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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel bombs Gaza after Arab states deal + India's virus cases soar past 5 million + Japan elects new premier after Abe steps down + EU chief vows fight for climate, virus vaccine + Moroccan town rocks the Hendrix vibe Israeli-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY Israel bombs Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington. 650 words 1000 GMT by Sakher Abu El Oun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Coronavirus infections in India soar past five million, as a WHO envoy warns the pandemic is "still at the beginning". 650 words 0930 GMT by Jalees Andrabi, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Japan-vote-politics,WRAP TOKYO Japan's parliament elects Yoshihide Suga prime minister, with the former chief cabinet secretary expected to stick closely to policies championed by Shinzo Abe during his record-breaking tenure. 700 words 1300 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-Abe,POINTS Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE EU-politics-climate-health BRUSSELS EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vows to lead the bloc out of the coronavirus crisis with a green economic plan and a global search for a vaccine, in her first State of the European Union address. 650 words 1100 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert. Picture. Video Entertainment-music-Morocco-US-Hendrix-people,FOCUS ESSAOUIRA, Morocco Some claim to have seen him, others to have spoken with him -- 50 years after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix untimely death, a small village on Morocco's Atlantic coast pulsates with his memory. 600 words by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-diplomacy-politics,WRAP MOSCOW Opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is able to breathe unaided in his first public comments since German medics said he was poisoned in Siberia, while an aide confirmed the Kremlin critic will return to Russia once he has recovered. 700 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Science-history-animal-Myanmar,WRAP BERLIN A team of paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a tiny crustacean in a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago. 500 words 1000 GMT by David Courbet. Picture Serbia-Danube-pollution-sewage,FOCUS BELGRADE Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open for trucks to pass to the banks of the Danube, where they dump raw sewage into Europe's venerated river. 700 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-corruption,INVESTIGATION BEIRUT The huge explosion at Beirut's port last month laid bare a dockside institution riddled with graft which critics say is a microcosm of a corrupt Lebanese state. 1,300 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. File picture Algeria-wine-health-virus-economy,FOCUS SID BEL ABBES, Algeria Algerian winemaker Dahmane Hamamouche used to rise early and rush to work each morning, but he no longer bothers, as his firm chokes on a cocktail of woes. 600 words moved Farah Abada. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-coup-politics-ECOWAS,WRAP PEDUASE, Ghana West African leaders say they hope to see a civilian-led transition government installed in Mali "in days" after holding talks with the military junta that seized power in the fragile state last month. 650 words moved by Kent Mensah. Picture. Video. Live video -- AMERICAS -- US-Israel-Bahrain-UAE-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Israel normalizes relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony as President Donald Trump says similar US-brokered deals are close between the Jewish state and several other nations including Saudi Arabia. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video US-weather-hurricane,WRAP NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Sally picks up strength as it edges towards the US Gulf Coast, with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke "historic" and potentially deadly flash floods. 500 words moved by Gianrigo Marletta with Tori Otten in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: UN-weather-windstorms US-environment-fire,SCENE TALENT, Oregon Virtually nothing remains of the Talent mobile home fleet in southern Oregon, which fell victim to a fire that raged for nearly a week, destroying almost everything in its path. 500 words 1000 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video US-Iran-SAfrica-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Iran warns the US against making a "strategic mistake" after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. 500 words moved US-crime-police-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK On a regular sunny Saturday afternoon in late summer, the Raymond Bush playground in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood would be bustling. But these are not normal times, and the park is nearly empty. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla Brazil-environment-fires,VIDEOESSAY PORTO JOFRE, Brazil Lieutenant Silva's face is grim as he watches his firefighters try -- and fail -- to control one of the thousands of wildfires ravaging Brazil's Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands. 350 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-China-politics-education,FOCUS BRISBANE, Australia An Australian university student who has never visited China and has a modest social media following would seem an unlikely target for the Chinese government. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Australia-climate-economy-energy SYDNEY The Australian government's plan for a "gas-fired recovery" of its coronavirus-hit economy ignites fears that it would lock in fossil fuel dependence for another generation in a country already ravaged by climate change. 650 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Thailand-politics-royals,FOCUS BANGKOK Jailed seven years for publishing satire of a fictitious royal family, activist Somyot is in awe today as university students spearhead a growing movement demanding reforms to Thailand's ultra-powerful monarchy. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals,Q&A -- ECONOMY / BUSINESS -- ECB-eurozone-EU-bank,INTERVIEW FRANKFURT The eurozone will need time to recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, while a strengthening euro could force the ECB to intervene if it harms price stability, the central bank's board member Isabel Schnabel tells AFP in an interview. 650 words 1000 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Picture US-bank-rate-economy WASHINGTON Armed with a new interest rate strategy, the Federal Reserve will seek to reassure the US economy rattled by the coronavirus downturn as it wraps up its policy meeting. 650 words moved by Chris Stein Japan-Britain--nuclear-energy-Hitachi TOKYO Hitachi says it is pulling out of a multi-billion-pound nuclear power plant project in Wales, citing a worsening investment environment, in a blow to Britain's low-carbon energy ambitions. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020-Bernal,WRAP GRENOBLE, France Last year's winner Egan Bernal withdraws from the Tour de France with the defence of his title already in tatters and a back injury hampering the Colombian's ability to attack on the mountain climbs that are his speciality. 550 words 0930 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Athletics-doping-Russia-France-corruption-Diack-trial,WRAP PARIS The verdicts in the corruption trial of former global athletics chief Lamine Diack, his son and four others will be handed down in a Paris court. 550 words 1300 GMT by Andrea Bambino. Picture Ski-cycling-GER-Doping MUNICH Doping in sport goes under the microscope when the trial of a German doctor accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network dismantled last year opens in Munich. 500 words 1200 GMT by Ryland James. File picture Fbl-IRQ-Iraq,FOCUS DIWANIYAH, Iraq With Iraqi government coffers running perilously low, state-sponsored football clubs are exploring private investments for the first time -- and Diwaniyah F.C. is leading the way. 700 words 1000 GMT by Haydar Indhar with Khalil Jalil in Baghdad. Picture. Video Cricket-IPL-Mumbai,FOCUS NEW DELHI Already regarded as the world's richest and most successful Twenty20 team, the Mumbai Indians will attempt to underline their status by claiming their first back-to-back titles in the Indian Premier League. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Canada-US LOS ANGELES Martin Scorsese warns that cinema is becoming "marginalized and devalued" as a "form of comfort food" during the coronavirus pandemic, as he addresses the Toronto film festival. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal, with Michel Comte in Ottawa afp
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