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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope's 'pain' over Canada's indigenous children remains + Many children among 160 killed in Burkina village + Vote test in Germany ahead of post-Merkel era + Sri Lanka recovers black box from sinking ship + Federer pulls out of French Open Pope-Vatican-Canada-indigenous-school VATICAN CITY Pope Francis expressed his "pain" Sunday over the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a mass grave at a former indigenous boarding school in Canada run by the Roman Catholic Church. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Many children are among those massacred in Burkina Faso's volatile north as the death toll rises to 160 in a village hit by the bloodiest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015 600 words 1530 GMT. Graphic. File picture Germany-vote-politics,WRAP MAGDEBURG, Germany Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls, with the far right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor. 650 words 1500 GMT by Julien Gathelier with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture. Video SriLanka-Singapore-ship-fire-pollution,lead COLOMBO A black box from a container ship sinking off Sri Lanka is recovered but a dive to check for oil leaks has to be aborted, the navy says. 400 words moved Also moved: SriLanka-India-China-transport-trade,Q&A Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Roger Federer withdraws from the French Open as fellow veteran Serena Williams continues her assault on a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. 650 words 1600 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Egypt-education-rights-prisoners,FOCUS CAIRO Clutching his passport and ticket to Seattle, Waleed Salem had a sinking feeling he would be prevented from boarding his flight from Cairo because of his academic research. His hunch proved right. 700 words moved by Farid Farid -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-EU-health-pandemic-travel-family,FOCUS WASHINGTON Julien Rocher has been able to see his son Zadig, who lives in the United States, only once in 15 months since Washington shut the country's borders over the Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-Britain-war-diplomacy-history,WRAP VER-SUR-MER, France A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles is unveiled in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice. 650 words moved by Chloe Coupeau. Picture. Video. Graphic Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,ADVANCER THE HAGUE Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will on Tuesday hear the decision on his appeal against his genocide conviction, in a final verdict by a tribunal in The Hague on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smaijilhodzic in Kalinovik Also moving: Bosnia-Srebrenica-massacre,CHRONO Bosnia-Serbia-Kosovo-war,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli police arrest an activist for Palestinian families resisting eviction from the annexed east Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah where an Al Jazeera journalist was also detained. 700 words 1600 GMT by Hiba Aslan. Picture Palestinians-Israel-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM For decades, Sheikh Jarrah was just another neighbourhood in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, but its story has gone viral online since protests flared against the planned expulsion of Palestinians from houses there. 850 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture UAE-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-trade,INTERVIEW DUBAI Last month's Israeli-Palestinian violence triggered "uncomfortable conversations" between business partners in Israel and the United Arab Emirates just months after the countries normalised ties, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem tells AFP. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest KANO, Nigeria Police in northwest Nigeria's Kebbi state say that the death toll from an attack by a gang of cattle thieves on seven villages Thursday had risen to 88. 550 words moved. Graphic. File picture Nigeria-Twitter-internet-rights ABUJA, Nigeria The US and the European Union voiced concern over Nigeria's decision to indefinitely ban Twitter after the US social media giant deleted a tweet from the president's account for violating its rules. 550 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Peruvians face a polarising choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo when they elect a new president, in a country desperate for a return to normalcy after years of political turbulence. 700 words 1800 GMT by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Peru-vote,CHRONO Peru-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexicans vote in elections seen as pivotal to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's promised "transformation" of a country shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, a deep recession and drug-related violence. 650 words 1730 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez and Daniel Rook. Graphic. Picture. Video US-politics-election-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Donald Trump returns to the spotlight for his first speech in months, framing next year's midterm elections as a battle for the "survival of America" -- but keeping followers guessing on his own plans for 2024. 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Canada-indigenous-school,INTERVIEW KAMLOOPS, Canada It is a lifetime since she left, but Evelyn Camille's throat tightens as she returns to her old indigenous boarding school in western Canada to honor the 215 pupils whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave. 600 words moved by Julien Besset. Picture. Video US-Mexico-Guatemala-diplomacy-migration-vaccines,FOCUS WASHINGTON US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Guatemala and Mexico next week, bringing a message of hope to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the US. 650 words moved by Alina Dieste Mexico-US-migrant-students,FOCUS MATAMOROS, Mexico Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to her math lesson. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in the United States but so far has only made it to the Mexican border city of Matamoros. 650 words 0130 GMT by Francois Picard. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Taiwan-US-politics-diplomacy-China-health-virus TAIPEI A bipartisan delegation of three United States senators lands in Taiwan and announces that Washington will donate 750,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to its ally. 400 words moved. Live video. Video -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- US-technology-internet-auction,FOCUS NEW YORK They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential. 800 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture US-energy-environment-corporate-meeting-ExxonMobil,FOCUS NEW YORK A newly formed San Francisco-based investment group, Engine No.1, is a relative minnow in the world of finance, but now stands poised to steer the iconic US petroleum heavyweight ExxonMobile in a new direction. 750 words moved by John Biers -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-AZE,WRAP BAKU Ferrari's Charles Leclerc starts on pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with world champion Lewis Hamilton joining him on the front row and title rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull on the second row. 600 words 1430 GMT. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- US-environment-drought-fishing,FOCUS OROVILLE, California With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California is scaling up a drastic operation to help its famous Chinook salmon reach the Pacific -- transporting the fry by road in dozens of large tanker trucks. 500 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video afp
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