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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 demands release of Belarus journalist + Mass exodus after DR Congo volcano warning + France complicit in Rwanda genocide: Macron + World may breach 1.5C warming within 5 years + 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' author dies aged 91 Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP WARSAW The parents of a jailed Belarusian journalist plead for help as the EU's foreign policy chief threatens to slap sanctions on Minsk over the "hijacking" and forced landing of a plane carrying dissident reporter Roman Protasevich. 700 words 1400 GMT by Bernard Osser. Pictures and Video by Jaap Arriens DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Tens of thousands of people flee the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, choking highways, after the local governor warns in a dawn broadcast of a possible new eruption of the volcano Mount Nyiragongo. 750 words moved by Heritier Baraka Munyampfura. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: DRCongo-volcano-gas-science,FOCUS Rwanda-France-diplomacy-genocide-history,WRAP KIGALI French President Emmanuel Macron recognises his country's role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, as the two countries seek to turn the page on decades of diplomatic tensions over the bloodshed. 750 words 1600 GMT by Jerome Rivet and Simon Valmary. Picture. Video Also moved: France-Rwanda-diplomacy-genocide-history-politics,FACTS Climate-warming-WMO PARIS The world may temporarily breach the 1.5-Celsius warming limit goal laid out in the Paris climate deal within the next five years, according to an updated assessment of global temperature trends. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey US-literature-children-Carle,lead WASHINGTON Eric Carle, author and illustrator of the beloved children's classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," dies aged 91, according to a statement from his official Instagram account. 600 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Montenegro-China-road-debt,FOCUS MATESEVO, Montenegro Two sleek new roads vanish into mountain tunnels high above a sleepy Montenegrin village, the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar project bankrolled by China that is threatening to derail the tiny country's economy. 850 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video Taiwan-population-women-social,FOCUS TAIPEI Wu En-tzu has delivered more than 2,000 babies working as an obstetrician but does not plan to have children of her own -- an increasingly common position taken by Taiwanese families. 750 words moved by Amber Wang. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia,WRAP MELBOURNE An international firefighting effort to put out a huge blaze on a container ship off the Sri Lankan coast will likely take days, the country's navy chief says, amid mounting fears of a major oil leak. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-IT-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook reverses its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 was man-made on the heels of renewed debate over the coronavirus' emergence in China, raising questions about social media's role in policing misinformation. 600 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-Russia-politics-vaccination,FOCUS MOSCOW Like many residents of Moscow, Davlatmo Khadamshoyeva has her doubts about coronavirus vaccines developed in Russia and is in no hurry to be immunised. 750 words 1530 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-attacks-Catalonia-trial,WRAP MADRID A Spanish court hands heavy jail terms to three men who helped the jihadists behind the deadly 2017 Barcelona attacks involving a man who ploughed into a crowd. 450 words 1430 GMT. File picture Britain-politics-health-virus,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denies overseeing the needless deaths of many thousands of Covid patients, after his former chief adviser alleged the government's pandemic response was undermined by lies and incompetence. 600 words 1700 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Six Armenian soldiers are captured by Azerbaijan, the latest in a series of escalating border incidents after last year's war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 600 words 1530 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Belarus-politics-media-Israel,INTERVIEW TEL AVIV The heiress to Belarus' largest independent news outlet, Evgeniya Chernyavskaya, says her country's widening crackdown on media and opposition has imperilled freedom of speech -- and threatened lives. 650 words moved by Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Romania-Britain-Ceausescu-aviation-auction,FOCUS BUCHAREST With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane, part of ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet, goes under the hammer. 600 words moved by Mihaela Rodina. Picture. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-politics-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader urges voters to ignore boycott calls and turned a deaf ear to criticism over the rejection of mainly ultraconservative hopefuls for next month's presidential election. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,Q&A JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a whistle-stop Middle East tour aimed at consolidating a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants. What can we now expect? 700 words moved by Claire Gounon Syria-conflict-Libya-Azerbaijan-mercenareis BEIRUT Many of the Syrian fighters deployed, sometimes forcibly, in foreign conflict theatres such as Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh are robbed of their wages, says a newly released report. 600 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's military release the country's interim leaders but take control of the government, in moves that fall far short of international demands to resolve a deep crisis. 600 words moved by Serge Daniel with Laurent Lozano in Dakar. File picture. Graphic Mali-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAMAKO The Malian army have deposed a government for the second time in a year, weakening the country as a grinding jihadist insurgency heats up, say experts. 600 words 1500 GMT by Amaury Hauchard with Valerie Leroux in Paris Nigeria-unrest-Biafra, FOCUS OWERRI, Nigeria The shell of Owerri city prison has become the charred symbol of attacks that are unfurling across Nigeria's southeast, stirring fears of renewed separatist violence and uneasy memories of a civil war half a century ago. 800 words moved by Joel Olatunde Agoi. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-vote-crime-drugs,FOCUS DOLORES HIDALGO, Mexico Every day before hitting the campaign trail, Julio Gonzalez prays he will come home alive and avoid joining the growing number of candidates murdered during another bloody Mexican election battle. 650 words 1530 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video US-defence-intelligence-UFO,FOCUS WASHINGTON Are aliens watching us? That's what Americans hope to find out when a report on the US government's secret files on UFOs goes to Congress next month after years of sightings and videos suggesting that highly advanced extraterrestrials are, indeed, out there. 750 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume -- ASIA -- China-Australia-trial-espionage,WRAP BEIJING Australia's ambassador to China is barred from the trial of an academic held on spying charges, a case that has exacerbated a bitter row between the two nations. 650 words moved by Sebestian Ricci and Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,lead COLOMBO International salvage experts and Indian vessels join a desperate bid to contain a huge blaze on a container ship off Sri Lanka's coast amid fears that it could cause a major oil spill. 500 words moved. Picture. Video India-cyclone-weather,WRAP DIGHA, India Thousands of people are homeless after the latest cyclone to hit Covid-ravaged India left a trail of destruction, although timely evacuations meant the death toll was limited to single figures. 550 words moved by Dibyangshu Sarkar. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Europe-Airbus-aviation,WRAP PARIS Airbus says it will produce more single-aisle planes in 2023 than before the coronavirus crisis as the European aerospace giant sees the aviation sector ascending from the pandemic. 400 words moved by Mathieu Rabechault EU-privacy-police-computers-Clearview PARIS Privacy organisations complain to regulators in five European countries over the practices of Clearview AI, a company that has built a powerful facial recognition database using images "scraped" from the web. 500 words moved -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Nadal,INTERVIEW PARIS Rafael Nadal says "no-one is invincible" in an interview with AFP as he targets a 14th French Open title and record-setting 21st Grand Slam crown. 650 words moved by Elodie Soinard and Igor Gedilaghine. Video Fbl-ESP-Liga-Zidane-RealMadrid,WRAP MADRID Zinedine Zidane resigns as Real Madrid manager for the second time, just days after they were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. 600 words moved by Patxi Vrignon-Etxezaharreta. File Picture. File video -- PEOPLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Italy-culture-dance,lead ROME Carla Fracci, Italy's most celebrated ballet dancer best known for her performances as Giselle, has died at the age of 84, Milan's La Scala opera house announces. 450 words moved. File picture afp
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