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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran blames Israel for nuclear site blast + Cop mistook gun for taser in fatal US shooting + Prison 'threatens to force-feed Navalny' + Russia fetes 60th anniversary of space flight + Royal brothers pay tribute to Prince Philip Iran-nuclear-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Iran charges that its arch-enemy Israel was behind an attack on its Natanz uranium enrichment plant and vowed it would take "revenge" and ramp up its nuclear activities. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Iran-nuclear-Israel-US,FACTS US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The police officer who shot a 20-year-old Black man in a Minneapolis suburb accidentally confused her handgun with her taser, police say, fueling tensions in this city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial. 600 words 2200 GMT by Kerem Yucel. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-rights,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prison officials are threatening to start force-feeding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his team says, after he lost eight kilograms (18 pounds) since starting a hunger strike. 600 words moved Russia-space-Gagarin-anniversary,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin calls for Russia to remain a great power in space, as the country celebrates the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first person in orbit. 750 words moved by Michael Mainville and Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-space-Gagarin-legend,FOCUS Russia-space-Gagarin-history,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-science-history,FACTS Britain-royals-Philip,WRAP LONDON Princes William and Harry issue emotional tributes to their grandfather Prince Philip, whose death aged 99 has thrown the younger men together for the first time since an explosive row engulfed the family. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Dan McGarry in Vanuatu. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Europe has now suffered more than a million coronavirus deaths, an AFP tally shows, as the World Health Organization warns that infections are exponentially rising despite widespread measures aimed at stopping them. 750 words 2030 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-Brazil,2ndlead MUMBAI Hundreds of thousands of maskless devotees pack a religious festival as India overtakes Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, bearing the brunt of a new Covid wave battering South Asia. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,WRAP LONDON Britons toast a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions, with early morning pints -- and much-needed haircuts -- as the country took another tentative step towards the resumption of normal life. 700 words moved by Anna Malpas and Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Haiti-kidnapping-religion-Catholic,WRAP PORT AU PRINCE Haiti's Catholic Church warns of the restive island's "descent into hell" and slams government inaction after 10 people, including members of the clergy and French citizens, were abducted by kidnappers demanding a $1 million ransom. 600 words 2300 GMT by Robenson Geffrard. Graphic US-politics-economy-infrastructure,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden holds a rare meeting with opposition Republican lawmakers, as well as Democratic allies, to push his more than $2 trillion infrastructure bill -- a daring bid to rebuild the United States and cement his place in history. 550 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA A far-left union leader and teacher takes a surprise, though feeble, lead in Peru's presidential election, and will face one of three rightwing rivals in a runoff in June. 700 words 2000 GMT by Luis Jaime Cisneros and Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Ecuador-vote,WRAP QUITO Former banker Guillermo Lasso pledges to change crisis-wracked Ecuador's "destiny" after overcoming leftist economist Andres Arauz in the country's presidential election. 700 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- France-shooting,WRAP PARIS An unidentified gunman calmly shoots dead a man and badly injures a woman outside a Paris hospital before fleeing the scene on a scooter, according to police and witnesses. 500 words 1930 GMT Russia-fire-industry,3rdlead SAINT PETERSBURG A spectacular fire guts a historic factory in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg, sending clouds of black smoke over the former imperial capital. 500 words 2030 GMT. Picture. Video France-Saudi-arts museum-film-diplomacy,FOCUS PARIS The world's most expensive painting, the "Salvator Mundi", may be the work of Leonardo da Vinci after all, with several media reports contradicting doubts raised in a French documentary. 450 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-chemical-weapons-OPCW,WRAP THE HAGUE The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog says after an investigation. 650 words 2000 GMT by Danny Kemp Syria-conflict-chemical,CHRONO -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is hit with a fresh criminal charge, as the junta's tough crackdown on dissent rolls on. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-festival,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Chad-vote-conflict,WRAP N'DJAMENA Rebels entered northern Chad on Sunday, the day of the country's presidential election, the army says, with the militia group claiming it has seized several garrison towns. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-conservation-mussel PARIS Conservationists could inadvertently be killing endangered species with kindness by spreading "devastating" diseases and parasites as they relocate populations to protect them, researchers say. 600 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-Germany-Israel-Palestinians-music-politics,INTERVIEW AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France It takes more than a pandemic to slow down Daniel Barenboim, the legendary pianist and Middle East peace activist, who has been on stage for 71 years and says he is always ready to "start again from scratch". 700 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-merger-IT-health-Microsoft-Nuance, WRAP NEW YORK Microsoft will acquire artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Nuance for $19.7 billion as it pushes deeper into health care technology. 650 words 2100 GMT by John Biers China-HongKong-stocks-Alibaba,2ndlead BEIJING Shares in tech giant Alibaba climb more than six percent as the ecommerce titan reassures investors that a record $2.78 billion antitrust fine imposed by China would have little impact on its operations. 600 words moved -- SPORTS -- Golf-Masters,WRAP AUGUSTA Hideki Matsuyama becomes the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship, holding his nerve down the stretch to capture the 85th Masters after a dramatic final round. 800 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture Golf-Masters-Japan-Matsuyama,REAX TOKYO Thrilled Japanese golf fans welcome Hideki Matsuyama's historic Masters victory, with broadcasters close to tears and the prime minister hailing the win as a bright spot during the pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-Pochettino,FOCUS PARIS Mauricio Pochettino has repeatedly said he needs time to put his mark on Paris Saint-Germain and it was always going to be a case of getting through the first few months unscathed. 550 words moved by Andy Scott afp
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