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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Netanyahu says Israel could 'conquer' Hamas + Trump may face criminal charges in New York + France reopens as EU vows to let in visitors + Bitcoin plunges after China signals crackdown + Roads, rugs and benches: What happens to used masks? Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's bombing of Gaza targets aims to deter Hamas but he does not rule out a campaign to "conquer" the enclave's Islamist rulers. 800 words 1430 GMT by Sakher Abou El Oun with Jonah Mandel in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK Donald Trump and his family face the increasing likelihood of criminal charges after New York state's prosecutor says it is working with Manhattan investigators in its ongoing fraud probe into the former president's business dealings. 650 words 1530 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The French returned to their beloved cafe terraces Wednesday, while the EU said it would open its borders to vaccinated travellers as life crept back to normal in Europe after months of punishing restrictions. 750 words 1600 GMT by Clare Byrne with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic China-finance-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin,WRAP BEIJING Bitcoin plunges by 30 percent after China signals a new crackdown on the cryptocurrency and tycoon Elon Musk hints that his Tesla car company could unload its huge holdings in the unit. 700 words moved by Sebastien Ricci with Joseph Sotinel in London Health-virus-environment-Europe-US-Australia,FOCUS PARIS Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars. 700 words moved by Isabel Malsang, with Eleonore Sens in Trenton, New Jersey, and Andrew Leeson in Sydney. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lithuania-Belarus-unrest-politics,FOCUS VILNIUS Shivering on a cool night on the border between Belarus and Lithuania, a 19-year-old Belarusian has just fled his homeland through a forest, dodging regime border guards along the way. 900 words moved by Vidmantas Balkunas. Picture. Video China-Xinjiang-politics-rights,FOCUS BEIJING She was already beyond child-bearing age but Qelbinur Sedik says Chinese authorities still forcibly sterilised her, part of what she describes as a systematic campaign to suppress births of Uyghurs and other minorities in the tense Xinjiang region. 950 words moved by Laurie Chen. Video. Picture -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS JENIN, Palestinian Territories Charred car tyres, shards of glass and piles of rubble lie scattered on roads winding through the occupied West Bank where one word resounds: "resistance". 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-health-virus,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Like thousands in Gaza, Umm Jihad Ghabayin left home fleeing Israeli bombardment without taking any essentials -- let alone her facemask to shield against the raging Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words moved by Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lebanon-Hezbollah,FOCUS BEIRUT Israel's deadly Gaza offensive has many eyes trained on the Lebanese border for a Hezbollah reaction but observers argue the Iran-backed movement is unlikely to risk an all-out conflict. 850 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-culture-restaurants,4thlead PARIS The French joyfully make their way back to cafes and make long-awaited visits to cinemas and museums as the country loosens restrictions in a return to semi-normality after over six months of Covid-19 curbs. 700 words 1430 GMT by Clare Byrne and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Oly-2020-Japan-health-virus-cancel-finance,Q&A LAUSANNE Cancelling the Tokyo Olympics in response to mounting public opposition to holding the Games during the Covid-19 pandemic would be an unparalleled act in peacetime that would represent a bombshell for the sporting world and have far-reaching consequences. 750 words 1430 GMT by Coralie Febvre. Picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-virus-health,2ndlead TOKYO Most athletes and team members staying at Tokyo's Olympic village will be vaccinated by the Games, IOC chief Thomas Bach says, as organisers try to calm fears about staging the event as coronavirus cases surge in Japan. 500 words moved. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,WRAP CEUTA, Spain Migrants are still massed along the border of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez denounces Morocco's "disrespect" to Spain and the European Union. 750 words 1600 GMT by Hazel Ward, with Daniel Silva in Madrid. Photo. Video. Graphic Also moving: Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco-Ceuta,SCENE US-Russia-Iceland-meeting,WRAP REYKJAVIK The US and Russian foreign ministers will meet in Iceland to gauge the enormous gulf between the rival powers and confirm a potential summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. 