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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Overwhelmed India logs 200,000 Covid deaths + Biden to push inequality fight in first Congress address + Audio leak seeks to rumble nuclear talks: Iran's Rouhani + UK probe over Johnson's lavish apartment makeover + Full Olympic venues 'very difficult': organisers Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's coronavirus death toll crosses 200,000 as a relentless wave of new cases swamps hospitals and sends desperate families out into the streets of the capital in search of oxygen supplies and medicine. 850 words 1600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS US-politics-speech-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will use his first address to Congress to propose a politically audacious, nearly $2 trillion boost for America's middle class, in part by reversing Donald Trump's tax cuts on the wealthy. 800 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Iran-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN An audiotape of Iran's top diplomat bemoaning the military's influence was leaked to sow "discord" during talks focused on reviving an international nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani says, after the recording stirred controversy in the Islamic republic. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Britain-politics-Johnson,WRAP LONDON Britain's Electoral Commission announces a formal probe into how Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid for a lavish makeover of his Downing Street flat, seriously escalating a simmering scandal. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-fans,WRAP TOKYO Full stadiums will be "very difficult" at the Tokyo Olympics, the head of the Games warns, as a decision on how many domestic fans can attend was pushed back until June. 750 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Turkey-environment-space-Mars,FOCUS LAKE SALDA, Turkey Boasting azure waters and white sands, a Turkish lake that NASA thinks hides secrets about Mars threatens to become too popular for its own good. 750 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video. Graphic China-economy-lifestyle-toys,FOCUS BEIJING Tiny unicorns and cartoon girls in clown costumes line the shelves of Wang Zhaoxue's study in Beijing -- tokens of China's mania for "blind boxes" that has made fortunes for toymakers and even caught the attention of those in power. 600 words moved by Danni Zhu and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ecuador-Galapagos-science-tourism,FOCUS SANTA CRUZ, Ecuador When the coronavirus pandemic reached South America, human activity on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador ground almost to a halt, leaving giant tortoises, iguanas and other endemic species to themselves. 750 words moved by Florence Panoussian. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,SCENE GHAZIABAD, India Himanshu Verma sighs in relief as a mask is fitted over his mother's face, allowing the Covid-19 sufferer to breathe in oxygen as she sat alongside a busy road on the outskirts of New Delhi. 500 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-Italy-attacks-RedBrigades,WRAP PARIS France detains seven former members of left-wing Italian extremist group the Red Brigades in what was billed as a diplomatic olive branch towards Rome by President Emmanuel Macron. 650 words 1500 GMT by Adam Plowright and Laurence Benhamou. File picture Also moving: France-Italy-attacks-RedBrigades,FACTS EU-Britain-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Parliament overwhelmingly ratifies the EU's post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but promises to keep a close eye on London with cross-channel bitterness still high. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-politics,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's government urges people who fled violence in the capital to return to their homes, as tensions lower after the president calls for elections and renewed dialogue with his political rivals. 700 words 1500 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-economy-energy-fires,FOCUS BAGHDAD Worn-out fuses, tangled wiring criss-crossing illegal buildings, poor construction and generators exposed to extreme heat have become a potent recipe in Iraq for frequent deadly and destructive blazes. 650 words moved by Salam Faraj. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Canada-US-trade,FOCUS DUNDEE, Canada The Canada-US border was closed at the start of the pandemic more than a year ago, but not for Paul-Maurice Patenaude, who has been operating a parcel handoff service from his house, which straddles the international boundary. 700 words 1530 GMT by Eric Thomas. Picture. Video Venezuela-agriculture-sanctions-fuel,FOCUS CARACAS "We have gone back about two centuries," groans farmer Alfonso Morales who, for a lack of diesel in oil-rich Venezuela, must now rely on oxen to plow his land. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez -- ASIA -- SKorea-taxation-telecommunication-Samsung-people,lead SEOUL The heirs to South Korea's Samsung group announce their plans to pay more than $10 billion in death duties -- one of the world's biggest-ever inheritance tax settlements -- including donating Picasso and Monet artworks. 600 words moved by Sunghee Hwang and Kang Jin-kyu. Picture Myanmar-Thailand-politics-military-unrest BANGKOK Myanmar's military launches air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire is heard from neighbouring Thailand, a Thai official says, as fighting escalates along the border. 450 words moved. File picture SKorea-energy-climate-wind-fishing,FOCUS GOCHANG, South Korea Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches. 850 words moved Graphic. Picture. Video US-Pakistan-BinLaden-anniversary-Zawahiri,FOCUS PARIS Ten years after the killing of its founder Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda bears little resemblance to the terror network that struck the US on September 11, 2001, but remains a threat even under a starkly different leadership structure. 800 words moved by Didier Lauras. File picture. Graphic -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-conservation-animal-plant-IUCN-conflict GENEVA Civil unrest and military exercises pose heightened risk to more than 200 threatened species, including elephant populations and the critically-endangered Eastern gorilla, conservationists warn. 700 words moved by Nina Larson. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-bank-rate WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve opened the final day of policy deliberations and is expected to reaffirm the commitment to sustaining stimulus to the US economy until it has recovered from the Covid-19 damage. 500 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott US-economy-inflation-consumers,FOCUS WASHINGTON After a year in which the government dispatched three rounds of stimulus checks to keep them spending, Americans' wallets are set to suffer as price rises for household goods ranging from diapers to cereal. 650 words 1600 GMT by Julie Chabanas, with Juliette Michel in New York US-aviation-earnings-aerospace-Boeing, WRAP NEW YORK Boeing reports another quarterly loss amid continued weakness in commercial aviation, but says a rebound is within sight with the return of the 737 MAX to service and coronavirus vaccines. 600 words 1600 GMT by John Biers -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-Lebanon-Arab-film,FOCUS BEIRUT "Alephia 2053", an Arabic-language animated feature set in a bleak future, has struck a chord in a region all too familiar with autocratic rule and bold, bloody resistance. 550 words moved by Rita Hage. Picture. Video Spain-food-gastronomy-restaurant-women,FOCUS SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain From the fourth generation of one of Spain's most celebrated culinary families, Elena Arzak has won plaudits for taking traditional Basque cuisine in a new direction. 850 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture US-IT-media-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK Anna Codrea-Rado built a name for herself as a freelance journalist, building an audience of 2,500 for her email newsletter -- then in 2019 joined writers charging a subscription fee using the Substack platform, moving to the direct-to-consumer model. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-ENG-RealMadrid-Chelsea-Benzema,FOCUS MADRID Real Madrid might not reach the Champions League final but Karim Benzema has given them a chance, his genius against Chelsea the embodiment of a team that still never knows when it is beaten. 600 words moved by Tom Allnutt. Picture afp
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