July 7-8, 2017 -- Some 20,000 police officers are to be deployed in Hamburg where more than 100,000 protesters, including as many as 10,000 left-wing extremists, are expected to converge on the G20 summit. Police will also have to secure the summit against a possible attack by Islamist militants.

GN35542 CONFLICT: German police braced for trouble at G20 summit. Graphic shows security measures in place in Hamburg during the G20 summit. (107mm by 171mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 29, 2017 -- German startup Volocopter will shuttle passengers in its futuristic, flying taxi in Dubai before the end of the year. Volocopter has signed a deal with Dubai's Road and Transport Authority to begin testing the flying taxi in the fourth-quarter of 2017. The tests will last five years.

Unlike the previous plan of using one-seater unmanned autonomous air taxis, the authority will utilise two-seater vehicles that have an autopilot or autonomous flying feature but will be manned.

GN35543 AVIATION: Volocopter air taxi (DUE 30Jun 14:0GMT) Graphic shows details of Volocopter aerial vehicle.
(107mm by mm deep for print and responsive screen graphic for digital)

June 29, 2017 -- The Trump administration will put its new travel restrictions on refugees and migrants from six countries into effect at 8 p.m. eastern time on Thursday.

GN35551 U.S.: Trump travel ban to take effect. Graphic shows travel restrictions. (107mm by 140mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

July 18, 2017 -- Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official ever to be charged in the Catholic Church's long-running s exual abuse scandal, is due to appear before Melbourne magistrates’ court to face charges. Pell, the Vatican treasurer, has vehemently denied the accusations.

GN35550 VATICAN: Cardinal George Pell profile. (107mm by 103mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

The charges laid against Cardinal Pell will cast a cloud over Pope Francis’s efforts to draw a line under child abuse issues that have dogged the church for decades. In a December letter to bishops, the Pope said there was “zero tolerance” for child s exual abuse by clergy.

June 29, 2017 -- Global debt has grown by US$75 trillion to $217 trillion in the decade since the 2007-08 financial crisis, reaching $28,900 for every man, woman and child in the world according to a new report.

GN35554 BUSINESS: Global debt levels surge. Graphic shows rise in global borrowing in advanced and emerging markets over past 21 years. $1 trillion = $1,000,000 million. (107mm by 92mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

Global debt levels stood at 327 percent of the world's annual economic output (GDP) in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

A decade-long, $40 trillion borrowing spree in the developing world added to the debt since 2007, a significant acceleration from the $8.6 trillion added between 1996 and 2007.

Of $56 trillion of emerging market debt, China accounted for almost $33 trillion, led by household and company borrowing. Brazil accounted for $3.6 trillion and India for 2.9 trillion, the IFF said in its report.

June 28, 2017 -- A Venezuelan police helicopter strafed the Supreme Court and the Interior Ministry in Caracas, in what President Nicolás Maduro called an attack by “terrorists” seeking a coup. Venezuela's government said in a communique the helicopter was stolen by investigative police pilot Oscar Perez, who declared himself in rebellion against Maduro.

Opponents to Maduro view the Interior Ministry as a bastion of repression and also hate the Supreme Court for its string of rulings bolstering the president's power and undermining the opposition-controlled legislature.

GN35545 UNREST: Helicopter attacks Venezuela’s Supreme Court. Graphic shows location of the attack.(107mm by 115mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 28, 2017 -- As so-called Islamic State loses control of territory in Syria and Iraq, violence by IS affiliates is surging on the other side of the world -- specifically in the Philippines and Indonesia.

GN35546 TERRORISM: IS affiliates in Asia factbox. Graphic shows selected Islamic State-linked terrorist groups in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.(107mm by 183mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

At least 30 violent and active militant groups in Southeast Asia have already pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

These include the Indonesian group Jemaah Islamiya, which was responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, and Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, also based in Indonesia. The Filipino group Abu Sayyaf, which beheaded a German hostage in February; the Bangsomoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Ansar al-Khilafah Philippines based on Mindanao.

