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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Global Covid death toll tops three million + Queen's 'strength and stay' Prince Philip buried + Biden, Suga pledge unity on China, climate change + Castro rule in Cuba at an end as Raul steps down + 'Narcocat': Panama prison's feline courier caught Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The global coronavirus death toll passes three million as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers. 750 words 0930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,WRAP WINDSOR, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II bids a final farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, at a funeral restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service. 850 words 1000 GMT by Charlotte Durand and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-royals-Philip,OBIT Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,CHRONO Britain-royals-Philip-funeral-guests,FACTS Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,QUOTES Britain-royals-Philip-funerals,FACTS US-Japan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States and Japan vow to stand firm together against an assertive China and to step up cooperation on climate change and next-generation technology as President Joe Biden makes his first summit a show of alliance unity. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Cuba-politics-party,WRAP HAVANA The all-powerful Communist Party of Cuba opens a historic congress to rubber-stamp the transfer of power to a new generation as outgoing leader Raul Castro commits it to "respectful" talks with the United States. 850 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Cuba-politics-CIA Cuba-politics-party-Castro,CHRONO Cuba-politics-Communism-world-weaponry-conflict,FACTS Panama-prison-drugs-animal-offbeat PANAMA CITY Authorities in Panama intercept an unlikely smuggler, a fluffy white cat, bearing an assortment of drugs in a pouch tied to its body as it tries to enter a prison. 200 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Greece-university,FOCUS THESSALONIKI, Greece Shuttered for over a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greek universities are now grappling with a surge in online exam cheating giving rise to a new reality: the "corona degree". 600 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture Health-virus-India,lead NEW DELHI New Delhi leads major cities across India into a weekend lockdown as the country confronts a fierce new coronavirus wave, with more than 230,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Uruguay,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Battling the world's highest coronavirus infection rate as ambulances queue to deposit patients at hospitals bulging at the seams, Uruguay has gone from a shining example of Covid control to a nation in pandemic crisis. 800 words moved by Gabriela Vaz and Mariette le Roux. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-Brazil-cemetery,FOCUS SAO PAULO In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can't remember performing more than 10 night burials. But since the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic swept across Brazil, that exception has become the rule. 650 words moved by Paulina Ramon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Russia-conflict-politics,SCENE ZAYTSEVE, Ukraine On the frontline in Ukraine's war-scarred east, battle-weary soldiers say they are deeply sceptical that US sanctions against Moscow and Kiev's push for NATO's help can deter Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. 500 words 1230 GMT by Anatoliy Stepanov with Dmytro Gorshkov in Avdiivka. Picture. Video Space-Russia-US,lead ALMATY Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touch down on the steppe of Kazakhstan following a half-year mission on the International Space Station. 550 words moved by Christopher Rickleton. Picture. Video Germany-politics-CDU-CSU,FOCUS BERLIN A bruising internal struggle to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel has left Germany's once stable ruling conservatives in disarray and on the brink of implosion less than six months ahead of elections in September. 750 words moved by Kit Holden. File picture EU-environment-energy,FOCUS BRUSSELS The European Commission will next week present the first part of a "green taxonomy" list of energy sources and technology to be labelled as sustainable investments, but a question mark hangs over the inclusion of natural gas. 550 words moved by Julien Girault -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza JERUSALEM The Israeli military says it conducted airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack from the Palestinian enclave, in the second such exchange in as many days. 250 words moved -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Eritrea has acknowledged its troops are participating in the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region but has vowed to pull them out amid mounting international pressure. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration-refugees,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration announces he is scrapping his pledge for a rapid expansion in the number of refugees allowed into the United States, but seems to backtrack later in the day after fierce blowback from within his Democratic Party. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-police-racism,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota More shocking bodycam footage, more fatal shootings by officers, and a murder trial nearing its conclusion -- public trust in the US police has seldom been more strained. 650 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,POINTS US-crime-shooting,WRAP INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana A former FedEx employee fatally shoots eight people and wounds several others at the delivery company's facility in the US city of Indianapolis before killing himself, authorities say after the latest mass shooting to jolt the country. 700 words moved by Jeff Dean. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing is set to join Southeast Asian leaders at a special summit in Jakarta next week, the Thai foreign ministry says, in what will be the coup leader's first official trip since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 600 words 1100 GMT Pakistan-France-unrest-religion,FOCUS ISLAMABAD The French community in Pakistan is torn between disbelief, fear and annoyance in reaction to their embassy's call for them to leave the country in response to Francophobic rioting this week by an extremist Islamic party. Most, it seems, have decided to stay put. 600 words moved. File picture. Moved: Pakistan-France-unrest-religion-technology,WRAP HongKong-politics-justice,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is jailed for 14 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for their roles in protests that helped trigger a sweeping crackdown on dissent by China -- sentences that prompted consternation from the US, Britain and the EU. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-demonstration,CHRONO HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai-unrest,PROFILE Pakistan-culture-religion-Islam-Qari,FOCUS ISLAMABAD To master the art of Koran recitation, 21-year-old Hassan Ali Kasi had to follow a strict regime of yoga, hours of rehearsing vocal scales -- and a total ban on biryani. 500 words moved by Zain Zaman Janjua. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Health-Virus-Qatar-Fbl-WC-2022 QATAR Qatar is in talks with coronavirus vaccine makers to ensure all fans attending the 2022 World Cup in the country have been vaccinated. 500 word moved -- SPACE -- US-space-Moon-lander,lead WASHINGTON NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency says, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company. 500 words moved afp
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