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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Chauvin convicted of Floyd murder + Super League in ruins as English clubs pull out + Russia detains Navalny allies ahead of Putin speech + Covid deaths surge in India as oxygen runs out + Queen Elizabeth turns 95 without Philip US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, is convicted of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States. 850 words moved by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE US-politics-crime-justice-Floyd,REAX Fbl-Eur-UEFA-Super-C1,WRAP LONDON Leaders of the breakaway European Super League are searching for ways to rescue the ill-fated project after all six English clubs pull out and Italy's Inter Milan are tipped to follow suit. 650 words 1000 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Graphic. Video Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW Russian police detain aides of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and raid his offices ahead of nationwide protests called for the day of President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation. 800 words 1000 GMT by Michael Mainville and Jonathan Brown. Picture Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals are running perilously low as daily Covid-19 deaths surge past 2,000 for the first time in one of the world's most brutal ongoing coronavirus waves. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals-Queen-birthday,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II turns 95, just days after burying her late husband Prince Philip, in what is her first birthday without him in more than seven decades. 550 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Huthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib. 1,000 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Entertainment-China-film-Titanic-history,FOCUS SHANGHAI A new documentary film has revealed the "completely unknown" story of six Chinese men who survived the Titanic and adds a new chapter to the history of the world's most famous ship. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Italy-cycling-transport-health-Rome,FEATURE ROME With its historic seven hills, crazy traffic, cobbles and notoriously crumbling roads, Rome has never been the ideal city for cyclists -- but with the coronavirus pandemic, things are changing. 700 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video Climate-oceans-animal-environment-research TOKYO Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic Taiwan-economy-tech-chips-environment,FOCUS TAIPEI In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades -- a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage. 800 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-politics,lead BERLIN The German parliament votes on a controversial law amendment that would give Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher measures including school closures and disputed night-time curfews to curb the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1000 GMT by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-court-EU-Germany-economy,2ndlead BERLIN The German Constitutional Court throws out a legal challenge that had stopped Europe's biggest economy from ratifying a 750-billion-euro ($885 billion) EU coronavirus recovery fund. 450 words 1000 GMT by Hui Min Neo Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Idlib BAB AL-HAWA, Syria A first batch of Covid-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in wartorn northwestern Syria, where millions of people live in dire humanitarian conditions, a UN official says. 350 words moved Health-virus-Spain-rehab,FOCUS MADRID At a rehabilitation centre inside a Madrid hospital, Covid patients drag an oxygen tank with them everywhere, even when exercising on a treadmill. Although the vaccines have raised hopes the pandemic will soon end, many who are battling to get over a serious bout of coronavirus continue to struggle with breathlessness, fatigue and mobility problems. 600 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Health-virus-NZealand-Australia-travel,FOCUS QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand For the past year, the so-called "adrenaline capital of the world" has been more ghost town than party central. But unlike in most coronavirus-hit tourism hotspots, locals in New Zealand's scenic Queenstown are optimistic their adventure hub is about to get its pre-pandemic mojo back. 600 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad faces an uncertain future as the son of slain president Idriss Deby Itno takes charge following the death of his father, a strategic Western ally who ruled the country with an iron fist for three decades. 600 words 1230 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: Chad-politics-Deby-son,PROFILE Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby-north,FACTS Chad-politics-Deby-security,Q&A PARIS The death of Chad's veteran strongman leader Idriss Deby has thrown the future of the country and the wider battle against jihadist groups in the Sahel region of northern Africa into doubt. AFP looks at the big questions a day after the army announced his demise. 750 words 1030 GMT by Adam Plowright Mozambique-unrest,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Back from Mozambique, mercenary Lionel Dyck foresees "only hardships" for insurgent-hit north since his private military company left the region, days after a violent jihadist attack on Palma town. 750 words 1200 GMT by Sofia Christensen. File picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Putin,PROFILE MOSCOW Since coming to power more than 20 years ago, Vladimir Putin has been fixated on one idea: restoring Russia's status as a global superpower. Whatever the cost. 800 words moved by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-unrest YANGON The Myanmar military junta's crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy says. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video China-bicycle BEIJING Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China's cities. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Taiwan-marriage-offbeat TAIPEI Keen to make the most of a statutory holiday for newlyweds, a couple from Taiwan find a novel way to maximise their honeymoon -- by marrying four times in just over a month. 400 words 0930 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-Floyd-Biden-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's emotional voice on the call to George Floyd's family told the story of his presidency: "I wish I were there just to put my arms around you." The most powerful man in the world, was calling from the Oval Office to a cellphone in Minneapolis, just minutes after a jury convicted a white former policeman for Floyd's murder during a brutal 2020 arrest. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-CentralAm-migration-diplomacy,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Faced with an exodus of Central American migrants seeking to enter the United States, President Joe Biden's administration says it is taking aim at what it sees as one of the key causes -- corruption. 700 words moved by Alina Dieste -- MIDDLE EAST -- France-UAE-Luxembourg-Oman-rights,FOCUS PARIS Three years after Christian Elombo took part in a doomed bid to help the daughter of Dubai's ruler flee the UAE, the Frenchman still thinks he did the right thing despite spending months in jail in the Gulf and Europe as a consequence. 800 words 1200 GMT by Joelle Garrus. Picture -- SPORT - Britain-politics-fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA,FOCUS LONDON Britain's government, exploiting a populist cause ahead of elections next month, is vowing no let-up in its pressure on England's biggest football clubs despite the implosion of a renegade European competition. 700 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi -- CLIMATE -- EU-climate-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Parliament and EU member states agree a target to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, in what is hailed as "a strong signal to the whole world". 550 words 0930 GMT by Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture Climate-diplomacy-China-US,WRAP BEIJING China's President Xi Jinping will attend US President Joe Biden's virtual climate summit this week, Beijing says, as the world's top polluting nations seek rare common ground despite wider political tensions. 450 words moved -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- World-execution-rights-Iran-China-Egypt PARIS Four states in the Middle East, led by Iran, made "ruthless and chilling" use of the death penalty in 2020 despite an overall decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, dominating the global toll of executions, Amnesty International says. 550 words 1030 GMT by Stuart Williams -- BUSINESS/TECH -- Austria-internet-privacy,INTERVIEW VIENNA Austrian online privacy activist Max Schrems has taken on a new 'David versus Goliath' battle: taking Google to task for the "illegal" tracking code on its Android mobile phones. 750 words moved by Anne Beade. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-museum-design-health-virus-retail,FOCUS LONDON Touching artwork is strictly forbidden in most museums, let alone buying it and taking it home. But the Design Museum in London wants visitors to do precisely that. 600 words moved by Imram Marashli. Picture. Video Iraq-Ramadan-television,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi celebrities are ambushed by actors disguised as jihadists as they visit families displaced by conflict, in a candid camera-style television show that's causing a scandal. 600 words moved by Ammar Karim and Sarah Benhaida afp
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