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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + 23 killed in Mexico metro line collapse + India Covid cases surge past 20 million + Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce + Biden to allow in up to 62,500 refugees + IPL cricket suspended over coronavirus Mexico-accident-train,WRAP MEXICO CITY An elevated metro line collapses in the Mexican capital, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens injured as a train comes plunging down. 600 words 1000 GMT by Jean Arce and Daniel Rook. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mexico-accident-train,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's coronavirus caseload tops 20 million as the relentless surge finally forces the suspension of the nation's lucrative cricket competition involving some of the sport's biggest global stars. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics US-IT-people-divorce-Gates,WRAP WASHINGTON Billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage, raising questions over how they will split their fortune and the direction of one of the world's most powerful charity organizations. 600 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. Graphic US-politics-refugee,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces, after coming under fierce criticism, that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 -- up from the 15,000 cap imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Cricket-IND-IPL-India-health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Organisers of the IPL suspend the big-bucks cricket tournament after the surge in cases in India makes it into the players' strict bio-bubble. 500 words 1000 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga -- SPOTLIGHT -- Morocco-agriculture-social,FOCUS KELAAT MGOUNA, Morocco To earn a dollar, rose picker Izza in Morocco's Atlas Mountains wakes up at dawn to collect three kilos of flowers -- eventually distilled into precious oil costing $18,000 per kilo. 650 words moved by Sophie Pons. Picture. Video Health-virus-cycling-Tunisia-lifestyle,VIDEOESSAY TUNIS On the usually traffic-clogged streets of Tunisia's capital, cyclists are pedalling away peacefully on empty boulevards, enjoying a night-time ban on vehicles introduced to help stem coronavirus. 550 words moved by Salsabil Chellali. Video. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-youth-internet-computers,FOCUS MUMBAI Her exam revision done, schoolgirl Swadha Prasad gets on with her real work: finding life-saving oxygen, drugs and hospital beds for Covid-19 patients as India reels from a brutal second wave of infections. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-G7-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON G7 foreign ministers begin their first face-to-face talks in more than two years, with calls for urgent joined-up action to tackle the most pressing global threats, from China and Russia to Myanmar and Afghanistan. 600 words 1000 GMT by Shaun Tandon and Phil Hazlewood Spain-politics-Madrid-vote,WRAP MADRID Madrid votes in an early regional election the incumbent conservative Popular Party is expected to win comfortably, dealing a blow to Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. 600 words 1200 GMT by Daniel Silva. Graphic. Picture. Video France-climate-emissions-politics,WRAP PARIS The French parliament is set to vote through a new climate change law intended by President Emmanuel Macron to reinforce his green credentials one year ahead of national elections. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright. File picture Britain-vote-London-racism,FOCUS LONDON One has family roots in Pakistan, the other in Jamaica: the two leading contenders for mayor of multicultural London stand out amid an anguished debate about post-colonialism and race in Britain. 750 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-vote-London-Khan,PROFILE -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a midnight deadline to form a government, a daunting task that would likely require convincing the Jewish far right to cooperate with an Islamic party. 600 words 1100 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Colombia-protest-taxation,WRAP BOGOTA Protesters in Colombia call for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform.. 600 words moved by Lina Vanegas. Picture. Video Chile-science-rights,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is aiming to be the world's first nation to legally protect citizens' "neuro-rights," with lawmakers expected to pass a constitutional reform blocking technology that seeks to "increase, diminish or disturb" people's mental integrity without their consent. 850 words moved by Alberto Pena. Graphic. Picture -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-IT-court-antitrust-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Fortnite maker Epic Games and Apple clash in court at the opening of a blockbuster trial on the iPhone maker's App Store, with potentially big implications for the world of mobile tech, trading barbs over alleged monopolistic actions and what is best for consumers. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-internet-Apple-Epic,FACTS Saudi-Aramco-energy,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 30 percent jump in first quarter profits, in a sign of recovery from last year's oil market crash fuelled by the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved -- NAPOLEON ANNIVERSARY -- Italy-France-history-Napoleon,FOCUS ROME Napoleon Bonaparte found inspiration in ancient Rome to build his empire and left his own architectural mark on the Italian capital -- but was too busy with his military campaigns to ever actually visit. 500 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video France-history-Napoleon-legacy,FOCUS PARIS The jury is still out on Napoleon Bonaparte. He modernised France and won some of the most famous battles in history, but he also enshrined the subordination of women into law and re-established slavery. 550 words moved. File picture France-history-Napoleon,FACTS PARIS Two hundred years after his death in exile, conspiracy theories continue to swirl about how exactly Napoleon Bonaparte met his end on the windswept South Atlantic island of St. Helena. 550 words moved. File picture afp
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