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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + India nears 20 million Covid cases + Germany smashes darknet child porn network + Apple and Epic Games face off in court + French troops to avoid trial over Rwanda massacre + Germany cancels Oktoberfest again Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's total Covid-19 caseload nears 20 million and oxygen shortages exacerbate a devastating second wave as the European Union proposes new rules that could allow travellers who are fully vaccinated with approved jabs to enter the bloc. 700 words 1700 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-crime-pornography-children,WRAP BERLIN German police say they have shut down "one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world" and arrested four of its members in a series of raids in mid-April. 500 words moved by Kit Holden US-IT-court-antitrust-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Tech titan Apple and Epic Games face off in a California courtroom in a clash over control of the increasingly important mobile app marketplace. 650 words 1630 GMT by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-internet-Apple-Epic,FACTS France-Rwanda-genocide-history,WRAP PARIS Members of the French armed forces deployed in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide are set to avoid any trial after prosecutors recommended that judges drop a case accusing them of complicity in crimes against humanity over their inaction in a massacre. 700 words moved by Eleonore Dermy. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-Germany-festival,2ndlead BERLIN Germany's iconic Oktoberfest beer festival will be cancelled in 2021 for the second year running due to the pandemic, Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder says. 400 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Europe-migration-Tunisia-ICoast,FOCUS SFAX, Tunisia Aminata Traoure survived a shipwreck in which she lost her baby daughter, her sister and her niece but she is determined to embark again on the illegal crossing to Europe. 730 words moved by Kaother Larbi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India NEW DELHI India's total Covid caseload nears 20 million as oxygen shortages in hospitals exacerbate a devastating second wave and much-needed foreign assistance continues to pour in. 550 words moved. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-EU-vaccines-travel,2ndlead BRUSSELS Europe is looking at easing travel restrictions on foreign tourists as early as next month, if they are fully vaccinated or come from a country with Covid under control, officials say. 700 words 1500 GMT by Marc Burleigh. File Picture Health-virus-vaccines-BioNTech-Pfizer-children,lead THE HAGUE Europe's medicines watchdog says it has started evaluating the use of Pfizer BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, with the jab's possible authorisation for children seen as a crucial step towards herd immunity. 400 words moved Health-virus-US-entertainment-music,lead LOS ANGELES Britain's Prince Harry joins pop royalty including Jennifer Lopez at a star-studded concert in Los Angeles to urge faster and more even global vaccinations, as he voices support for India during its devastating Covid outbreak. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-trial-crime,lead CHAMBERY, France A former French soldier who has admitted killing an eight-year-old girl, a case that shook the country nearly four years ago, appears in court on charges he also beat a man to death just a few months before. 550 words moved by Fanny Hardy and Ulysee Bellier. Picture. Sketch. video. Also moved: France-crime-Lelandais,FACTS Britain-NIreland-politics-history,WRAP BELFAST Northern Ireland marks its centenary, with coronavirus restrictions, simmering post-Brexit unrest and a leadership crisis marring the anniversary in the British-ruled province. 700 words 1500 GMT by Paul Faith and Joe Stenson. File picture. File video Russia-France-history-Napoleon,FOCUS MOSCOW Two hundred years after his death in exile on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena, some Russians hail Napoleon Bonaparte as political and military genius, not an invader whose advance saw Muscovites torch their own city before fleeing. 700 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Britain-Scotland-vote,ADVANCER GLASGOW Scotland votes on Thursday to elect the national parliament with the ruling party seeking a green light for a fresh referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. 800 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-Scotland-vote,SCENE Britain-Scotland-vote-Sturgeon,PROFILE -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-accident-religion JERUSALEM Israel's state comptroller announces the launch of an investigation into a stampede that killed 45 pilgrims at a religious festival, saying the crush "could have been prevented". 400 words moved. File Picture Syria-conflict-vote,lead DAMASCUS A Syrian former minister and a member of the Damascus-tolerated opposition will face Bashar al-Assad in this month's presidential election, the constitutional court says. 300 words. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-politics,FOCUS GAZA CITY Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's decision to indefinitely postpone elections could rekindle tensions between his secular Fatah movement and Hamas Islamists, piling pressure on Abbas to set a new timeline for a vote, experts say. 600 words moved by Adel Zaanoun -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-unrest,INTERVIEW N'DJAMENA Almost two weeks after Chad was thrown into crisis by the shock death of its veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno, ex-president Goukouni Weddeye calls for a "round table" -- with a place for the insurgents -- that would frame the country's future. 650 words 1600 GMT. File picture. Video Somalia-politics-unrest MOGADISHU Somalia's prime minister invites regional leaders to a fresh round of negotiations in the hope of resolving a protracted feud over elections that sparked violence in the capital. 450 words moved. File pictures. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Britain-US-G7-diplomacy-NKorea,WRAP LONDON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opens the Group of Seven's first in-person talks in two years by presenting the new administration's fresh approach on North Korea, which has already denounced it. 650 words 1500 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video US-gender-justice-sports WASHINGTON An appeals court is to examine a ban on transgender athletes competing in women's sports, a subject which has become highly politicized in the United States. 600 words 1730 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-accident,2ndlead DHAKA At least 26 people are killed in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh, as a speedboat carrying at least 30 people collides with a vessel transporting sand. 400 words moved. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-IT-lifestyle-Verizon-Yahoo,WRAP WASHINGTON Faded internet stars Yahoo and AOL are sold to a private equity firm for $5 billion by telecom giant Verizon, which ends its online media ambitions. 550 words 1530 GMT by Rob Lever Britain-US-finance-television-investments-minorities,INTERVIEW LONDON As one of the few black venture capitalists, Eric Collins is on a mission to prop up people facing "tough odds" to run businesses in Europe: Women and ethnic minorities. 700 words moved by Veronique Dupont. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-supporters-Glazers,FOCUS LONDON A dramatic protest by angry Manchester United supporters that forced the postponement of a Premier League clash against historic rivals Liverpool was the result of a long-running feud with the club's American owners, the Glazer family. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moving: Britain-politics-Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd Liverpool-fans-police,WRAP Gymnastics-AUS-Australia-abuse SYDNEY An inquiry into Australian gymnastics has found evidence of widespread abuse, sexism, racism and authoritarian coaching practises, according to a damning report. 350 words moved Cricket-IND-IPL-health-virus,2ndlead AHMEDABAD The Indian Premier League postpones a match because of the coronavirus crisis for the first time after two players test positive, organisers say. 550 words moved. File picture. Gabon-fbl-poverty,FOCUS LIBREVILLE Football is a source of national pride in small but oil-rich Gabon, but unpaid salaries, violated contracts and suspended competitions mean many players in local clubs struggle to make ends meet. 700 words 1600 GMT by Adrien Marotte. Pictures. Video afp
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