday,FOCUS WASHINGTON Public schools in Washington were closed, embassies shut down and US government employees got an unexpected day off on Friday after the sudden declaration of a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States.. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- EUROPE -- UN-refugee-migrants-conflict-health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, the UN says. 800 words moved by Nina Larson. Video. Graphic Europe-migrants-Spain,WRAP MADRID At least four people have died, including a woman thought to be pregnant and a child, and another four are missing after a migrant boat overturned off Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. 550 words moved by Hazel Ward Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN At least 20,000 supporters of Armenian opposition leader Robert Kocharyan rally in Yerevan, as candidates wrap up campaigning ahead of weekend polls called in a bid to end a political crisis. 650 words moved Mariam Harutyunyan and Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast has successfully negotiated a day big on risk after its former president Laurent Gbagbo returned home, but analysts say the high emotions underscore the need for national healing. 700 words moved by Stephane Barbier. Picture. Video Rwanda-genocide-trial,WRAP KIGALI, Rwanda Prosecutors in Rwanda seek a life sentence for "Hotel Rwanda" hero and government critic Paul Rusesabagina, who is charged with terrorism in a trial denounced as political by his supporters. 500 words moved. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper hits the stands a day after police raided its newsroom, with an extra-large print run and a characteristic message of defiance emblazoned on its front that read: "We must press on." 500 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS -- HEALTH -- Health-colorectal-cancer-US WASHINGTON A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat -- further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting the cancer early and designing new treatments. 650 words 2200 GMT by Issam Ahmed -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-marketing-beverage-Ronaldo,FOCUS PARIS When Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba removed Coca-Cola and Heineken bottles during Euro 2020 press conferences, it showed sports stars are rejecting sponsors' products that fail to correspond to their personal values, analysts say. 600 words moved by Guy Jackson with AFP bureaus Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-POR-HUN-IRI-Daei-Ronaldo TEHRAN Iranian football great Ali Daei is ready for Cristiano Ronaldo to break his all-time international goalscoring record, perhaps during Euro 2020. 500 words moved by Amir Havasi and Ahmad Parhizi, with Emmanuel Barranguet in Bucharest. File picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-virus-health,2ndlead TOKYO Thousands of Olympic volunteers and officials begin receiving vaccines in Tokyo, five weeks before the Games, as experts warn it would be safest to hold the event without fans. 650 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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