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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Indonesia says missing sub has sunk + India sees new record Covid deaths + Biden to recognise Armenian genocide + Gaza rockets follow Jerusalem clashes + Guiliani wins Razzies for infamous 'Borat' scene Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP BALI, Indonesia Indonesia says a submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali has sunk, as hopes of saving any of its 53 crew fade. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's daily Covid death toll hits a new high, with hospitals facing oxygen shortages and crematoriums pushed to capacity, as US regulators say pharma giant Johnson & Johnson can restart a vaccine rollout paused due to worries over blood clots. 600 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Turkey-Armenia-diplomacy-genocide,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden is expected to take the landmark step of recognizing the Armenian genocide, a day after he spoke to the leader of Turkey which has fought furiously for decades against such a declaration. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli warplanes strike the Gaza Strip after repeated salvos of rocket fire into Israel followed a second night of clashes between Palestinians and police in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-film-award-Razzies LOS ANGELES The votes are in, and there is no point in Rudy Giuliani arguing with the result -- Donald Trump's lawyer is awarded two Razzies for his "performance" in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." 350 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-conflict-fashion,FOCUS DUBAI Entisar al-Hammadi was just starting a career in modelling when she was arrested in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, where the Iran-backed Huthis are enforcing a morals campaign. 650 words 0930 GMT. Picture Health-virus-India,SCENE NEW DELHI Barely breathing, Shyam Naryan arrives in a red rickshaw at the Delhi hospital, his feet hanging over the side, his family desperate, but it soon becomes clear that the overpowered staff cannot help the latest victim of the coronavirus wave battering India. 750 words 1030 GMT Maude Brulard and Archana Thiyagarajan Health-virus-Brazil,VIDEOESSAY SANTO ANDRE, Brazil Carlos Marques has spent 12 years driving ambulances in Sao Paulo state but nothing prepared him for the trauma of working amid one of the world's worst outbreaks of the coronavirus. 500 words moved by Paula Ramon and Fernando Marron. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines,BACKGROUND PARIS On December 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world's first Covid vaccination -- a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for humanity after a devastating pandemic year. 1,000 words 1000 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-vaccines-remote,VIDEOESSAY PARIS Nearly one billion Covid jabs have now been administered worldwide but reaching people in all four corners of the planet is an unprecedented logistical challenge 500 words 1030 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccines-Britain,FOCUS LONDON It was the shot in the arm that made history: in December last year British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the Western world to get an approved coronavirus vaccine, kicking off a global campaign to end the pandemic. 450 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Health-virus-Germany-politics,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel defends a new "emergency brake" law imposing tough coronavirus restrictions across Germany including night curfews and school closures. 500 words 1000 GMT by Femke Colborne. EU-economy-health-virus,FOCUS BRUSSELS After what many decried as a slow start the European Union has taken an important step towards unblocking hundreds of billions of euros to restart an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic, and member states could see the first huge transfers in July. 600 words 1000 GMT by Daniel Aronssohn -- EUROPE -- France-police-attack,WRAP RAMBOUILLET French investigators are questioning three people linked to a Tunisian man who stabbed a police employee to death near Paris in a suspected Islamist attack. 750 words moved by Alice Lefebvre and Tiphaine Liboux. Picture. Video Armenia-Turkey-history-genocide,WRAP YEREVAN Thousands of Armenians flock to a hilltop memorial in the capital to mark the 106th anniversary of the World War I-era mass killings of their kin by Ottoman Turks, ahead of a possible step by US President Joe Biden to designate the killings genocide. 600 words 1230 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-Europe-space-SpaceX,WRAP KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts aboard begins docking with the International Space Station. 550 words 0930 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-Floyd-trial-sentencing,2ndlead MINNEAPOLIS, United States Sacked US police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 for the murder of African American George Floyd in a case that sparked nationwide anti-racism protests. 450 words moved by Joy Powell Basket-NBA-Lakers-James-police-shootings,WRAP NEW YORK Anger mounts on the US conservative right over an inflammatory tweet by NBA star LeBron James targeting a police officer who shot dead a knife-wielding 16-year-old Black girl in his home state of Ohio. 500 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Asean-diplomacy,WRAP JAKARTA Southeast Asian leaders hold Myanmar crisis talks with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead. 700 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video SriLanka-attacks-security-arrest COLOMBO Sri Lanka's police arrest a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounts. 250 words moved. -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Super-Britain-politics-UEFA,INTERVIEW LONDON "Soccernomics" economist Stefan Szymanski says the "pent-up demand" underpinning the concept of a European Super League will not disappear, despite the launch in Britain of a wholesale review into the running of English football. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Also moved: Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-UEFA-venues-Eur-C1-Super,WRAP -- ENVIRONMENT -- Britain-environment-food-pollution-fishing,FOCUS PORTSMOUTH, England Decimated by over-fishing and pollution, British oysters could make a comeback as a hatchery in the Channel port city of Portsmouth is helping to revive a native species. 750 words moved by Charlotte Durand. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-five,POINTS HOLLYWOOD Travelers passing through Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday might notice a commotion -- for one night only, it is doubling as the venue for the Oscars. They likely won't see much, but here are five things to watch for at home. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture. Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-vote,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-picture-winners-20years,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-France,PROFILE afp
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