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Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 unveils plans to counter China, fight pandemics + Danish star Eriksen collapses at Euro 2020 match + Algerians vote after crackdown on boycott protesters + Final homage to murdered Canada Muslim family + Trip to space with Jeff Bezos sells for $28 mn G7-summit,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom The G7 unveil US-led plans to counter China in infrastructure funding for poorer nations, and a new accord to battle future pandemics, as the elite group advertises Western unity at its first in-person summit since 2019. 850 words 1930 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP COPENHAGEN Denmark star Christian Eriksen is awake in hospital and undergoing tests after collapsing on the pitch against Finland, leading to the suspension of the Euro 2020 match between the nations in Copenhagen. 700 words 1900 GMT by Terry Daley. Picture. Video. Graphic Algeria-vote,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria votes in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has campaigned for a mass boycott. 800 words 2000 GMT GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Algeria-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Algeria-vote,CHRONO Canada-crime-Islam-funeral,WRAP LONDON, Ontario Four members of a Muslim family killed in a seemingly deliberate truck attack are laid to rest in their Canadian home city, following an assault that shocked the nation. 600 words 2200 GMT by Nicole Osborne. Picture. Video US-space-BlueOrigin,WRAP WASHINGTON An unnamed 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 2000 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- G7 SUMMIT -- G7-summit-climate,FOCUS CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom Britain is using its G7 summit to mobilise allies ahead of the COP26 conference in November in Glasgow amid pressure from environmental groups to make the meeting count. 700 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. Picture. Video G7-summit-climate-demonstration FALMOUTH Thousands of environmental campaigners rally noisily and colourfully in Cornwall to urge G7 leaders to do far more against climate change and biodiversity loss. 500 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video G7-summit-US-Biden,FOCUS CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom "Everybody in the water!" President Joe Biden joked to his fellow G7 leaders at a family photo on the beach, underlining an assured transformation in tone from the antagonistic Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Afghanistan,FOCUS KABUL On his emergency room bed in Afghanistan's capital, you can barely hear Said Ali Shah speak through the oxygen mask plastered to his face. He is only just able to sit up after four days in intensive care. "No, no, no," he gasped, "I don't have the coronavirus." 550 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,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. 500 words 1930 GMT. File Picture US-aviation-health,lead WASHINGTON A flight en route from Los Angeles to Atlanta was forced to make an emergency landing when a passenger attacked flight attendants, struggled with other passengers, and threatened to bring down the plane, authorities say. 450 words 2000 GMT US-animal-offbeat NEW YORK It sounds like a real-life take on "Pinocchio" -- a US lobster fisherman says he was scooped into the mouth of a humpback whale and yet lived to tell the story after being spit back out. 400 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture. Video US-climate-environment-drought,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Lakes at historically low levels, unusually early forest fires, restrictions on water use and now a potentially record heat wave: even before summer's start the US West is suffering the effects of chronic drought made worse by climate change. 700 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. File video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-Moscow,2ndlead MOSCOW Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin announces a "non-working" week in the Russian capital, with non-essential workers told to stay home, as Covid-19 cases hit a six-month high. 650 words moved by Anastasia Clark. File picture Greece-Afghanistan-migrants-fire-trial,2ndlead CHIOS, Greece A Greek court sentences four young Afghan asylum seekers, accused of starting fires that burnt down Europe's largest migrant camp last year, to 10 years in prison each. 500 words moved. File picture 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 -- 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 1930 GMT. File Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow is released from prison on the second anniversary of the city's huge democracy rallies, with police out in force and protests now all but banned. 600 words moved by Yan Zhao. Video. Picture. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-Chow,PROFILE -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- Lifestyle-US-IT-games-E3 SAN FRANCISCO The world's premier video game trade show E3 kicks off online, celebrating virtual play that "kept us sane" during the pandemic and promising a real-world gathering next year. 500 words 2300 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Barbora Krejcikova wins her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open, beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech woman in 40 years to conquer Roland Garros, before dedicating her victory to former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna who died four years ago. 600 words moved by Dave James. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open- Krejcikova,REAX Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-VEN-health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA Twelve people from the Venezuelan national football team, including players and staff, have tested positive for Covid-19, a day before they play the opening match of the controversial, pandemic-battered Copa America against hosts Brazil. 650 words 2000 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture. Video 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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