The recently-formed Maute group is now the biggest and most deadly among Islamic State groups in the southern Philippines. The Mautes, with nationals from Malaysia and Indonesia, are at the forefront of the battle with the military for control of Marawi City in Mindanao.

Also, Malay-speaking militants established the Katibah Nusantara combat unit in 2014, headquartered in Al Shadadi, about 125km east of Raqqa in Syria.

Most estimates place the strength of Katibah Nusantara at around 800-900 fighters. The majority are Malaysians, with an estimated 200 Indonesians as well, and a few from Singapore and the Philippines. Around 200 of these battle-hardened militants are thought to have returned home.

une 27, 2017 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to give the go-ahead for the government to sell off loss-making Air India. It now has more than $8 billion of debt — equivalent to the value of the company.

Air India was founded in 1932 as Tata Airlines by Jamsetji Tata, before being nationalised in 1953. The government merged domestic Indian Airlines with Air India in 2007 — a controversial decision currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Since the merger, the airline has struggled to keep up with cheaper no-frills rivals and has made pre-tax losses for eight years in a row. Air India's share in the domestic aviation market has shrunk to just 14.1 percent — a distant third behind high-flying Indigo (39.8%) and Jet Airways (15.5%). On the international sector, it still has a significant share of 25 percent but continues to lose heavily on these routes.

In March, auditors found the group had understated its operating losses by nearly $1bn between 2012 and 2015.

The Press Trust of India reports that the CBI has launched a criminal investigation into alleged irregularities in a 2006 decision authorising Air India to buy 68 Boeing jets for $11 billion.

GN35536 BUSINESS: Air India factbox Graphic shows revenues and losses since Indian government merged profitable domestic Indian Airlines with loss-making international arm, Air India, in 2007.(107mm by 158mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 27, 2017 -- The image of the U.S. has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Trump. Excepting only Israel and Russia, the vast majority of people in other countries have no confidence in his leadership.

GN35537 POLITICS: Perceptions of U.S. plunge under Trump (SHOW 12:30:56GMT 27Jun Graphic)Graphic shows a survey by the Pew Research Center about the confidence in the U.S. President to do the right thing in World affairs.(107mm by mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 27, 2017 -- The UK Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is embarking on a series of sea trials ahead of her expected commissioning in 2018. The £3.5 billion ($4.5bn) vessel is one of two new carriers being built at the Rosyth dockyard in Scotland.

GN35535 MILITARY: HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. Graphic shows details of HMS Queen Elizabeth.(107mm by 149mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital)).

The 65,000-tonne vessel is the largest warship ever constructed for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, and is the world’s largest aircraft carrier outside of the United States. It is capable of deploying the next-generation F-35 joint strike fighter.

Graphics show anniversaries and events for the week of July 2 - 8, 2017. This week features the aviator Amelia Earhart, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, NASA’s Juno spacecraft, the Shard in London, the end of London’s trams, the artist Marc Chagall, and the unveiling of the 787 Dreamliner

GN35505 (week 27) (each 52mm wide by 118mm deep for printl)

July 2, 1937: Aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the Pacific Ocean as they tried to make the first flight around the world flight at the equator

July 3, 1988: The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge was completed in Istanbul, Turkey, providing a second crossing between Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus

July 4, 2016: NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Jupiter at the start of a 20-month survey to study the planet’s composition and magnetic field

July 5, 2012: The Shard was inaugurated in London. At 310m (1,020ft) high, it was the tallest building in Europe until overtaken by the 338m Mercury City Tower in Moscow

July 6, 1952: London’s last trams were withdrawn from service after almost a century in operation. The first trams, which appeared in 1861, were horse-drawn

July 7, 1887: Marc Chagall, Russian-French artist associated with several major styles and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century, was born

July 8, 2007: Boeing unveiled its new 787 Dreamliner, touted as the world’s most environmentally friendly airliner. It claimed to use 20% less fuel than other planes of its size

June 26, 2017 -- Chinese civil rights campaigner and Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Liu, 61, jailed in 2009 on subversion charges for calling for greater democracy, was a key leader in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989

GN35532 Profile of Liu Xiaobo, Graphic shows profile of chinese civil rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo
(107mm by 116mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital) for printl)

June 26, 2017 -- At least 153 people died and dozens were injured after a fuel tanker overturned and exploded outside the eastern city of Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab province. People from nearby villages had been using buckets, bottles and cans to scoop up some of the 25,000 litres of fuel gushing onto the road for about an hour when the tanker exploded in a massive fireball.

