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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Contact: ben.sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Fire at Iraqi Covid hospital kills 82 + Nations pledge help for Covid-stricken India + 53 dead as Indonesia finds missing sub + Covid-era Oscars reunites stars + Fashion designer Elbaz dies of Covid aged 59 Iraq-fire-health-virus,WRAP BAGHDAD More than 80 people die when a fire rips through a Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients, sparking outrage and the suspension of top officials overseeing Iraq's crumbling health services. 750 words 2000 GMT by Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's capital New Delhi extends its lockdown and Western nations pledge help as the country's coronavirus crisis grows, while the death toll from a fire that ravaged an Iraqi Covid-19 hospital rises to 82. 800 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP BALI, Indonesia A missing Indonesian submarine is found cracked apart on the seabed in waters off Bali, the military says, confirming that all 53 crew perished in the disaster. 550 words moved by Sonny Tumbelaka, with Dessy Sagita in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD It is guaranteed to be an Oscars like no other: broadcast live from a train station, honoring films few saw in movie theaters, and reuniting Hollywood's A-listers for the first time in more than a year due to Covid-19. 850 words 2130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Lifestyle-France-fashion-Elbaz,WRAP PARIS Alber Elbaz, the fashion designer whose playful designs transformed the storied French house Lanvin into an industry darling before his shock ouster in 2015, has died aged 59 after a battle with Covid-19, the Richemont luxury group says. 600 words moved by Alexandra del Peral. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-misinformation,FOCUS PARIS Anti-vaccine campaigners once confined to relatively obscure groups have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to reach a wider audience online, feeding on public fears to sow doubt about the drugs now available. 1,000 words moved by Marine Laouchez -- SPOTLIGHT -- Britain-environment-transport-gardening-health-virus,FOCUS LONDON A busy commuter train station is an unlikely place to find a haven for flowers, bees and hedgehogs. But a decade-old project in London bringing an eco-friendly combination of gardening, horticulture and so-called rewilding to the urban jungle is bearing fruit during the pandemic. 700 words moved by Anna Mackenzie. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-economy-internet,FOCUS COLLE DI TORA, Italy The last time a customer tried to pay by card in Anna Rita Pani's grocery store in Colle di Tora, a small town outside Rome, things got a bit awkward. Her card reader works with wifi, but Colle di Tora is one of the least connected towns in Italy -- itself a digital laggard compared with the rest of the European Union. 600 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iraq-fire,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqis see the death of over 80 people in a Baghdad Covid-19 hospital fire as more proof of the deadly consequences of mismanagement and corruption. 650 words moved by Sarah Benhaida and Ammar Karim. Picture. Video. Graphic Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Yemen's Huthi rebels have made important gains in the battle for the government's last northern stronghold, advancing close to the centre of Marib city despite heavy casualties, military sources say. 550 words moved. Cyprus-UN-diplomacy,ADVANCER NICOSIA Four years after their last peace talks failed, rival Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders meet in Geneva next week to explore elusive "common ground" on the divided Mediterranean island. 800 words moved by Mathilde Dumazet. Picture. Video. File video -- EUROPE -- France-attack-police,WRAP PARIS A Tunisian man who stabbed to death a police employee outside Paris watched jihadist propaganda videos just before the attack, France's anti-terror prosecutor says, adding that a fifth person was detained for questioning. 700 words moved by Murielle Kasprzak and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic France-judiciary-religion-Jews,WRAP PARIS Thousands of protesters gather in several French cities and Israel to denounce a court's refusal of a trial for a man who killed a 65-year-old Jewish woman, after experts determined he acted in a "delirious fit" due to heavy marijuana use. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Albania-vote,WRAP TIRANA Albanians stream into polling stations to elect a new parliament after weeks of bitter campaigning that saw candidates trading insults and one party supporter killed in a gunfight. 600 words moved by Briseida Mema and Joseph Boyle. Picture. Video Armenia-politics-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigns while staying on in a caretaker capacity, setting the stage for a June 20 parliamentary election aimed at defusing a protracted political crisis. 550 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-100,FOCUS WASHINGTON The daily (hourly) White House melodrama of the Trump era is history, but there has been nothing quiet about Joe Biden's 100 days rush to transform the country he inherited. 900 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-politics-Biden-100,FACTS -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India's capital New Delhi extends its lockdown as the country's Covid-19 crisis grows, with infections and deaths hitting record highs. 650 words moved by Glenda Kwek and Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic. -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-LCup,WRAP LONDON Manchester City claim a fourth consecutive League Cup with a dominant display to beat Tottenham 1-0 in front of 8,000 fans at Wembley. 600 words 2000 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture Tennis-ATP-ESP,WRAP BARCELONA Rafael Nadal saves a championship point to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-5 and claim a 12th Barcelona Open title in the longest match of 2021. 500 words 2000 GMT. Picture afp
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