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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza conflict + Spain pressures Morocco over migrant influx + Deadly cyclone batters Covid-stricken India + Argentine meat producers announce strike + Wobbling skyscraper spreads panic in China Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claim more lives on both sides as tensions flare in Palestinian "day of anger" protests in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. 850 words 2000 GMT by Sakher Abou El Oun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,WRAP FINIDEQ,Morocco Spain steps up diplomatic pressure on Rabat with its prime minister flying into Ceuta, vowing to "restore order" in the North African enclave after a record 8,000 migrants reached its beaches from Morocco. 850 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali with Daniel Silva in Madrid. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco-WSahara,ANALYSIS Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco-WSahara,FACTS India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP MAHUVA, India At least 33 people are dead and almost 100 missing after a monster cyclone slammed into western India, compounding the country's woes as it battles a devastating coronavirus surge. 700 words moved by Sam Panthaky. Picture. Video Also moved: India-weather-cyclone-climate,Q&A Argentina-economy-exports-beef,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentine meat producers announced they will stop selling beef and veal for one week in response to a month-long government suspension on exports due to rising prices. 500 words moved. File picture China-construction-accident BEIJING One of China's tallest skyscrapers is evacuated after it began to shake, sending panicked shoppers scampering to safety in the southern city of Shenzhen. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Netherlands-art-slavery-racism-museum,FOCUS AMSTERDAM From leg irons that once chained slaves by the ankles for punishment to a pair of Rembrandt portraits, dozens of objects go on show at a landmark exhibition on slavery highlighting the Netherlands' dark colonial past. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories In a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradles his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. 550 words moved by Yahya Hassouna and Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-aid-UN,2ndlead GENEVA The United Nations welcomes an Israeli decision to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow aid into Gaza, and urges the opening of a second location to let in humanitarian workers. 600 words moved by Nina Larson EU-Israel-Palestinian-conflict-diplomacy-Hungary,INTERVIEW PARIS Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in an interview with AFP slams the EU's "one-sided" statements on Israel as his European counterparts call for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. 500 words 2000 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinian-conflict-diplomacy-EU,2ndlead Israel-Palestinians-conflict-military-Hamas-Iran,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,SCENE FNIDEQ, Morocco Exhausted and ashen-faced, Moroccan teenager Amal waited all night to join thousands who dream of reaching Europe through a tiny Spanish enclave on North Africa's Mediterranean coast. 450 words moved. Picture. Video. Also moved: Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco-WSahara,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's lower house of parliament approves draft legislation that would ban members of "extremist" organisations from being elected as lawmakers, a move targeting supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 650 words moved. Video Belarus-politics-media,WRAP MINSK Authorities in Belarus raid the offices of the country's largest independent news outlet and take down its website, signalling a widening crackdown in the wake of historic opposition protests last year. 650 words moved. File picture -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Egypt-tourism,INTERVIEW DUBAI Egypt is prioritising the vaccination of tourism workers to support the sector's recovery and is on track to announce full inoculation of two resort areas this month, its tourism minister says. 500 words moved by Aziz El Massassi Europe-migrants-Libya-Tunisia-Bangladesh,lead TUNIS More than 50 people went missing and 33 were rescued, mostly from Bangladesh after their boat headed from Libya to Europe sank off Tunisia, the defence ministry says. 500 words moved. -- AFRICA -- Africa-diplomacy-France-economy-debt,WRAP PARIS A Paris summit seeking a financial lifeline for Covid-battered Africa seeks the lifting of vaccine patents to allow their manufacture in the world's poorest continent. 700 words 2000 GMT by Laurence Benhamou, Eve Szeftel. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-immigration,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers plead for the evacuation of thousands of allies in Afghanistan, fearing a bloodbath as America ends its longest war, but the administration plays down chances the Kabul government will collapse. 550 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures HongKong-China-politics-religion-Catholic-Vatican,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong's newly appointed Catholic bishop says he would need to tread carefully with Beijing as it cracks down on dissent -- but vowed to plead with authorities to defend religious freedoms. 550 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECH -- Germany-justice-IT-antitrust-Amazon-US,WRAP BERLIN Germany's competition authority says it has opened an inquiry into online retail giant Amazon over potential "anti-competitive practices", using a new law giving regulators more power to rein in big tech companies. 600 words moved by Kit Holden US-retail-earnings-Walmart, WRAP NEW YORK Walmart and other US retailers are upbeat about 2021 given a strong first quarter fueled in part by government stimulus payments even as questions loom about raw materials inflation and tight labor supply. 700 words 2100 GMT by John Biers -- SCIENCE/CLIMATE -- Climate-energy-IEA-netzero,WRAP PARIS All future fossil fuel projects must be scrapped if the world is to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and to stand any chance of limiting warming to 1.5C, the International Energy Agency says. 700 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Eurovision-Netherlands-health-virus,FOCUS ROTTERDAM The mood is defiant among the trickle of Eurovision Song Contest fans who have made their way to Rotterdam -- like the mood of the Dutch port city itself as it braves the coronavirus pandemic to host the event. 600 words moved by Julie Capelle. Video -- SPORTS -- fbl-Euro-2020-2021-FRA-Benzema,WRAP Karim Benzema is named in France's provisional Euro 2020 squad by Didier Deschamps, giving the Real Madrid striker an international recall after a five-and-a-half year absence over his alleged role in a blackmail plot. 600 words moved. File picture fbl-ENG-PR,WRAP Chelsea welcome Leicester to Stamford Bridge in a crucial match for both sides' Champions League qualification hopes as fans return to Premier League grounds. 650 words by Steve Griffiths 2100 GMT. Picture Tennis-ATP-SUI-Federer,3rdlead GENEVA Roger Federer says it is time to go back to the drawing board after the Swiss tennis great loses the first match of his comeback-proper in Geneva. 650 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. afp
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