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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Delta variant upending global pandemic response + South African ex-leader jailed in graft probe + Israel opens first embassy in the Gulf + US, China call for virus cooperation at G20 + England dump bitter rivals Germany out of Euros 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 2000 GMT by Anastasia Clark with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Russia,3rdlead 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 1930 GMT by Tendai Dube, Michelle Gumede and Susan Njanji. Video. File Picture Also moved: SAfrica-politics-Zuma, PROFILE 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 1930 GMT. Picture. Video G20-summit-Italy-virus,WRAP MATERA, Italy The United States leads calls at a G20 meeting for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis as China insists that multilateralism should not just be a slogan. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LONDON England beat Germany 2-0 to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals and end decades of hurt against their bitter rivals as Sweden and Ukraine face off to complete the last-eight line-up. 700 words 1930 GMT by John Weaver. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- 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-Australia,3rdlead BRISBANE About 10 million Australians are ordered into lockdown as Covid-19 spreads across the country, and Brisbane becomes the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson, with Tristan Lavalette. Picture Health-virus-India,SCENE ALLAHABAD, India Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India's ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. 600 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-accident-construction,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 scour the wreckage in an increasingly desperate search for survivors. 800 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Video. Graphic US-accident-construction-survivors,SCENE SURFSIDE, Florida In the early hours of Thursday, Janette Aguero woke up with a start -- she heard a thunderous roar. Half of her apartment block had just collapsed. Through her window, all she could see was a thick cloud of dust. 700 words 1930 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video 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 1930 GMT 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 2000 GMT by Luis Jaime Cisneros and Francisco Jara. File picture -- EUROPE -- 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 Germany-crime-knife,WRAP BERLIN German investigators say they suspect an Islamic extremist motive behind a deadly knife attack by a Somali man, risking reopening a divisive migration debate during a general election campaign. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture France-parliament-LGBT-health,WRAP PARIS Lesbian couples and single women in France are set to celebrate a milestone when parliament passes a bill giving them access to fertility treatment for the first time. 650 words moved by Anne Pascale Reboul and Clare Byrne. -- MIDEAST -- Iraq-Syria-conflict-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Thousands of members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance march in the capital Baghdad to mourn their comrades killed in US air strikes along the Syrian border. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- 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 moved. File video. Graphic Eswatini-politics-unrest-politics,WRAP MANZINI Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, says it is placing the country under a dusk-to-dawn curfew as soldiers are deployed to crack down on protests. 550 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-rights-law,FOCUS HONG KONG China's national security law for Hong Kong has shaken the city's legal foundations in the year since it was imposed, lawyers say, with court decisions and sweeping new powers for prosecution fuelling concerns about rights and the rule of law. 750 words moved by Xinqi Su. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Japan-art-internet-blockchain-NFT,FOCUS TOKYO Tokyo tattoo artist Ichi Hatano's usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he's keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan's first crypto art exhibition. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- 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 2100 GMT by John Biers Lebanon-economy-fuel,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon hikes fuel prices by more than 30 percent as it reduces subsidies that have eaten away at the central bank's foreign currency reserves amid a painful economic crisis. 600 words moved by Hachem Osseiran. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-GBR-Wimbledon,WRAP LONDON Roger Federer survives a huge Wimbledon scare to keep his bid for a ninth title at the All England Club on track as Serena Williams looks to join sister Venus in the second round. 650 words 2100 GMT by Pirate Irwin. Picture. Graphic Cricket-IND-UAE-T20WC,WRAP NEW DELHI The Twenty20 World Cup is shifted to the United Arab Emirates and Oman due to the coronavirus situation in India, cricket's world body confirms. 550 words moved afp
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