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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tigray rebels gain ground, vow to hit enemies + NK chiefs sacked after Covid 'grave incident' + Dozens die as heatwave scorches Canada and US + China malaria free: World Health Organization + England dump arch rivals Germany out of Euros Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Rebel fighters in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray seize control of more territory, a day after retaking the local capital and vowing to drive all "enemies" out of the region. 800 words 0230 GMT. File video. Graphic Health-virus-NKorea,3rdLead SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un replaced several senior officials after a "grave incident" in the country's efforts to defend itself against the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported Wednesday. 600 words 0200 GMT Canada-US-weather-climate-death,WRAP VANCOUVER, British Columbia Dozens of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a gruelling heat wave, authorities say, as the country records its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extend to the US Pacific Northwest. 650 words 0200 GMT Health-malaria-China-WHO,Lead GENEVA China is certified as malaria-free by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. 600 words moved Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England beats Germany 2-0 to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals and end decades of hurt against their bitter rivals, setting up a showdown with Ukraine for a place in the last four. 700 words moved by John Weaver. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Myanmar-politics-military-coup,FOCUS BANGKOK With bars shuttered, universities empty and hook-up apps poleaxed by internet blackouts, dating got much harder in post-coup Myanmar, but young people are still finding love -- often in the heady rush of anti-junta protests. 750 words 0300 GMT by Natalia Che, with Ei San in Hong Kong. File picture Syria-conflict-aid-Idlib,FOCUS AZAZ, Syria In a camp in northwest 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 moved by Bakr Alkasem. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Russia reports its highest daily coronavirus death toll and Australia locked down major cities as the highly infectious Delta strain has caused mayhem around the world. 750 words moved by Anastasia Clark with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Russia,3rdlead -- AMERICAS -- US-accident,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida US President Joe Biden will visit the site of a deadly apartment building collapse in southern Florida later this week, the White House announces, as rescuers scoured the wreckage in an increasingly desperate search for survivors. 650 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction-survivors,SCENE US-accident-construction-climate,INTERVIEW MIAMI Rising seas threaten the high-rise studded coastline of south Florida, but a professor who researches the white-sand beaches says it is unlikely climate change alone was behind the partial collapse of an oceanfront apartment block last week. 650 words 0130 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON Neither the threat of dying from Covid nor an array of inducements from lottery tickets to guns and marijuana have been enough to sway America's staunchest vaccine holdouts. 750 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed US-economy-infrastructure-Biden LA CROSSE, Wisconsin President Joe Biden speaks in an oily, machinery filled warehouse in Wisconsin on his multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plans, arguing that America needs everything from bridges to broadband to remain competitive. 500 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Peru-vote-Montesinos,FOCUS LIMA Peru's feared ex-spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos, known as the "Rasputin of the Andes," is back in the spotlight after being caught allegedly trying to manipulate the outcome of June 6 presidential elections, from prison. 550 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros and Francisco Jara. File picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-US-NATO-Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP BERLIN Germany has completed its troop pull-out from Afghanistan, started in May, the defence ministry announces, ending a nearly 20-year deployment there alongside US and other international forces. 650 words moved. File picture Serbia-Bosnia-Croatia-warcrimes-court-UN THE HAGUE Two former Serbian spy chiefs in Slobodan Milosevic's regime face a UN court verdict Wednesday in a retrial on charges of running death squads in the 1990s Balkans wars. 600 words 0230 GMT by Danny Kemp Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-immigration-children,FOCUS LONDON Children like Adam and Nastashia are already scarred from the trauma of a troubled upbringing and being placed in care, but Brexit has placed another new terrifying burden on them. 750 words 0500 GMT by Martine Pauwels. Video Russia-politics-media,WRAP MOSCOW Russian police question investigative journalists and raid their apartments as authorities pile fresh pressure on independent media. 600 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- UAE-Israel-diplomacy,WRAP ABU DHABI Israel's top diplomat Yair Lapid opens the Jewish state's first embassy in the Gulf during a trip to the United Arab Emirates, nine months after they signed a normalisation deal. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights,INTERVIEW HEBRON, Palestinian Territories When he was locked up last week by Palestinian security forces, rights activist Issa Amro said he was thinking about his friend Nizar Banat, who would be dead within days. 650 words 0300 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-corruption-court,WRAP JOHANNESBURG In a historic ruling, South Africa's top court hands the country's former president Jacob Zuma a 15-month jail term for "egregious" contempt of court, after he refused to appear before graft investigators. 700 words moved by Tendai Dube, Michelle Gumede and Susan Njanji. Video. File Picture Also moved: SAfrica-politics-Zuma, PROFILE Eswatini-politics-unrest-politics,WRAP MANZINI Police clashed with demonstrators in Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, on Tuesday night despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew and a military deployment to quell a spate of pro-democracy protests. 600 words moved -- CLIMATE -- Climate-coal-Asia KUALA LUMPUR Five Asian countries are responsible for 80 percent of new coal power stations planned worldwide, with the projects threatening goals to fight the climate crisis, a report warns. 450 words 0300 GMT by Sam Reeves -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-aviation-travel-United-Boeing-Airbus, WRAP NEW YORK United Airlines announces the largest order in its history, unveiling major purchases from Boeing and Airbus in a significant bet on the travel industry's recovery from Covid-19. 750 words moved by John Biers IMF-Sudan-economy-debt-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The IMF approves a $2.5 billion loan for Sudan, and with the World Bank seals a landmark deal that unlocks nearly $50 billion in debt relief for the impoverished African nation. 600 words moved -- SPORT -- Tennis-GBR-Wimbledon,WRAP LONDON American legend Serena Williams's dreams of winning an eighth Wimbledon singles title and equalling Margaret Court's Grand Slam record of 24 ends in tears. 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin. 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