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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ethiopia votes in poll overshadowed by Tigray + Armenia PM wins post-war snap election + Sweden govt toppled in no-confidence vote + Iran nuclear plant offline after 'fault' + Up to 10,000 fans allowed at Tokyo Olympic events Ethiopia-vote,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopians vote in a delayed national election taking place against the backdrop of war and famine in the northern Tigray region and questions over the poll's credibility. 800 words 1030 GMT by Nick Perry and Marion Douet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Armenia-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan scores a decisive victory in parliamentary elections, bolstering his rule after months of discontent following a historic war with Azerbaijan. 650 words 1030 GMT by Anna Smolchenko and Mariam Harutyunyan. Also moving: Armenia-vote-Pashinyan,PROFILE Sweden-politics-government,WRAP STOCKHOLM Sweden's government is toppled after Stefan Lofven becomes the country's first prime minister to lose a no confidence vote, meaning he can now either resign or trigger a snap election. 700 words 1030 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Video Iran-nuclear,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's only nuclear power plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy agency says. 700 words 1000 GMT Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-spectators,LEAD TOKYO Up to 10,000 spectators will be allowed at Tokyo 2020 Olympic events, organisers say just weeks before the opening ceremony, but competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. 650 words 1100 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Live video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Thailand-crime-television-Serpent,FEATURE BANGKOK Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path. 1100 words moved by Sophie Deviller and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-science-research-ethics,FOCUS PARIS In the fever rush to study the coronavirus as it scorched its way across the planet, unprecedented demand for information and intense online scrutiny have thrown a spotlight on mistakes in science research and tested public trust, experts say. 750 words 1300 GMT by Julie Charpentrat. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-science-research-ethics,Q&A Health-virus-India-lifestyle-yoga-vaccines NEW DELHI India opens up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off a muted International Yoga Day hailing its "protective" properties against the virus. 450 words by moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-Russia-espionage,WRAP BERLIN German police arrest a Russian scientist working at a German university, accusing him of spying for Moscow, in the latest case that risks further inflaming tensions between Germany and Russia. 500 words 1000 GMT by Deborah Cole France-vote-politics,WRAP PARIS France's far-right led by Marine Le Pen insists it can recover from a disappointing first round of regional polls marked by a strong results from the traditional right and another feeble performance by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party. 700 words 0930 GMT by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video, France-trial-women,WRAP CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France A French woman who killed the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp goes on trial for murder in a case that has gripped the country and outraged feminists. 600 words 1030 GMT by Loic Venin. Picture. Video. France-Islam-trial-religion,PROFILE PARIS Aged just 18, French teenager Mila has created a nationwide controversy, faced relentless cyberharassment including death threats and has been defended by President Emmanuel Macron after criticising Islam on social media. 700 words 1100 GMT by Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams. File picture. Germany-politics-CDU,WRAP BERLIN German conservatives will unveil their plan to win voters in a future without Angela Merkel, as chancellor candidate Armin Laschet looks to extend his lead ahead of September's election. 650 words 1000 GMT by Femke Colborne Also moving: Germany-politics-CDU,POINTS Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP BARCELONA Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to outline his plans to pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid when he delivers a highly anticipated speech in Barcelona. 600 words 1000 GMT by Rosa Sulleiro with Alvaro Villalobos in Madrid. Picture. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Bedouin,FOCUS RAHAT, Israel From her tin-roof home in the sweltering Negev desert, Umm Jawad Abu Qwaider offers her bleak assessment of the first Arab party to back an Israeli government -- a shoulder shrug. 700 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video Yemen-nature,VIDEOESSAY AL-MAHRA, Yemen Shrouded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east -- known as the "Well of Hell" -- is a little-understood natural wonder. 350 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-Germany-diplomacy,ADVANCER BERLIN Germany will seek to broker lasting peace in Libya on Wednesday, gathering world powers in Berlin to extract a firm promise to withdraw foreign fighters and keep the North African country on track for its December 24 election. 550 words 1100 GMT by Hui Min Neo Also moved: Libya-politics,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-military-tests-armament MIAMI The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war. 200 words moved. Picture. Video US-weather-accident,WRAP MIAMI Nine children and an adult are killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern United States, authorities say. 450 words moved. Graphic US-crime-homicide-justice-execution,FOCUS WASHINGTON Director Patrick Forbes hopes his new documentary "The Phantom" could be the spark prompting President Joe Biden to act against the death penalty thanks to its powerful message: "An innocent man was executed." 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Video US-Russia-diplomacy-sanctions,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia over the near-fatal poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a top White House advisor warns. 500 words moved. Picture Nicaragua-politics-elections MANAGUA A fifth would-be candidate for the Nicaraguan presidency is detained, police say, part of an unabating crackdown by President Daniel Ortega ahead of elections later this year. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-Apple-Daily,LEAD HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily tells readers its board will decide whether to close the publication at its next meeting on Friday, after authorities froze its accounts using a new security law. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- China-Bitcoin-finance-cryptocurrencies BEIJING Bitcoin tumbles more than 10 per cent after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. 450 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Denmark host Russia in Copenhagen still in with a chance of reaching the last 16 of Euro 2020 despite losing their first two games, while Austria and Ukraine go head-to-head for a place in the knockout phase. 700 words 1200 GMT by Jed Court. Picture. Video. Graphic Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,Lead WELLINGTON New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue". 550 words moved fbl-JPN-US-gender-Yokoyama TOKYO Japanese Women's World Cup star Kumi Yokoyama has come out as a transgender man -- one of the few athletes to do so in a country where LGBTQ rights lag behind other developed nations. 300 words moved. afp
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