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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel pounds Gaza with artillery, air strikes + US lifts mask-wearing rules for vaccinated + Fuel shortages hit motorists on US east coast + 'Friends' cast reunite for reunion special + Titanic replica to open to tourists in China Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel bombards Gaza with artillery and air strikes in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, in an intensification of a conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. 900 words 0300 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arabs,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-aviation-travel,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The top US health agency says it is lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON The major US pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack says it has resumed fuel deliveries, but gas stations up and down the east coast are still facing shortages after a wave of panic buying. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. Graphic Entertainment-US-television-Friends LOS ANGELES "The One Where They Get Back Together" is finally upon us -- and the cast of "Friends" will be joined by famous fans from Justin Bieber to David Beckham, HBO Max announces. 350 words moved China-society-tourism-Titanic,FOCUS SUINING, China The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a fullscale replica. 550 words 0330 GMT by Noel Celis and Qian Ye. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Myanmar-politics-military-rights-women,FOCUS BANGKOK Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence -- a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars. 750 words 0330 GMT. Graphic Lifestyle-Libya-motorbike,FOCUS BENGHAZI Bikers of Libya's Mediterranean city of Benghazi, the cradle of its 2011 revolution and a one-time Islamist bastion, rev up their motors to show another side to their war-scarred country. 400 words 0200 GMT by Mohammed Elshaiky. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Islam-Eid-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP RIYADH Muslims around the world mark a sombre Eid al-Fitr amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Brazil-politics-Bolsonaro,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has seen happier days: his poll numbers have plunged, his nemesis Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is looming large and the Senate is investigating his chaotic handling of Covid-19. What to do? 750 words 0130 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Health-virus-US-teens-vaccinations,SCENE BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan The campaign to immunize America's 17 million adolescents aged 12-to-15 kicks off in full force, a key part of President Joe Biden's strategy to push the country close to herd immunity. 500 words moved by Jeff Kowalsky. Picture. Health-virus-Greece-tourism-leisure CHANIA, Crete Greece kickstarts its tourism season, with both the government and travel operators hoping the lure of sun, sand and sea will bring a sorely-needed revenue boost after last year's miserable holiday season. 650 words 0200 GMT by Will Vassilopoulous. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Eid,SCENE JERUSALEM Dressed in sparkly new clothes and clutching balloons, excited children revel in the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Jerusalem's Old City. But days of violence lay heavy on their parents' hearts. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Lebanon-animals-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT Ibrahim al-Dika raised his Belgian shepherd Lexi since she was a tiny pup, but then Lebanon's economic crisis made him jobless and he had to sell her to repay a bank loan. 650 words 0200 GMT by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Saudi-politics-economy-BinLaden,WRAP-EXCLUSIVE RIYADH Saudi Arabia releases construction magnate Bakr bin Laden, more than three years after his detention in a purge of the kingdom's elite that upended his vast business empire, sources close to his family tell AFP. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File Picture Sudan-politics-economy-Hamdok,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE KHARTOUM Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok hopes Sudan can wipe out its staggering $60 billion foreign debt bill by securing relief and deals at an upcoming Paris conference that could bring much-needed investment. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict YEREVAN Armenia's leader accuses Azerbaijani troops of crossing the southern border and trying to stake claim to territory, in a new escalation of tensions between the arch foes. 500 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan Britain-Europe-US-social-parties,ANALYSIS LONDON Britain's Labour party is licking its wounds after another electoral drubbing, and can look to the decaying remains of once-great movements in Europe for a sign of potential worse to come. 850 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-economy-mining,FOCUS LUPATAPATA Two hours by dirt road from the Democratic Republic of Congo's diamond hub Mbuji-Mayi, life is hard for freelance miners. 550 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video Mozambique-unrest,lead JOHANNESBURG White people were given preferential treatment for evacuation in a March air rescue when Mozambique's Palma town was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, rights group Amnesty International alleges. 450 words moved -- BUSINESS -- US-internet-energy-environment-Bitcoin,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from bitcoin mining for particular criticism. 600 words moved by Ali Bekhtaoui US-wage-restaurants-politics-McDonald's-Amazon,WRAP NEW YORK McDonald's announces it will hike wages at US company-owned restaurants as it seeks another 10,000 employees, while Amazon launches a North American recruitment drive with signing bonuses of up to $1,000. 850 words moved by John Biers Britain-politics-lobbying-Greensill-Cameron,WRAP LONDON Britain's former prime minister David Cameron insists he acted appropriately in controversial lobbying for the collapsed finance group Greensill Capital, as British lawmakers quiz him following months of scandal and revelation about his actions. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson and Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. File picture US-leisure-investments-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK Anyone can easily own a Basquiat painting, a pair of Yeezy sneakers or even a Ferrari -- at least, that's the promise of a growing number of fractional ownership platforms that sell shares of these rare items, starting at just a few dollars. 800 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain -- CLIMATE -- Climate-Britain-talks LONDON Climate summit COP26, due to take place in Glasgow in November, is "our last hope" of preventing runaway temperature increase, the president of the event will say in a major speech. 500 words moved -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Paralympics-health-virus,INTERVIEW TOKYO Paralympics chief Andrew Parsons acknowledges "anger" over holding the Tokyo Games as virus cases surge in Japan, but says the chances that athletes will spread the virus are "really remote". 600 words 0230 GMT by Andrew McKirdy afp
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