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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran navy vessel sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman + Israel rivals in last-ditch push to oust Netanyahu + Burnt-out container ship 'going down' off Sri Lanka + African Union suspends Mali after second coup + Serena Williams inches closer to 24th Grand Slam Iran-navy-accident,WRAP TEHRAN One of Iran's largest naval ships sinks after catching fire while on a "training mission" off a strategic port near the head of the Gulf, the navy says. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. File Picture. Video. File Video. Graphic Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians scrambling to unseat veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are locked in last-ditch talks to hammer out their "change" coalition composed of bitter ideological rivals. 800 words 2000 GMT by Daphne Rousseau and Claire Gounon. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Israel-politics-Herzog,PROFILE SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,WRAP COLOMBO A burnt-out container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime environmental disaster is in imminent danger of sinking with several hundred tonnes of oil still in its fuel tanks, the navy says. 600 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-politics-coup-AU,WRAP NAIROBI The African Union announces it is suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatens the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. 550 words moved by Marion Douet Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams survives a scare to extend her latest bid for an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles title with a three-set victory over Mihaela Buzarnescu at the French Open while men's fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas also reaches the third round. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jed Court. Picture. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Malaysia-education-internet,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam's unexpected rise from anonymous pupil to national leader against school harassment began with a teacher allegedly joking about rape. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video SAfrica-health-traditional-healers,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi Malatji fixed her smartphone into a tripod and reached for a small bag of divination bones. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Entertainment-Britain-fashion-royals,FOCUS LONDON Princess Diana's wedding dress for her 1981 marriage to Prince Charles was one of the best-kept secrets in fashion history. It has sparked such intense interest that young designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel locked the gown in a safe at night. 750 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-unemployment-ILO,2ndlead GENEVA The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN says, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. 700 words moved by Nina Larson. Graphic Health-virus-science-origins-diplomacy,FACTS PARIS The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has scorched its way across the world killing millions and bringing economies to a standstill. But where exactly did it come from? 850 words moved by Julie Charpentrat Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-Covax,lead Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic wave near breaking point and fearful for their lives. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Canada-indigenous-school-children-ceremony,FOCUS KAMLOOPS, Canada Relatives of former indigenous residential school students pay tribute in a ceremony to 215 children buried in unmarked graves recently discovered on the grounds of their school in western Canada. 600 words 2030 GMT by Julien Besset. Picture. Video Nicaragua-politics-opposition-arrest,WRAP MANAGUA Nicaraguan police move to arrest opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, raiding her home in connection with money-laundering claims made by President Daniel Ortega's government. 450 words 2100 GMT -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition,WRAP MOSCOW Russian authorities widen a crackdown on the country's beleaguered opposition as the legislature advances a bill that would bar opponents from polls and a court jails another well-known Kremlin critic. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. File picture Russia-Germany-politics-diplomacy-Belarus-Lufthansa,2ndlead BERLIN Airline companies say that flights have resumed between Germany and Russia, after each country blocked the other's incoming flights as part of the fall-out from tensions over Belarus. 450 words 1900 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Spain-Morocco-WSahara-Polisario,WRAP ALGIERS The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement returns to Algeria after six weeks of medical treatment in Spain that unleashed a tetchy diplomatic standoff between Rabat and Madrid. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's exiled former president Laurent Gbagbo can decide when he returns to the country, the national reconciliation minister says. 450 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- China-population-society,FOCUS BEIJING China wants its women to have more children but for many young people, the government's big promises of support mean little because of soaring living costs and changing mindsets about families. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON American businesses remain optimistic as the recovery from the pandemic accelerates, but supply disruptions and labor shortages have begun to hit prices and output, the Federal Reserve said. 500 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott China-telecoms-computers-software-Huawei,WRAP SHENZHEN Chinese tech giant Huawei launches its highly-anticipated homegrown mobile operating system, opening a new front in its fight for survival in the smartphone arena after the US blocked it from using Android. 700 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video afp
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