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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + Aid flies in as India Covid deaths climb + Gaunt Navalny in court after hunger strike + NATO says Afghanistan withdrawal has begun + China space station parts blast off + William and Kate mark 10th anniversary Health-virus,WRAP KOLKATA India's coronavirus disaster deepens with the daily death toll climbing above 3,600 as dozens of countries sent urgent medical aid to help tackle the spiralling crisis. 800 words 1930 GMY by Sailendra Sil with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Russia-politics-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Alexei Navalny's political network says it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appears in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. 700 words moved by Anatasia Clark. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-NATO,WRAP BRUSSELS NATO has started the withdrawal of its mission from Afghanistan following a decision by President Joe Biden to bring US forces home, an alliance official says. 600 words moved by Max Delany Space-China-science,WRAP BEIJING China launches the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehert and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Also moved: Space-China-Mars-history,CHRONO Britain-royals-William-Kate,WRAP LONDON Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy's future as other senior royals age or recede from view. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Serbia-animal-livestock,VIDEOESSAY LAPOVO, Serbia Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modelled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is spending his dotage in Serbia's only sanctuary for horses. 500 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Afghanistan-religion-Judaism,FOCUS KABUL For decades, Zebulon Simentov refused to leave Afghanistan -- surviving a Soviet invasion, deadly civil war, brutal rule by the Taliban and the US-led occupation of his homeland. But enough is enough for Afghanistan's last Jew. 600 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture Lifestyle-Egypt-culture-sports,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt's tradition of tahtib (stick fighting), popular at festivities and dating back at least 5,000 years, has become a modern martial art that enthusiasts hope will eventually make it to the Olympics. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-lockdown,3rdlead PARIS French cafes, cultural venues and businesses that have been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic will reopen in several phases from May 19, President Emmanuel Macron says, announcing a four-stage calendar for reopening the country. 600 words moved by Clare Byrne Health-virus-India-oxygen,Q&A NEW DELHI A devastating surge in coronavirus infections has exposed India's dilapidated health infrastructure and a deep shortage in the supply of oxygen -- a key treatment for seriously ill patients as they battle the disease. AFP looks at the reasons behind the shortage. 600 words moved Also moved: Virus-health-India-vaccine,FOCUS -- CENTRAL ASIA -- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-conflict,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan says three people have died in clashes at its disputed border with Tajikistan, including one child, shortly after announcing that the Central Asian rivals had agreed to a ceasefire. 600 words 1930 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-economy-Congress,FOCUS WASHINGTON With US President Joe Biden's maiden address to Congress in the books, the real heavy lifting begins: convincing rival Republicans -- and some recalcitrant Democrats -- to sign on to his ambitious remaking of America. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vote,WRAP RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Palestinian leaders are set to decide whether to hold elections next month as scheduled or call a delay that could trigger further frustration in a divided society which last voted in 2006. 750 words 1930 GMT. Picture Algeria-politics-unrest-arrest,WRAP ALGIERS Algerian authorities release on probation a leading opposition activist opposed to the country's forthcoming elections a day after detaining him, a prisoners' support group says. 550 words moved. File picture. -- AFRICA -- Chad-unrest,WRAP N'DJAMENA Government troops and rebels clash in a region of western Chad where president Idriss Deby Itno was killed earlier this month, while prosecutors process hundreds of people arrested for demonstrating against military rule. 550 words moved DRCongo-unrest,WRAP KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi vows to implement "radical measures" against armed groups in the country's east that have killed thousands of civilians and set tens of thousands more to flight. 600 words moved -- SCIENCE/CLIMATE -- Climate-energy-Nobel PARIS The failure to halt climate change, the destruction of nature and other intertwined global crises poses an existential risk to humanity, ten Nobel laureates say following the first-ever Nobel Prize Summit. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood Lebanon-environment-fish,lead QARAOUN, Lebanon Tonnes of dead fish have washed up on the shore of a highly polluted lake in eastern Lebanon in the past few days, an official says, with a preliminary report saying a virus had killed only carp. 450 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Germany-politics-internet-Baerbock,FOCUS BERLIN With Germany's Green party leading the polls ahead of September's general election, the ecologists' would-be successor to Angela Merkel has become increasingly targeted by internet trolls and fake news. 600 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-IT-pandemic-earnings,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech culminates with Amazon revealing profits from pandemic-revved online shopping and growing reliance on internet-hosted services. 700 words 2100 GMT by Glenn Chapman with Rob Lever in Washington US-economy-growth-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The US recovery from the destruction inflicted by Covid-19 is accelerating amid widespread vaccinations and massive government stimulus, with new data showing another jump in growth in and further signs lost jobs are being restored. 700 words moved by Heather Scott Energy-oil-earnings-Europe,WRAP PARIS European oil majors post strong quarterly profits as a recovery in crude prices fuels their rebound from the coronavirus crisis. 700 words moved by Julien Mivielle -- SPORT -- RugbyU-NZL-investment,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby backs a "revolutionary" plan to sell a stake in the All Blacks to US investors, ignoring opposition from top players who fear the deal will sully rugby's most storied team. 700 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-ENG-PSG-ManCity,FOCUS LONDON After 10 years of trying and billions spent to make it possible, Manchester City are closer to winning the Champions League than they have ever been. 600 words by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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