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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + 23 killed in Mexico metro line collapse + India Covid cases surge past 20 million + Third rocket attack targets Americans in Iraq + How will the Gates divorce impact their charity? + IPL cricket suspended over coronavirus Mexico-accident-train,WRAP MEXICO CITY Emergency services work to retrieve the bodies of victims from the wreckage of a train in the Mexican capital after an elevated metro line collapses, leaving at least 23 dead and dozens injured. 600 words 1500 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 1500 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Iraq-conflict-US-rockets,WRAP BAGHDAD The Iraqi army says two rockets have been fired at a base hosting Americans, the third such attack in three days, as a US government delegation visits the country. 450 words moved US-IT-people-divorce-Gates,FACTS NEW YORK Following the shock announcement that Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing, AFP answers key questions surrounding their powerful charity, from what projects it finances to its impact on the pandemic. 500 words 1830 GMT. File picture Also moved: US-IT-people-divorce-Gates,WRAP US-people-divorce-Gates-charity,PROFILE Cricket-IND-IPL-India-health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI The Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 cricket tournament, is suspended and its players sent home as India battles a massive surge in coronavirus cases. 700 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. File picture -- 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 the 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 Health-virus-Germany,2ndlead BERLIN People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer have to abide by curfews and contact restrictions in Germany under a draft law agreed by the cabinet. 500 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne -- EUROPE -- Britain-G7-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON The Group of Seven wealthy democracies discusses how to form a common front towards an increasingly assertive China, in the foreign ministers' first in-person talks in two years. 650 words 1500 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Madrid-vote,WRAP MADRID Madrid votes in a regional election in which the incumbent right-wing leader, who has made a name for herself by resisting tighter virus restrictions, is expected to win comfortably in a blow to Spain's socialist prime minister. 600 words 1700 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Graphic 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 1700 GMT by Adrien de Calan. File picture France-history-Napoleon-politics,ADVANCER PARIS French leader Emmanuel Macron is to lay a wreath at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte to mark the 200th anniversary of his death on Wednesday following months of debate about the legacy of the country's most famous autocrat. 700 words 1500 GMT by Adam Plowright Also moved: France-history-Napoleon-legacy,FOCUS Italy-France-history Napoleon,FOCUS France-history-Napoleon,FACTS -- 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. 650 words 1600 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO Egypt-armament-France,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's military has confirmed it ordered 30 Rafale jets from French defence firm Dassault Aviation to shore up "national security", putting the country in debt for decades. 500 words 1430 GMT. File picture -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-politics,lead ABUJA Nigeria's armed forces dismiss suggestions they should take over from President Muhammadu Buhari, facing mounting pressure over the country's worsening insecurity. 600 words moved by Joel Olatunde. File picture ICoast-energy,FOCUS ABIDJAN Consumers, unions and business leaders in Ivory Coast are sounding the alarm about waves of blackouts hitting major cities, including the economic capital Abidjan and its five million residents. 500 words moved by Christophe Koffi. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-refugee,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces, after coming under fierce criticism, that he is 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. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-politics-IT-Facebook-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON As Facebook's independent oversight board prepares to release a decision on the platform's ban of former president Donald Trump, debate swirls on the role of big social networks in curbing hateful and abusive speech while controlling political discourse. 600 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever 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/ECONOMY -- Britain-India-trade-diplomacy LONDON Britain and India will begin formal trade deal talks later this year, the UK government says, after they agreed an initial package to boost bilateral trade and investment. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture 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. 550 words moved. -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Nigeria-France-music-celebrity,FOCUS PARIS Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who pioneered Afrobeat alongside his old band mate Fela Kuti, was knocking out rhythms right up until his death last year at the age of 79 and a new album shows he never stopped pushing boundaries. 500 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture afp
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