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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Veteran Chad leader Deby dies battling rebels: army + Biden says evidence 'overwhelming' in Floyd trial + FIFA warns of 'consequences' for Super League clubs + Doctors denied access to Russian dissident Navalny + Australian surfers not on board with Netflix docusoap Chad-politics-Deby,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno dies in combat after three decades in power, the army says, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West in a troubled region. 850 words 2100 GMT by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Chad-politics-Deby-North,FACTS Also moved: Chad-politics-Deby,OBIT Chad-politics-Deby-reax-world,REAX Chad-politics-Deby,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-politics-Deby-timeline,CHRONO Chad-politics-Deby,DATES Africa-Chad-leaders,FACTS -- Please see our special advisory for full coverage -- US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Jurors begin their first full day of deliberations in the trial of the former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd as US cities brace for a verdict in a case that sparked nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. 600 words 1600 GMT by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,POINTS Fbl-Eur-Super,WRAP LONDON The deeply divisive planned European Super League appears in trouble with reports that Chelsea and Manchester City are pulling out following a furious backlash. 600 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1-Pr fbl-Eur-Super-economics,FOCUS Fbl-Eur-Super-Q&A Fbl-Eur-Super-ESP-C1-construction-Perez,PROFILE Fbl-Eur-Super,QUOTES Russia-politics-Navalny,WRAP VLADIMIR, Russia Alexei Navalny's doctors are again denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic, as lawyers for the Russian opposition figure on hunger strike say he has grown "very weak" and demand he be transferred to a civilian hospital in Moscow. 750 words 2030 GMT by Ekaterina Anisimova. Picture. Video Australia-television-lifestyle-Netflix,lead SYDNEY Surfers in the coastal Australian town of Byron Bay stage a "paddle out" protest as locals rally against a planned Netflix reality show some say could attract hordes of "vacuous" Instagram tourists to their beachside paradise. 450 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Haiti-politics-history-unrest,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE When Haitian strongman Francois Duvalier died, his subjects had no choice on their next president -- his 19-year-old son took over. The vote to approve him as successor was officially 2,391,916 to zero. 850 words moved by Amelie Baron. File picture Nigeria-religion-court-rights,FOCUS ABUJA Amina Ahmed is tired. Day and night, she waits by her phone for news of her husband, languishing behind bars in northern Nigeria for close to a year. 750 words moved by Louise Dewast. Picture Environment-marine-corals-Cyprus,INTERVIEW AYIA NAPA, Cyprus Many people think Cyprus has no corals, says marine ecologist Louis Hadjiannou. If climate change and coastal development continue unabated, he fears, they may soon be right. 500 words moved by Emily Irving-Swift. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Europe's medicines regulator says that blood clots should be listed as a "very rare" side effect of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot still outweighed the risks. 850 words moved by Danny Kemp, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-India,lead NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on Indians to step up their efforts to battle the coronavirus so that fresh lockdowns are not necessary, as the vast nation reels from an explosion of cases and the capital runs dangerously short of oxygen supplies. 750 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-India-graveyards,SCENE Health-virus-Qatar-sport,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has defied soaring coronavirus numbers to stage high-profile sporting events, serving as a test bed ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, but also suffering high-profile setbacks. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. File Video Health-virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca-J&J,FACTS PARIS The Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines have come under suspicion of causing very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases among the millions vaccinated in the drive to bring the pandemic under control. 750 words moved by Paul Ricard -- AMERICAS -- 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 1930 GMT by Alina Dieste -- EUROPE -- Georgia-EU-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TBILISI European Council President Charles Michel declares that a political crisis in Georgia is resolved, but defiant opposition groups call for new protests and an ex-president announces his return from exile to oust the ruling party. 600 words 2000 GMT by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video Germany-politics-Laschet-CDU-CSU,WRAP BERLIN Armin Laschet, the leader of Angela Merkel's party, urges her conservatives to unite behind his campaign in September's election, after he won their nomination as chancellor candidate in a bruising battle that pushed the bloc to the brink of implosion. 650 words moved by Hui Min Neo with Ralf Isermann in Munich. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Germany-politics-Laschet,PROFILE -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-Deby-military-France,ANALYSIS PARIS The death of Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has deprived France and the West of a key security ally in the volatile Sahel region where jihadist groups are gaining in strength, analysts say. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright and Daphne Benoit SAfrica-fire,lead CAPE TOWN South Africa's Table Mountain smoulders after a fire sweeps the iconic site, destroying a library housing rare collections and forcing thousands to evacuate, but officials say the blaze is under control. 400 words moved. Picture. File video Also moved: SAfrica-fire-Africa-library,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Pakistan-France-protest-religion,WRAP LAHORE Pakistan's parliament postpones until Friday a debate on whether the country should expel the French ambassador, as the government bids to appease a radical party that has threatened more violent protests unless the envoy is kicked out. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Pakistan-France-Khan-unrest-blasphemy,FOCUS -- CLIMATE -- Environment-marine-corals-Cyprus,INTERVIEW AYIA NAPA, Cyprus Many people think Cyprus has no corals, says marine ecologist Louis Hadjiannou. If climate change and coastal development continue unabated, he fears, they may soon be right. 500 words moved by Emily Irving-Swift. Picture. Video EU-environment-climate-energy-BP,FOCUS PARIS Oil giant BP is pushing the European Union to weaken what qualifies as a sustainable energy source, which could make it "more challenging" for the bloc to meet its net-zero emissions goal, an industry watchdog tells AFP. 700 words moved by Patrick Galey UN-climate-environment-US-coal,FOCUS WEST JEFFERSON, Alabama The exhaust-belching smokestacks of America's most greenhouse gas-emitting power plant tower over Jennifer Chesser's neighborhood, but she'd likely fight to keep them from falling silent. 750 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Picture. Video -- Please see our special climate advisory -- -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-aviation-executive-Boeing, WRAP NEW YORK Boeing announces that David Calhoun will remain CEO potentially through 2028 as the aviation giant navigates a multi-year comeback following the 737 MAX scandal and the Covid-19 travel industry collapse. 625 words 2100 GMT by John Biers China-automobile-technology,FOCUS SHANGHAI Thought Big Tech was taking over your life through smartphones? It may be coming for your car next as Chinese firms lead a stampede into auto manufacturing in their battle for more consumers. 750 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video -- SPACE -- US-space-SPACEX,ADVANCER WASHINGTON SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight, and the first with a European. 600 words moved afp
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