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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus surge overwhelms India hospitals + Scores hurt in east Jerusalem clashes + UEFA meets with Super League revenge on table + Chad buries veteran leader Deby + Russia starts pullback from Ukraine border Health-virus-India,4thlead NEW DELHI Delhi hospitals issue desperate appeals for oxygen and 13 Covid patients die in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections. 650 words 1100 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Virus-health-India,BACKGROUND Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM Over 120 people are injured in clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, as tensions mount over videos of attacks on youths and a ban on gatherings. 500 words 0930 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Fbl-UEFA-EUR-c1-Super-Euro-2021-2020,WRAP LAUSANNE UEFA meets with revenge on some members' minds following the attempted Super League breakaway, while the fate of a handful of European Championship host cities is also on the agenda. 700 words 1130 GMT by Coralie Febvre Chad-politics-Deby-funeral,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad buries veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno as concerns mount over the loss of a lynchpin in the fight against jihadism in the Sahel and uncertainty over the country's democratic future. 600 words 1000 GMT by Djimet Wiche and Jerome Rivet. Picture. Graphic. Video Russia-Ukraine-conflict-army,WRAP MOSCOW Russia begins withdrawing troops that had been running drills near the borders of Ukraine, the defence ministry said, following weeks of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over the buildup. 500 words 1030 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture Also moved: Russia-politics-protest-Navalny,WRAP -- CLIMATE SUMMIT -- US-summit-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden doubles US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change. 1,000 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Graphic US-summit-climate-diplomacy-IMF,Q&A WASHINGTON World leaders participating in the virtual Earth Day summit are unanimous: fighting climate change will be good for economic growth worldwide. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Venezuela-malaria,FOCUS BARCELONA, Venezuela Luz Martinez has caught malaria three times, the last of which was when she was six months pregnant with her fourth child. Like many Venezuelans, she fears malaria more than Covid-19. 550 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic Philippines-religion-internet,FOCUS MANILA After delivering sermons and visiting slums, Philippine priest Fiel Pareja tends to his Gen-Z flock on TikTok, creating videos of himself praying, dancing and lip-syncing Christian pop music for 1.6 million followers. 800 words moved by Mikhail Flores and Lucille Sodipe. Video. Picture Indonesia-court-crime-virus,FOCUS JAKARTA Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an "inhumane" insult to those facing the firing squad. 700 words moved by Haeril Halim Yemen-conflict-Saada,VIDEOESSAY SAADA, Yemen At the end of a treacherous road winding its way through jagged ridges, dozens of families have turned a desolate mountainside into a safe haven of sorts from Yemen's years-long war. 500 words 0930 GMT. File Picture. Video Ukraine-environment-nuclear-animals-Chernobyl,SCENE CHERNOBYL, Ukraine Down an overgrown country road three startled wild horses with tuffed coats and rigid manes, dart into the flourishing overgrowth of their unlikely nature reserve: the Chernobyl exclusion zone. 500 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-ACT-research GENEVA One year on, backers of a multi-billion-dollar global programme to develop and deliver Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments warn the pandemic will not end without a renewed world effort. 650 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-vaccines-WHO-AstraZeneca GENEVA The World Health Organization's vaccine advisers call for more data on the incidence of blood clots in people who received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine outside Europe. 500 words moved by Robin Millard -- EUROPE -- Turkey-fraud-cryptocurrency,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey issues an international warrant for the founder of a cryptocurrency exchange who fled with a reported $2 billion in investors' assets, and arrests dozens over the suspected fraud. 500 words 1030 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Switzerland-EU-diplomacy-trade GENEVA Switzerland's president heads to Brussels for a crunch meeting seeking to break through the logjam over a long-delayed agreement on simplifying ties with the European Union. 550 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Britain-France-conflict-animal-military-award LONDON A French special forces dog called Leuk is awarded a British animal charity's top award for gallantry, after he saved lives by cornering insurgents during an anti-terrorist operation in Mali. 450 words moved by Anna Malpas Albania-vote,ADVANCER TIRANA Albania faces a parliamentary election on Sunday seen as vital for its EU ambitions, after an ill-tempered campaign marked by corruption claims and personal insults. 600 words moved by Briseida Mema and Joseph Boyle. Picture. Video Also moved: Albania-vote,FACTS Albania-vote,PROFILE Bulgaria-minorities-education-Roma,FOCUS DOLNI TSIBAR, Bulgaria Printsessa Ivanova -- cramming hard for college entrance exams -- wants to become a psychologist, following in the steps of many other Roma from her village who have university degrees unlike most of their community members across Bulgaria. 650 words 1000 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP BALI, Indonesia Indonesia's desperate search for a missing submarine and its crew of 53 hones in on a magnetic signal, with just hours to go before the stricken vessel's oxygen reserves run out. 700 words 1000 GMT by Sonny Tumbelaka. Picture. Video. Graphic Pakistan-France-religion-protests,WRAP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's parliament resumes debating the fate of the French ambassador after the government appears, for now, to put a lid on bloody anti-France protests that rocked the country for a week. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-transport-motorcycles,VIDEOESSAY BAFOUSSAM, Cameroon Laden with eight people,the vehicle heads down the dirt road, turning the heads of everyone it passes. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-2021-Japan,3rdlead TOKYO Japan's government imposes new virus states of emergency in Tokyo and three other regions, exactly three months before the Olympic opening ceremony, as it battles a surge in infections. 600 words 1030 GMT by Natsuko Fukue and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS Cricket-IND-IPL-Woakes,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI IPL cricket stars are the "lucky" ones as they play the world's richest Twenty20 tournament while a coronavirus emergency ravages India, England bowler Chris Woakes tells AFP. 650 words 1000 GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture. Video -- SPACE -- US-Europe-space-SpaceX,WRAP KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida SpaceX is set to launch its third crew to the International Space Station, reusing a rocket and crew capsule in a human mission for the first time. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Also moved: US-Europe-space-health,INTERVIEW -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards-award LOS ANGELES Chloe Zhao voices her excitement about the looming Oscars as her road movie "Nomadland" topped the Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning best feature in its relentless award season charge. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,ADVANCER HOLLYWOOD The Oscars on Sunday will mirror the movie industry they honor: transformed by the pandemic, forced to experiment with new venues and formats, and likely to be dominated by "Nomadland." 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-moments,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-diversity,WRAP LOS ANGELES Female and minority actors were proportionately represented in Hollywood for the first time last year in a "watershed moment for diversity," according to a report suggesting change may have been accelerated by the pandemic. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Entertainment-US-film-television-streaming-Netflix,FOCUS NEW YORK Netflix has a massive global subscriber base and has proven its ability to create pop culture moments -- "Tiger King" was a breakout pandemic hit -- but is this the year it becomes an Oscars powerhouse, with several films in contention? 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain with Carole Guirado in Paris -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-unemployment-real-estate,WRAP WASHINGTON New applications for US unemployment aid continued their decline last week, in the surest sign yet that the world's largest economy is on the upswing after the mass layoffs wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. 550 words moved by Chris Stein AFP
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