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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 summit opens with billion vaccine drive + Over 30,000 children risk death in Tigray: UN + Outrage at Trump surveillance of lawmakers + Pulitzer honors teen who filmed Floyd murder + Italy and Turkey get Euro 2020 ball rolling G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders open their first in-person talks in nearly two years, touting an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries in a show of revived Western democratic unity. 850 words 2130 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Health-virus-vaccines-G7 G7-summit-virus-health,REAX Health-virus-vaccines-G7,FACTS Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-famine-aid-UN,2ndlead GENEVA Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia's conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by famine, the United Nations says. 650 words moved by Nina Larson US-politics-Trump-Democrats-investigation,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats erupt in outrage over news that Donald Trump's Justice Department secretly surveilled lawmakers probing possible collusion with Russia, reaping the phone records of top political foes in what they called an unprecedented abuse of power. 700 words 2130 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture US-media-Pulitzer,WRAP NEW YORK The Pulitzer Prize Board awards a "special citation" to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice. 400 words moved. File picture Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-ITA-TUR ROME Italy face Turkey at the Stadio Olimpico as the delayed Euro 2020 tournament finally gets underway a year behind schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 2100 GMT by Emmeline Moore. Picture. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- El-Salvador-economy-bitcoin,FOCUS EL ZONTE The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador's Pacific coast is a laid back surfer's haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. It has only one cash machine but a trailblazing local economy based almost entirely on Bitcoin. 700 words moved by Oscar Batres. Picture. Video Entertainment-music-US-Britain-Garbage,INTERVIEW PARIS Garbage singer Shirley Manson has never been the retiring type, but any residual reticence is ditched on the group's new album as she unleashes decades of frustration over gender, race and climate issues. 650 words moved by Philippe Grelard and Eric Randolph. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Europe-vaccines-EMA,INTERVIEW THE HAGUE The head of the European Medicines Agency tells AFP that all countries must have access to coronavirus vaccines, as G7 leaders looked set to pledge to donate one billion doses to poor nations. 650 words 1930 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video. Picture -- G7 SUMMIT -- G7-summit-health-virus-Britain-aid-education,FOCUS CARBIS Bay, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is championing solidarity at the G7 summit, defying criticism of cuts to UK foreign aid by sharing millions of Covid vaccines with poor countries and promoting schooling for vulnerable children. 630 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Picture. Video G7-summit-France-US-diplomacy,FOCUS CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom Emmanuel Macron's warm gestures and small talk hides the French president's frustration with Joe Biden, as his US counterpart bids to put Washington front and centre of global efforts to tackle a range of issues he has previously championed. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou. Picture. Video Also moved: G7-summit-demonstration-US-Biden-Britain-royals -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States and China clash in rare talks as President Joe Biden makes his international debut at the G7 summit, with his administration pressing Beijing on Covid, Taiwan and human rights. 600 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru's caretaker leader Francisco Sagasti moves to "maintain calm in difficult times," speaking to actors on both sides of a polarized presidential campaign still to yield a result five days after elections. 600 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-NIreland-trade,WRAP ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom Britain hits back at French President Emmanuel Macron's uncompromising stance on Brexit, in a simmering row over new trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. 550 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Greece-Afghanistan-migrants-court-fire,WRAP CHIOS, Greece Four young Afghan asylum seekers go on trial in Greece accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe's largest migrant camp of Moria last year. 500 words moveT. File Picture Germany-pope-homosexuality VATICAN CITY A German bishop gives a nod to blessing same-sex couples, following a meeting with Pope Francis who has voiced his opposition to the practice. 450 words movd -- AFRICA -- Mali-France-Sahel-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Mali announces a new government in which key roles are retained by army figures, as Bamako comes under pressure from ally France's troop drawdown in the war-torn Sahel and attacks on its 'putschist' president. 800 words moved by Amaury Hauchard with Armel Baily in Ouagadougou. Picture. Video France-Mali-military-media-conflict,WRAP PARIS French soldiers have killed a Malian jihadist suspected of being responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journalists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly says. 600 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-vote-arrests,WRAP ALGIERS Algerian police deploys heavily in the capital ahead of parliamentary elections to block protesters disrupting the polls, as activists criticise a "climate of repression" amid arrests of opposition figures 700 words 1930 GMT by Amal Belalloufi with Philipped Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Also moved: Algeria-vote-protest,Q&A Yemen-conflict-diplomacy,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS Yemen's foreign minister warns that Huthi rebels could thwart a renewed diplomatic push for peace as they scramble to seize a key city before discussing any ceasefire. 800 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Israel-politics,PROFILE JERUSALEM The only Jewish lawmaker on the Israeli parliament's main Arab list, Ofer Cassif, has made waves with his controversial stands on Zionism and settlements. 500 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-coup-rights-UN,lead GENEVA The UN rights chief says violence is escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country has plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since the February 1 coup. 500 words moved by Nina Larson. Video HongKong-China-politics-film-censorship,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong censors are to vet all films for national security breaches under expanded powers, in the latest blow to the financial hub's political and artistic freedoms. 600 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-politics-economy-infrastructure,WRAP WASHINGTON A months-long negotiation on infrastructure between the White House and US lawmakers is coming to a head, with President Joe Biden desperate to woo Republicans while also keeping centrists and climate-concerned progressives in his party on board. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Stefanos Tsitsipas becomes the first Greek player to reach a Grand Slam final at the French Open as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal get set to meet for the 58th time in their "historic rivalry". 650 words 2100 GMT by Dave James. Picture. Graphic afp
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