650 words 1430 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Russia-Arctic-base-Nato,SCENE ALEXANDRA LAND, Russia "The enemy shall not pass," says commander Ivan Glushchenko, standing in the glistening white snow that surrounds an ultra-modern Russian military base in the heart of the Arctic, the site of Moscow's stand-off with NATO. 700 words moved by Maxime Popov. Picture. Video France-police-protest,WRAP PARIS Thousands of French police officers rally in Paris demanding better protection and harsher punishment for attacks against them, two weeks after the killing of an officer sent shockwaves through the force. 600 words 1600 GMT by Tiphanie Liboux and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Belgium-police,lead BRUSSELS Belgian police hunt for a soldier who had access to military weapons despite his known extreme-right views after he threatened a well-known coronavirus expert and went on the run. 500 words 1430 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Europe-US-Australia-auto-travel,FOCUS PARIS For French retiree Jean-Michel Sibois, travelling will no longer be the same in the age of Covid-19. He is now among legions who have bought motorhomes to escape in their own travel bubbles. 700 words moved by Taimaz Szirniks. Picture. Video Greece-family-law-rights,FOCUS ATHENS Divorced fathers in Greece have their hopes pinned on new legislation granting them equal time with their children, but the proposed change faces a fierce backlash over domestic violence fears. 650 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou. Picture -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-justice-trial,lead ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's exiled former rebel chief and prime minister Guillaume Soro stands trial in absentia along with around 20 supporters over an alleged 2019 "plot" to overthrow the government. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump-penpix NEW YORK A Democratic prosecutor nearing the end of his term, a loyal lieutenant of the Trump family and a lawyer determined to sink his former boss: AFP takes a look at the key players in the criminal investigation into ex-president Donald Trump. 500 words 1830 GMT. File picture US-politics-Republicans,FOCUS WASHINGTON With Republican fidelity to former president Donald Trump all but complete, one of America's main political parties is tilting towards an outright embrace of an unsettling falsehood: that Democrats stole the 2020 election. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Brazil-environment-crime-politics,WRAP BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles is suspected of involvement in a trafficking ring that sold illegal timber on the black market, a Supreme Court ruling says as police raid various ministry offices. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture -- ASIA -- India-weather-cylone-health-virus,WRAP MAHUVA, India The number killed in a major cyclone jumps to nearly 90 as the Indian navy searches for 65 missing people, adding to the nation's woes as it suffers another record number of Covid deaths. 700 words 1500 GMT by Sam Panthaky. Picture. Video. Graphic China-US-Congress-Uyghurs-Oly-2022,WRAP BEIJING China brands US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "full of lies" after she called for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds. 450 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen China-accident-construction,WRAP BEIJING Engineers inspect a 300-metre skyscraper in China after it suddenly began shaking, sending hundreds of people running in panic as social media was flooded with speculation over shoddy construction. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US,INTERVIEW KABUL The Islamic State group remains a "potent" force in Afghanistan and was responsible for a recent attack that killed dozens of schoolgirls, Washington's top envoy to Kabul tells AFP, but ambassador Ross Wilson chiefly blames the Taliban for rising violence across the war-torn country. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video Also moved: Afganistan-conflict-US-immigration,lead Afghanistan-environment-dam-Taliban,FOCUS KAJAKI DAM, Afghanistan In the heart of territory under siege from the Taliban, one of Afghanistan's most important hydroelectric dams is at the centre of a power struggle that symbolises the battle between the government and insurgents. 950 words moved by Elise Blanchard. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CLIMATE -- Poland-energy-solar-coal-science,FOCUS KRAKOW, Poland An unprecedented solar boom is helping Poland take a big step towards weaning itself off coal as a new homegrown photovoltaic technology is poised to be a game-changer in harnessing the power of the sun. 650 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak. Picture. Video afp
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