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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + International outcry over Mali coup + EU rejects Belarus poll, vows new sanctions + Obama to speak after Biden officially nominated + Make virus vaccines mandatory: Australia PM + Former winners left out of Tour de France team Mali-conflict-unrest-coup, WRAP BAMAKO Coup leaders in Mali face a wall of criticism from neighbouring countries and Europe after forcing out President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, weakened by a months-long crisis. 650 words 1600 GMT by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mali-unrest-politics,CHRONO Mali-unrest-politics-Keita,PROFILE Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The European Union backs protesters and refuses to recognise the results of Belarus's disputed election, as strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko orders his security forces to prevent further unrest. 850 words 1500 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware Former president Barack Obama is to be the keynote speaker on the third day of the Democratic convention and Kamala Harris is to formally accept her nomination to be Joe Biden's running mate, the first black woman on a major party ticket. 600 words 1600 GMT by Olivier Douliery with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-race,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's leader calls for coronavirus immunisations to be mandatory, wading into ethical and safety debates raging around the world as the race to develop a vaccine picks up pace. 700 words moved by Andrew Beatty with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Cycling-FRA-Tour-Ineos,WRAP LONDON Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome and 2018 winner Geraint Thomas's absence from the formidable Team Ineos line-up for this year's race ushers in a new era with the accent on youth. 600 words moved by Pirate Irwin. File picture. File video -- EUROPE -- Germany-crime-Islamist,WRAP BERLIN A man has caused a series of motorway accidents in Berlin, injuring six people including three seriously in what German prosecutors describe as a suspected Islamist act. 600 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Germany-Eritrea-trial-migrants,WRAP FRANKFURT An Eritrean man has apologised in court in Germany for fatally throwing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration debate. 650 words moved by Daniel Wolf. File picture UN-humanitarian-aid,lead GENEVA The United Nations pays tribute to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before. 500 words 1530 GMT by Robin Millard. Photo Mali-conflict-coup-France-diplomacy-military,FOCUS PARIS Mali's military coup presents a diplomatic nightmare for former colonial power France, which had made a considerable investment of military and political capital in the country and region, but now sees its anti-jihadist efforts in peril. 750 words 1630 GMT by Daphne Benoit Belarus-vote-unrest-Russia-Ukriane-politics,FOCUS PARIS The eruption of anti-government protests in Belarus has presented an unexpected dilemma for President Vladimir Putin, with the Kremlin strongman cautiously weighing which strategy to take at a sensitive moment for Russia. 700 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-Israel-security-Germany,WRAP BERLIN Saudi Arabia says it will not follow the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until the Jewish state has signed an internationally recognised peace accord with the Palestinians. 500 words 1600 GMT by Deborah Cole with Anuj Chopra in Riyadh Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri-blast,FOCUS BEIRUT Worn down by economic crisis and traumatised by Beirut's monster blast, the Rafic Hariri murder verdict after a 15-year wait for "the truth" came as an anti-climax for despondent Lebanese. 680 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. File Picture. Video Israel-social-LGBT-rights,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israelis Harel Barak and Yakir Kanneli have been married for four years -- but, as a same-sex couple, they are legally barred from starting a family. 700 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture UAE-nuclear-energy DUBAI The oil-rich United Arab Emirates announces it has connected its Barakah nuclear power plant to the national grid in a new first for the Arab world. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-jihadists,WRAP LAGOS Jihadists linked to the Islamic State jihadist group have taken hundreds of hostages in a town in northeast Nigeria, where people had only just returned after spending nearly two years in displacement camps. 600 words 1600 GMT. File pictures. Graphic Japan-environment-Mauritius,lead NARITA, Japan A new team of experts leave Japan for Mauritius with special oil-absorbent materials to help the clean-up of tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned ship. 450 words moved. Picture. Video SAfrica-health-virus-corruption,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa is reeling from coronavirus-linked corruption scandals that have battered President Cyril Ramaphosa's credibility and the country's image abroad, but spurred unprecedented efforts to boost transparency. 900 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- India-weather-Bangladesh-Nepal-flood-landslide NEW DELHI Heavy monsoon rains lash New Delhi, inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters in the chaotic Indian capital, as the death toll from the annual deluge across South Asia rises to nearly 1,300. 550 words moved. Picture. Video China-health-virus-agriculture-economy-poverty,FOCUS LOUDI, China A ban on the trade and consumption of various animals in China in response to the coronavirus pandemic has cost tens of thousands of jobs in rural areas, where the relatively cheap form of farming of wildlife had once been promoted as a way to lift people out of poverty. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Myanmar-work-environment-marble,PHOTOESSAY MADAYA, Myanmar Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of the prized white rock. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-murder-California-victims,lead LOS ANGELES Dozens of women and men who were terrorized by California's 'Golden State Killer' during a sadistic decade-long crime spree finally get their day in court, speaking emotionally of their trauma ahead of his sentencing. 600 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture US-IT-lifestyle-transport-Uber-Lyft,ADVANCER SAN FRANCISCO Uber and Lyft are hoping a courtroom reprieve will spare them from shutting down their rival smartphone-summoned ride services in California on Friday. 550 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-NED-Koeman MADRID Crisis-hit Barcelona hail the "return of a legend" as the Spanish giants officially name Ronald Koeman as their new coach through until 2022. 500 words moved by Patxi Vrignon-Etxezaharreta. File picture. File video Auto-Prix-Concorde-deal,WRAP PARIS Formula One announces that all 10 teams on the grid have finally agreed to a binding five-year commercial deal from 2021 which ensures the sport's "sustainable" future and will create closer racing. 500 words 1600 GMT by Nick Reeves afp
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