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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Indian hospitals on brink as Covid crisis spirals + Kremlin critic Navalny ends hunger strike + