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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Gaza reels under Israeli strikes + Russia warns West over Arctic encroachment + Deadly cyclone bears down on India + 55-hour work week increases risk of death + Yes we cancan: Moulin Rouge to return Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Gaza residents cower indoors as Israeli jets pound the enclave and the violence that has killed more than 200 people, most of them Palestinians, enters a second week. 900 words 1500 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Daphne Rousseau in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Russia-Arctic-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Western countries against staking claims in the Arctic ahead of this week's Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik. 550 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bears down on India, disrupting the country's urgent response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. 550 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: India-weather-cyclone-climate,Q&A UN-health-work,lead GENEVA Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a United Nations study. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero France-cabaret-health-virus PARIS The Moulin Rouge in Paris announces with a flourish that its dancers will be high-kicking their way back on stage in September after the longest shut down in a century. 400 words moved by Eric Randolph. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Iraq-eSports-technology,FOCUS BAGHDAD Bashar Abo Khalil's PUBG character dashes around a wall in a pink dress and samurai helmet, thwacking an enemy with a frying pan -- standard fare in the mobile game that is a mega-sensation in Iraq. 800 words moved by Susannah Walden. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-conflict-Palestinians-Jaffa,FOCUS JAFFA, Israel Arab-Israeli supermarket cashier Israa Jarbou has missed a week of work for fear of getting attacked by Jews on the bus out of Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter of Tel Aviv. 950 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinian-conflict-US-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As it has for decades, Israel has banked on unwavering US backing in its latest crisis. But future support is beginning to look precarious, with the left of President Joe Biden's Democratic Party increasingly demanding pressure to promote the rights of the Palestinians. 650 words 1700 GMT by Shaun Tandon -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-leisure-travel LONDON From pints indoors to cinema screenings and hugs with loved ones, most of Britain sees a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions, despite new fears over a more transmissible Indian variant. 650 words 1600 GMT by Anna Malpas and James Pheby. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-virus-health,WRAP TOKYO More than 80 percent of Japanese polled oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new survey shows, underlining public antipathy less than 10 weeks before the Tokyo Games. 500 words moved Health-virus-France-Britain-vaccines,2ndlead PARIS French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi reports positive results in Phase 2 clinical trials of its belated Covid-19 jab, raising hopes that France, which was left behind last year in the race to break out a vaccine, can finally begin to make up lost ground. 500 words moved by Marie-Morgane Le Moel Health-virus-Saudi-Bahrain,lead AL JASRAH, Bahrain Hundreds of cars crowd roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as Riyadh permits citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad more than a year after barring external trips. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-entertainment-theatre,FOCUS LONDON The curtain goes up again in London's theatreland, after almost a year of closure, bringing hope of a recovery for the beleaguered sector. 500 words 1700 GMT by Imran Marashli -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court postpones the beginning of an extremism hearing against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, part of a campaign to sideline opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA More than two months after regional elections, Catalonia's two main separatist parties say they have reached agreement on forming a ruling coalition, heading off the looming threat of another vote. 550 words 1430 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-crisis-education-refugee,FOCUS BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon In a camp for Syrian refugees in east Lebanon, Mohammad and his three sisters fear they will be out of school for a third consecutive year because remote learning is out of reach. 750 words moved by Bachir El-Khoury. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is among the first seniors to receive their jabs as South Africa launches a major mainstream immunisation drive against Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture. Video SAfrica-politics-court-crime,WRAP PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa The corruption trial of South Africa's scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma is postponed once again as backers of the former president stage a boisterous show of support. 500 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video Africa-Sudan-France-summit,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders, diplomats and lenders at a summit aimed at helping Sudan after years of conflict-riven authoritarian rule. 650 words 1530 GMT by Laurence Benhamou and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Chile-vote-constitution,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans vote for people not aligned to political parties to form the bulk of a 155-member body that will rewrite a dictatorship-era constitution widely blamed for deep social inequality. 550 words 1530 GMT by Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video US-justice-abortion WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court agrees to hear a Mississippi case that could pose a challenge to the landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. 550 words 1530 GMT by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-media-television-AT&T-Warner,WRAP WASHINGTON AT&T unveils plans to spin off its WarnerMedia unit and combine it with Discovery, creating a new standalone media and streaming giant and ending the telecom group's ambition to become a content and delivery powerhouse. 600 words 1530 GMT by Rob Lever US-IT-Microsoft-Gates,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bill Gates's tenure at Microsoft comes under fresh scrutiny after it emerges the tech giant probed the billionaire founder's intimate relationship with a staffer before he left the board of directors. 500 words 1700 GMT by Delphine Touitou Brazil-economy-investments-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boasts he has restored investor confidence in Latin America's biggest economy, but analysts and executives say he still has a long way to go to deliver on his promised reforms. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jordi Miro -- SPORT -- Tennis-ATP-SUI-Federer GENEVA Roger Federer says he expects to return to the top tier of tennis even though the next generation of players will have gained ground during his lengthy injury lay-off. 550 words moved by Robin Millard -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-film-television-MTV LOS ANGELES Marvel superhero series "WandaVision" is the big winner at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, as Sacha Baron Cohen pokes fun at his recent Oscars loss -- with a little help from Borat, Bruno and the gang. 400 words moved. File picture France-film-history-Napoleon,FOCUS PARIS A mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures: a team of obsessives have spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". 650 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video afp
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