GN35531 DISASTERS: Worst road tanker accidents. Graphic shows worst road tanker accidents since 2010.(107mm by 129mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 23, 2017 -- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain issued a 13-point list of demands to Qatar. Qatar must shut down Al-Jazeera, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran, close down Turkey’s military base in Qatar and sever all ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Qatar has 10 days to comply with all of the demands.

GN35525 POLITICS: Qatar list of demands
Graphic shows list of demands.
(107mm by 146mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

August 30, 2017 -- The new Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth is scheduled to open to road traffic after several delays. The 2.7km structure will be the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world and also the largest to feature cables which cross mid-span. It forms part of Scotland’s east coast transport corridor and runs alongside the venerable Forth Rail Bridge and Forth Road Bridge, which will be dedicated to public transport, cycling and walking.

GN35513 TRANSPORT: Queensferry Crossing
Graphic shows details of Queensferry Crossing project.
(107mm by 161mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 23, 2017 -- Airbus will fit new fixed and deployable combined flight data and voice recorders as standard on long-range aircraft starting in 2019 in a bid to make it easier to find aircraft wreckage in the event of an accident over the sea.

GN35526 AVIATION: Deployable voice and data recorders
Graphic shows new deployable combined flight data and voice recorders and mode of operation.
(107mm wide by 160mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital)

L3 Aviation Products will design and manufacture a lighter and more compact fixed, crash-protected cockpit voice and data recorder (CVDR), which will be able to record up to 25 hours of voice and flight data, up from the current requirement for a duration of two hours of voice recording.

Charles Champion, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Airbus Commercial Aircraft said: “Airbus, together with L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS, is very pleased to be leading the commercial aircraft industry in implementing into our aircraft new deployable flight data and 25-hour voice recording capability.”

The Toulouse-based manufacturer will fit the devices in the A350 XWB first, followed by A380s, A330s and A320LRs.

The ADFR will be installed flush into the skin of the tail and is designed to deploy automatically via a spring mechanism in the housing case. The spring will push the recorder into the aircraft’s slipstream, where its shape will act as an aerofoil, carrying it away from the plane. After a mid-air deployment, it will free-fall, but its descent will stabilise a a terminal velocity of about nine metres per second.

If the aircraft came down in water, the recorder is designed to float. Upon separation the ADFR initiates an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) sending a satellite signal with the aircraft’s country of registration, tail number and the location, updating the information in the event of drift.

June 22 - July 31, 2017 -- Events this month include the G20 summit in Hamburg, preceded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Poland. France holds Bastille Day celebrations amid tight security concerns, Venezuela’s embattled government is set to elect a constituent assembly, and the trial of ousted Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is due to conclude. Dubai plans to introduce a drone passenger-carrying service, NASA will fly its Juno probe directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and the IOC awards hosting rights for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games.

GN35515 WORLD AGENDA July 2017 interactive
Graphic shows news events in July 2017.
(Interactive graphic 640px wide by 600px deep)

Also available:
GN35514 WORLD AGENDA July 2017
(163mm wide by 212mm deep for print)

June 22, 2017 -- Sega is reissuing almost every video game from its back catalogue on iOS and Android, for free. The Sega Forever initiative will allow gamers to play titles with advertisements, or pay $1.99 to have them removed.

GN35523 TECH: “Sega Forever” classic games collection
Graphic shows history of Sega’s hugely popular consoles with details on Sega’s retro gaming plans.
(107mm by 160mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 22, 2017 -- Islamic State militants blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement, as Iraqi forces seeking to expel the group from the city closed in on the site. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the destruction of the mosque is an “official declaration of defeat” by IS.

