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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US slaps fresh sanctions on Russia + Chauvin won't testify in Floyd murder trial + India battered by second Covid wave + China's Xi to join European climate summit + Olympics could be cancelled: Japanese politician US-Russia-diplomacy-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States announces sanctions against Russia and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity. 700 words 1430 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-racism-police,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin decides not to testify at his murder trial for the death of African American George Floyd -- indicating he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. 500 words 1500 GMT by Ben Sheppard with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's huge coronavirus second wave accelerates with a record number of infections reported, as a top Japanese politician warns Covid-19 could still derail the already delayed Olympics. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic China-US-climate-diplomacy,WRAP SHANGHAI Chinese President Xi Jinping will join a virtual climate summit with France and Germany, Beijing announces, as US envoy John Kerry visits Shanghai to drum up support from the world's biggest polluter for America's drive to address environmental challenges. 600 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,2ndlead TOKYO A senior Japanese politician says cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility, as a surge in cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-environment-health-pandemic-research-virus,FOCUS MACHAKOS, Kenya Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls a giant swab in the nostril of the grumpy dromedary -- part of a search for the next deadly virus. 800 words moved by Marion Douet. Picture. Video UN-climate-environment-Tunisia,FOCUS GHAR EL MELH, Tunisia Farmers near a seaside lagoon in northern Tunisia are fighting to preserve a traditional irrigation system that has sparked renewed interest as North Africa's water shortages intensify. 650 words moved by Aymen Jamli. Picture. Video -- Please also see our special advisory on climate -- Libya-reconstruction-heritage,FOCUS TRIPOLI In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring to former glory architectural treasures neglected under ex-dictator Moamer Kadhafi and in the decade since. 850 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Spain-Syria-conflict-media,FOCUS MADRID Before arriving in Madrid, Muhammed, Ayham, Okba and Moussa honed their skills as journalists during Syria's bloody civil war and now they have opened Spain's first refugee-led digital magazine. 650 words moved by Javier Soriano. Picture. Video India-economy-gender-food,FOCUS MUMBAI The fairytale success of Lijjat Papad -- a multi-million-dollar venture founded by seven women in a crowded Mumbai tenement in 1959 with seed capital of 80 rupees ($1.10) -- belies its revolutionary feminist aspirations. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. Pictu -- CORONAVIRUS/HEALTH -- Health-virus-vaccines-WTO-WHO,FOCUS GENEVA The gap between rich and poor countries' access to Covid-19 vaccines grows ever-more glaring by the day -- but nobody has yet managed to conjure up the golden solution. 750 words 1430 GMT by Christophe Vogt Health-virus-Africa-vaccines-pandemic,lead ADDIS ABABA Africa is "in a bind" over coronavirus vaccines, as some countries could run out without knowing when more doses will be available, the continent's disease control body says. 500 words 1430 GMT. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-antibiotics-WHO,lead GENEVA Lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic should be used to fight the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, which kill tens of thousands of people each year, says the World Health Organization. 650 words 1530 GMT by Nina Larson Health-virus-Britain-vaccine-Ramadan,SCENE LONDON As the afternoon call to prayer reverberates through the East London Mosque, local residents of all beliefs flock in to put their faith in science and receive a Covid-19 vaccine. 630 words moved by Imran Marashli. Picture. Video Health-virus-Lebanon-dogs,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanese doctor Riad Sarkis says he can help curb Covid-19 globally. As he speaks at Beirut airport, one of his secret weapons is wagging its tail next to him. 650 words moved by Jean Marc Mojon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Russia-conflict,WRAP KIEV Ukraine accuses Russia of flagrantly threatening it with destruction and warned Moscow that any escalation of fighting would be met with a firm military response. 600 words 1430 GMT by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video Britain-Scotland-politics-vote-SNP,lead EDINBURGH First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there would be "no moral justification" for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prevent Scotland from holding an independence referendum in the next five years. 500 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video Britain-royals-Philip-attitudes,FOCUS LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, divided opinion among young British people, who are less likely to take a positive view of his legacy -- and the monarchy in general. 750 words moved by Charlotte Durand. File picture Also moved: Britain-royals-Philip-funeral-military Germany-politics-Laschet-Soeder,PROFILE BERLIN Armin Laschet and Markus Soeder have split Germany's ruling conservatives down the middle as they battle to become the CDU-CSU chancellor candidate for a general election in September -- the first in 16 years not to feature Angela Merkel. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole and Femke Colborne. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP VIENNA Russia describes the latest talks in Vienna to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as "positive" despite fresh tensions, with Tehran preparing to ramp up uranium enrichment in response to an attack on a facility it blamed on arch-foe Israel. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Iraq-conflict-US,WRAP ARBIL, Iraq An explosives-packed drone slammed into Arbil airport in the first reported use of such a weapon against a base used by US-led coalition troops in Iraq, officials say. 650 moved by Hamid Mohammed. Graphic Also moved: Iraq-US-attack-rockets,CHRONO Israel-Iran-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM Arch-foes Israel and Iran have long fought an undeclared shadow war across the Middle East. More recently, the battle has moved to the high seas with a series of mysterious attacks and sabotage incidents. 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Also moved: Iran-Israel-conflict,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-Damasak,WRAP KANO, Nigeria At least 10 people are killed when jihadists attack a northeast Nigerian town, burning down a UN office and prompting thousands to flee across the border into Niger, local officials and the UN says, in the latest assault on the region. 650 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Louise Dewast in Abuja. Video. Graphic Mali-vote,WRAP BAMAKO Presidential and legislative elections in Mali will take place next February, the country's post-coup government announces, saying it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international community. 600 words 1600 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. File picture Mozambique-unrest-children-famine-UN MAPUTO Hundreds of children became separated from their families in the panic after jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique in March, and thousands more are suffering from malnutrition, Unicef warns. 400 words moved. File picture Congo-vote-economy,FOCUS BRAZZAVILLE Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who will start a new five-year term on Friday, has pledged to diversify the economy into agriculture to reduce massive dependence on oil exports. 650 words 1730 GMT by Samir Tounsi. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-court,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats are to introduce legislation to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, drawing howls of protest from Republicans accusing their rivals of attempting a power grab to enact President Joe Biden's progressive agenda. 550 words 1600 GMT by Michael Mathes -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-US-diplomacy-conflict,WRAP KABUL US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows the United States will have a lasting partnership with Afghanistan even after it withdraws all forces from the country before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. 600 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video Japan-US-diplomacy-security-China TOKYO Japan's prime minister heads to Washington to become the first foreign leader to hold face-to-face talks with US President Joe Biden, with concerns about China topping the agenda. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa Pakistan-France-religion-unrest,WRAP ISLAMABAD French nationals and companies in Pakistan advised by their embassy to temporarily leave after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-unemployment-retail,WRAP WASHINGTON The rebound may finally be here: new US government data shows fewer people applying for jobless aid and more spending their money at restaurants and sporting goods outlets, positive signs for the world's largest economy after it suffered a catastrophic Covid-19 outbreak. 650 words 1550 GMT by Chris Stein and Heather Scott Germany-property-court-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany's highest court rules that a policy to freeze rents in Berlin for five years to combat soaring housing costs is unlawful, in a blow to millions of tenants. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture afp
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