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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China allows couples to have three kids + Israel inches toward post-Netanyahu future + France captures ex-soldier after manhunt + UN climate talks resume under pressure + Cannes readies comeback after 'horrible' year China-politics-population-census,WRAP BEIJING China relaxes its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media report, further unwinding four decades of controls in the world's most populous nation. 650 words moved by Laurie Chen. Photo. Video Also moving: China-politics-population-census,CHRONO Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid says many obstacles remain before a diverse coalition can unite to oust veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but voices hope it will achieve the "greater goal". 750 words 1700 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-politics-Bennett,PROFILE Israel-politics-Netanyahu,CHRONO Israel-vote,CHRONO France-crime-police,WRAP LE LARDIN-SAINT-LAZARE, France Police in southwest France capture a former soldier who fled into a forest after firing on security forces in an incident that sparked a massive manhunt. 450 words moved by Sabine Wibaux and Nathalie Alonso. Picture. Video Climate-UN-negotiations-online,WRAP PARIS For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world's largest emitters, UN climate negotiations resume in a virtual format less than six months before the crunch COP26 summit. 650 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Galey France-film-festival,FOCUS CANNES, France The five-star palace hotels are in full swing, the sound of music drifts across the beach and after a 'horrible' year blighted by coronavirus, Cannes is buzzing as it gears up for its film festival. 750 words 1500 GMT by Claudine Renaud with Francois Becker in Paris. File Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-racism-massacre,FOCUS TULSA, Oklahoma Metal plaques riveted to modern buildings bear the names of Black-owned businesses that once stood there before being destroyed during one of the worst racial massacres in the United States. 800 words moved by Lea Dauple. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-vaccines,lead PARIS France opens up Covid-19 vaccines to all adults, a week before Germany, as Europe races to avoid another wave of infections caused by new virus variants. 600 words moved by Juliette Collen. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-Vietnam-virus,2ndlead HANOI The international airport of Vietnam's capital suspends inbound flights from abroad beginning Tuesday as it grapples with a fresh wave of coronavirus outbreaks. 450 words. Video. File picture Health-virus-WHO-diplomacy GENEVA World Health Organization members agree to strengthen the global body at the heart of the pandemic response and give it more secure and flexible funding to better deal with future outbreaks. 500 words moved by Nina Larson Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS SYDNEY Even as many countries around the world struggle to secure vaccine doses, in other places, governments, companies and causes have had to entice hesitant citizens to get jabbed. 500 words moved -- EUROPE -- Denmark-US-Europe-espionage,WRAP COPENHAGEN France warns that alleged US spying on European allies using Danish underwater cables would be "extremely serious" if confirmed, as questions mount over whether Denmark knew what the US was doing. 700 words 1500 GMT by Camille Bas-Wohlert -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,Q&A JERUSALEM Israel's centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid edges closer to rallying a cross-party bloc around a common aim: to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here is a look at the key issues in the political drama. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon Iran-justice-France-diplomacy-rights PARIS A Frenchman held for over a year in Iran is an innocent tourist caught in a trap that has nothing to do with him, his sister says after it emerged he faces trial on charges of espionage. 500 words 1530 GMT by Cecile Feuillatre. Picture. Video Iraq-Britain-history-politics,FOCUS BAGHDAD For someone credited with being an architect of modern Iraq, the Baghdad grave of British colonial-era archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell is hard to find. 750 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video Kuwait-food-culture,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY Kuwaiti businessman Jassem Buabbas has spent years breeding "superworms" for animal feed and now hopes the creatures will find their way into the diets of Gulf citizens. 550 words moved by Salima Lebel. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Chad-CAfrica-army-conflict,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) are at loggerheads after the Chadian government accuses its southern neighbour of killing six of its soldiers at a border post, five of whom were allegedly abducted and then executed, branding it a "war crime" that would "not go unpunished." 700 words moved. File picture. Graphic Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Gunmen kidnap scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials say, the latest mass abduction to hit Africa's most populous nation. 500 words 1600 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Nigeria-unrest-kidnap,FACTS Mali-politics-coup,WRAP AMAKO Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita returns home after West African leaders task him with naming a new prime minister after the country's two interim civilian leaders were stripped of office last week. 550 words 1430 GMT by Amaury Hauchard and Laurent Lozano. Video Also moved: Mali-politics-conflict,CHRONO DRCongo-unrest,WRAP BUNIA, DR Congo At least 50 people are killed in two new attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, monitors say, as a local official blames a notorious militia linked to the Islamic State group. 500 words 1500 GMT DRCongo-unrest-volcano,FOCUS GOMA, DR Congo Fears of looting are gripping the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, whose inhabitants fled last week after warnings that the dreaded Mount Nyiragongo volcano could erupt catastrophically. 650 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-voting AUSTIN, Texas Democrats in the Texas legislature use a dramatic walk-out to torpedo Republican plans for a restrictive voting bill that President Joe Biden had decried as voter suppression and an "assault on democracy." 550 words moved -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-US-journalist,lead The employers of an American journalist detained by Myanmar authorities say they have yet to receive any information on his whereabouts or wellbeing, a week after he was detained. 450 words 1500 GMT SriLanka-Singapore-pollution-transport-fire,lead LEGOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's criminal investigators begin questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship, as the Singapore-registered carrier smoulders for a 12th straight day in one of the island's worst-ever marine ecological disasters. 350 words moved. Picture. File Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- World-economy-growth-OECD,WRAP PARIS The OECD raises its 2021 global GDP growth forecast, but warns that "too many headwinds persist" as not enough Covid vaccines are reaching emerging economies and markets worry about inflation. 600 words moved by Eve Szeftel India-economy-health-virus,WRAP MUMBAI India's economy contracted 7.3 percent in 2020-21, official data shows, its worst recession since independence as coronavirus lockdowns put millions out of work. 600 words moved by Nivrita Ganguly Italy-steel-Ilva-trial ROME Two former owners of Europe's largest steelworks, the ex-Ilva plant in Italy, have been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for toxic emissions blamed for hundreds of deaths. 550 words moved by Alexandria Sage. File Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams will be part of history again when she plays in the first French Open night-session match at Roland Garros as starstruck Iga Swiatek begins her title defence with a victory on her 20th birthday. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jed Court. Picture. Graphic Fbl-Copa-2021-ARG-COL-health-virus,WRAP ASUNCION South America's largest football championship, the Copa America, is moved to Brazil just two weeks before kick-off, after Argentina was stripped of its duties amid a Covid-19 surge and co-host Colombia due to civil unrest. 600 words 1600 GMT. File Picture -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-music-television-Eurovision GENEVA Some 183 million people tuned in to watch this year's Eurovision Song Contest say organisers, with young online fans driving up viewing figures for the pop extravaganza. 450 words moved by Robin Millard afp
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