| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden rallies NATO against 'systemic' China threat + 'New day' in Israel after Netanyahu unseated + England delays full lifting of virus restrictions + Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets under way + Burger sting: 19 held in Pakistan over free patties NATO-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS NATO leaders vow to work together against the "systemic challenge" posed by China's aggressive policies and put Russia on notice about its flouting of international law. 750 words 1930 GMT by Max Delany and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moved: NATO-summit-points,POINTS Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, gets down to work at the head of a precarious coalition government that faces stark challenges, after 12 years under right-wing Benjamin Netanyahu. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a four-week delay to the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions for England due to a surge of infections caused by the Delta variant. 550 words moved by Anna Malpas, Imran Marashli. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-trial-SuuKyi,WRAP NAYPYIDAW The trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gets under way, more than four months after a military coup, with junta witnesses testifying the Nobel laureate flouted coronavirus restrictions and illegally imported walkie-talkies. 600 words moved. File picture. Video Pakistan-police-burgers-offbeat LAHORE A group of police officers in Pakistan flip out when a takeaway joint refused to hand over free burgers, detaining all 19 staff at the branch. 200 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Health-virus-tourism-UAE-Yachting,FOCUS DUBAI Dubai earned a reputation for delivering luxury for those with cash to splash years ago, but amid the Covid-19 pandemic a new mode of travel has become popular -- yachts. 700 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video -- BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT -- US-Russia-summit-diplomacy-Putin,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Vladimir Putin dismisses accusations that Russia was behind cyberattacks against the United States as "farcical" in an interview broadcast ahead of his summit with President Joe Biden. 450 words moved Ukraine-conflict-Russia-politics-US,WRAP KIEV Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky says that Joe Biden should have met him before the US president's first summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin as they can resolve nothing on Ukraine without Kiev's involvement. 700 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video US-Russia-prisoners-cyber-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Vladimir Putin renews an offer to swap prisoners ahead of his first summit Wednesday with Joe Biden, who has come under growing pressure to win the release of Americans from Russian jails. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picturs. Video Russia-US-summit,FOCUS MOSCOW When Vladimir Putin meets Joe Biden for their first summit the Russian leader will not be looking for progress on arms control, the lifting of sanctions or even an apology for the US president saying he is a "killer". Putin already got what he wanted: the summit itself. 800 words moved by Michael Mainville Also moved: US-Russia-summit-Switzerland-history,FOCUS Russia-summit-Switzerland-venue-history,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- Israel-politics-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The fall of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's pugnacious and divisive veteran leader, is bringing a sigh of relief to many in the Biden administration, even if the new government is unlikely to shift much on key policy disagreements such as Iran and the Palestinian question. 700 words 2200 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video US-education-racism-politics,FOCUS LEESBURG, Virginia "Are you ready to take back our schools?" Republican activist Patti Menders shouts at a rally opposing anti-racism teaching that critics like her say trains white children to see themselves as "oppressors." 600 words 1500 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-G7-vaccines,ANALYSIS GENEVA The WHO warns that Covid-19 is moving faster than the vaccines, and said the G7's vow to share a billion doses with poorer nations is simply not enough. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Spain-crime-children-gender,2ndlead MADRID Spanish rescuers trawl the seabed for the body of a toddler in waters off Tenerife after investigators said they believed she -- like her sister -- had been killed by their father. 550 words 1430 GMT by Hazel Ward Britain-NIreland-politics-EU-Brexit-Foster BELFAST Arlene Foster formally steps down as Northern Ireland's first minister, bringing further instability to the British-ruled province where tempers are already frayed over post-Brexit trading arrangements. 650 words moved by Paul Faith and Joe Stenson. File picture. Video -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM Israel's new government, a fragile alliance spanning the political spectrum, is meant to endure until 2025 but it could be brought down quickly by divisive issues such as the Palestinian conflict, analysts say. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics-court-Netanyahu,BACKGROUND Egypt-court-Brotherhood,WRAP CAIRO Egypt upholds death sentences for 12 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, including two senior leaders, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at an Islamist sit-in. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- France-China-nuclear,WRAP BEIJING Operators of a nuclear power plant in southern China are fixing a "performance issue" at the facility, but the gas emissions carried out to do that are within acceptable limits, its French part-owner says following a US media report of a potential leak. 750 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. File picture. Graphic. File video Japan-US-auto-trial-Ghosn-Nissan-Taylor,WRAP TOKYO An American father-son duo admit to helping orchestrate former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's audacious escape from Japan as they make their first appearance before a Tokyo court. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. File picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: US-Japan-France-auto-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn,CHRONO Japan-Lebanon-US-Ghosn-auto-Taylor,FACTS -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,FOCUS ABIDJAN Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is due to return home on Thursday, but bitter memories of post-election violence 10 years ago dim the hopes of broader national healing. 600 words moved by Caroline Taix. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Scotland's return to a major international tournament for the first time in over two decades ends in a 2-0 defeat at Euro 2020 thanks to an excellent double from the Czech Republic's Patrik Schick, as Covid-hit Spain prepare to launch their bid for a record fourth continental crown. 800 words 2130 GMT by Jed Court. Picture. Graphic. Video Fbl-Copa-2021,lead BRASILIA Star forward Neymar nets a penalty and creates a second as hosts Brazil ease to a 3-0 victory over a coronavirus-depleted Venezuela in the opening match of the 2021 Copa America. 600 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)