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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Aid flies in as India Covid deaths climb + Gaunt Navalny in court after hunger strike + Amazon to unveil pandemic profits + China space station parts blast off + Sotheby's stages international sneaker sale Health-virus,WRAP KOLKATA, India India's coronavirus disaster deepens with its daily death toll climbing above 3,600, as more than 40 countries send urgent medical aid to help the country tackle the spiralling crisis. 850 words 1600 GMT by Sailandra Sil, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Russia-politics-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Alexei Navalny's national political network says it is disbanding as the jailed Kremlin critic appears in court, gaunt and shaven-headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. 700 words 1530 GMT by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video US-IT-pandemic-earnings,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech culminates with Amazon revealing profits from pandemic-revved online shopping and reliance on cloud-hosted services. 700 words 1600 GMT by Glenn Chapman with Rob Lever in Washington Space-China-science,WRAP BEIJING China launches the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehert and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Also moved: Space-China-Mars-history,CHRONO Lifestyle-Basket-NBA-US-people-Switzerland-auction,FOCUS GENEVA Sotheby's is staging its first international dedicated sneaker sale, seeing the boom in a formerly niche market as a way to attract younger clients into the world of auctions. 650 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Serbia-animal-livestock,VIDEOESSAY LAPOVO, Serbia Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modelled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is spending his dotage in Serbia's only sanctuary for horses. 500 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Afghanistan-religion-Judaism,FOCUS KABUL For decades, Zebulon Simentov refused to leave Afghanistan -- surviving a Soviet invasion, deadly civil war, brutal rule by the Taliban and the US-led occupation of his homeland. But enough is enough for Afghanistan's last Jew. 600 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture Lifestyle-Egypt-culture-sports,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt's tradition of tahtib (stick fighting), popular at festivities and dating back at least 5,000 years, has become a modern martial art that enthusiasts hope will eventually make it to the Olympics. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video Cuba-US-politics-music-diplomacy-culture,FOCUS HAVANA An ideological battle is being waged over Cuba's communist government between musicians in Havana and Miami, with political slogans set to reggaeton, salsa and rap. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven with Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Video France-LBGT-gender-rights,FOCUS PARIS A new generation of French activists emerging in the post #MeToo era are turning to lesbian feminism to denounce centuries of male oppression, inspiring the first march of lesbians in 40 years but also sparking controversy. 750 words moved by Eleonore Hughes. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France PARIS President Emmanuel Macron lays out a blueprint for exiting France's third coronavirus lockdown, starting with the reopening of restaurant and cafe terraces as well as cultural venues on May 19, while a national curfew will be fully lifted by June 30. 500 words 1500 GMT by Clare Byrne Health-virus-India-oxygen,Q&A NEW DELHI A devastating surge in coronavirus infections has exposed India's dilapidated health infrastructure and a deep shortage in the supply of oxygen -- a key treatment for seriously ill patients as they battle the disease. AFP looks at the reasons behind the shortage. 600 words moved Also moved: Virus-health-India-vaccine,FOCUS -- CENTRAL ASIA -- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-conflict,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan says its forces seized a border post from Tajikistan after the heaviest fighting in years broke out along the two Central Asian countries' disputed frontier. 550 words 1430 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva -- EUROPE -- Germany-climate-trial-politics,WRAP KARLSRUHE, Germany Germany's highest court rules that the government's flagship climate protection plan was "insufficient", a major setback for Angela Merkel's right-left coalition in an election year when environmental issues are expected to take centre stage. 650 words 1500 GMT by Sarah Maria Brech with Kit Holden in Berlin. File picture UN-Cyprus-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA Talks with rival Cypriot leaders fail to find common ground that could pave the way towards resolving the decades-old division of Cyprus, the UN chief says. 650 words 1630 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Germany-fbl-trial-children-Metzelder,WRAP BERLIN German former professional footballer Christoph Metzelder admits at the start of his trial on child pornography charges to sharing graphic illicit images of minors online. 500 words moved. Picture Germany-homicide-clinic,WRAP POTSDAM, Germany An employee at a clinic for disabled people close to Berlin has been detained over the killings of four patients at the institution, say police, adding that the motives of the crime were still unclear. 500 words moved by Odd Andersen. Picture. Video Germany-politics-internet-Baerbock,FOCUS BERLIN With Germany's Green party leading the polls ahead of September's general election, the ecologists' would-be successor to Angela Merkel has become increasingly targeted by internet trolls and fake news. 600 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Britain-politics-Johnson-scandal,Q&A LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and fiancée Carrie Symonds clearly have expensive taste in home decor. But how did "wallpaper-gate" spread into a national scandal that could yet involve the police? 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Also moved: Britain-politics-Johnson,PROFILE -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-economy-Congress,FOCUS WASHINGTON With US President Joe Biden's maiden address to Congress in the books, the real heavy lifting begins: convincing rival Republicans -- and some recalcitrant Democrats -- to sign on to his ambitious remaking of America. 700 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vote,WRAP RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Palestinian leaders are set to decide whether to hold elections next month as scheduled or call a delay that could trigger further frustration in a divided society which last voted in 2006. 700 words 1700 GMT. Picture Algeria-politics-unrest-arrest,WRAP ALGIERS A leading Algerian opposition activist has been detained and is to appear before a prosecutor, his lawyer says, weeks ahead of elections he and other opponents have pledged to boycott. 500 words moved. File picture Health-virus-UAE-India-aviation,FOCUS DUBAI Indians from the millions-strong expat community in the UAE, stranded in their homeland during a catastrophic coronavirus surge, are swamping private jet operators with requests to whisk them back to safety. 600 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Market-metal-copper,WRAP LONDON The price of a tonne of copper crosses the $10,000 level for the first time since February 2011 thanks to strong demand in China and the weak dollar. 400 words 1500 GMT Energy-oil-earnings-Europe,WRAP PARIS European oil majors have returned spectacularly to the black by posting huge first quarter profits as a recovery in crude prices helped them rebound from the coronavirus crisis. 600 words moved Europe-Airbus-aerospace-earnings,WRAP PARIS Airbus flew back into profit in the first three months of the current year as cost-cutting and restructuring measures began to pay off, but it warns that the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic was not yet over. 650 words moved Romania-technology-startup,FOCUS BUCHAREST Born in the small Bucharest apartment of a once aspiring writer, robotics firm UiPath has grown into a $40 billion tech star after becoming Romania's first Wall Street-listed company. 500 words moved by Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. File picture SKorea-Samsung-economy-tech-telecommunication-results,WRAP SEOUL South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posts a 46.3 percent rise in first-quarter net profits, largely driven by robust sales of its smartphones and home appliances due to continued stay-at-home demand. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File picture -- SPORT -- RugbyU-NZL-investment,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby backs a "revolutionary" plan to sell a stake in the All Blacks to US investors, ignoring opposition from top players who fear the deal will sully rugby's most storied team. 700 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-ENG-PSG-ManCity,FOCUS LONDON After 10 years of trying and billions spent to make it possible, Manchester City are closer to winning the Champions League than they have ever been. 600 words by Kieran Canning. Picture -- PEOPLE -- Britain-royals-William-Kate LONDON Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy's future as other senior royals age or recede from view. 750 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. File picture. File video -- SCIENCE/CLIMATE -- Climate-warming-science-technology-geoengineering,FACTS PARIS Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame the effects of global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debates towards centre stage. 850 words 1430 GMT by Marlowe Hood afp
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