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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Florida death toll climbs to nine, 150 missing + Moscow virus cases up, S. Africa adds measures + Secret defence files found at British bus stop + Belgium reach Euros quarters with Portugal win + Williams joins Nadal in missing Tokyo Olympics US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida The death toll after the collapse of a Florida apartment tower climbs to nine, with more than 150 people still missing and their weary families waiting more than three days afterwards for information as to their fate. 750 words 0400 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Moscow records its worst daily coronavirus death toll and South Africa reimposes restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-defence-army-diplomacy-Russia LONDON Britain investigates how secret defence documents, outlining the movements of a warship that led to Russia firing warning shots off the Crimean coast, were found at a bus stop in England. 400 words moved Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Thorgan Hazard scores the only goal of the game as Belgium knock the holders Portugal out of Euro 2020 and the Czech Republic end the dreams of a 10-man Netherlands side. 750 words moved by Andy Scott with Tom Allnutt in Seville. Picture. Video. Graphic Oly-2020-2021-Tennis-Serena-Wimbledon,lead LONDON Serena Williams says she will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics, joining fellow Grand Slam legend Rafael Nadal in withdrawing from the Games. 400 words moved by Pirate Irwin. Picture Also moved: tennis-GBR-Wimbledon-Konta-virus-health,lead -- SPOTLIGHT -- Cyprus-botany-tourism-leisure,VIDEOESSAY AGROS, Cyprus Lavender, basil or roses: history and aromatic plants are being grafted in Cyprus to broaden its sun-and-sea appeal and regain its lofty status dating back to Roman times. 400 words 0300 GMT by Valentine Graveleau. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Italy-health-virus-government-tourism ROME All of Italy becomes a mask-free, "low-risk" zone for coronavirus, marking a dramatic milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020. 350 words 0130 GMT. File picture Europe-Spain-crime-women,FOCUS MADRID As life gradually returns to normal in Europe, there has been a resurgence of deadly violence against women as abusers experience a "loss of the control" they enjoyed throughout the coronavirus lockdowns. 700 words 0200 GMT by Marie Giffard with AFP bureaus in Europe Also moving: Europe-Spain-crime-women,BACKGROUND -- AMERICAS -- US-defence-Iran-Iraq-Syria,WRAP WASHINGTON The Pentagon announces it conducted targeted air strikes against "facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups" on the Iraq-Syria border following ongoing attacks on US interests, which a monitor said killed five militia fighters. 500 words 0130 GMT by Becca Milfeld US-LGBTQ-retirement-senior-citizens,FOCUS HOUSTON Life has thrown a lot of roadblocks at Dina Jacobs, a transgender woman, for trying to live authentically. But now, she can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel in the modest one-bedroom apartment she rents for less than $500 a month in the first residence in the southern United States exclusively for LGBTQ people. 750 words 0130 GMT by Francois Picard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-India-vaccine-politics-corruption,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO There was something fishy about the invoice: why was a company in Singapore billing Brazil $45 million for an Indian Covid-19 vaccine that hadn't been delivered? That question has put Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the hot seat -- and has opponents hoping the scandal might cost the far-right leader his job. 850 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-vote,WRAP PARIS The French far right of Marine Le Pen fails to win any region while the centrist ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron suffers another poll drubbing in the second round of regional elections, again marked by a woeful turnout. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. Graphic Sweden-politics,WRAP STOCKHOLM Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who lost a confidence vote last week, faces a stark choice; to call snap elections or to resign and spark negotiations for a successor. 500 words 0200 GMT. File picture US-Italy-Israel-Palestinians-diplomacy-conflict ROME Israel's foreign minister voices concern over US diplomacy with Iran but promises a less confrontational approach in the new government's first high-level talks with the Jewish state's closest ally. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Poland-Israel-Germany-history-WWII-Jews,lead WARSAW Poland and Israel summon each other's envoys amid a row over a new Polish law that experts say could block World War II restitution claims and which the Jewish state slammed as "immoral". 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-unrest-army,FOCUS KHARTOUM Integrating a powerful paramilitary force into the army has emerged as the latest stumbling block in Sudan's transition to civilian rule following three decades under ousted strongman Omar al-Bashir. 750 words 0200 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Menna Zaki. File Picture Palestinians-politics-protest,lead RAMALLAH The labour minister in the Palestinian Authority will resign, a member of his party says, as protesters march for a fourth day demanding president Mahmud Abbas step down. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,lead MAMA, Ivory Coast Thousands of supporters give Ivory Coast's controversial former president Laurent Gbagbo a hero's welcome, shouting "Hurray" and flashing the V for Victory sign as he makes a triumphant return to his home village. 350 words moved. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest,WRAP BENI, DRCongo The mayor of the eastern DR Congo city of Beni declares a curfew after three weekend bomb attacks. 600 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Graphic Also moved: DR-Congo-conflict-church,WRAP -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-TomorrowWar,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With a top Hollywood star, a dark "Terminator"-esque sci-fi premise and a reported $200 million price tag, "The Tomorrow War" would ordinarily be shaping up as one of the summer's biggest and smartest blockbusters, but the movie won't be troubling box offices at all, having been sold to Amazon for a whopping fee back in January. 600 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPORT -- fbl-Maradona-ARG-justice-Argentina,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentine prosecutors will question Diego Maradona's personal physician, accused along with six other medical professionals of having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days. 550 words 0130 GMT. File picture. Graphic Cycling-Tour-FRA-2021,WRAP MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France Mathieu Van der Poel wins stage 2 of the Tour de France to claim the overall leader's yellow jersey and strike a blow for his famous cycling family. 600 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Graphic auto-prix-AUT-Styrian,WRAP SPIELBERG, Austria Max Verstappen dominates the Styrian Grand Prix, as reigning champion Lewis Hamilton rolls in a distant second in his Mercedes, complaining that the Red Bulls are "faster, they're just faster." 600 words moved. Picture afp
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