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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Dozens dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods + Jordan prince vows to defy house arrest + Netanyahu on trial as coalition talks ramp up + UK to restart travel as India virus cases surge + France probes 'clandestine' Covid-defying dinners Indonesia-ETimor-flood-disaster-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Tropical cyclone Seroja pounds Indonesia and East Timor after torrential rains trigger floods and landslides that have killed 113 people and left dozens more missing. 650 words 1500 GMT by Handrianus Emanuel, with Maria Vieira in Dili. Picture. Video Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's Prince Hamzah, accused of a "wicked" plot against his half-brother King Abdullah II, strikes a defiant tone, insisting he will not obey orders restricting his movement. 700 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: Jordan-politics-king,PROFILE Israel-politics-court,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's legal and political dramas converge as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces his corruption trial while his bid to form a government after another inconclusive election reaches a critical phase. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain is set to unveil plans to restart international travel as it cautiously exits a coronavirus lockdown, but India is forced to further tighten curbs to fight a huge spike in infections. 650 words 1530 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Health-virus-France-politics-justice,WRAP PARIS A report by a French television channel alleging "clandestine" luxury dinners in Paris despite the pandemic sparks an investigation and a political furore over the claims the elite were brazenly ignoring rules they themselves had set. 600 words 1530 GMT Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-US-religion-Judaism,FOCUS NEW YORK Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community where she was raised near New York, started wearing trouser pants for the first time and contacted an organization that helps "leavers" adapt to life in wider society. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Britain-virus-health-travel-politics-3rdlead LONDON Britain is to set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown. 700 words moved by Callum Paton and Stuart Graham. File picture Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran's daily new Covid cases reach a four-month high as the capital Tehran is put on the highest "red" risk level, with authorities blaming increased domestic travel. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-military-canal,WRAP ANKARA Turkey detains 10 retired admirals after they openly criticise a canal project dear to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a country where the hint of military insubordination raises the spectre of past coups. 700 words 1430 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. File picture Bulgaria-vote SOFIA Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's centre-right GERB party came first in the weekend's parliamentary elections, partial results show, but with protest parties surging it has no clear partner to form a governing coalition. 450 words moved by Diana Simenova -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The high-profile trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, facing murder charges for the death of George Floyd, resumes after an opening week of powerful and emotional testimony. 600 words 1700 GMT by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-conflict,WRAP MAPUTO Mozambique's military says it is regaining territory in the northern town and gas hub of Palma, seized by Islamic State-linked jihadists last month, claiming a "significant" number of militants had since been killed in fighting. 600 words 1500 GMT. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-accident,WRAP NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh The search for survivors from a ferry disaster in Bangladesh has been called off, officials say, with the death toll rising to 28 when rescuers pulled the vessel from the water and found bodies inside. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Turkey KABUL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has drawn up a new proposal for peace with the Taliban ahead of an international conference aimed at jump-starting faltering talks between the two warring sides, official sources say. 400 words moved. File picture Australia-Myanmar-prisoners-politics,lead YANGON An Australian couple have been released from house arrest in Myanmar and allowed to leave the country, as protests against the military junta continue. 750 words moved. Picture. Video China-Xinjiang-diplomacy,Q&A BEIJING After a brief lull, China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies following renewed global pressure over Beijing's treatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,lead PUTRAJAYA Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak begins an appeal against his corruption conviction and 12-year jail term over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, which contributed to his government's downfall in 2018. 500 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-SAG,WRAP LOS ANGELES "The Trial Of The Chicago 7" is judged the year's best performance at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards -- a verdict that strengthens the film's case for the Oscars later this month. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video afp
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