GN35521 IRAQ: IS blows up historic Mosul mosque Graphic shows situation on the ground in Mosul.(Published 107mm by 170mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital)

UPDATE (1) June 23, 2017. New headline and standfirst. numbers updated to reflect orders on the final day of the Paris Air Show.

June 22, 2017 -- Boeing has topped Airbus in the air show order haul for the first time since 2012, driven by 336 orders and commitments for its new 737 Max 10 narrowbody aircraft alone – worth up to $40 billion at list prices

GN35522(1) Paris Air Show order tracker -- Day 4
Graphic shows orders up to day 4 of the Paris Air Show.
(107mm by mm deep for print and responsive screen graphic for digital)

The biggest buyer at the Paris show was General Electric Co.’s GE Capital Aviation Service (GECAS), which ordered 100 Airbus planes valued at $10.8 billion. GECAS also converted 20 Boeing options to the Max 10 from Max 8 and MAX 9 versions. In total Boeing secured 336 MAX 10 commitments, including around 200 conversions from other MAX versions.

Canada’s Bombardier Inc. announced Tuesday it had secured a letter of intent from India’s Spicejet for 50 Q400 turboprop aircraft worth up to $1.7bn. The order comes a day after the Montreal-based company signed deals with Philippine Airlines for seven Q400s and Ethiopian Airlines for five Q400s, bringing its two-day sales to $2.1bn.

Brazilian planemaker Embraer booked orders for 48 planes in deals totalling about $1.6bn, including orders for 20 of its new fly-by-wire E195-E2 airliners. France’s ATR recorded orders for 15 aircraft worth around $300m.

Also available:
GN35516 AVIATION: Paris Air Show order tracker
(107mm by 113mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

GN35511 AVIATION: Paris Air Show orders
(107mm by 146mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

GN35392 AVIATION: Boeing 737 MAX 10 debut
(107mm wide by 159mm (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

GN35428 AVIATION: F-35 Paris Air Show debut
(107mm by 140mm deep for print and responsive screen graphic for digital for print)

June 20, 2017 -- Around 1,300 U.S. children under the age of 17 die from gun-related injuries every year, about 500 of which are self-inflicted, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

GN35512 U.S.: Childhood gun suicide rising
Graphic charts alarming rise in childhood firearm suicides.
(107mm by 160mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 20, 2017 -- Australia has temporarily suspended air operations over Syria following Russia’s threat to target coalition aircraft flying west of the Euphrates after a U.S. fighter jet downed a Syrian military plane. The action was the first time the U.S.-led coalition has shot down a Syrian jet since the war erupted in 2011, and it comes after several recent incidents in which the U.S. has targeted regime forces and their allies in eastern Syria.

GN35510 CONFLICT: U.S.-Russian escalation in Syria
Graphic shows situation on the ground.
(107mm by 153mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 19, 2017 -- One man has died after a hire van hit a group of 11 worshippers leaving a Muslim welfare centre in north London. The Metropolitan Police said eight people had been taken to hospital after the incident at the junction of Whadcoat Street and Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park.

GN35503 TERRORISM: Finsbury Park Mosque attack.
Graphic shows location of the attack and Finsbury Park Mosque.
(107mm by 118mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital) for printl)

A 48-year-old white man suspected of being the driver of the van was arrested at the scene by police, after being detained by witnesses. An imam was reported to have saved the van driver from the angry crowd until the police arrived.

Police said in a statement that one man was pronounced dead at the scene. The London ambulance service said the eight injured were taken to three hospitals and two others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

If confirmed as a terrorist attack, this would be the fourth since March.

June 19, 2017 -- French President Emmanuel Macron is poised to rearrange his Cabinet after his new centrist party engineered a landslide in the country's parliamentary election, enabling the government to quickly start passing its first big laws.

