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| - Duty Editor: Mike Smith Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US, Britain rush help to virus-hit India + 'Nomadland' wins big at pandemic Oscars + Russia cracks down on Navalny network + Nuclear security urged on Chernobyl anniversary + Kanye West shoes sell for record $1.8 million Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI The United States and Britain rush ventilators and vaccine materials to virus-stricken India while Italy lifts many Covid-19 restrictions in a bid to kickstart a near normal summer. 800 words 1600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-Oscars-film,WRAP HOLLYWOOD US road movie "Nomadland" emerges as the big winner at the Oscars with three major prizes, including a history-making award for director Chloe Zhao, as Hollywood celebrates its most glamorous night with a unique pandemic-era gala. 900 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors suspend the activities of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, in a move his team said would essentially shut down the jailed opposition figure's decade-long movement against President Vladimir Putin. 700 words 1600 GMT. Picture Ukraine-nuclear-environment-Chernobyl,WRAP CHERNOBYL, Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges the international community to work together to ensure nuclear security and prevent a repeat of the Chernobyl disaster on the 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident. 600 words 1530 GMT by Andriy Perun. Picture. Video Entertainment-fashion-shoes-auction-Yeezys,WRAP NEW YORK A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sell for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby's says. 450 words 1430 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Video -- OSCARS -- Entertainment-China-US-film-Oscars-Zhao BEIJING Beijing-born Chloe Zhao is scrubbed from Chinese social media as a nationalist backlash airbrushes out her remarkable achievement of becoming the first woman of colour to win the best director Oscar. 400 words moved Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-Nomadland-campers,FOCUS WOODBINE, Maryland For Kathy Wardell, a 56-year-old who decided to live full-time in her camper van beginning in October, the lifestyle depicted in "Nomadland" -- which won three Oscars on Sunday -- is familiar territory. 700 words 1500 GMT by Becca Milfeld. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-fashion,lead HOLLYWOOD For the past year, Hollywood's brightest stars have either been forced to wear ball gowns in their living rooms to accept awards -- or they have worn fancy pajamas. They arrived on the Oscars red carpet with flair. 600 words moved. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-McDormand,PROFILE HOLLYWOOD "Nomadland" star Frances McDormand joins Hollywood's most elite tier with her third acting Oscar -- for a characteristically unglamorous portrayal of a grieving widow living in an old van. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-picture-Nomadland,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-director-Zhao,PROFILE HOLLYWOOD Chloe Zhao, the Beijing-born filmmaker whose indie movies chronicle life in the US heartland, becomes only the second woman ever to win best director in the Oscars' 93-year history. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-France-Zeller,INTERVIEW HOLLYWOOD French writer Florian Zeller spoke of his "great joy" after winning the best adapted screenplay Oscar for "The Father" but is already focused on his next project, "The Son", a new take on one of his plays. 600 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-suppactor-Britain-Kaluuya,PROFILE Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-moments,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-animated-Soul,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-foreign-Denmark,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-suppactress-SKorea-Youn,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- fbl-Eur-C1-ManCity-PSG-diplomacy-QAT-UAE-ENG-FRA,FOCUS DOHA The Champions League semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City on Wednesday is as much a clash of footballing titans as a proxy battle between competing Gulf nations and visions for European football's future. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. File Video Health-virus-Palestinian-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Slumped on his side in a hospital bed, his face obscured by an oxygen mask in an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients in Gaza, Hussein al-Hajj says before he can hope of being vaccinated, he'll need to survive Covid-19. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead ROME Italians flock to bars, restaurants and cinemas as they reopen after months of coronavirus closures, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi sets out a massive EU-funded plan to help the country's crisis-hit economy. 750 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Live Video. Health-virus-vaccines-EU,FOCUS BRUSSELS The European Union launches legal action against pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca over coronavirus vaccine delivery shortfalls that hampered efforts to kickstart inoculations across the bloc. 600 words moved by Julien Girault Health-virus-Yemen,FOCUS SANAA Musheer Farhan recalls how his pregnant wife was turned away from three Yemeni hospitals before dying in a fourth along with their unborn child -- victims of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in a country already on its knees due to war. 700 words moved by Jamil Nasser. Video Health-virus-Thailand-Cambodia-Laos,WRAP BANGKOK Thailand's prime minister is fined for not wearing a mask after new Covid-19 restrictions came into force to try to halt the country's spiralling outbreak. 600 words moved -- EUROPE -- Albania-vote,WRAP TIRANA Albania's prime minister looks set for a third term in power, as preliminary election results give his Socialist Party a commanding lead. 550 words moved by Briseida Mema and Joseph Boyle. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-politics,WRAP MOGADISHU Somali opposition fighters take up positions in parts of the tense capital Mogadishu, a day after clashes with government troops erupted over the president's bid to extend his mandate. 700 words 1430 GMT. Video. Picture. Also moved: Somalia-unrest-politics,Q&A Nigeria-army-unrest,WRAP KANO, Nigeria At least 31 Nigerian soldiers are killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambush a military convoy escorting weapons and overrun a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources say, in the deadliest attack against the army this year. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Graphic Chad-politics-unrest,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's new military junta names an interim prime minister -- who was runner-up in the poor Sahel country's presidential election -- after vowing to hold elections in 18 months. 600 words 1430 GMT by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Picture Also moving: Chad-politics-unrest-rebels,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-100,FOCUS WASHINGTON The daily (hourly) White House melodrama of the Trump era is history, but there has been nothing quiet about Joe Biden's 100 days rush to transform the country he inherited. 900 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-politics-Biden-100,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-justice-Britain,WRAP TEHRAN British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in Iran since 2016, is sentenced to a year in prison and handed a year ban on leaving the country. 500 words 1430 GMT. Also moved: Iran-diplomacy-rights-justice-Britain,BACKGROUND Sudan-religion-economy-Ramadan,FOCUS WAD MADANI As night falls in Sudan, villagers rush to pull over travellers to celebrate Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan with them, traditions enduring despite dire economic troubles. 600 words 1630 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-television-media BEIJING The reality TV ordeal of a Russian who joined a Chinese boy band show by accident -- and made it to the finals despite urging fans to vote him off -- has finally ended after nearly three months. 450 words moved. -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-FRA-ESP-ManCity-Chelsea-PSG-RealMadrid,PREVIEW LONDON The cloud of a collapsed Super League project hangs over this week's Champions League semi-finals with three of the four clubs involved -- Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea -- among the breakaway 12 that shook European football. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture Cricket-IND-IPL-health-virus NEW DELHI Two Australian cricketers become the latest stars to pull out of the Indian Premier League as top bowler Pat Cummins says the tournament is being kept open to distract attention from the growing coronavirus toll on the country. 600 words moved. File picture Egypt-basket-Oly-2020-2021-EGY-Gamal,INTERVIEW CAIRO When 3-on-3 basketball makes its debut at the Tokyo Olympics, referee Sarah Gamal will also be making a breakthrough, as an Arab and African woman officiating at the Games. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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