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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Mali coup leaders face international outcry + EU rejects Belarus poll, vows new sanctions + Obama center stage at Democrats' convention + Make virus vaccines mandatory: Australia PM + Apple becomes first $2 trillion US company Mali-conflict-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Coup leaders in Mali face mounting international pressure after they ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita following months of protests. 800 words 2000 GMT by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. Graphic. Video Also moved: Mali-unrest-politics,CHRONO Mali-unrest-politics-Keita,PROFILE Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The European Union rejectS the result of Belarus's disputed presidential election as strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko orderS his security forces to prevent any further unrest. 900 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Video. Picture. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware Barack Obama, America's first black president, is the keynote speaker at the Democratic convention as Kamala Harris, the first black woman on a major party ticket, formally accepts the nomination to be Joe Biden's running mate. 650 words 2000 GMT by Olivier Douliery and 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 US-stocks-market-Apple,WRAP NEW YORK Apple becomes the first US company to reach $2 trillion in market value in the latest demonstration of how tech giants have benefited from the upheaval of the coronavirus. 650 words 2100 GMT -- 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-California-fire,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Thousands of residents flee a city in northern California as a series of fast-moving fires spread overnight, burning dozens of homes and structures. 600 words 2100 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture US-politics-vote-Democrats-JillBiden,PROFILE WILMINGTON Jill Biden is the "tough and loyal" partner to an American politician whose personal tragedies have sometimes overshadowed his accomplishments, but the energetic campaign surrogate is suddenly in the spotlight as husband Joe Biden becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. 600 words 2030 by Olivier Douliery, with Michael Mathes in Washington. 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 -- EUROPE -- 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 moved by Stuart Williams. Picture Germany-crime-Islamist-arrest,WRAP BERLIN An Iraqi man has caused a series of motorway accidents in Berlin injuring six people, including three seriously, in what German prosecutors described on Wednesday as a suspected Islamist attack. Moved 650 words by Femke Colborne. Video. Picture -- MIDEAST -- 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 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. 430 words moved 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. 700 words moved by Deborah Cole with Anuj Chopra in Riyadh -- AFRICA -- 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 moved by Daphne Benoit and Mariette le Roux 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 moved. 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 -- 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 -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-Lyon-BayernMunich LISBON Bayern Munich, having demolished Barcelona 8-2 in the last-eight, face Lyon in the Champions League semi-finals for a place in Sunday's final where Paris Saint-Germain await. 650 words by Andy Scott 2100 GMT Picture Video 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 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 afp
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