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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran navy ship sinks in Gulf of Oman + US halts oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge + Striken Sri Lanka ship 'in danger of sinking' + AU suspends Mali after second coup + Elephant rampage leaves damage in China Iran-navy-accident,WRAP TEHRAN One of Iran's biggest navy vessels sinks a day after catching fire during a "training mission" in sensitive international waters of the Gulf, the navy says. 500 words 1000 GMT by Amir Havasi. File Picture. Video US-environment-oil,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration announces it is halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling. 550 words moved SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,WRAP COLOMBO A burnt-out container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime environmental disaster is in imminent danger of sinking with several hundred tonnes of oil still in its fuel tanks, the navy says. 500 words 1030 GMT by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-politics-coup-AU,WRAP NAIROBI The African Union announces it is suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatens the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. 550 words moved by Marion Douet. China-animal-nature BEIJING A herd of 15 wandering elephants on an epic trek through southwestern China have entered villages to gorge on crops, broken into barns and caused a million dollars of losses. 250 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- SAfrica-health-traditional-healers,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi Malatji fixed her smartphone into a tripod and reached for a small bag of divination bones. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Egypt-LGBT-rights,FOCUS CAIRO Farida Ramadan, a transgender woman, overcame major hurdles to transition in conservative Egypt, but she is still fighting for her rights in a country where LGBTQ+ people face acute stigma. 800 words moved by Hager Harabech. Picture Malaysia-education-internet,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam's unexpected rise from anonymous pupil to national leader against school harassment began with a teacher allegedly joking about rape. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic wave near breaking point and fearful for their lives. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-vote-AfD,FOCUS MAGDEBURG Best known as an anti-migrant party, Germany's far-right AfD has seized on the coronavirus pandemic to court a new type of voter ahead of regional elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday: anti-shutdown activists. 700 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are locked in last-ditch talks to hammer out their "change" coalition composed of bitter ideological rivals. 850 words 1000 GMT by Daphne Rousseau and Claire Gounon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Israel-politics-BenGvir,FOCUS JERUSALEM As Israelis clashed with Palestinians in recent weeks, one hardline nationalist lawmaker allied with embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly stoking the flames: Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the one-man "Jewish Power" party. 850 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-fashion-clothing-textile-luxury,PROFILE ABIDJAN Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe'O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to supplier of Africa's wealthy and powerful, including anti-apartheid torchbearer Nelson Mandela. 650 words moved by David Esnault. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-racism-massacre-history,WRAP TULSA President Joe Biden leads emotional commemorations to honor victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, saying the United States must learn from one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country's history. 750 words moved by Lea Dauple. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-Biden,POINTS Mexico-vote-health-virus-poverty,FOCUS IZTAPALAPA, Mexico The coronavirus pandemic has claimed thousands of lives in his impoverished district of Mexico City, but Edgar Alonso is still determined to go out and vote in Sunday's midterm elections. 700 words moved by Jean Luis Arce. Picture US-fires-drought-California,FOCUS PARADISE, California "Now, when there's smoke here, everybody panics," says Steve Crowder, mayor of the small town of Paradise that was almost wiped off the map by California's deadly 2018 wildfires. 800 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Cuba-dance-Internet,FOCUS HAVANA In the country of salsa and rumba, a troupe of sneaker-wearing Cuban youngsters have burst onto the dance scene with a style until recently all but unheard of on the isolated island nation: hip hop. 750 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video Colombia-politics-protest-youth-volunteers,FOCUS BOGOTA By day they are publicists, YouTubers or market vendors. By night they dodge tear gas and stun grenades to tend to the wounded in clashes between the police and young people spearheading an unprecedented social upheaval in Colombia. 550 words moved by Juan Sebastian Serrano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-population-society,FOCUS BEIJING China wants its women to have more children but for many young people, the government's big promises of support mean little because of soaring living costs and changing mindsets about families. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- TECH -- China-IT-Huawei-software-telecom SHENZHEN Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei will launch its Harmony OS operating system for mobile phones, as it struggles for survival after the US blocked it from continuing to use Google's Android platform. 500 words moved by Dan Martin. -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams continues her latest bid for an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles crown at a French Open now without two of the world's top three-ranked women's players. 600 words 1200 GMT by Dave James. Picture afp
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