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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pandemic pushes 100 million into poverty: UN + Stricken Sri Lanka ship 'in danger of sinking' + Israel rivals in last-ditch push to oust Netanyahu + African Union suspends Mali after second coup + Serena Williams eyes path to French Open glory Health-virus-unemployment-ILO,2ndlead GENEVA The pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN says, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated. 700 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson 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. 600 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians scrambling 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. 750 words 1500 GMT by Daphne Rousseau and Claire Gounon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Already moved: Israel-politics-Herzog,PROFILE 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 Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams will continue 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, while Alexander Zverev reaches the third round. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jed Court. Picture -- 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-science-origins-diplomacy,FACTS PARIS The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has scorched its way across the world killing millions and bringing economies to a standstill. But where exactly did it come from? 850 words moved by Julie Charpentrat 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 -- Russia-politics-opposition,WRAP MOSCOW Russian authorities widen a crackdown on the country's beleaguered opposition as the legislature advances a bill that would bar opponents from polls and a court jailed another well-known Kremlin critic. 650 words moved by Anna Smolchenko 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/NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-navy-accident,WRAP TEHRAN One of Iran's largest naval ships sinks after catching fire while on a "training mission" off a strategic port near the head of the Gulf, the navy says. 600 words moved by Amir Havasi. File Picture. Video. File 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 Spain-Morocco-WSahara-Polisario,WRAP MADRID The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row with Rabat, leaves Spain overnight and flies to Algeria. 550 words 1500 GMT by Mathieu Gorse. Picture. Video Libya-politics-vote,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS Libya's former interior minister -- a probable presidential candidate -- warns Tripoli's transitional government not to delay elections as the strife-torn country seeks a return to peace and security. 700 words moved by Dave Clark. Video Lebanon-UN-tribunal,2ndlead THE HAGUE The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which tries suspects over the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed ex-premier Rafic Hariri and 21 others, warns that it will close unless it receives an urgent cash injection. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's government gears up for talks on the expected return of former president Laurent Gbagbo, who left the country 10 years ago after a brief, bloody civil war. 400 words moved. File picture. Graphic 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 -- Canada-indigenous-school-children-ceremony,FOCUS KAMLOOPS, Canada Relatives of former indigenous residential school students pay tribute in a ceremony to 215 children buried in unmarked graves recently discovered on the grounds of their school in western Canada. 600 words 1830 GMT by Julien Besset. Picture. Video 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 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 -- BUSINESS/TECH -- China-telecoms-computers-software-Huawei,WRAP SHENZHEN Chinese tech giant Huawei launches its highly-anticipated homegrown mobile operating system, opening a new front in its fight for survival in the smartphone arena after the US blocked it from using Android. 700 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video afp
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