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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Fury after 12 European clubs announce Super League + Russia kicks out 20 diplomats after Czech explusion + US warns of 'consequences' if Russia's Navalny dies + Is there flight on Mars? Ingenuity tries to take off + Celebration after NZ-Australian travel bubble opens Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,WRAP PARIS Twelve of Europe's most powerful clubs announce the launch of a breakaway European Super League in a potentially seismic shift in the way football is run. 900 words 0200 GMT by Jed Court with Kieran Canning in London Also moved: fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,QUOTES fbl-Eur-Super-ENG-C1-politics-Johnson-Britain,2ndlead fbl-Eur-Super-ECA-C1 Russia-Czech-espionage-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Tensions between Moscow and Prague spiral with Russia ordering out 20 diplomats, a day after the Czech Republic accused the suspects in the Skripal poisoning of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion on its soil. 500 words moved by Anna Smolchenko with Jan Flemr in Prague. Picture. Video Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-demonstration,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States warns Russia of "consequences" if the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, as the opposition politician's team called for mass protests across Russia to help save his life. 700 words moved by Brian Knowlton with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow. File picture. Video US-space-Mars-Ingenuity,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. 600 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Graphic NZealand-Australia-travel-virus SYDNEY Excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split by the pandemic to reunite. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Environment-Sudan-nature-conservation,FOCUS DINDER, Sudan Tucked away by the Ethiopian border, Sudan's Dinder National Park boasts the country's most diverse wildlife, but rangers face a daily battle to protect it as human encroachment mounts. 550 words by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Israel-masks,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israelis step into the streets without face masks for the first time in a year, a key milestone as the country vaccinates its way out of a coronavirus nightmare. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee and Michael Blum. Picture. Graphic. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The hard-hit United States passes a hopeful milestone as half its adults have had at least one vaccine dose and from Monday all its over 18s will be eligible to get their shot. 700 words 0300 GMT by Tori Otten with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-climate-summit,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden hopes to give a shot of adrenaline to the planet's sluggish fight against climate change with an Earth Day summit but a question lingers -- can the United States be trusted to lead? 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon Canada-climate-politics,INTERVIEW OTTAWA President Joe Biden must show he is serious and committed about US re-engagement on climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says in an interview with AFP ahead of a virtual climate summit opening this week. 900 words moved by Eric Thomas and Michel Comte. Picture. Video Mexico-US-immigration-crime,FOCUS MEXICO CITY The tide of migrants sweeping across Mexico to the US border is not just a humanitarian crisis -- it is also a highly organized, multibillion-dollar trafficking business dominated by the drug cartels. 750 words 0200 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez with Henrika Martinez in Ciudad Juarez. Picture Health-virus-masks-outdoors,FOCUS WASHINGTON Where does the evidence lie on wearing masks outdoors now that the top experts believe Covid is primarily airborne? 800 words 0200 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-disability,FOCUS LOS ANGELES This year, the Oscars will feature a best picture contender about a drummer with hearing loss, a nominated documentary exploring a hippie camp for disabled youths, and a nod for the first film ever to star a deafblind actor -- a step forward for disability representation in Hollywood. 800 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-France-protest-unrest-religion,WRAP LAHORE Eight Pakistan police officers and special rangers were being held hostage Sunday by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said, after days of violent anti-France protests. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Myanmar's shadow government urges Southeast Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to recognise the military regime that seized power in a February coup. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-Greens BERLIN Germany's opposition Greens will name their candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at September's general election, challenging the chancellor's conservatives who are locked in increasingly vicious infighting for her crown. 700 words 0300 GMT by Hui Min Neo. File picture. Russia-espionage-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Tensions between Moscow and Prague spiral with Russia ordering out 20 diplomats, a day after the Czech Republic accused the suspects in the Skripal poisoning of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion on its soil. 500 words moved by Anna Smolchenko with Jan Flemr in Prague -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP CAIRO A train accident north of Cairo leaves 11 dead and 98 others injured, Egypt's health ministry says, in the latest rail calamity to hit the North African country. 400 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Iraq-conflict-US,WRAP SAMARRA, Iraq Five rockets target an airbase in Iraq hosting US soldiers, wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington. 550 words moved by Mahmoud Saleh Syria-politics-vote,WRAP DAMASCUS Syria, devastated by a decade of civil war, will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is expected to keep in power Bashar al-Assad. 550 words moved by Maher Al Mounes with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-vote,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- CapeVerde-vote,WRAP PRAIA Cape Verde's prime minister declares victory in legislative elections in the West African archipelago after a campaign dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy 500 words by Alexandre Martins-Lopes and Maria Da Luz Nevez. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-politics-minorities ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's military says it is deploying troops to quell violence between the country's two largest ethnic groups that has left hundreds dead in recent weeks. 450 words moved afp
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