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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 countries pledge one billion vaccines doses + 30,000 kids risk death in famine-hit Tigray + Hong Kong to censor films for 'national security' + US lawmaker under fire over Israel comments + Djokovic, Nadal clash at French Open G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders meet for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to the world's poorest countries, as part of a show of Western democratic unity against the planet's most pressing issues. 750 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-famine-aid-UN,2ndlead GENEVA Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region, now hit by famine, the United Nations said Friday. 550 words 1130 GMT by Nina Larson HongKong-China-politics-film-censorship,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong censors are to vet all films for national security breaches under expanded powers, in the latest blow to the financial hub's political and artistic freedoms. 600 words moved US-politics-Congress-antiSemitism,WRAP WASHINGTON US congresswoman Ilhan Omar faces broad condemnation including from her Democratic Party's leadership after the Muslim lawmaker accused the United States and Israel of "unthinkable atrocities" comparable to those of Hamas and the Taliban. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Tennis-FRA-Open PARIS Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal clash for the 58th time in their "historic rivalry" on the same court where they first met 15 years ago with a place in the French Open final at stake. 650 words 1300 GMT by Dave James Picture Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Cyprus-art,VIDEOESSAY NICOSIA An Athenian "neo-muralist" is blending Greek mythology and Byzantine iconography with graffiti and street art to depict how the coronavirus has forced people the world over to put down roots. 600 words moved by David Vujanovic. Picture. Video -- G7 SUMMIT -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-NIreland-trade,lead LONDON Britain hits back at French President Emmanuel Macron's uncompromising stance on Brexit, in a simmering row over new trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. 400 words moved G7-US-IT-taxation,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO G7 countries that make up lucrative markets for US tech giants move closer to a plan to squeeze more tax money from the coffers of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-Covax-G7,FACTS GENEVA The G7's plan to donate one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries is a step in the right direction for the Covax scheme but will not solve all its problems or bring the acute imbalance in vaccine distribution to an end. 600 words 1100 GMT by Robin Millard Health-virus-US-cruises-travel,FOCUS MIAMI US-based cruise lines are chafing to resume voyages from Florida ports in July as the pandemic wanes -- but for vaccinated passengers only -- yet the state and its governor won't let them demand proof of vaccination. 800 words moved by Leila Macor. File picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,FOCUS ROME Almost all of Italy's political parties rallied behind Mario Draghi when he became prime minister -- but the public now seems to be falling for his biggest critic, the far-right leader Georgia Meloni. 800 words moved by Alvise Armellini. File Picture Poland-Belarus-politics-demonstration-Shostak,INTERVIEW WARSAW With her screaming protests outside the European Commission office in Warsaw, 28-year-old artist Jana Shostak has become the angry face of the Belarusian protest movement in Poland. 500 words 1100 GMT by Dario Thuburn. File picture. Video. Spain-politics-Podemos,ADVANCER MADRID The radical left-wing Podemos, junior partner in Spain's ruling coalition, is expected to name Ione Belarra as its leader Sunday after the departure of Pablo Iglesias, who founded the faction in 2014. 650 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote-nuclear,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran's presidential vote next week will likely replace a moderate with an ultraconservative, but this shouldn't derail ongoing nuclear talks because there is a broad political consensus in Tehran that they should succeed, analysts say. 700 words moved by Marc Jourdier. File Picture. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM Aref Hammad's neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem shot to recent world attention, but he fears without continued international pressure he will still be expelled from his home. 750 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Egypt-economy-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt is banking on a $500-million Gaza reconstruction project to shore up its influence in the Middle East, capitalising on clout it garnered by brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 800 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass -- AFRICA -- France-Sahel-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS PARIS In scaling back France's military footprint in the Sahel, President Emmanuel Macron is making the risky bet that Paris can escape a military quagmire by relying on local partners and an international coalition to quell an ongoing jihadist insurgency in Africa's most volatile region. 