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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Japan extends virus emergency ahead of Olympics + Rio favela drug raid leaves 25 dead + UK ruling party wins in opposition stronghold + Jerusalem arrests as clashes intensify + Golden Globes set for diversity reforms Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japan extends a virus state of emergency just months ahead of the Olympics because of growing cases, as India logs yet another record number of infections. 600 words 0930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Brazil-police-drugs,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela leaves 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups. 750 words moved by Mauro Pimentel. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-vote,WRAP HARTLEPOOL, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives pull off a stunning election victory in an opposition Labour stronghold, in Britain's first major ballot box test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis. 700 words 1100 GMT by Oli Scarff with Joe Jackson in London. Picture. Video. Graphic Israeli-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Fifteen Palestinians are arrested in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem overnight as clashes with police intensify over an eviction threat against four Palestinian families. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,lead LOS ANGELES The scandal-hit organization behind film and television's Golden Globe Awards votes for sweeping reforms after being slammed by Hollywood for its record on diversity. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Sweden-Norway,FOCUS SVINESUND, Norway They haven't been allowed to have each other over to their homes for a year now because of Covid. So come rain or shine, two 73-year-old Swedish twins have met every Saturday, each on their side of the border, on a bridge that links Norway and Sweden. 550 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan-religion-Ramadan,FOCUS RAWALPINDI, Pakistan Schools and restaurants have closed, shops pull down their shutters early every evening, and the military has been mobilised to combat the spread of coronavirus -- but night after night the faithful flock to mosques across Pakistan for prayers. 600 words moved by David Stout and Zain Zaman Janjua. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-agriculture,FOCUS AL-HAYJANA, Syria Syrian farmer Mohammad Saasaani grew up grazing sheep in the vast Badia rangelands, but today it is rife with jihadists, a place too dangerous to take the herd. 650 words moved by Maher Al Mounes. Picture. Video Italy-culture-archaeology,FOCUS ROME It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this building in central Rome holds a hidden treasure in the basement: the remains of a Roman era home, including elaborate mosaics. 600 words 1000 GMT by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video Cuba-car-US,VIDEOESSAY PLACETAS, Cuba In Cuba, where American cars older than the average inhabitant are a common sight on city streets, Pablo Manso makes his living in a very particular niche: repairing Chevrolets from 1955, 1956 and 1957. 450 words moved by Katell Abiven. Pictures and video by Adalberto Roque -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-pharmaceutical-patent-WTO,POINTS NEW YORK Waiving patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines is fiercely opposed by Big Pharma because they say it would set a precedent that could threaten future innovations, and insist the move would not speed up production. 750 words moved by Juliette Michel. File picture Health-virus-pharmaceutical-trade,FOCUS PARIS The new US position in support of lifting patents on Covid-19 vaccines has taken attention away from an equally significant change by Washington, which plans to open up trade in the raw materials used to make them. 700 words moved by Julien Drury Health-virus-Nepal-Everest-mountaineering,FOCUS EVEREST BASE CAMP More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain. 700 words moved by Prakash Mathema with Paavan Mathema in Kathmandu. Picture -- EUROPE -- EU-summit-economy,WRAP PORTO, Portugal EU leaders discuss fighting poverty and promoting equality in Europe as the battered economy emerges from the pandemic, but member states are divided about Brussels' role in social affairs. 650 words 1300 GMT by Thomas Cabral with Alex Pigman in Brussels. Picture. Video Britain-vote-Labour,ANALYSIS LONDON Labour's rout in Hartlepool threatens to reopen bitter party infighting, as the British centre-left opposition struggles to dent the vaccine-boosted appeal of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives. 650 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-France-labour-restaurants,FOCUS PARIS As restaurants across France prepare to emerge from months of lockdown, owners are facing an unexpected challenge -- many of their workers aren't coming back to the long, hard hours of food service. 600 words 1200 GMT by Joseph Schmid and Guillaume Bonnet. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-diplomacy-Iran-nuclear-sanction-prisoners,lead WASHINGTON A deal to salvage the Iran nuclear accord is possible in the coming weeks before the Islamic republic holds elections in June, a senior State Department official says, one day before talks are due to resume in Vienna. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- Maldives-politics-blast-president,WRAP MALE Former Maldives president and current parliamentary speaker Mohamed Nasheed undergoes more surgery following an assassination attempt but his condition is described as stable. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moving: Maldives-politics,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Ghana-church,FOCUS ACCRA The global coronavirus pandemic has forced many Christian Ghanaians to change their religious practices, with churches turning to online services and donations, and live streaming funerals. 700 words 1300 GMT by Marine Jeannine. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-violence-schools,FOCUS WASHINGTON Students in many US states are just returning to classrooms after months of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic -- but the move back has come with an unfortunate uptick in gun violence. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture -- SPACE -- Space-China-US-science,WRAP BEIJING China says the risk of damage from a rocket falling back to Earth is "extremely low", after the United States warned it could crash down onto an inhabited area. 600 words 1000 GMT by Ludovic Ehret and Helen Roxbrough -- ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment WASHINGTON The US government is set to release data that could show huge numbers of workers found new jobs last month, the latest sign Covid-19 vaccines are breathing new life into the economy more than a year after the pandemic caused its worst collapse in a generation. 600 words moved by Chris Stein -- NATURE -- US-science-animal-sharks WASHINGTON Forget Google Maps -- sharks can read the Earth's magnetic field like a GPS navigator to find their way, a study in Current Biology shows. 400 words moved. File picture US-environment-nature-animal-cicada WASHINGTON Some are waiting for their arrival with trepidation, others are curious what they might taste like: Americans are swapping tips on how best to weather the storm when billions of cicadas emerge after 17 years underground. 500 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-music-space-Coldplay-France PARIS Coldplay gives new meaning to the idea of a single launch, playing new song "Higher Power" for the first time during a video link-up with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. 350 words moved Entertainment-US-Colombia-music-film-JBalvin,FOCUS NEW YORK A new documentary about reggaeton superstar J Balvin set out to explore how a kid from Medellin rose to global fame -- but against the backdrop of Colombian protests, it became a meditation on artists' social responsibility. 600 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture afp
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