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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden heads to Switzerland for Putin summit + US tops 600,000 Covid deaths + Israel strikes Gaza in response to incendiaries + Ronaldo crowned all-time top scorer at Euros + Flushed meds can change animal behaviour: study US-Russia-summit,WRAP GENEVA President Joe Biden will draw "red lines" for President Vladimir Putin at a tense Geneva summit, where ghosts of the Cold War will hover over modern-day US concerns that Russia has become a rogue, authoritarian state. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Russia-summit-Switzerland-security,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The US death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 600,000, although authorities hail progress towards a return to normality as its world-leading vaccination program promises to turn the page on one of the worst health crises in its history. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY Israel carries out air strikes on the Gaza Strip after militants in the Palestinian territory sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, in the first major flare-up since a May ceasefire following days of violence and hundreds of deaths. 600 words 0130 GMT by Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the all-time top European Championship goal-scorer with a brace as reigning champions Portugal get their Euro 2020 campaign off to a winning start, beating Hungary 3-0 in Budapest before world champions France face Germany in a heavyweight clash. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic US-science-animal-crayfish,lead WASHINGTON Crayfish exposed to antidepressants via contaminated water behave more "boldly," highlighting the unintended impact human medicines can have in aquatic environments, a study warns. 500 words moved by Philip van Slooten -- SPOTLIGHT -- Canada-pornography-internet,FOCUS MONTREAL, Canada For years, Rachel had no idea she had been sexually assaulted by her own husband as she lay unconscious. She only made the grim discovery last August when she stumbled across a video of the attack that had been shared all over the internet. 800 words 0200 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Mexico-lifestyle-internet,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Before the pandemic, Herlanlly Rodriguez worked as a manicurist. Today she is part of Mexico's new generation of social media stars and millennial influencers whose lives were transformed by confinement. 500 words 0200 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru's leftist presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo seeks to defend his narrow lead in elections held nine days ago that his rightwing rival Keiko Fujimori is disputing as she fights to avoid an imminent corruption trial. 600 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video US-justice-politics-Breyer,FOCUS WASHINGTON Pressure on US Chief Justice Stephen Breyer to retire is growing: progressive Democrats are anxiously eyeing his seat, Republicans have laid down the gauntlet, and issues from abortion to voting rights could all be at stake. 800 words 0200 GMT by Charlotte Plantive US-economy-bank-rate,FOCUS WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve is not expected to announce any changes when it concludes its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, but could offer reassurances that it is keeping a watchful eye on rising prices. 500 words 0130 GMT by Heather Scott. Graphic Entertainment-music-Brazil-indigenous-rap,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Mixing feather headdresses and face paint with jeans and kicks, rappers Bro MC's blend their traditional culture with hip-hop style to draw attention to the harsh reality of life for indigenous Brazilians. 650 words 0400 GMT by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,FOCUS ANDAR, Afghanistan With Afghan troops in retreat and soon to lose vital American air support, Taliban commanders are voicing exuberance about quickly seizing full control of the country and re-establishing their version of an Islamic state. 850 words 0330 GMT by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video Japan-environment-coal-climate,INTERVIEW TOKYO Kimiko Hirata has spent nearly half her life fighting to wean Japan off its dependence on coal, and now is not the time to slow down, the award-winning activist warns. 700 words 0430 GMT by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video Malaysia-France-Ireland-Britain-court KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court will rule on a challenge by the family of a French-Irish teenager against an inquest ruling that she died by misadventure after vanishing in the jungle. 400 words 0300 GMT. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-China-nuclear-energy,FOCUS PARIS The emergence of problems in a new-generation nuclear reactor in China threatens to undermine efforts by its French designer to sell it elsewhere, and could hurt Beijing's nuclear industry, analysts say. 700 words 0230 GMT by Julien Mivielle France-Sweden-retail-labour-trial-Ikea,WRAP PARIS A French court finds Ikea and several former managers guilty of illegally spying on hundreds of employees and job applicants, using private detectives as well as police sources. 650 words moved by Ornella Lamberti. File picture. File video Hungary-politics-LGBT-rights,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungary's parliament passes legislation banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have slammed as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights. 750 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-economy-layoffs,FOCUS MILAN Trade unions warn about a "social tsunami", left-wing parties of a "massacre for employment" -- the imminent end of Italy's coronavirus freeze on lay-offs is causing tensions in Mario Draghi's national unity government. 650 words 0230 GMT by Brigitte Hagemann -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM More than a thousand ultranationalist demonstrators bearing Israeli flags pour through Jerusalem's flashpoint Old City in a march that poses a key test to Israel's new government on its second full day in office. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Live Video Iran-vote,ADVANCER TEHRAN Iranian voters are to elect a new president Friday, with the ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi expected to replace the moderate Hassan Rouhani after a host of candidates were disqualified. 800 words 0300 GMT by Marc Jourdier and Frank Zeller. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Iran-vote-youth,FOCUS Iran-vote-Iraq-refugees-Kurds,FACTS ARBIL, Iraq Stuck in Iraq for decades due to a lack of documents, Kurdish refugees from neighbouring Iran are watching elections in the Islamic republic this week with little hope for change. 600 words 0300 GMT by Qassim Khidhir. Picture. Video We will also move: Iran-vote,FACTS Algeria-vote-results,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria's long-dominant National Liberation Front (FLN) won weekend parliamentary elections, but with a significantly reduced number of seats and with the country's lowest ever turnout at 23 percent, the electoral board say. 600 words moved by Amal Belalloufi. Picture Morocco-US-military-WSahara,PHOTOESSAY GREIER LABOUIHI, Morocco US-led forces are carrying out war games near the disputed region of Western Sahara, in exercises jointly organised with Morocco and touted by US Africa Command as its largest. 450 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Somalia-attack,WRAP MOGADISHU A suicide bomber kills 15 army recruits and wounds 20 more as they queue outside a military training camp in Mogadishu, military and hospital sources say. 450 words moved ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,PROFILE ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, who returns home on Thursday, has known glory and humiliation in equal measure, and his popularity has remained largely intact despite a 10-year absence. 650 words moved by Stephane Barbier. Picture. File picture SAfrica-mining-metal-poverty,SCENE KWAHLATHI, South Africa Thousands of people armed with shovels and picks have flocked to South Africa's remote KwaHlathi village in search of diamonds after a local man unearthed a handful of unidentified crystal-like pebbles. 550 words moved by Claire Doyen. Picture. Video afp
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