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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel's Netanyahu ousted as coalition forms new govt + G7 to donate one billion coronavirus vaccine doses + Battered by coronavirus, Copa America opens in Brazil + Djokovic makes history with 19th his Grand Slam title Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM A motley alliance of Israeli parties ousts Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister, and forms a new government in a seismic shift in the country's turbulent politics. 850 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Bennett,PROFILE Israel-politics-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-politics-crisis,CHRONO Israel-politics-Netanyahu,DATES Israel-politics-government,FACTS G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders vow to start delivering one billion doses of Covid vaccines and to step up action on climate change, in a summit call to arms by a revived democratic alliance that also confronted China and Russia. 850 words moved by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: G7-summit,REAX G7-summit-communique,POINTS Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA The Copa America that almost never was opens in Brazil, overshadowed by the desperate search for a last-minute host, sponsor withdrawals and Covid-19 -- including outbreaks on three teams. 750 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video. Graphic Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic claims a 19th Grand Slam title and becomes the first man in 52 years to win all four majors twice when he comes from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in a gripping French Open final. 650 words moved by Dave James. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open-Djokovic,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Britain-homosexuality-social-ENG-cricket BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom History is made in a quiet corner of Birmingham, central England, as the world's first match was played between two LGBTQ+ cricket teams. 650 words moved by Imran Marashli -- G7 SUMMIT -- Britain-US-diplomacy-royals-queen-Biden,lead WINDSOR CASTLE, United Kingdom Joe Biden ends the first leg of his maiden overseas trip as US president, inspecting a military guard of honour and taking tea with Queen Elizabeth II. 420 words moved. Picture. Video Britain-NIreland-France-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom UK anger with Europe sizzles after a sausage-themed dispute between the British and French leaders over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru marks a week since presidential elections whose results have been delayed by fraud claims from rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori, risking an imminent corruption trial if leftist rival Pedro Castillo holds on to his narrow lead. 600 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-trial-SuuKyi,WRAP YANGON The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court, more than four months after a military coup. 500 words 0430 GMT. File picture. File video Japan-US-trial-Taylor-Ghosn-Nissan-automobile TOKYO A US father-son duo accused of helping former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's jump bail and stage an astonishing escape from Japan appear in a Tokyo court for the first time. 500 words 0200 GMT We will also move: Japan-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn,FACTS Japan-US-France-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn,CHRONO NZealand-mosques-attacks-film WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern criticises a planned movie about her response to the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks as poorly timed and focussed on the wrong subject. 400 words moved China-accident,WRAP BEIJING At least 12 people are killed and nearly 140 others injured when a gas line explodes in a residential compound in central China's Hubei province, local officials say. 500 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- NATO-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS US President Joe Biden looks to restore NATO's bonds of trust at its first post-Trump summit, as leaders push to revitalise the alliance despite differences over dangers ahead. 850 words 0130 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video Sweden-SIPRI-nuclear-arms,WRAP STOCKHOLM As nuclear nations commit to renewing and sometimes expanding their arsenals, the decline in nuclear weapons seen since the early 1990s seems to have stalled, researchers say, as some signs even indicate that military stockpiles are increasing. 700 words moved by Johannes Ledel Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP MADRID Right-wing protesters march in Madrid to denounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence bid. 650 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video Switzerland-voting-agriculture-environment-terrorism,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland rejects proposals that would have made it the first European country to ban synthetic pesticides following a divisive campaign that ruptured the idyllic image of peaceful Alpine pastures. 750 words moved by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. Picture. File video. Spain-politics-Podemos,WRAP MADRID Podemos, the junior member of Spain's ruling coalition, formally appoints Ione Belarra as its new leader, putting two women at the helm of the radical left-wing party following the departure of its founder. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote-Raisi,PROFILE TEHRAN Dressed in a black turban and long religious coat, Ebrahim Raisi casts himself as an austere figure and an anti-corruption champion of the poor ahead of Iran's presidential election. 650 words 0200 GMT. File picture Also moving: Iran-vote-statistics,FACTS Iran-vote-challenges,POINTS Algeria-vote,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria awaits the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by widespread abstention. 500 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Health-virus-tourism-UAE-Yachting,FOCUS DUBAI Dubai earned a reputation for delivering luxury for those with cash to splash years ago, but amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a new mode of travel has become popular -- yachts. 700 words 0230 GMT by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England launch their bid for Euro 2020 glory with a 1-0 win over Croatia as Denmark's team doctor confirms Christian Eriksen had suffered a cardiac arrest and was "gone" before being resuscitated. 700 words moved by John Weaver. Picture. Graphic. Video afp
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