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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Four dead in Florida collapse, 159 unaccounted for + US ex-policeman sentenced for Floyd murder + Australia battles Covid surge as Europe eases restrictions + Colombia leader says helicopter hit by gunfire + Aid workers 'brutally murdered' in war-torn Ethiopia US-accident-construction,WRAP SURFSIDE, Florida Four people are confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scour a mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-accident-construction,SCENE US-racism-police-trial MINNEAPOLIS Former policeman Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. 800 words moved by Joy Powell with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic. Also moved: US-racism-police-justice,FOCUS US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's largest city locks to contain a sudden Covid surge, but several European nations lift restrictions despite the global spread of a highly contagious form of the disease. 650 words 0800 GMT by Andrew Leeson with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video Colombia-Venezuela-violence border,WRAP BOGOTA President Ivan Duque says the helicopter he was flying in near the border with Venezuela was hit by gunfire in the first attack against a Colombian head of state in nearly 20 years. 500 words moved. File picture Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-Spain-attack,WRAP NAIROBI One Spanish and two Ethiopian employees of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been "brutally murdered" in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, the organisation says. 650 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-animal-environment-elephant,FOCUS BEIJING The mammoth trek across southern China of a herd of elephants that has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on the loss of their habitat and conservation challenges. 650 words moved by Poornima Weersaekara. File picture. Video Israel-parade-LGBTQ,WRAP TEL AVIV Thousands party in the streets of Tel Aviv at the city's first Pride event since the Covid pandemic, with many ignoring Israeli government pleas to wear masks amid a surge in infections. 600 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia-Sydney,2ndlead SYDNEY Central Sydney's streets are deserted at the start of a two-week lockdown to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant sweeping Australia's largest city and surrounding population centres. 500 words 0730 GMT by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM The Israeli health ministry reimposes a requirement for masks to be worn in enclosed public places, following a surge in Covid-19 cases since the rule was dropped 10 days ago. 500 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS Health-virus-Russia,lead Health-virus-research,FOCUS Health-virus-variant,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-accident-construction-building,FOCUS WASHINGTON Rescuers are still searching for survivors in rubble of the collapsed Florida apartment tower, but pressure is building -- from families of missing residents to the state's governor -- for answers on how such a disaster could have occurred. 700 words moved by Valentin Graff Canada-indigenous-school-graves,lead OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for "harmful government policies" and does not rule out a criminal probe after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at a former indigenous residential school in Western Canada. 600 words moved by Michel Comte Colombia-kidnapping-peace-justice,INTERVIEW BOGOTA The anguish did not end with her liberation from the clutches of FARC guerillas 13 years ago, says Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage in a South American jungle for more than half a decade at the height of Colombia's decades-long conflict. 550 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video Climate-environment-Brazil-hydropower WASHINGTON A controversial hydropower plant on the Amazon that promised "green energy" ended up increasing greenhouse gas emissions threefold compared to before it began operation, a study finds. 500 words moved by Philip Van Slooten US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden promises Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani strong support during a White House meeting but makes clear he was not planning to slow the US withdrawal after nearly two decades of fighting. 700 words moved by Paul Handley and Jerome Cartillier -- EUROPE -- Germany-crime-knife,WRAP BERLIN A man kills three people and leaves five others seriously injured in an "incredibly brutal" knife rampage in the southern German city of Wuerzburg. 700 words moved by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video. Live video France-assault-trial,WRAP CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France A French woman who killed her rapist husband is spared any more jail time in a case that became a rallying cause for feminists. 600 words moved by Loic Venin. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- US-Iran-France-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS The United States and France warn Iran that time is running out to return to a nuclear deal, voicing fear that Tehran's sensitive atomic activities could advance if talks drag on. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-conflict,4thlead BAMAKO Six Malian soldiers are killed in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state, in a violent day which also saw 15 United Nations peacekeepers wounded in a car-bomb attack further north. 450 words moved Madagascar-drought-famine-climate-UN-aid UNITED NATIONS The famine ravaging Madagascar -- the first country to experience such conditions due to climate change -- is forcing people to eat locusts, cactus fruits, leaves and even mud, and some are on the verge of starvation, a UN official warns. 300 words moved -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-Europe-trade-economy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Employers on both sides of the Atlantic are urging the Biden administration to urgently lift travel restrictions on Europeans, as investment from the continent in the United States plunged by nearly a third last year. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou -- SCIENCE -- Science-human-evolution-China,lead WASHINGTON A skull preserved almost perfectly for more than 140,000 years in northeastern China represents a new species of ancient people more closely related to us than even Neanderthals -- and could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE -- France-architecture-arts-environment ARLES, France Rising high beyond an ancient Roman arena in Arles, a tall, twisted tower created by Frank Gehry shimmers in the sun, the latest futuristic addition to this southern French city known for its World Heritage sites. 550 words moved by Isabelle Wesselingh Italy-Colosseum-archaeology-tourism,PHOTOESSAY ROME The Colosseum says it finished a meticulous restoration of its underground area, with a new visiting path allowing for more intimate views of the arena's bloody subterranean corridors. 550 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video afp
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