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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Email: ben.sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar condemned after bloodbath + Battle to dislodge Suez ship + Indonesia cathedral hit by suicide bombing + George Floyd trial to start in US + Hamilton wins thrilling season-opening Grand Prix Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Defence chiefs from a dozen countries jointly condemn the bloodbath in Myanmar a day earlier, when at least 90 people -- including several children -- were killed after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-strikes Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP SUEZ, Egypt Hope rises that salvage efforts will free a mammoth container ship blocking the Suez Canal for six days, crippling international trade and causing multi-million-dollar losses. 750 words moved by Mohamed Abouelenen. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Indonesia-bombings,WRAP JAKARTA An Indonesian cathedral is rocked by a suicide bombing that wounds 20 as worshippers celebrate the start of Holy Week, an attack slammed by the country's president as an "act of terror". 600 words moved by Andi Hajramurni. Picture. Video. US-racism-police-trial-Floyd MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Opening arguments begin on Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a black man whose death was captured on video and touched off protests against racial injustice across the United States and around the world. 650 words moved by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow in Washington. File picture Auto-Prix-BRN,WRAP SAKHIR, Bahrain Lewis Hamilton produces another stunning demonstration of his supreme racing talent to resist a charging Max Verstappen and win a thrilling season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. 650 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-Mexico-immigration-children,SCENE ROMA, Texas Oscar is 12 years old and has just crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to Texas in a small, inflatable boat piloted by human traffickers. He is tearful, hungry and alone after a dangerous month-long journey from Guatemala as part of migrant surge at the United States border. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,FOCUS NEW YORK Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, "everything tasted like cardboard," recalls 38-year-old Elizabeth Medina, who lost her sense of taste and smell at the start of the pandemic. A year later, she fears she will never get them back. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- China-US-Canada-rights-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China announces sanctions against two Americans, a Canadian and a rights advocacy body over their criticism of Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs, but Washington says the tit-for-tat measure will only intensify the spotlight on Xinjiang. 650 words moved Taiwan-Palau-diplomacy-virus-health-travel-pandemic TAIPEI Palau's leader flies into Taiwan as the two coronavirus-free allies prepare to launch a travel corridor and boost their pandemic-hit tourist sectors. 500 words moved HongKong-politics-expo-rights HONG KONG An exhibition of World Press Photo winners opens at a different venue in Hong Kong after a local university called off the event that features images of the city's 2019 pro-democracy protests because of security fears. 350 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-heritage-culture-history,FOCUS BURY ST EDMUNDS, England The sprawling redbrick house and grounds of Kentwell Hall, built up in the time when the Tudors ruled England, have, like so many of Britain's stately homes, faced an existential threat during the pandemic. 750 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture. Video Armenia-politics-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces he will resign next month, staying in office until snap parliamentary elections due on June 20, in a bid to ease the political crisis gripping the Caucasus country. 450 words moved Syria-conflict-Belgium-attacks-children,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS The children of European jihadists trapped in Syrian camps after the Islamic State group's battlefield defeat are at risk of radicalisation and should be repatriated soon, a Belgian NGO leader warns. 500 words moved by Matthieu Demesteere. Video -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,WRAP MAPUTO Dozens of people were killed during coordinated Islamist attacks staged in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government says, four days after the raid which forced thousands to be evacuated to safety in the provincial capital Pemba. 650 words 2000 GMT by Joaquim Nhamirre. File Picture. Graphic Already moved: Mozambique-unrest,FACTS Madagascar-politics-Ratsiraka,lead ANTANANARIVO Madagascar's longtime former leader Didier Ratsiraka, a naval officer and instigator of a socialist revolution on the Indian Ocean island, dies aged 84. 450 words moved. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez-goods,FOCUS NICOSIA An Aladdin's cave of goods ranging from IKEA furnishings to tens of thousands of livestock is stuck in a maritime traffic jam caused by the six-day Suez Canal blockage. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict-IS-Kurds,WRAP BEIRUT Kurdish forces make dozens of arrests in a security operation in a camp for suspected family members of Islamic State group militants in northeast Syria, a war monitor and Kurdish officials say. 650 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-economy-banking-work-Goldman,FOCUS NEW YORK A revolt by junior Goldman Sachs bankers over work weeks that can stretch to as long as 105 hours has inspired both schadenfreude over discontent at the storied investment bank and wider debate about the future of work after the Covid-19 pandemic. 900 words moved by John Biers and Juliette Michel -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-environment-EarthHour,WRAP BUENOS AIRES From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turn off their lights to mark Earth Hour, with this year's event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-WC-2022-Eur,WRAP PARIS Reigning champions France as well as England and Spain clinch victories on the road in World Cup qualifying as Denmark becomes the latest team to protest over the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 finals. 650 words 2100 GMT by Peter Berlin. Picture afp
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