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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Gaza reels under Israeli strikes + Monster cyclone makes India landfall + Russia warns West on Arctic claims + Hugs, indoor pints as UK eases lockdown + Gates under scrutiny over Microsoft affair Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli jets keep up a barrage of airstrikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, as violence that has killed more than 200 people shows no sign of abating, despite international calls for a ceasefire. 900 words 1930 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Daphne Rousseau in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP MAHUVA, India A deadly cyclone blasts ashore in western India with fierce winds and drenching rains that turned streets into rivers, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: India-weather-cyclone-climate,Q&A Russia-Arctic-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Western countries against staking claims in the Arctic, as global warming makes the region more accessible and a site of global competition. 650 words moved. Video Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britons hug their loved ones and stream into pubs, gyms and other indoor venues as the country eased pandemic restrictions, but Asia faces more misery with new variants and a cyclone disrupting the fight against the Covid-19 wave ravaging India. 750 words 2100 GMT by Anna Malpas with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-leisure-travel Health-virus-Britain-entertainment-theatre,FOCUS France-cabaret-health-virus US-IT-Microsoft-Gates,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bill Gates's tenure at Microsoft has come under scrutiny amid revelations that the tech giant probed the billionaire founder's intimate relationship with a staffer before he left the board of directors. 600 words 2000 GMT by Delphine Touitou. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Iraq-eSports-technology,FOCUS BAGHDAD Bashar Abo Khalil's PUBG character dashes around a wall in a pink dress and samurai helmet, thwacking an enemy with a frying pan -- standard fare in the mobile game that is a mega-sensation in Iraq. 800 words moved by Susannah Walden. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradled his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. 500 words moved by Yahya Hassouna and Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video. Israel-conflict-Palestinians-Jaffa,FOCUS JAFFA, Israel Arab-Israeli supermarket cashier Israa Jarbou has missed a week of work for fear of getting attacked by Jews on the bus out of Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter of Tel Aviv. 950 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinian-conflict-US-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As it has for decades, Israel has counted on the United States as a diplomatic shield in its latest crisis. But once unwavering US support is looking increasingly precarious as calls grow on the left to advance Palestinian rights. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-US,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Joe Biden says the United States is surging exports of Covid vaccines to other countries to reclaim "American leadership" in the global fight against the pandemic, dismissing rival efforts by China and Russia. 500 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: EU-health-virus-vaccine-poverty,lead Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is among the first seniors to receive their jabs as South Africa launches a major mainstream immunisation drive against Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-Bahrain AL JASRAH, Bahrain Hundreds of cars crowd roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as Riyadh permits citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad more than a year after barring external trips. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court postpones the beginning of an extremism hearing against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, part of a campaign to sideline opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA More than three months after regional elections, Catalonia's two main separatist parties say they have reached agreement on forming a ruling coalition, heading off the looming threat of another vote. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,3rdlead MADRID At least 2,700 migrants, around of them minors, reach Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, Spanish officials say, describing it as a "record" number in a single day. 400 words 1930 GMT -- AFRICA -- Africa-Sudan-France-summit,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron says France will cancel almost $5 billion in debt owed by Sudan, hailing the African nation as an "inspiration" in its transition after years of authoritarian rule. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams and Adam Plowright. SAfrica-politics-court-crime,WRAP PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa The corruption trial of South Africa's scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma is postponed once again as backers of the former president stage a boisterous show of support. 500 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-WHO GENEVA Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region is facing a horrifying situation with people dying of hunger, health services destroyed and rape "rampant", says the World Health Organization chief, who is himself from the region. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Chile-vote-constitution,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans lean left but turn their backs on traditional political parties in electing a 155-member body to rewrite the country's conservative, dictatorship-era constitution. 600 words 2030 GMT by Alberto Pena. Picture. Video US-justice-abortion WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could pose a challenge to the landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-media-television-AT&T-Warner,WRAP WASHINGTON AT&T says it is spinning off its WarnerMedia unit and combining it with Discovery, creating an independent firm that could take on industry leaders such as Netflix in the fast-growing streaming sector. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Brazil-economy-investments-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boasts he has restored investor confidence in Latin America's biggest economy, but analysts and executives say he still has a long way to go to deliver on his promised reforms. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jordi Miro -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-virus-health,3rdlead TOKYO More than 80 percent of Japanese polled oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new survey shows, underlining public antipathy less than 10 weeks before the Tokyo Games. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- HEALTH -- UN-health-work,lead GENEVA Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a United Nations study. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- France-film-history-Napoleon,FOCUS PARIS A mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures: a team of obsessives have spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". 650 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video afp
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