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| - Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Tel: +1 202 414 0542 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran says nuclear facility hit by act of 'terrorism' + Jordan king, prince make first joint appearance since 'plot' crisis + Power, water outages on St Vincent after volcano erupts + Prince Philip's death leaves 'huge void' for Queen: son + Japan's Matsuyama chases history at Masters Iran-nuclear-accident,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's atomic energy organisation says the Natanz nuclear facility was hit by a terrorist act, hours after it said an "accident" had caused a power failure there. 600 words moved by Marc Jourdier. File Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-US-Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP Jordan-politics-royals,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's King Abdullah appears in public alongside his half-brother Prince Hamzah, their first joint appearance since a rare palace crisis involving the prince rocked the kingdom a week earlier. 550 words moved. Picture. Video SaintVincent-volcano-evacuation,WRAP ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda Massive power outages strike the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent as officials record more explosive activity at a long-dormant volcano that launched into a series of eruptions. 600 words moved by Gemma Handy. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals-Philip,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II has been left bereft at the death of her husband, Prince Philip, one of their sons says, as prayers are said at memorial services across Britain. 750 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture. Video. Graphic. Golf-Masters,WRAP AUGUSTA, Georgia Leader Hideki Matsuyama tees off in the final round of the 85th Masters as he tries to become the first Japanese man to win a major golf title. 650 words 1930 GMT by Jim Slater. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- TTennis-diplomacy-CHN-USA,FOCUS SHANGHAI It was 50 years ago but Zhang Xielin still remembers vividly how a shaggy-haired American table tennis player stepped onto the Chinese team's bus, a chance encounter which would shape history. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Israel-vaccines-PfizerBioNTech JERUSALEM The South African coronavirus variant is better at "breaking through" the defences of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than other forms of the virus, Israeli experts say. 500 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Thailand-restrictions,lead -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote-WRAP LIMA Peru votes for a new president in its deadliest week yet of the Covid-19 pandemic, as polling queues vie with lines of people seeking oxygen for infected loved ones fighting for breath. 650 words 2200 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Ecuador-politics-vote,WRAP QUITO Ecuadorans choose between a young, socialist protege of ex-leader Rafael Correa and a veteran conservative for president, to deal with an economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words 2200 GMT by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict-Marib,WRAP DUBAI Fierce fighting for Yemen's strategic Marib city has killed 70 pro-government and Huthi rebel fighters over the past 24 hours, with battles raging on three fronts, loyalist military officials say. 450 words moved Morocco-WSahara-drone,FOCUS RABAT Morocco's reported use of a drone strike to kill a senior Western Sahara independence fighter would, if confirmed, mark a turning point in the decades-long conflict, experts say. 650 words moved by Sophie Pons -- EUROPE -- France-heritage-architecture-religion,FOCUS PARIS Two years on from the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the road to restoration remains long and arduous. 750 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Germany-politics-demographics,FOCUS BERLIN The heads of Angela Merkel's CDU party and its smaller Bavarian sister party declare themselves willing to run for chancellor, with the bloc poised to decide who will represent it in the race to succeed the veteran German leader in September elections. 700 words moved by Kit Holden and Femke Colborne. Picture. Live Video. Video Also moved: Germany-politics-farright,lead -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-coup-unrest,WRAP YANGON Russia and China are frustrating the international response to the Myanmar crisis, a top European Union diplomat says, as the death toll from a military crackdown climbed past 700. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-media,lead Cambodia-genocide-photography-editing PHNOM PENH Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide slam an Irish artist's decision to digitally add smiles to old black and white pictures of victims killed by the regime. 500 words moved. File picture Kyrgyzstan-politics-referendum,WRAP BISHKEK Voters in Kyrgyzstan grant sweeping powers to President Sadyr Japarov in a constitutional referendum that will also allow him to run for re-election, preliminary results show. 600 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva -- AFRICA -- Chad-vote,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chadians vote in presidential elections with Idriss Deby Itno set to win a sixth term after three decades in power. 700 words moved by Emmanuel Giroud and Djimet Wiche. Picture. Video. Graphic Benin-vote,WRAP COTONOU Benin President Patrice Talon looks set to win re-election after a tense ballot, with critics accusing him of rigging the race in his favour by sidelining opposition leaders. 700 words moved by Camille Malplat with Josue Mehouenou in Natitingou and Yanick Folly in Save. Picture. Video. Graphic. -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester United stage a superb fightback to shatter Tottenham's top four bid with a 3-1 win, while West Ham climb to fourth place in the Premier League as the revitalised Jesse Lingard inspires a 3-2 victory against Leicester. 650 words 2100 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Britain-film-Bafta,WRAP LONDON Migration saga "Nomadland", and the British film "Rocks" are among favourites at the Bafta film awards -- billed as the academy's most diverse year ever -- following criticism over all-white 2020 shortlists. 700 words 2000 GMT by Anna Malpas and Callum Paton. Picture. afp
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