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| - Duty Editor: Yana Dlugy Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia posts another record Covid death toll + Questions mount over deadly US apartment building collapse + Ethiopia rebels vow to press on despite govt ceasefire + Western US, Canada swelter in record heat wave + England face Germany after France kicked out of Euro 2020 Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW, Russia Russia's posts another record Covid-19 death toll days before hosting a Euro 2020 quarter-final, while 10 million Australians return to lockdown as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads around the globe. 700 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Families wait in agony for news of relatives trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Florida apartment block as questions mount over pre-existing critical weaknesses in the building's structure. 800 words moved by Cyril Julien and Chris Stein. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction-search,SCENE US-accident-animal-therapy Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Dissident leaders in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray vow to drive out "enemies" from the region, suggesting fighting will continue despite a ceasefire declaration by the federal government. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic US-Canada-weather,WRAP OTTAWA Western Canada and the United States record highest ever temperatures as they bake in an unprecedented heat wave, forcing schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics to close and the postponement of an Olympic athletics qualifying event. 550 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England can avenge decades of hurt at the hands of Germany when they face their old rivals in a blockbuster Euro 2020 last-16 clash after the tournament was rocked by France's stunning exit. 750 words 1100 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Greece-art-Picasso-theft,WRAP ATHENS Greece recovers a Picasso painting personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek state, almost a decade after it was stolen alongside two other artworks in an audacious heist at the National Gallery. 450 words 1030 GMT Lifestyle-SAfrica-cycling SOWETO, South Africa Letting out exhilarated howls in the light of a full moon, young cyclists barrel down a steep hill on their "fixie" bikes, sound bars blaring out music, in South Africa's Soweto township. 500 words moved by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia,3rdlead BRISBANE About 10 million Australians have been ordered into lockdown as Covid-19 spreads across the country, and Brisbane became the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson, with Tristan Lavalette in Perth. Picture Health-virus-India,SCENE ALLAHABAD, India Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India's ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. 600 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Slovenia-EU-presidency,ADVANCER LJUBLJANA Slovenia will on Thursday take up the EU's rotating six-month presidency overshadowed by concerns for media freedom and rule-of-law issues under its conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa. 650 words moved by Bojan Kavcic. File picture. File video Also moved: Slovenia-EU-politics,FACTS Health-virus-Bulgaria-migration-labour,FOCUS SOFIA Nicko Ventsislav is part of an unprecedented phenomenon: one of the six Bulgarians who chose to return home last year for every one who left. 800 words moved by Vessela Sergueva. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-corruption-court, WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa's top court hands former president Jacob Zuma a 15-month jail term for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before a graft panel. 600 words 1000 GMT by Susan Njanji. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-Israel-diplomacy,WRAP ABU DHABI Israel's top diplomat Yair Lapid heads to the United Arab Emirates on the first official visit by a minister from the Jewish state after the two regional powerhouse economies normalised ties last year. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-aid-Idlib,FOCUS AZAZ, Syria In a camp in northwestern Syria, Mohamad al-Abdullah relies on UN aid to treat a spinal injury that could have paralysed him, had it not been for cross-border assistance now threatened by a Russian veto. 750 words 1100 GMT by Bakr Alkasem. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-justice,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Overlooking war-battered Gaza from the tenth floor of a tower block, Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani has a new bundle of files -- on victims of last month's war with Israel. 750 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-art-internet-blockchain-NFT,FOCUS TOKYO Tokyo tattoo artist Ichi Hatano's usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he's keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan's first crypto art exhibition. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-rights-law,FOCUS HONG KONG China's national security law for Hong Kong has shaken the city's legal foundations in the year since it was imposed, lawyers say, with court decisions and sweeping new powers for prosecution fuelling concerns about rights and the rule of law. 750 words moved by Xinqi Su. File Picture. File Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Trump-investigation,FOCUS NEW YORK Lawyers for the Trump Organization are making a last-ditch effort to ward off what appeared to be an impending criminal indictment of the ex-president's company, according to US media. 650 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Mexico-US-Canada-trade-labor,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A revamped North American free trade agreement is giving factory workers new muscle to flex in Mexico, where labor unions have long been accused of shady backroom deals with employers. 650 words moved by Jean Luis Arce with Gabriela Montejano in Guanajuato. File picture Mexico-court-drugs,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes recreational marijuana use for adults, drawing a cautious welcome from activists who say users face a "legal vacuum" until lawmakers pass a stalled legalization bill. 500 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez and Jean Arce. File picture. File video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-FRA-Mbappe,FOCUS BUCHAREST Euro 2020 was supposed to be the next step on Kylian Mbappe's path to greatness and France's golden chance to become world and European champions, only for their campaign to end with painful failure in a penalty shootout. 600 words 1030 GMT by Antoine Maignan with Jed Court in Paris. Picture. Video Tennis-GBR-Wimbledon,WRAP LONDON Roger Federer and Serena Williams hope to defy the doubters when they get their Wimbledon campaigns underway on 'Super Tuesday' at the All England Club where a backlog of matches needs to be cleared after the opening day downpours. 650 words 1100 GMT by Pirate Irwin. Picture. Graphic -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Greece-energy-climate,FOCUS TILOS, Greece In the tranquil Greek island of Tilos, a wind turbine hums over a silvery sea while scorching sun rays hit a hill lined with solar panels. 700 words moved by Will Vassilopoulos and Chantal Valery. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH -- NZealand-health-research-obesity WELLINGTON New Zealand researchers have created a weight-loss device that uses magnets to clamp a patient's jaw together -- hailing it as a new tool against obesity despite critics likening it to an instrument of medieval torture. 350 words moved. Picture Lifestyle-China-social-health,FEATURE SHANGHAI At the height of her eating disorder Zhang Qinwen was the weight of a child. Her hair fell out, she was unable to walk and she could barely see. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings, with Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- Oil-OPEC+,ADVANCER LONDON Top oil-producing countries will meet on Thursday and are expected to agree to boost production in August in order to meet demand and dampen recent price rises. 600 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin. File picture afp
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