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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Fears of war after Israel clashes + Republicans sideline Trump critic + Experts blast pandemic failures + Talk show giant Ellen calls it quits + Serena Williams out of Italian Open Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP TEL AVIV Hamas unleashes a fresh barrage of deadly rocket fire towards Israel in retaliation for the levelling of a 14-story building in Gaza by Israel, which rules out an imminent ceasefire. 750 words 2000 GMT by Ben Simon with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video US-politics-Republicans,WRAP WASHINGTON House Republicans oust conservative Liz Cheney, a fierce critic of Donald Trump, from her powerful leadership role in a move that tigtens the former US president's grip on the party. 800 words 1930 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA An expert panel blames bad coordination as well as dithering by national governments and international organisations for the failure to tackle Covid-19 before it became a full-blown pandemic, as India's death toll tops 250,000. 850 words moved by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-pandemic-panel,3rdlead Health-virus-pandemic-panel,POINTS Health-virus-pandemic-panel-diplomacy,Q&A Health-virus-India-toll,2ndlead Entertainment-US-DeGeneres,WRAP NEW YORK Ellen DeGeneres, an icon of daytime American talk show culture, says she is calling it quits after 19 seasons anchoring a TV staple that had become tainted by toxic workplace allegations. 500 words 2100 GMT. File Picture Tennis-WTA-ITA-ATP-Williams,WRAP ROME Serena Williams, playing the 1000th WTA match of her career, crashes out of the Italian Open in the second round, weeks before her bid to make history at Roland Garros. 650 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- DRCongo-violence-rape,FOCUS KANANGA Single or married, sometimes pregnant, and among them even men: hundreds of people are coming forward as victims of sexual assault and rape in Kasai, the poor, troubled heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lod,SCENE LOD, Israel A synagogue with charred walls and incinerated cars testifies to a breakdown of Arab-Jewish coexistence in the mixed city of Lod against the backdrop of the latest Israeli-Palestinian showdown. 550 words 2000 GMT by Majeda El-Batsh and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Already moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-TelAviv,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-children,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-flare-ups,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-media,FOCUS DUBAI With Twitter accounts deleted and content blocked on Instagram, Palestinian social media users say they have been censored from showing the reality of the unrest in Jerusalem. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi and Shatha Yaish -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccination-transport,SCENE NEW YORK Tourists come straight from the airport and commuters stop off on their way to work as a pilot program designed to accelerate vaccinations through free transport rides gets underway at New York's Grand Central station. 450 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-carnival,PROFILE RIO DE JANEIRO Raquel Poti barely stands five feet tall, but the diminutive stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro's carnival -- whose cancelation due to Covid-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive. 650 words moved by Vitoria Velez. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON Motorists frantically stocking up on fuel cause more gas stations on the US east coast to close, as the government rushes to try to free up supplies days after the country's main fuel pipeline was shut down by a cyberattack. 650 words 2000 GMT by Virginie Montet. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-shooting-school,WRAP KAZAN, Russia A Russian court orders that a teenager accused of killing nine pupils and staff in a school shooting spree be held in pre-trial detention, as his victims are laid to rest. 750 words moved by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video. Graphic. Britain-NIreland-unrest,WRAP LONDON British former prime minister Tony Blair calls for a South Africa-style truth and reconciliation commission for Northern Ireland to address historical crimes on both sides of "The Troubles". 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-politics,ANALYSIS TUNIS A new unity government in Libya had raised hopes the war-ravaged North African nation had turned a corner towards peace -- but analysts warn that major stumbling blocks remain. 700 words moved by Hamza Mekouar Iran-politics TEHRAN Iranian ultra-conservative ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puts his name forward as a candidate to succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in elections next month. 600 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Uganda-politics KAMPALA Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is sworn in for his sixth term as president, as police surround the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a "sham". 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KABUL A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring Taliban and Afghan forces is due to come into force, after weeks of intense clashes throughout the country. 450 words 2200 GMT by Jay Deshmukh Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-hospital-attack-anniversary,FOCUS Myanmar-politics-military-pageant YANGON A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country's military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle. 400 words moved. File Picture. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- EU-court-Engie-tax-Amazon-US,WRAP LUXEMBOURG Amazon scores a major legal victory as an EU court annuls an order from the bloc's powerful antitrust authority that Luxembourg recoup 250 million euros in back taxes. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman France-Brazil-accident-aviation-trial,WRAP PARIS Air France and Airbus will stand trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that killed all 228 people on board, a Paris court rules. 700 words moved by Eleonore Hughes and Jurgen Hecker. File picture Japan-telecommunications-tech-SoftBank-earnings,WRAP TOKYO Investment giant Softbank Group report an annual net profit of $45.8 billion, the best ever for a Japanese company, reaping the rewards of tech share rallies to recover from last year's record loss. 600 words moved by Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster. Picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-IOC-Japan-health-virus LAUSANNE The International Olympic Committee says it is fully focused on implementing the Tokyo Games, calling them a "tentpole moment that can bring the world together" despite a surge in Covid-19 cases and a lack of public support. 500 words moved from Coralie Lebvre. File picture Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-Barcelona-RealMadrid-Juventus,WRAP LAUSANNE UEFA initiates disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, the three clubs yet to renounce the aborted European Super League project. 450 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- France-film-virus,FOCUS PARIS France's love affair with cinema threatens to be an overwhelming experience next week, when theatres finally reopen -- the scheduling nightmare of a massive backlog of 400 films. 500 words moved by Francois Becker afp
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