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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Netanyahu foes end Israeli PM's 12-year rule + Tokyo 2020 chief says Games '100 percent' on + Sri Lankans fear huge oil spill as ship sinks + US to send 80 mn vaccine shots to nations in need + Puppy love: dogs hardwired to be man's best friend Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israelis eye the end of an era after a motley alliance of parties from across the political spectrum agree to form a government to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 750 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Israel-politics,FACTS Israel-politics-court-Netanyahu,FACTS Israel-politics-Netanyahu,CHRONO Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-volunteers,2ndlead TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics are "100 percent" certain to go ahead, the chief organiser says, but warns that a major coronavirus outbreak mid-Games could slam the door shut on fans. 650 words moved. Picture. Video SriLanka-Singapore-ship-fire-pollution,WRAP COLOMBO Rough seas and poor visibility force Sri Lanka navy divers to abandon an inspection of a sinking ship threatening a disastrous oil spill off Colombo's main harbour, officials say. 550 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: SriLanka-Singapore-ship-fire-pollution,Q&A Health-virus-US-vaccines-Covax,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Joe Biden outlines his plan for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally, with 75 percent of shots disbursed via the Covax program. 600 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-animal-puppies-behavior WASHINGTON A new study shows that genetics play an outsized role in puppies' ability to follow people's social cues. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Mexico-US-migrants-religion,FOCUS MATAMOROS, Mexico Once, Abraham Barberi was known as the "pastor of rappers," host of Christian hip-hop concerts targeting young drug dealers in Mexico in hopes of putting them on a different path. Now, he is making headlines by caring for a new flock: more than 200 people hoping to reach the United States. 700 words moved by Francois Picard. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Denmark-migration-politics,WRAP COPENHAGEN Denmark ratchets up its tough anti-immigration laws by adopting new legislation enabling it to open asylum centres outside Europe where applicants would be sent to live. 750 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert Russia-politics-opposition,2ndlead MOSCOW Prominent Kremlin critic and former opposition lawmaker Dmitry Gudkov, who had faced possible jail time, is released without being charged in a rare about-face ahead of Russian parliamentary elections. 500 words 1930 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-crime-kidnapping-children,WRAP ABUJA A Nigerian state government says it is negotiating with gunmen who seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary at the weekend, the latest in a string of mass kidnappings in the country. 450 words moved. File picture. Graphic DRCongo-unrest,2ndlead BUNIA, DR Congo At least 11 people have been killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo, sources say, bringing the troubled region's death toll to at least 70 since the start of the week. 500 words moved -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics-Palestinians,FOCUS JERUSALEM For the first time in Israel's history a party representing Arab citizens of Palestinian descent has signed on to form a coalition government, breaking with decades of political marginalisation. 650 words moved by Majeda al-Batsh and Claire Gounon Israel-rights-LGBT-Pride,lead JERUSALEM Thousands take part in Jerusalem's Gay Pride march under heavy security over fears of violence and a year after most of the globe's Pride events were called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-coup-ASEAN,WRAP YANGON Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations arrive in Myanmar for talks with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, as the coup-stricken nation enters its fifth month of crippling unrest. 600 words moved. Picture Also moved: Myanmar-politics-Rohingya-conflict-Rakhine-coup HongKong-China-politics-Tiananmen,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kongers are seeking innovative ways to commemorate the victims of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned an annual vigil and vowed to stamp out any protests on the June 4 anniversary. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video -- HEALTH -- UN-AIDS-health-virus GENEVA Forty years after the first AIDS cases were reported, the United Nations is cautiously optimistic that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes the disease can be beaten by 2030. 450 words moved by Robin Millard -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-aviation-technology-UnitedAirlines, WRAP NEW YORK United Airlines announces plans to buy 15 planes from startup Boom Supersonic in a move that could revive the high-speed form of air travel after the Concorde was wound down in 2003. 750 words 2100 GMT by John Biers US-cinema-stocks-AMC, WRAP NEW YORK A day after its share price almost doubled, AMC Entertainment completes a large new equity offering despite warning prospective shareholders that they could lose their entire investment. 650 words 2100 GMT by Virginie Montet -- SPACE -- US-science-space-research,lead WASHINGTON A SpaceX rocket is bound for the International Space Station carrying some surprising passengers -- squids and virtually indestructible microorganisms called tardigrades. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-film-Cannes,WRAP PARIS A rich crop of past Palme d'Or winners and arthouse favourites are set to return to the Cannes Film Festival in July as organisers announce a bumper selection for its competition. 750 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture Also moved: Entertainment-France-film-festival-Cannes-selection,FACTS -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer reach the French Open third round for the 16th time as the battle for the women's title is thrown wide open after world number one Ashleigh Barty limps out. 650 words 2100 GMT by Dave James. Picture. Graphic afp
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