700 words 1400 GMT by Daphne Benoit and Pierre Donadieu. Picture. Video. Rwanda-genocide-justice-investigation-France,FOCUS PARIS The fate of an elderly Rwandan widow, who has spent decades trying to avoid a trial for genocide while living in France, is one of the key sticking points in the delicate process of reconciliation undertaken by Paris and Kigali in recent months. 900 words 1230 GMT by Lucie Peytermann and Benjamin Legendre. File picture. File video. ICoast-politics-Gbagbo-unrest,Q&A ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's former president, Laurent Gbagbo, returns home next week after almost a decade in which he was tried and acquitted of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. AFP looks at the main issues behind his return, which many see as a key test of national stability. 700 words 0930 GMT by Stephane Barbier and Christophe Koffi. File pictures. Graphic Nigeria-Twitter-internet-media,FOCUS LAGOS A sign on the newsroom wall of Nigerian broadcaster News Central spells out the channel's motto: No to mediocrity and disinformation. For News Central's dozens of journalists, that job just got more difficult after the government indefinitely suspended Twitter. 850 words 1300 GMT by Sophie Bouillon with John Okunyomih in Abuja. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Canada-crime-court-Islam,WRAP OTTAWA A Canadian man accused of slamming his pick-up truck into a Muslim family in London, Ontario, killing four people, makes a brief court appearance as new details emerge about him in the local press. 700 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture US-politics-Trump-Democrats-investigation,WRAP WASHINGTON Prosecutors in the US Justice Department under former president Donald Trump seized data from Apple from two Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee, as well as that of their staff and family members, The New York Times reports. 550 words moved. File picture. -- ASIA -- US-China-Taiwan-diplomacy-trade,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration commits to resuming trade talks with Taiwan in its highest-level contact yet with the island, brushing off warnings by Beijing against pursuing an economic pact. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File Picture China-US-business-law,Q&A BEIJING A new Chinese law against foreign sanctions is designed to significantly boost its power against international pressure, but could spark compliance dilemmas for global businesses operating in the world's second-largest economy. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Sebastien Ricci -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Britain-economy-growth,WRAP LONDON Britain's economy strengthened further in April as the government eased its lockdown, according to official data cautiously welcomed by finance minister Rishi Sunak as the Delta variant of the coronavirus risks delays to the lifting of more restrictions. 600 words 1100 GMT by Ben Perry Venezuela-health-economy,FOCUS CARACAS Johany Perez, a stretcher-bearer at a hospital in Caracas, earns a "starvation wage" of the minimum $2.20 a month in a Venezuela wracked by a severe economic crisis. 650 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS An in-form Italy face Turkey in Rome as Euro 2020 finally gets underway a year behind schedule and with the coronavirus continuing to cast a shadow over the tournament. 750 words 1100 GMT by Andy Scott and Emmeline Moore. Picture. Graphic Fbl-Copa-2021,PREVIEW RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil kicks-off the Copa America that almost never was on Sunday, on home soil for the second time in three years with minnows Venezuela as their opponents in a tournament already dominated by issues off the pitch. 750 words moved Also moved: Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus-court,WRAP Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,FOCUS -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- Indonesia-Australia-health JAKARTA Dengue fever infections drop dramatically in an Indonesian study where a bacteria was introduced into disease-carrying mosquitoes, offering hope in the battle against an illness that sickens millions annually around the world. 400 words moved Space-China-science-Mars BEIJING Solar panel "wings" spread out and two camera "eyes" pointing ahead, China's Mars rover Zhurong strikes a birdlike pose as it explores the red planet in photos released by the country's space agency. 300 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Croatia-museum,VIDEOESSAY ZAGREB Seeing your own head on a platter or posing for a photo while walking on the ceiling -- absurd images served up by a Croatian museum that has gone global. 400 words moved by Lajla Veselica. Picture. Video Austria-literature-entertainment-history-museum-Judaism,FOCUS VIENNA An exhibition in Austria's capital shines a spotlight on the neglected creator of world-famous 1942 Disney film "Bambi": Felix Salten, an eminent writer in pre-war Vienna who had to flee the Nazis. 750 words moved by Anne Beade. Picture. Video afp
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