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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel pounds Gaza as US envoy arrives + Chinese Mars rover touches down on Red Planet + WHO issues grim warning on Covid deaths + Federer resumes injury comeback on Swiss home soil Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY Israeli fighter jets pound the Gaza Strip, killing 10 members of a single family, after a day of deadly violence rocks the West Bank and a US envoy arrives for talks. 900 words 1100 GMT by Sakher Abou El Oun with Jonah Mandel in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Science-China-space,WRAP BEIJING China's "Zhurong" rover touches down on Mars, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission. 650 words moved by Sebastian Ricci. Graphic Also moved: China-space-science-Mars,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization issues a grim warning that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extends a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped. 850 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-health-virus Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Paralympics-health-virus,INTERVIEW Tennis-ATP-SUI GENEVA Roger Federer resumes his injury comeback on Swiss home soil in Geneva with the 39-year-old legend insisting: "We're on this train until Wimbledon". 580 words moved by Robin Millard. -- ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM It took just days for decades-old tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to spiral out of control, causing deaths and chaos not just in Gaza but across the Jewish state. 850 words 1200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gulf-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI The deadly escalation between Israel and the Palestinians is embarrassing Gulf states which forged ties with the Jewish state and is putting a strain on their Abraham Accords that were billed as a game-changer. 850 words 0930 GMT by Shatha Yaish -- SPOTLIGHT -- France-wine-people,FOCUS VILLECROZE With the imminent arrival of American movie idol George Clooney, France's rose vineyards cement their status as a prime target for wealthy investors wading into one of the hottest sectors of the wine market. 650 words moved by Claudine Renaud. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-religion-death,SCENE NEW DELHI Suneet Sharma has calmly staged dozens of funerals each day of India's resurgent coronavirus crisis -- but he was overwhelmed when a father arrived at the crematorium with the body of his infant daughter. 500 words moved by Glenda Kwek with Uzair Rizvi in Lucknow. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON To mask or not to mask? That is the question facing US states, businesses and people in their everyday lives in the wake of the bombshell announcement by the top health authority lifting most restrictions for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. 850 words moved by Lucie Aubourg with Catherine Triomphe in New York Also moved: Health-virus-US-misinformation,FOCUS Health-virus-US-tourism-DC,FOCUS WASHINGTON Selfie-snapping tourists have suddenly reappeared in front of the White House: Washington DC, home to some of the toughest anti-Covid regulations in the country, is now reopening, highlighting the United States's steady transition back to normality. 650 words moved by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-masks,SCENE -- EUROPE -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-France-protest,WRAP PARIS Organisers of a pro-Palestinians march in Paris vow to maintain a peaceful protest despite a ban by authorities fearing a flare-up of anti-Semitic violence. 600 words 1200 GMT by Karine Perret and Marie Dhumieres. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Two of Iran's political heavy-hitters, ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi and moderate conservative Ali Larijani, launch what may be the key contest of next month's presidential election. 600 words 1000 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans-Stefanik WASHINGTON US Republicans elect congresswoman Elise Stefanik, an outspoken defender of Donald Trump, as their new House conference chair, as the party scrambles to unify amid an explosive debate about its direction. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia-based cyber-extortionist Darkside appears out of business after unknown actors shut down the servers of the group, which had forced the closure of a large US oil pipeline in a multi-million dollar ransomware scam. 750 words moved by Paul Handley Science-health-animals WASHINGTON A team of Japanese scientists has shown it is possible for mammals to absorb oxygen via the anus, and say the finding might also apply to humans who are in respiratory distress when ventilators are not available or inadequate. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- ASIA -- Thailand-health-virus-religion-superstition,FOCUS BANGKOK Clasping a chain of amulets, Thai taxi driver Sopee Silpakit mutters a prayer, strings it around his neck then jumps behind the wheel -- buoyed by the peace of mind the ritual gives him against Covid-19. 500 words moved by Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Sports-football-Britain, LEAD LONDON Manchester United suspends photographers from two of the world's leading news agencies over images of spectator riots on the team's Old Trafford pitch against its owners. 400 words by 1000 GMT by Callum Paton. Picture Golf-USPGA KIAWAH ISLAND Thirty years after the Ryder Cup delivered a "War on the Shore" at Kiawah Island, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth could produce more US-versus-Europe fireworks at the 103rd PGA Championship next week. 750 words moved by Jim Slater. Tennis-ATP-SUI GENEVA Roger Federer resumes his injury comeback on Swiss home soil in Geneva with the 39-year-old legend insisting: "We're on this train until Wimbledon". 580 words moved by Robin Millard. afp
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