GN35504 FRANCE: Parliamentary election result
Graphic shows election result.
(107mm by 92mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 19, 2017 -- Portugal is investigating the cause of a devastating forest fire that claimed the lives of at least 62 people over the weekend as firefighters continue to battle wildfires across the country

GN35501 DISASTERS: Portugal forest fire. Graphic shows location of the fires burning across Portugal.(107mm by 146mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

• The fires began on Saturday during an intense heatwave with temperatures rising about 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) in some areas.
• Police report that the fire may have been caused by lightning striking a tree.
• More than 1,600 firefighters are fighting the main fires, supported by about 400 vehicles, 18 aircraft and two army battalions.
• France has offered three firegighting planes, Spain has sent two water-bombing aircraft.

June 16, 2017 -- Helmut Kohl, Germany's ex-chancellor and architect of reunification in 1990, has died at 87. Germany's longest serving post-war chancellor from 1982 to 1998, Kohl was is credited with bringing East and West Germany together after the fall of the Berlin Wall. An imposing figure who formed a close relationship with French President Francois Mitterrand in pushing for closer European integration, Kohl had been frail and wheelchair-bound since suffering a bad fall in 2008.

GN35499 POLITICS: Helmut Kohl obituary
Graphic shows profile of Helmut Kohl
(107mm by 160mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 16, 2017 -- Support for the European Union among its citizens has jumped sharply since the Brexit vote a year ago, even as Europeans express doubts about the EU’s handling of migration, trade and the economy. Support surged by 18 percentage points in both Germany and France, which just elected europhile centrist Emmanuel Macron as president, the Washington-based Pew Research Center found.

Even the British hold a much more favourable opinion of the European Union. Now 54 percent of them view the EU positively, 10 points up on a year ago, while 40 percent were unfavourable. In June last year, they voted by 52 percent to 48 percent for Brexit. Negotiations on withdrawal terms start on Monday.

GN35496 Support for EU surges in wake of Brexit vote Graphic shows views about the EU among ten European countries
(107mm by 132mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 16, 2017 -- The June 1947 issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists introduced the “Doomsday Clock” to the world – its hands set at seven minutes to midnight – as a graphic warning against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

GN35493 ENVIRONMENT: Doomsday clock turns 70
Graphic shows the evolution of the clock and charts its movements, minute-by-minute.
(107mm by 153mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 15, 2017 -- With 17 confirmed dead but dozens of people still missing, fire chiefs say no more survivors are expected to be found in London’s 120-apartment Grenfell Tower.

GN35492 DISASTERS: London fire probe.
Graphic shows Grenfell Tower and cut away of the aluminium cladding believed to have spread the fire.
(107mm wide by 149mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital)

Eyewitnesses who escaped from the block said they had not heard any fire alarms within the apartments and that those in the corridors were barely audible. Around 500 people were in the building when the blazes started on the fourth floor – as many as 200 people are missing.

Design specifications seen by the Press Association suggest the renovation work carried out at Grenfell Tower included plans for aluminium cladding with a 50mm “ventilated cavity” to vent moisture next to 150mm of Celotex FR5000 insulation, which has a Class 0 rating — the highest rating for preventing the spread of flames.

Fire investigators are focusing on the cladding. Experts believe this may have failed with the void between the aluminium panels and building fabric acting as a chimney to spread the fire.

Also available:
GN35490 DISASTERS: London tower block fire update
Graphic shows location of Grenfell Tower apartment block in West London
(107mm wide by 125 mm deep for print and responsive screen graphic for digital)

GN35488 DISASTERS: London tower block fire
(107mm by 139mm deep for print and responsive screen graphic for digital)

June 9, 2017 -- Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, has called an independence referendum for October 1, stepping up confrontation with the Spanish government, which maintains such a vote is illegal

GN35472 Graphic shows timeline of main events in the political conflict between Catalonia and Spain.
(107mm wide by 129mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))

June 1, 2017 -- A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, which threatens to spawn one of the biggest icebergs ever seen, has grown a staggering 17km in just one week between May 25 and May 31, moving within 13km of making a clean break. The prospect of a giant iceberg afloat in Antarctica could draw further attention to the threat of climate change at a time when President Donald Trump’s is considering whether to exit the Paris climate agreement.

GN35446 Graphic shows the disintegration of the Larsen Ice Shelf.
(107mm wide by 146mm deep (print) and 2-screen responsive graphic (digital))