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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden calls for 'de-escalation' in Israel-Gaza conflict + US, Russia seek to ease tensions in Reykjavik talks + Bitcoin's value plunges on China crackdown + Manhunt for rogue soldier on the run in Belgium + Hot summers seed 'zombie' fires under winter snow Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories US President Joe Biden calls for a "significant de-escalation" in Israel's conflict with Gaza's armed groups ahead of a diplomatic push to stem the violence, as the sides traded further fire. 900 words moved by Sakher Abou El Oun with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO US-Russia-Iceland-meeting,WRAP REYKJAVIK The US and Russian foreign ministers seek to ease tensions in their first meeting since President Joe Biden took office, saying they are ready to cooperate but acknowledging the wide gulf between the rival powers. 750 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video. China-finance-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin,WRAP NEW YORK Bitcoin's value plunges after China signaled a new crackdown on the cryptocurrency, but its losses were cushioned after Tesla head Elon Musk spoke up on Twitter. 750 words moved by Sebastien Ricci with Joseph Sotinel in London Health-virus-Belgium-police,WRAP BRUSSELS Police step up a manhunt for a Belgian soldier with suspected extreme-right views and access to rocket launchers who went missing after threatening public figures -- including a renowned coronavirus expert. 500 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Climate-environment-fire-Arctic-forests PARIS "Zombie" fires that linger under the winter snow in the forests of the Northern Hemisphere tend to re-ignite after hotter summers, according to a study that warns climate change may make them more common. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-disabled-wheelchair-health,FOCUS SHANGHAI Amid the cars, scooters and bicycles waiting at a traffic light in Shanghai sits an old man in an electric wheelchair, forced to brave the busy downtown roads of China's biggest city by busy, narrow or clogged pavements. 700 words 0330 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Health-virus-Netherlands-prostitution AMSTERDAM Dutch sex workers return to Amsterdam's red light district after six "boring" months off, as the government begins to ease coronavirus restrictions. 500 words moved by Julie Capelle. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Palestinians-conflict-Israel-disability,SCENE DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian territories Disabled Palestinian Eyad Saleha, 33, was waiting for lunch when a missile fell on his family home in Gaza, killing him, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old daughter, his brother and authorities say. 450 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-Al-Rimal,SCENE GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Gaza City's Rimal district was long a place of relative calm and prosperity in the crowded enclave -- until Israeli bombing pounded much of it to rubble. 600 words moved by Sakher Abou El Oun. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-health-virus,FOCUS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-travel,3rdlead BRUSSELS EU member states agree to reopen the bloc's borders to travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, European sources say. 500 words moved Health-virus-Britain-travel-India,2ndlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a variant that has spread like wildfire in India and denies that his government is being lax on travel from hotspots. 550 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-France-culture-restaurants,5thlead Oly-2020-Japan-health-virus-cancel-finance,Q&A Health-virus-environment-Europe-US-Australia,FOCUS Lifestyle-Britain-literature-museum-exhibition-Alice,FOCUS LONDON After a year of the coronavirus pandemic's mind-bending assault on normal life, London's Victoria & Albert Museum reopens this week, taking visitors down another rabbit hole. 650 words 0200 GMT by Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK Donald Trump and his family face the increasing likelihood of criminal charges after New York state's prosecutor says it is working with Manhattan investigators in its fraud probe into the former president's business dealings. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Also moved: US-politics-justice-Trump-penpix US-racism-politics-massacre-Tulsa,lead WASHINGTON Three Black centenarians who survived one of the deadliest US race massacres appeal to Congress for justice after a lifetime of pain triggered by a 100-year-old tragedy only now coming to light for many Americans. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Brazil-environment-crime-politics,WRAP BRASILIA Brazil's Supreme Court orders an investigation of Environment Minister Ricardo Salles as police raid ministry offices, targeting a timber trafficking ring allegedly involving him and other top officials in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government. 750 words moved by Jordi Miro. File picture. Video. File video -- EUROPE -- Arctic-politics-US-Russia,WRAP REYKJAVIK The eight countries bordering the Arctic meet in Iceland to discuss peaceful cooperation in the region amid rising temperatures and tensions, in particular between Russia and the US. 600 words 0230 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Germany-crime-trial BERLIN A German soldier who allegedly plotted to attack prominent politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee will go on trial in a bizarre case fuelling concerns over right-wing extremism. 650 words 0200 GMT by Kit Holden -- MIDEAST -- Iran-nuclear-US-EU VIENNA An agreement is "shaping up" to bring the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiators say, citing headway in efforts to break the impasse. 400 words moved -- FINANCE & ECONOMY -- US-economy-politics-unemployment,FOCUS WASHINGTON Unemployed people being paid more to stay at home than to go to work? The situation has gone on long enough, say Republican governors who are cutting generous pandemic unemployment benefits, soon leaving 2.5 million Americans with no income. 650 words 0230 GMT. File picture US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON Some Federal Reserve officials see the US economy as almost healthy enough to curb asset purchases meant to help it rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the first signs of a shift in the central bank's easy money policies. 600 words moved by Chris Stein afp
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