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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 will agree on pact to stop future pandemic + Over 30,000 children risk death in Tigray: UN + Pulitzer honours teen who filmed Floyd murder + Djokovic stuns Nadal in epic French Open game + Lobster fisherman swallowed by whale survives G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders are set to agree a joint declaration aimed at preventing another pandemic, as they resume wide-ranging talks at their first in-person summit in almost two years. 650 words 0200 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-G7 G7-summit-virus-health,REAX Health-virus-vaccines-G7,FACTS Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-famine-aid-UN,2ndlead GENEVA Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia's conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by famine, the United Nations says. 650 words moved by Nina Larson US-media-Pulitzer,WRAP NEW YORK The Pulitzer Prize Board awards a "special citation" to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice. 400 words moved. File picture Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic compares defeating Rafael Nadal at the French Open to scaling Mount Everest as he hails his epic semi-final triumph over the 13-time champion as "one of my greatest victories". 700 words moved by Dave James. Picture. Graphic US-animal-offbeat NEW YORK It sounds like a real-life take on "Pinocchio" -- a US lobster fisherman says he was scooped into the mouth of a humpback whale and yet lived to tell the story after being spit back out. 400 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- ElSalvador-economy-bitcoin,FOCUS EL ZONTE The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador's Pacific coast is a laid back surfer's haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. It has only one cash machine but a trailblazing local economy based almost entirely on Bitcoin. 700 words moved by Oscar Batres. Picture. Video Entertainment-music-US-Britain-Garbage,INTERVIEW PARIS Garbage singer Shirley Manson has never been the retiring type, but any residual reticence is ditched on the group's new album as she unleashes decades of frustration over gender, race and climate issues. 600 words moved by Philippe Grelard and Eric Randolph. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Europe-vaccines-EMA,INTERVIEW THE HAGUE The head of the European Medicines Agency tells AFP that all countries must have access to coronavirus vaccines, as G7 leaders looked set to pledge to donate one billion doses to poor nations. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp. Video. Picture -- G7 SUMMIT -- G7-summit-health-virus-Britain-aid-education,FOCUS CARBIS Bay, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is championing solidarity at the G7 summit, defying criticism of cuts to UK foreign aid by sharing millions of Covid vaccines with poor countries and promoting schooling for vulnerable children. 600 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Picture. Video G7-summit-France-US-diplomacy,FOCUS CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom Emmanuel Macron's warm gestures and small talk hides the French president's frustration with Joe Biden, as his US counterpart bids to put Washington front and centre of global efforts to tackle a range of issues he has previously championed. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou. Picture. Video Also moved: G7-summit-demonstration-US-Biden-Britain-royals -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States and China clash in rare talks as President Joe Biden makes his international debut at the G7 summit, with his administration pressing Beijing on Covid, Taiwan and human rights. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing US-politics-Trump-Democrats-investigation,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats erupt in outrage over news that Donald Trump's Justice Department secretly surveilled lawmakers probing possible collusion with Russia, reaping the phone records of top political foes in what they called an unprecedented abuse of power. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture El-Salvador-economy-bitcoin,FOCUS EL ZONTE The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador's Pacific coast is a laid back surfer's haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. It has only one cash machine but a trailblazing local economy based almost entirely on Bitcoin. 700 words moved by Oscar Batres. Picture. Video Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peru's presidential vote, pitting right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori against leftist rival Pedro Castillo, was a "positive electoral process" in which "serious irregularities" were not detected, observers say, five days after elections that have yet to yield a result. 600 words 0300 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Science-space-Japan-mice,FOCUS WAHSINGTON Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups." 600 words moved by Philip Van Slooten and Lucie Auborg. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Afghanistan,FOCUS KABUL On his emergency room bed in Afghanistan's capital, you can barely hear Said Ali Shah speak through the oxygen mask plastered to his face. He is only just able to sit up after four days in intensive care. "No, no, no," he gasped, "I don't have the coronavirus." 550 words 0230 GMT by Mshtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-softball-AUS-Japan-health-virus,INTERVIEW TOKYO No meeting fans, no eating out and no sightseeing -- life in the Tokyo Olympic bubble could be "challenging" for athletes, the first team to arrive in Japan has warned. 600 words 0230 GMT by Andrew McKirdy. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-NIreland-trade,WRAP ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom Britain hits back at French President Emmanuel Macron's uncompromising stance on Brexit, in a simmering row over new trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. 550 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Greece-Afghanistan-migrants-court-fire,WRAP CHIOS, Greece Four young Afghan asylum seekers go on trial in Greece accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe's largest migrant camp of Moria last year. 500 words moved. File picture Germany-pope-homosexuality VATICAN CITY A German bishop gives a nod to blessing same-sex couples, following a meeting with Pope Francis who has voiced his opposition to the practice. 450 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-vote,WRAP ALGIERS Algerians vote in parliamentary elections as authorities seek to bolster their legitimacy and snuff out a long-running protest movement, under what activists say is a "climate of repression". 650 words 0200 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Graphic. Video Yemen-conflict-diplomacy,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS Yemen's foreign minister warns that Huthi rebels could thwart a renewed diplomatic push for peace as they scramble to seize a key city before discussing any ceasefire. 800 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-France-Sahel-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Mali announces a new government in which key roles are retained by army figures, as Bamako comes under pressure from ally France's troop drawdown in the war-torn Sahel and attacks on its 'putschist' president. 750 words moved by Amaury Hauchard with Armel Baily in Ouagadougou. Picture. Video France-Mali-military-media-conflict,WRAP PARIS French soldiers have killed a Malian jihadist suspected of being responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journalists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly says. 600 words 0130 GMT -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-ITA-TUR ROME Italy get their Euro 2020 campaign off the mark with an impressive 3-0 win over Turkey in the curtain-raiser for the postponed continental tournament in front of their home fans in Rome. 600 words moved by Emmeline Moore. Picture. Graphic afp
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