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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Amazon's Bezos to go to space in July + Dozens dead in Pakistan train collision + Last surviving Auschwitz liberator dies + Spain opens up for vaccinated visitors + US approves new Alzheimer's drug US-space-BlueOrigin-Bezos,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces he will fly into space next month on the first human flight launched by his Blue Origin rocket firm. 600 words 1930 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture. Video Pakistan-train-crash,WRAP DAHARKI, Pakistan At least 43 people are killed and dozens injured when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughs into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier. 700 words moved by Ashraf Khan. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Pakistan-train-crash,SCENE Germany-WWII-history-Russia-Dushman,OBIT BERLIN David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who took part in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1945, has died at the age of 98. 500 words moved Health-virus-Spain-tourism,2ndlead MALAGA, Spain Hoards of beaming tourists fly into the sun-soaked resort of Malaga after Spain opens its borders to all vaccinated travellers from all over the world. 700 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-EU-tourism,FOCUS US-health-Alzheimers,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States approves a drug called Aduhelm to treat patients with Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to address cognitive decline linked to the condition. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- SPOTLIGHT -- Pakistan-India-EU-economy-rice,FOCUS LAHORE From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the bitter rivals. 700 words moved by Cyril Belaud and Kaneez Fatima. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Slovakia-Russia-diplomacy BRATISLAVA Slovakia becomes the second EU member after Hungary to start using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, just two months after Bratislava's purchase of the Covid-19 jabs led to the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovic. 400 words moved by Laszlo Juhasz. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Democrats,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's policies always faced high hurdles with Republicans, but linchpin Democratic Senator Joe Manchin balking at the US president's voting rights bill signals that the bulk of the ambitious White House agenda is under threat. 650 words 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-vote-CDU,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives celebrate a thumping win over the far right in the last regional vote before a general election that also exposed the weaknesses of the Greens, their main rivals at the national level. 700 words moved by Femke Colborne and Deborah Cole. Picture. Video Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-court,WRAP BADHOEVERDORP, Netherlands Dutch judges say they want relatives of victims to finally have "clarity" about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, as the trial of four suspects enters a key phase. 600 words moved by Jan Hennop. Picture. Video France-education-research-investigation PARIS The former president of a French university has been charged following shock revelations over the putrid conditions in which thousands of corpses donated to the faculty for research were kept, a source says. 500 words moved by Guillaume Daudin -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel could face another week of political suspense after its parliament speaker declines to schedule a pivotal vote on a coalition aiming to oust veteran premier Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 straight years in power. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Palestinians-conflict-march,2ndlead JERUSALEM Israeli right-wing groups cancel plans for a controversial march through annexed east Jerusalem, citing police restrictions, as Islamist group Hamas warned the event would spark new violence. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita stands by the goal of staging elections next February as he is sworn in as transitional president, also naming a civilian premier after international outrage over the country's second coup in nine months. 650 words moved by Kassim Traore. Picture. Voideo. Graphic Also moved: Mali-politics-conflict,CHRONO Mali-politics-coup-Goita,PROFILE Mali-politics-coup-Maiga,PROFILE Mali-unrest-coup-France-politics,FOCUS Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-IslamicState,WRAP KANO, Nigeria A rival Nigerian jihadist group claims Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has killed himself, potentially clearing the way for Islamic State-allied fighters to consolidate control and challenge an army already struggling after more than a decade of conflict. 700 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. File picture Nigeria-rights-media-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA Nigeria says it is in discussions with Twitter after it suspended the US social media giant's services in the country, branding its use as "unpatriotic". 700 words moved by Louise Dewast. Video Burkina-unrest,FACTS OUAGADOUGOU Suspected jihadists killed 160 people in the village of Solhan in Burkina Faso's conflict-wracked north on the weekend, in the deadliest attack since Islamist violence reached the country in 2015. Here is what we know so far. 600 words moved by Armel Baily with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his ruling coalition is on course to retain its control of the lower house, despite a setback in legislative elections he calls "free and fair." 650 words 2100 GMT by Sofia Miselem and Daniel Rook. Picture. Video Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and leftist Pedro Castillo are neck-and-neck as the last ballots are counted in the battle for the presidency of crisis-hit Peru. 700 words 2200 GMT by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin next week, her lawyer tells AFP, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies to flouting coronavirus restrictions during last year's election campaign. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-mass-media-coup Afghanistan-conflict-interpreters-Taliban,3rdlead KABUL The Taliban says that Afghans who worked with foreign forces in the past have nothing to fear once international troops leave, as long as they "show remorse". 550 words moved -- ARTS AND CULTURE -- Italy-Britain-culture-arts,PHOTOESSAY ROME Beneath the sumptuous ceiling of the entrance hall of Rome's Borghese Gallery, under the gaze of a dozen busts of caesars, Damien Hirst's giant sandalled foot looks only a little out of place. 450 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture -- SCIENCE AND CLIMATE -- US-science-environment-climate WASHINGTON An atmospheric research station in Hawaii recorded its highest concentrations of carbon dioxide since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, a government agency says, adding that the coronavirus pandemic had barely impacted rising levels of the greenhouse gas. 500 words 1930 GMT -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic survives a five-set scare while Rafael Nadal shines as the two Grand Slam heavyweights reach the French Open quarter-finals for the 15th time, stalling the advance of tennis's next generation. 650 words 2100 GMT by Dave James. Picture. Graphic afp
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