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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: 01.41.40.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Netanyahu on trial as coalition talks ramp up + Jordan prince in defiant tone over palace turmoil + Over 90 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods + UK announces new international travel rules + French probe into 'clandestine' Covid-defying dinners Israel-politics-court,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's legal and political dramas converge, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in court for his corruption trial as the president launches talks on forming a government. 700 words 1000 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's Prince Hamzah, accused of a "malicious plot" against his half-brother King Abdullah II, strikes a defiant tone, insisting he will not obey orders restricting his movement. 700 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Indonesia-ETimor-flood-disaster-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Tropical cyclone Seroja pounds Indonesia and East Timor after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that have killed more than 90 people and left dozens missing. 600 words 1100 GMT by Handrianus Emanuel. Picture. Video. Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain is set to unveil plans to restart international travel as it cautiously exits a coronavirus lockdown, but India is forced to further tighten curbs to fight a huge spike in infections. 650 words 0930 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Health-virus-France-politics-justice PARIS A report by a French television channel alleging "clandestine" luxury dinners in Paris despite the pandemic sparks an investigation and a political furore over the claims the elite were brazenly ignoring rules they themselves had set. 450 words 0930 GMT by Guillaume Daudin -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-military-canal,WRAP ANKARA Turkey detains 10 retired admirals after they warn about the threat a proposed canal poses to a treaty governing the commercial and military use of the country's strategic straights. 500 words 1100 GMT by Raziye Akkoc EU-Turkey-diplomacy,ADVANCER BRUSSELS The EU's top two officials head to Turkey on Tuesday to lay out to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the bloc's conditions for improved ties after a dip in tensions. 750 words moved by Max Delany and Christian Spillman Health-virus-Britain-travel-politics,2ndlead LONDON Britain is to set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown. 600 words 1000 GMT by Callum Paton. File Picture -- UNITED STATES - US-Florida-environment,lead WASHINGTON Emergency crews in central Florida battle to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risks sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa Bay. 550 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-Myanmar-prisoners-politics,lead YANGON Two Australians detained in Myanmar for a fortnight are released and have left Yangon, as protests against the military junta continue across the country. 450 words 0930 GMT Bangladesh-accident,WRAP NARAYANGANJ The death toll from a ferry disaster in Bangladesh jumps to 26 after rescuers pulled the vessel out of the water and found more bodies inside, officials say. 400 words moved. Picture. Video China-Xinjiang-diplomacy,Q&A BEIJING After a brief lull, China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies following renewed global pressure over Beijing's treatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,lead PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak begins an appeal against his corruption conviction and 12-year jail term over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, which contributed to his government's downfall in 2018. 500 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-SAG,WRAP LOS ANGELES "The Trial Of The Chicago 7" is judged the year's best performance at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards -- a verdict that strengthens the film's case for the Oscars later this month. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video afp
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