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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope updates Church law to tackle paedophilia + Over 90% in Ethiopia's Tigray need food aid + Osaka crisis sheds light on mental health + Biden in Tulsa to mark massacre anniversary + Aussie softballers first to arrive at Tokyo Olympics Vatican-religion-children-abuse-pope,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis updates the Catholic Church's criminal code by adding details on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests, measures long sought by activists against paedophilia. 550 words 1700 GMT by Alexandria Sage Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-UN-food,WRAP GENEVA More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region need emergency food aid, says the United Nations, as it appeals for over $200 million to scale up its response. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Tennis-FRA-Open-Osaka,WRAP PARIS Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open, after revealing her battle with depression and anxiety, casts a harsh light on the mental health of the sport's superstars with experts blasting the "voyeurism" of modern media. 650 words 1600 GMT by Dave James US-politics-racism-massacre-history,WRAP TULSA In Tulsa, the city that still bears the scars of a 1921 racial massacre, African-American residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Joe Biden, hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations. 700 words 1700 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moving: US-politics-racism-Biden,POINTS Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-Australia-softball,WRAP OTA, Japan Australia's softball team become the first athletes to arrive in Japan for the Olympics, in a major step forward for the pandemic-postponed Games as organisers battle coronavirus fears. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-sponsors,FOCUS -- SPOTLIGHT -- SKorea-environment-climate-plant,FOCUS BONGHWA, South Korea Hidden in a South Korean mountain tunnel designed to withstand a nuclear blast, the seeds of nearly 5,000 wild plant species are stored for safekeeping against climate change, natural disaster and war. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-travel-IT-Germany,INTERVIEW FRANKFURT From video calls involving 130 people to no-shows at the general rehearsal, Josef Lieven and his team of software engineers faced their share of challenges on the road to Europe's digital Covid certificate. 500 words 1430 GMT by Yann Schreiber -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-investigation-Poland,2ndlead MOSCOW A prominent Kremlin critic faces possible jail time after Russian police stopped his Warsaw-bound plane as it taxied down a runway and yanked him off the flight. 600 words 1430 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. File picture Italy-mafia-prison ROME Italians were outraged Tuesday at the release from prison of a ruthless mafia boss who assassinated Italy's most famous prosecutor and dissolved a boy's body in acid, among other crimes. 450 words moved by Alexandria Sage Spain-Morocco-WSahara-Polisario-court,WRAP MADRID The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence in Spain has angered Morocco, denies allegations of torture and genocide while being questioned by a Spanish judge. 700 words 1500 GMT by Marie Giffard. Picture. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu race against the clock in talks to build a "change" coalition spanning the political spectrum. 800 words 1630 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict-toll,WRAP BEIRUT A decade of conflict in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, a war monitor says, in a new toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths. 500 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-animals,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A smashed goldfish bowl, panicked birds in a cage, animals needing treatment. The loss or injury of treasured pets has added to the trauma of Gaza residents after last month's deadly conflict. 550 words moved by Mai Yaghi. Picture -- AFRICA -- Uganda-politics-unrest,WRAP KAMPALA Uganda's transport minister is shot and wounded in an attack that leaves the former top general's daughter and bodyguard dead. 500 words 1530 GMT by Grace Matsiko and Michael O'Hagan. Picture. Video DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Defying warnings, inhabitants of the DR Congo city of Goma start to return home five days after an exodus triggered by fears that the nearby Nyiragongo volcano could erupt catastrophically. 550 words moved by Heritier Baraka Munyampfura. Pictures. Graphic. Video Also moved: DRCongo-volcano,PHOTOESSAY ICoast-politics,FOCUS ABIDJAN Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo seek to allay misgivings over his expected return to a country that he left after a bloody civil war a decade ago, insisting the homecoming will lead to reconciliation. 600 words 1600 GMT by Stephane Barbier. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Canada-indigenous-school-politics,FOCUS KAMLOOPS, Canada The discovery of the remains of 215 children at one of dozens of boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples is forcing the nation to confront the painful legacy of its past policies. 600 words 2100 GMT by Nicholas Rausch with Melinda Trochu in Vancouver. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-Myanmar-politics-military-coup BANGKOK Three Myanmar journalists who crossed illegally into Thailand to flee a military crackdown have been fined and placed on probation and could be deported, a member of their legal team says. 300 words 1430 GMT. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Australia-OECD-economy-politics,WRAP PARIS Former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann takes over as head of the influential Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday to the dismay of environmental campaigners. 600 words 1530 GMT by Adam Plowright and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video OECD-economy-politics-Australia-Cormann,PROFILE SYDNEY The new head of the OECD is an Australian former minister born in Belgium known as a formidable backstage operator but also shadowed by a controversial record on climate change. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson with Stuart Williams in Paris OPEC-oil-market-virus LONDON The OPEC group of oil-producing countries and its allies look set to boost production further at their meeting Tuesday, as pandemic-hit demand for crude recovers. 600 words 1500 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin Lebanon-economy,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's economic collapse is likely to rank among the world's worst financial crises since the mid-19th century, the World Bank says in a damning report. 550 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon. File Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-GER-Bayern-Bundesliga-Rummenigge-Kahn,2ndlead BERLIN After 30 years in charge of Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge will step down as chairman at the end of the month and be replaced by former Germany captain Oliver Kahn, the Bundesliga giants confirm. 450 words moved. File picture Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Kahn,PROFILE BERLIN On the pitch, legendary Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn had a reputation for a fiery temper, but he has since mellowed enough to become the next chairman of Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich. 550 words moved. File picture Fbl-Copa-2021-health-virus-BRA,WRAP SAO PAULO Unexpectedly picked to host South America's football championships with two weeks to go, Brazil is fending off the threat of chaos posed by a Covid-19 surge, political divisions and a possible court battle. 600 words 1800 GMT by Rodrigo Almonacid. File picture. Video -- CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT -- UN-weather-climate-LaNina,lead GENEVA The 2020-2021 La Nina weather phenomenon has ended, says the UN's World Meteorological Organization, predicting warmer temperatures would follow in the northern hemisphere. 450 words 1430 GMT by Robin Millard France-environment-farming,FOCUS GUIPAVAS, France A French farming collective is doubling down on an unusual crop: millions of fleas and wasps that are being bred to protect tomato plants without resorting to insecticides that consumers are increasingly trying to avoid. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sandra Ferrer. Picture. Video afp
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