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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global fury after Belarus forces down plane + UN chief says world 'at war' with Covid + Suu Kyi defiant in first court appearance + Italy probes cable car crash that killed 14 + Dogs trained to detect Covid infections Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP MINSK A defiant Belarus defends its forced diversion of a European plane carrying an opposition activist, after the unprecedented move provoked a global outcry and calls for a tough response. 650 words 0930 GMT Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The UN chief warns that the world is "at war" against Covid-19, as India's death toll crosses 300,000 and Japan opens its first mass vaccination centres just two months before the start of the Olympics. 650 words 1200 GMT by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi voices defiance as she makes her first court appearance since being detained in a coup, vowing her ousted political party will live on. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-military-politics-coup Italy-accident-cablecar-Israel,WRAP STRESA, Italy Investigators probe the cause of a horrific cable car crash on a mountain in northern Italy that left 14 people dead, including five Israelis, the only survivor a five-year-old child. 600 words 1100 GMT by Francesco Gilioli with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. Live video. Video Health-virus-dogs-detection PARIS Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey -- SPOTLIGHT -- Afghanistan-conflict-archeology-culture,FOCUS LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. 750 words moved by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS HONG KONG A shadow of fear hangs over Hong Kong's outspoken and staunchly pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, with its billionaire owner Jimmy Lai now jailed and many reporters asking themselves: "Are we next?" 750 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA Calls for World Health Organization reform and steps to avert future pandemics feature high on the agenda as the UN agency kicks off its annual member states' meeting. 700 words 1130 GMT by Nina Larson. Video. Health-virus-US-NewYork-leisure,FOCUS NEW YORK After 14 months of lockdown and restrictions, New Yorkers can now enjoy a city where most of these limitations have been lifted. But they are hesitant about partying and returning to the social life they enjoyed "before." 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM The latest Gaza conflict and inter-communal clashes have further complicated Israel's struggle to form a government, raising the risk of a fifth election in just over two years, analysts say. 800 words 1100 GMT by Ben Simon and Jonah Mandel. Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-village,FOCUS NETIV HAASARA, Israel In an Israeli village on the edge of the war-battered Gaza Strip, people have finally stopped rushing in and out of bomb shelters, but they wonder how long the ceasefire will hold. 700 words 1100 GMT by Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-US-EU,lead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that it remains unclear whether Iran is "ready and willing" to take the necessary steps to return to compliance with the multination nuclear agreement. 550 words moved Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraq's wave of deadly attacks on pro-democracy activists and journalists has sparked mounting calls to boycott October parliamentary elections, as perpetrators go unpunished. 750 words moved by Ammar Karim. File Picture Health-virus-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is tightening the screws on vaccine sceptics, barring them from pilgrimages and overseas travel and blocking access to universities, malls and offices in a contentious effort to boost inoculations. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Syria-conflict-vote,ADVANCER BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled for over half a century, faces an election Wednesday meant to cement his image as the saviour of the war-battered country. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File Picture. File Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-vote,CHRONO Syria-conflict-vote-Assad,PROFILE BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist by training who has overseen one of the century's bloodiest conflicts, is expected to renew his stranglehold on power in elections on Wednesday. 750 words moved. File Picture. File Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo The DR Congo's eastern city of Goma, at the foot of the Nyiragongo volcano that erupted at the weekend, is shaken by tremors, sparking renewed fears among the already panicked population. 400 words 1100 GMT Ethiopia-vote-conflict-politics,Q&A ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's twice-delayed polls are now scheduled for June 21, giving the electoral board less than a month to overcome logistical hurdles exacerbated by war in the north and ethnic violence elsewhere. Here are five things to know about the elections. 800 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-US,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the six-month-old war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying those involved had "taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities." 400 words moved Mozambique-unrest-children,FOCUS METUGE, Mozambique Twice a week, a group of children gather under the shed of a big mango tree to play and sketch out the trauma of the atrocities wrought by jihadists rampaging in the northern Mozambique. 650 words 1300 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture.Video -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-race-Floyd,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Day of Enlightenment." That's how the George Floyd Memorial Center wants to commemorate May 25, the anniversary of the 46-year-old Black man's death under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Also moved: US-justice-race-Floyd-march US-justice-race-Floyd-family US-enterprises-corporate-meeting-racism-wage,FOCUS US-minorities-language-deaf-IT,FOCUS WASHINGTON "English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. 700 words moved by Louis Baudoin. Picture. -- ASIA -- Samoa-politics-vote-woman,lead APIA Samoa's opposition holds its own swearing in ceremony for the Pacific nation's first woman prime minister in the gardens of parliament after supporters of the outgoing government locked them out of the legislative chamber. 600 words moved by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture. Video. Graphic China-disaster-race BEIJING An investigation is under way into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultramarathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds. 550 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPORT -- Golf-USPGA,WRAP KIAWAH ISLAND, United States Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in golf history, the 50-year-old left-hander capturing the PGA Championship by two strokes for his sixth and most iconic major title. 750 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture. Video China-disaster-race-CHN-marathon-lifestyle,FOCUS SHANGHAI The death of 21 Chinese ultra-marathon runners casts a light on an industry which is booming in the country but has suffered a series of controversies and embarrassments. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-shooting-weapons,FOCUS TOKYO Some of the world's toughest gun-control laws are posing unusual problems at the Tokyo Olympics, from the coach who can't touch a firearm to strict limits on ammunition. 700 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video afp
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