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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Jerusalem march tests new Israeli government + Biden heads to Switzerland for Putin summit + Beijing hits back at NATO 'confrontation' + Ikea France fined for snooping on staff + Mystery stones spark South Africa diamond rush Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM Police block roads in Jerusalem as Jewish ultranationalists prepare to march through the annexed eastern sector of the city, inflaming tensions amid a fragile Gaza ceasefire and testing Israel's new government. 650 words 1600 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Live Video US-Russia-Switzerland-summit,WRAP GENEVA President Joe Biden heads to Geneva on the eve of his first summit with Vladimir Putin, a meeting seen by the White House as a chance to establish clear red lines in the combustible US-Russia relationship. 650 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith China-NATO-summit-politics,WRAP BEIJING Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating the threat from China and "creating confrontation", after a vow from the Western allies to work together to counter the challenges posed by its policies. 600 words moved by Helen Roxburgh France-Sweden-retail-labour-trial-Ikea,WRAP PARIS A French court finds Ikea and several former managers guilty of illegally spying on hundreds of employees and job applicants, using private detectives as well as police sources. 650 words moved by Ornella Lamberti. File picture. File video SAfrica-mining-metal-poverty,SCENE KWAHLATHI, South Africa Thousands of people armed with shovels and picks have flocked to South Africa's remote KwaHlathi village in search of diamonds after a local man unearthed a handful of unidentified crystal-like pebbles. 500 words moved by Claire Doyen. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS NYINTRI, Tibet, China In a room warmed by an open wood stove, Baima says her family converted their white-brick house into a hotel as China's Communist leadership ushers tens of millions of tourists to the politically sensitive region of Tibet. 650 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bolivia,FOCUS COCHABAMBA, Bolivia The alarm in the Bolivian hospital pierces through the din of beeping life support machines and hissing ventilators -- a patient lies unconscious, oblivious to the warning that his life hangs by a thread. 750 words moved by Martin Silva. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Hungary-politics-LGBT-rights,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungary's parliament passes legislation banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have slammed as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights. 600 words 1600 GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video US-Russia-summit-Switzerland-security,FOCUS GENEVA Switzerland is mobilising a "titanic" security effort for the meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, deploying around 4,000 police, troops and security personnel to guard the summit from all angles. 500 words 1600 GMT by Robin Millard. File picture. File video Labour-domestic-rights-ILO GENEVA The pandemic has taken a harsh toll on domestic workers who have lost far more jobs than others despite a decade-old international pact guaranteeing their rights, says the United Nations. 550 words moved by Nina Larson Germany-religion-Islam-education-politics,FOCUS OSNABRUCK, Germany Germany has launched a state-backed training centre for imams to help reduce the number of Islamic leaders coming in from abroad, but the initiative has been shunned by leading Turkish groups. 650 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Picture Germany-culture-history-religion-education,lead BERLIN The cathedral school behind Germany's renowned Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir says it will open its ranks to girls for the first time in its more than 1,000-year history. 500 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-vote-Rouhani,FOCUS TEHRAN Promising greater openness at home and outreach abroad when he was elected in 2013, Iran's outgoing moderate President Hassan Rouhani comfortably won a second term, but leaves office as a deeply unpopular figure. 700 words moved. File picture Iran-Kurds-politics-women,FOCUS ARBIL, Iraq Rewaz Faiq is just one of two women serving as parliament speaker in the Middle East, where politics is a man's world, but the Iraqi Kurdish mother of two is unfazed. 600 words moved by Qassim Khidir. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-attack,WRAP MOGADISHU At least 15 army recruits died when a suicide bomber attacked a military training camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, an officer says. 450 words by 1600 GMT ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,PROFILE ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, who returns home on Thursday, has known glory and humiliation in equal measure, and his popularity has remained largely intact despite a 10-year absence. 650 words 1500 GMT by Stephane Barbier. Picture. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-election-virus-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK Thirteen candidates, and no clear favorite: one week before the Democratic primary to select the mayor of post-pandemic New York City, progressives and moderates face off in a race made all the more uncertain by a new voting system. 650 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-trial-SuuKyi,lead NAYPYIDAW Myanmar junta witnesses are set to testify against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of sedition and flouting coronavirus restrictions, in a trial that could see the Nobel laureate jailed for more than a decade. 450 words 1430 GMT. Graphic. Video Afghanistan-conflict-health-polio,WRAP JALALABAD At least four people are killed and four wounded in a string of attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan, the second assault targeting vaccinators in the area in less than three months. 500 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada. Video. Picture. Graphic China-animal-environment-elephant BEIJING Fourteen elephants on a 500-kilometre march across southwestern China take a break as they wait for a wayward teenager to rejoin the herd. 300 words moved. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- EU-US-summit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS US President Joe Biden and the EU agree a long-term truce in the 17-year-old Airbus-Boeing dispute, as they try to push past their own disputes and turn their focus to a rising China. 750 words 1430 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Britain-Australia-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain unveils a major free-trade agreement with Australia, as London pursues efforts to strike new deals since leaving the European Union. 650 words moved by Ben Perry. Picture. Video UAE-aviation-Emirates,WRAP DUBAI Dubai-based Emirates airline posts a $5.5 billion annual loss, its first in more than three decades, after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the aviation industry. 500 words moved. File Picture. File Video Britain-aviation-Belarus-politics LONDON Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary says he opposes a long-term ban on flights over Belarus, after Minsk forced his airline's plane to land and detained passengers, including opposition activist Roman Protasevich. 500 words 1600 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video US-economy-bank-rate-inflation-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve opens its two-day policy meeting, as a host of new data shows the US recovery is a bumpy one, complicating the central bank's job. 550 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Reigning champions Portugal begin their defence of the trophy against Hungary at Euro 2020 in Budapest as World Cup holders France take on Germany in a hotly-anticipated clash between two of the continent's heavyweights. 750 words 1530 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Athletes could be kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics if they violate virus rules including daily testing and mask-wearing, organisers say as they unveil updated guidelines just over five weeks before the opening ceremony. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-warming-Arctic-Germany-science,WRAP BERLIN The tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic warns. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video Vietnam-wildlife-conservation HANOI A Vietnamese conservationist working to save pangolins from the devastating multi-billion-dollar wildlife trade wins a prestigious award for his role in rescuing over a thousand of one of the world's most endangered creatures. 500 words moved. Video. File picture afp
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