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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Gunman kills 10 at US grocery store + Australia battles 'catastrophic' floods + Israel holds fourth election in two years + Concerns over AstraZeneca jab trials + Postcards reveal deepest lockdown secrets US-shooting-crime,WRAP BOULDER, Colorado A gunman kills at least 10 people including a police officer at a grocery store in Colorado, police say, in the latest shooting to hit a state that was the site of two of the most infamous mass murders in US history. 700 words 0930 GMT by Jason Connolly with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-flood-weather,WRAP WINDSOR, Australia Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats are deployed to reach people stranded by "catastrophic" floods along Australia's populous east coast, with thousands of homes damaged. 650 words moved by Andrew Leeson and Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israelis vote in their fourth election in less than two years, with the nation deeply split on whether veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deserves to remain in power. 750 words 1030 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moved: Israel-vote-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-vote-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON AstraZeneca may have included out-of-date data during trials for its Covid-19 vaccine, a US government agency says, striking a blow to the drug giant which is already under pressure from the EU. 800 words 1200 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Britain-people-arts,FOCUS LONDON Luxuriant body hair, stashes of sex toys and taboo desires: hundreds in Britain have revealed their deepest lockdown secrets on postcards sent to a London stationery shop. 550 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-society-culture-marriage,FOCUS SHANGHAI From a small office in Shanghai, marriage counsellor Zhu Shenyong live-streams advice over several phones simultaneously to an attentive audience keen to save their relationships. 800 words moved by Hector Retamal with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Video. Picture Venezuela-death-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Dragging a dead rat by a string, 11-year-old Jendry scoots on a single roller skate amongst the tombs and graves at a massive cemetery in the south of Caracas. He has lived there for two years and he is not alone. 650 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Spain-Canaries,FOCUS MADRID She was just two years old. And her death this weekend after days fighting for her life puts a harrowingly human face on the surging migrant crisis in the Canary Islands. 750 words moved by Hazel Ward. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-Germany-homeless-women,FOCUS BERLIN "I never thought it would happen to me," said Petra, who found herself living on the street in Berlin as the pandemic gripped Germany one year ago. Her story reflects the struggle of the estimated 2,500 homeless women in the German capital, who have become even more vulnerable in the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. File Picture Yemen-conflict-Socotra-tourism,VIDEOESSAY SOCOTRA, Yemen With its lush landscape, distinctive trees, unique animals and turquoise waters home to dolphins, Yemen is hoping its Socotra archipelago will become a dream destination despite the country's nightmarish conflict. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-Easter,3rdlead BERLIN Germany will enter a strict shutdown for five days over Easter as it fights soaring infection rates fuelled by variants in what Chancellor Angela Merkel has called a "new pandemic". 600 words 1000 GMT by Kit Holden. Picture. Live Video. Video Health-virus-Britain-anniversary LONDON Britain marks the anniversary of its first coronavirus lockdown with a "National Day of Reflection", which will see parliament hold a minute's silence in tribute to the more than 126,000 people who have died. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- China-diplomacy-rights-sanctions-EU-US-Britain,WRAP BEIJING China bristles after Western nations line up to impose sanctions over its treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, the first concerted international action against Beijing since Joe Biden took office. 600 words 0930 GMT by Beiyi Seow Australia-politics-sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Leaked videos of staff from Australia's conservative government performing sex acts in parliament, including one man masturbating over a female MP's desk, have left Scott Morrison's administration facing yet another major scandal. 550 words moved Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military says it is sad about people killed in its brutal crackdown on anti-coup protests, but vows to press ahead to stamp out "anarchy". 650 words 1000 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video NATO-defence-diplomacy-security-Afghanistan,WRAP BRUSSELS US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledges to share Washington's "initial thinking" on a looming Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, as he meets NATO allies on his first official European trip. 600 words 0930 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video Australia-flood-weather,SCENE WINDSOR, Australia Seventeen-year-old Rory Kirkland has lived in Australia for three years, but he has already experienced the full gamut of the nation's extreme weather -- from searing heat to unprecedented bushfires and now floodwaters lapping the door of his family home. 500 words 1030 GMT by Andrew Leeson. Photo. Video. Bangladesh-fire-refugees-Myanmar-Rohingya,WRAP COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh A huge fire that swept through parts of the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh has claimed at least seven lives and destroyed the shanty homes of tens of thousands of people who fled a brutal military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar. 600 words moved by Suzauddin Rubel. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-IS-anniversary,WRAP AL-OMAR BASE, Syria The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces mark two years since the fall of the Islamic State group's last bastion in the war-torn country. 600 words 1100 GMT by Delil Soleiman. Picture. Video. Live video Lebanon-refugees-prisoners BEIRUT Amnesty International accuses Lebanese authorities of "cruel and abusive" treatment of more than 20 Syrians it says have been tortured in prison or during interrogation. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-history-housing CHICAGO Council members in Evanston city outside Chicago vote in favor of giving funds to Black residents as a form of reparations for housing discrimination -- the first city in the United States to take such action. 400 words moved US-politics-immigration-Mexico,FOCUS WASHINGTON After two months of relatively smooth sailing, Joe Biden has landed in choppy waters: faced with a migrant rush on the border with Mexico, the Democratic president stands accused of failing to respond effectively -- and of lacking transparency with the media. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-history-labour-unrest-Paris,FOCUS PARIS The City of Paris has launched two months of events commemorating the Commune of 1871, a radical experiment in people power that continues to divide and inspire in equal measures 150 years later. 800 words 1030 GMT by Clare Byrne and Guillermo Rivas Pacheco -- ENTERTAINMENT/ART -- Britain-Banksy-auction-virus LONDON A painting by UK street artist Banksy is expected to raise millions of pounds for the staff of Britain's state-run National Health Service at auction. 400 words moved. File picture SKorea-film-people-Youn,PROFILE SEOUL Septuagenarian Youn Yuh-jung, the first South Korean actress nominated for an Oscar, has spent decades portraying nonconformist characters, from a vicious heiress to an ageing prostitute, challenging social norms in both her career and life. 750 words moved by Claire Lee. File Picture afp
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