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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel pounds Gaza with artillery, air strikes + US lifts mask-wearing rules for vaccinated + Fuel shortages hit motorists on US east coast + I'll be there for you, again. 'Friends' reunited + Picasso painting sells for $103 million Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel bombards Gaza with artillery and air strikes in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, in an intensification of a conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. 900 words 0700 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arabs,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-aviation-travel,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The top US health agency says it is lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON The US pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack says it has restarted its entire network and resumed fuel deliveries to all markets, but gas stations up and down the east coast are still facing shortages after a wave of panic buying. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. Graphic Entertainment-US-television-Friends LOS ANGELES "The One Where They Get Back Together" is finally upon us -- and the cast of "Friends" will be joined by famous fans from Justin Bieber to David Beckham, HBO Max announces. 350 words moved US-art-Picasso-painting-auction NEW YORK Pablo Picasso's "Woman Sitting Near a Window (Marie-Therese)" sells for $103.4 million at Christie's in New York. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-society-tourism-Titanic,FOCUS SUINING, China The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a fullscale replica. 550 words moved by Noel Celis and Qian Ye. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-rights-women,FOCUS BANGKOK Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence -- a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars. 750 words moved. Graphic Lifestyle-Libya-motorbike,FOCUS BENGHAZI Bikers of Libya's Mediterranean city of Benghazi, the cradle of its 2011 revolution and a one-time Islamist bastion, rev up their motors to show another side to their war-scarred country. 400 words moved by Mohammed Elshaiky. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-villages,SCENE UNMAO, India As coronavirus silently ravages India's vast rural hinterland, people are relying on quacks and herbal concoctions while loved ones are hastily buried in shallow graves or given up to rivers without a proper funeral, locals say. 750 words 0700 GMT by Sanjay Kanojia with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi. Picture Health-virus-Islam-Eid-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP RIYADH Muslims around the world mark a sombre Eid al-Fitr amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-teens-vaccinations,SCENE BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan Harrison Hunger, 14, received his Covid shot at a clinic in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and now has pastries on his mind. 500 words moved by Jeff Kowalsky with Peter Hutchison in New York and Cyril Julien in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus-Greece-tourism-leisure CHANIA, Crete Greece kickstarts its tourism season, with both the government and travel operators hoping the lure of sun, sand and sea will bring a sorely-needed revenue boost after last year's miserable holiday season. 650 words moved by Will Vassilopoulous. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Eid,SCENE JERUSALEM Dressed in sparkly new clothes and clutching balloons, excited children revel in the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Jerusalem's Old City. But days of violence lay heavy on their parents' hearts. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Sudan-politics-economy-Hamdok,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE KHARTOUM Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok hopes Sudan can wipe out its staggering $60 billion foreign debt bill by securing relief and deals at an upcoming Paris conference that could bring much-needed investment. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict YEREVAN Armenia's leader accuses Azerbaijani troops of crossing the southern border and trying to stake claim to territory, in a new escalation of tensions between the arch foes. 500 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan Britain-Europe-US-social-parties,ANALYSIS LONDON Britain's Labour party is licking its wounds after another electoral drubbing, and can look to the decaying remains of once-great movements in Europe for a sign of potential worse to come. 850 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-economy-mining,FOCUS LUPATAPATA Two hours by dirt road from the Democratic Republic of Congo's diamond hub Mbuji-Mayi, life is hard for freelance miners. 550 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video Mozambique-unrest,lead JOHANNESBURG White people were given preferential treatment for evacuation in a March air rescue when Mozambique's Palma town was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, rights group Amnesty International alleges. 450 words moved -- BUSINESS -- US-internet-energy-environment-Bitcoin,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from bitcoin mining for particular criticism. 600 words moved by Ali Bekhtaoui US-wage-restaurants-politics-McDonald's-Amazon,WRAP NEW YORK McDonald's announces it will hike wages at US company-owned restaurants as it seeks another 10,000 employees, while Amazon launches a North American recruitment drive with signing bonuses of up to $1,000. 850 words moved by John Biers US-leisure-investments-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK Anyone can easily own a Basquiat painting, a pair of Yeezy sneakers or even a Ferrari -- at least, that's the promise of a growing number of fractional ownership platforms that sell shares of these rare items, starting at just a few dollars. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- CLIMATE -- Climate-Britain-talks LONDON Climate summit COP26, due to take place in Glasgow in November, is "our last hope" of preventing runaway temperature increase, the president of the event will say in a major speech. 500 words moved -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Paralympics-health-virus,INTERVIEW TOKYO Paralympics chief Andrew Parsons acknowledges "anger" over holding the Tokyo Games as virus cases surge in Japan, but says the chances that athletes will spread the virus are "really remote". 600 words moved by Andrew McKirdy afp
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