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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong sentences activists over huge rally + Eight killed in Indianapolis gun attack + China's economy surges in virus rebound + Chicago urges calm over police shooting of teen + Zuckerberg urged to nix kids' version of Instagram HongKong-politics-justice,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is jailed for 12 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city's biggest-ever protests. 600 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video US-crime-shooting,WRAP WASHINGTON At least eight people are killed in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis by a gunman who is believed to have then killed himself, police say. 500 words 0930 GMT. File picture. Graphic China-economy-GDP-growth,WRAP BEIJING China's economy expands at a record pace in the first quarter as the country continues its rapid recovery from last year's pandemic-fuelled slump, helped by a sharp pick-up in consumer activity. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow US-crime-police-shooting-Chicago,WRAP CHICAGO Authorities in Chicago release police body camera footage showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of America's third-largest city appeals for calm over the "excruciating" video. 550 words moved by Bob Chiarito. Picture. Video US-Instagram-Facebook-children SAN FRANCISCO Advocates for children from around the world urge Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to ditch plans for a version of Instagram geared toward pre-teens. 400 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Myanmar-politics-military-ethnic-minorities-rebels,FOCUS MAE HONG SON, Thailand Myanmar's coup has opened an unexpected window of opportunity for various ethnic rebel outfits, which have no loyalty to either the junta or to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but if they band together could prove an unprecedented threat to the army's rule. 800 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Chad-poverty-work-women,FOCUS D'DJAMENA In one hand Idjele grips a heavy hammer, in the other a block of concrete that she smashes into pieces with heavy blows that narrowly miss her fingers, her gaze towards the horizon. 700 words moved by Emmanuel Giroud. Picture. Video Namibia-homosexuality-justice-court-SAfrica,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG On a calm autumn afternoon, new-born twins Maya and Paula lay peacefully on a mattress at a Johannesburg house, blissfully taking turns to bottle-feed and nap, oblivious of the uncertainty over their citizenship status. 550 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video UN-climate-environment-India-gender-youth-demonstration-internet,FEATURE MOLLEM, India Fronted by a 20-year-old in pigtails, the dancing flash mob swings into action, campaigning to save a threatened wildlife reserve -- part of a growing, youth-led environmental movement rattling Indian authorities. 700 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video Canada-health-drugs,FEATURE TORONTO To manage her stress and fears, Andrea Bird -- who is suffering from terminal cancer -- uses psychedelics, which are seeing a sudden re-emergence in Canada as a possible treatment for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. 2,000 words moved by Olivier Monnier. File picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Spain-politics,FOCUS MADRID With infections again on the rise and Europe's vaccine rollout delayed over clotting concerns, the Spanish government is under pressure to extend a state of emergency to fight the pandemic. 650 words 1000 GMT by Daniel Silva Health-virus-entertainment-sport-California,SCENE UNIVERSAL CITY, California California marks several milestones in its emergence from the pandemic -- vaccinations are available to all over-16s, basketball fans can watch the Lakers in-person, and Universal Studios Hollywood finally re-opens to impatient theme park fans. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin says that he won't testify at his murder trial for the death of George Floyd as a policewoman facing charges for the killing of another Black American makes her first court appearance. 800 words moved by Ben Sheppard with Chris Lefkow in Washington. File picture US-Russia-diplomacy-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States announces sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Also moved: US-Russia-sanction,FACTS US-Russia-hacking-sanction-SolarWinds,FACTS Brazil-politics-corruption-court-Lula,WRAP BRASILIA Brazil's full Supreme Court upholds a ruling annulling former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, which clears the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year. 650 words moved by Jordi Miro. File picture. Video. File video US-Japan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will receive Japan's prime minister for his first in-person summit, with the leaders expected to announce a $2 billion 5G initiative as part of a concerted US push to compete with China. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-politics-court,2ndlead WASHINGTON A group of congressional Democrats launches a daunting bid to expand the US Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, angering Republicans who accuse their rivals of attempting a power grab to enact President Joe Biden's agenda. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Cuba-politics-party,ADVANCER HAVANA Cuba's leadership is passing to a younger generation, with the last Castro leaving office and ending a 60-year family monopoly, but there is little other change as power remains firmly with the Communist Party. 800 words moved by Leticia Pineda and Katell Abiven. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Cuba-politics-party-Castro,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Philip,WRAP LONDON Final preparations are made for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, with the ceremony pared back due to coronavirus restrictions but still reflecting his life of military and public service. 700 words 1100 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Ukraine-Russia-conflict-diplomacy-France-Germany,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support for the former Soviet state, which fears a Russian invasion. 550 words 1200 GMT by Fabien Zamora and Clare Byrne. EU-Russia-diplomacy-espionage,FOCUS PARIS Three years after the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from the West over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, Moscow's men and women in Europe are coming under scrutiny again following a raft of new spy scandals. 750 words 1200 GMT by Didier Lauras -- ASIA -- China-society-health,PROFILE NANJING, China On a grey and rainy morning, Chen Si patrols the two-mile-long Nanjing bridge soaring above China's Yangtze river, determined to stop the desperate from jumping into the swirling waters below. 750 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-unrest-religion-technology,WRAP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's government orders an hours-long shutdown of social media and instant messaging platforms after days of violent anti-France protests. 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video SriLanka-Britain-royals-car COLOMBO An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain's late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka. 350 words by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-conflict-US-Iran,FOCUS BAGHDAD Armed pro-Iran Iraqi groups, striving to oust all foreign forces from their country, upped the stakes with a drone attack, a technique favoured elsewhere in the Middle East, experts say. 700 words moved Saudi-agriculture-culture,VIDEOESSAY TAIF, Saudi Arabia Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom's vast desert landscape a vivid and fragrant pink. 300 words moved by Rania Sanjar. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- CapeVerde-vote-health-virus-economy,ADVANCER PRAIA Voters in Cape Verde, a bastion of democracy in Africa, go to the polls on Sunday after a campaign dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy. 550 words moved by Alexandre Martins-Lopes and Maria Da Luz Neves Nigeria-unrest-education-kidnap,FOCUS KANO Nigerian sisters Hafsat, 14, and Aisha, 13, were asleep in their dormitory when gunmen overran their school in a remote northwest village and snatched them along with 250 other students. 850 words by Aminu Abubakar -- SPORTS -- Athletics-doping-CSA-USA-Coleman-Oly-2020-2021,WRAP LAUSANNE World 100m champion Christian Coleman's two-year ban for missing three doping tests has been reduced by six months to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport but the American will still miss the Tokyo Olympics. 450 words 0930 GMT. File picture. File video Fbl-ENG-Pr-FACup,PREVIEW LONDON Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea potentially have two chances to torpedo Manchester City's bid for an unprecedented quadruple -- but can end the chase as early as Saturday, when the two sides clash in an FA Cup semi-final. 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin. Picture afp
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