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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 unveils plans to counter China, fight pandemics + Israel parliament vote expected to end Netanyahu rule + Danish star Eriksen collapses at Euro 2020 match + Switzerland votes in referendum on pesticides ban + Trip to space with Jeff Bezos sells for $28 mn G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom G7 leaders confront China and the threat of future pandemics as the elite club of wealthy nations advertises a newfound Western unity at its first physical summit since 2019. 850 words moved by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli lawmakers are poised to approve or scupper a "change" coalition government of bitter ideological rivals united only by their determination to wrest power from criminally-indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Euro 2020 reels after Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapses in the middle of a match and has to receive emergency treatment on the pitch in extraordinary scenes in Copenhagen. 750 words moved by Guy Jackson with Terry Daley in Copenhagen. Picture. Video. Graphic Switzerland-voting-agriculture-environment-terrorism GENEVA Switzerland votes on proposals to ban synthetic pesticides following a campaign that has shattered the idyllic image of peaceful Swiss Alpine pastures by sharply dividing opinion. 700 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. File picture. File video US-space-BlueOrigin,WRAP WASHINGTON A mystery bidder pays $28 million at auction for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos, when the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire's company Blue Origin blasts off from a Texas desert next month. 600 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Canada-crime-Islam-funeral,WRAP LONDON, Ontario Several hundred people gather in London, Ontario to pay homage to a Muslim family deliberately mowed down by the driver of a pick-up truck, in an attack that has shocked Canadians and which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced as "terrorist." 550 words moved by Nicole Osborne with Philippe Sauvagnargues in Montreal. Picture. Video Peru-vote-Fujimori,WRAP LIMA Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori insists that Peru's presidential election was marred by fraud, as final vote counting drags on with her leftist rival slightly ahead. 550 words moved. Picture. Video US-China-Europe-manufacturing-trade-metal,FOCUS NEW YORK What if China were to cut off the United States and Europe from access to rare minerals that are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and drones? With the transition to green energy under way, Washington and Brussels want to avoid this scenario by investing in the market. 750 words moved by Ali Bekhtaoui. File picture US-banking-investment-bitcoin,FOCUS NEW YORK Investing in bitcoin and other digital currencies remains a risky game, and some US financial heavyweights are staying on the sidelines -- but others are proceeding cautiously into the growing world of crypto-assets. 700 words moved by Juliette Michel US-economy-bank-rate,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Even in the face of rising inflation, the lackluster progress on restoring jobs lost during the pandemic means the US Federal Reserve is unlikely to budge on monetary policy when it meets next week. 650 words moved by Heather Scott US-IT-games-E3 SAN FRANCISCO The world's premier video game trade show, E3, kicks off online, celebrating play that "kept us sane" during the pandemic, venturing into new fantasy worlds with Ubisoft's fresh offering "Avatar," and promising a real-world gathering next year. 550 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics CARBIS BAY, Cornwall UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns Europe he would suspend a deal for post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland unless a solution could be found to a row over border checks. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Spain-politics-Catalonia-prisoners,WRAP MADRID Right-wing protesters are due to hit the streets of Madrid to denounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence bid. 650 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona. Picture. Video Britain-media-television-GBNews,FOCUS LONDON GB News -- the first dedicated television news channel to launch in Britain in more than two decades -- goes live for the first time on Sunday. 750 words moved by Callum Paton -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia announces that it will allow 60,000 residents vaccinated against Covid to perform this year's hajj, but Muslims from abroad will be barred for a second straight year. 700 words moved. File Picture. Video Algeria-vote,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria voted Saturday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by a high abstention rate. 700 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Algeria-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Algeria-vote,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-health,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Her eyes glued to a cellphone photo of her sister and four children killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Ola lets out the painful words: "I was hoping we'd find them alive." 850 words moved by Mai Yaghi and Guillaume Lavallee -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open-men,PREVIEW PARIS Novak Djokovic could become the first man in 52 years to win all four Grand Slam titles twice in the French Open final after conquering Rafael Nadal, the "Mount Everest" of Roland Garros. 650 words moved by Dave James. Picture Cricket-ENG-NZL,WRAP BIRMINGHAM Matt Henry takes three top-order wickets to leave New Zealand on the brink of a series-clinching win as England's batsmen failed miserably in the second and final Test. 550 words moved by Julian Guyer. Picture afp
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