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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel faces escalating conflict on two fronts + Panic-buying hits US, despite pipelines reopening + Asia home to most cities at risk environmentally + Williams crashes out in 1,000th career match + Ohio offers $1 mn prizes in Covid vaccine lottery Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP TEL AVIV Israel faces an escalating conflict on two fronts, continuing to exchange deadly fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza while scrambling to quell riots between Arabs and Jews on its own streets. 800 words 0200 GMT by Ben Simon with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON The major US pipeline network forced offline by a cyber attack begins to reopen, its operator said, after a five-day shutdown prompted motorists to frantically stock up on gasoline and some gas stations on the US east coast to close. 750 words 0230 GMT by Heather Scott and Virginie Montet. Picture. Video Climate-pollution-water-investments-cities PARIS Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in Asia, and four-fifths are in India or China, according to a risk assessment. 650 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Tennis-WTA-ITA-ATP-Williams,WRAP ROME Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th WTA match of her career, crashes out of the Italian Open in the second round, weeks before her bid to make history at Roland Garros. 650 words moved. Picture Health-virus-US-vaccine-lottery WASHINGTON As US officials scramble to convince citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19, one state is putting its money where its mouth is -- offering millions in lottery prizes for those who have received an injection. 350 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Taiwan-Indonesia-Philippines-fishing-rights-labour,FOCUS TAIPEI Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the democratic island as a regional human rights beacon. 1,000 words 0330 GMT by Amber Wang with Ron Lopez in Manila. Picture. Video. Graphic DRCongo-violence-rape,FOCUS KANANGA Single or married, sometimes pregnant, and among them even men: hundreds of people are coming forward as victims of sexual assault and rape in Kasai, the poor, troubled heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA An expert panel blames bad coordination as well as dithering by national governments and international organisations for the failure to tackle Covid-19 before it became a full-blown pandemic, as India's death toll tops 250,000. 900 words moved by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-pandemic-panel,3rdlead Health-virus-pandemic-panel,POINTS Health-virus-pandemic-panel-diplomacy,Q&A Health-virus-India-toll,2ndlead Health-virus-India-vaccines,FOCUS NEW DELHI It's 2am and Ananya Maskara's face is lit up by her smartphone as she nervously scrolls through a list -- looking for a green or yellow tab indicating that a Covid-19 vaccination slot is available in India's capital New Delhi. 700 words 0330 GMT by Glenda Kwek with Nishant Saxena in Lucknow. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-carnival,PROFILE RIO DE JANEIRO Raquel Poti barely stands five feet tall, but the diminutive stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro's carnival -- whose cancelation due to Covid-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive. 650 words moved by Vitoria Velez. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lod,SCENE LOD, Israel A synagogue with charred walls and incinerated cars testifies to a breakdown of Arab-Jewish coexistence in the mixed city of Lod against the backdrop of the latest Israeli-Palestinian showdown. 450 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Already moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-TelAviv,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-children,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-flare-ups,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-media,FOCUS DUBAI With Twitter accounts deleted and content blocked on Instagram, Palestinian social media users say they have been censored from showing the reality of the unrest in Jerusalem. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi and Shatha Yaish Iran-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iranian ultra-conservative ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puts his name forward as a candidate to succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in elections next month. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KABUL A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring Taliban and Afghan forces comes into force after weeks of intense clashes throughout the country. 500 words 0430 GMT by Jay Deshmukh Myanmar-politics-military-Buddhism-monks,FOCUS YANGON Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but are split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders defending the new junta. 750 words 0330 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans,WRAP WASHINGTON US House Republicans oust conservative Liz Cheney, a fierce critic of Donald Trump, from her powerful leadership role in a move that tightens the former president's grip on the party. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-aviation-health-unrest,FOCUS NEW YORK As coronavirus restrictions ease and people get back on planes, they are learning of a new travel development -- passengers who behave badly aboard flights are facing US fines many times the price of the airline ticket. 450 words 0200 GMT Colombia-politics-unrest,FOCUS CALI, Colombia Poverty, long-simmering racial tension, drug trafficking and a recent outbreak of violent anti-government protest: the Colombian city of Cali has come to encapsulate all the ills of a country recently emerged from half a century of conflict but tumbling back into crisis. 850 words 0130 GMT by Lina Vanegas in Bogota and Luis Robayo in Cali. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-unrest,WRAP LONDON British former prime minister Tony Blair calls for a South Africa-style truth and reconciliation commission for Northern Ireland to address historical crimes on both sides of "The Troubles". 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Britain-politics-lobbying-Greensill-Cameron LONDON British lawmakers get their first chance to quiz former prime minister David Cameron about his controversial lobbying for collapsed finance group Greensill Capital, following months of scandal and revelation. 560 words 0200 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. File picture Russia-shooting-school,WRAP KAZAN, Russia A Russian court orders that a teenager accused of killing nine pupils and staff in a school shooting spree be held in pre-trial detention, as his victims are laid to rest. 800 words moved by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Uganda-politics KAMPALA Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is sworn in for his sixth term as president, as police surround the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a "sham". 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- EU-court-Engie-tax-Amazon-US,WRAP LUXEMBOURG Amazon scores a major legal victory as an EU court annuls an order from the bloc's powerful antitrust authority that Luxembourg recoup 250 million euros in back taxes. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-Barcelona-RealMadrid-Juventus,WRAP LAUSANNE UEFA initiates disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, the three clubs yet to renounce the aborted European Super League project. 450 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-DeGeneres-television,WRAP NEW YORK Ellen DeGeneres, a star of daytime American talk show culture, says she is calling it quits after 19 seasons anchoring a TV staple that had become tainted by toxic workplace allegations. 500 words moved. File picture afp
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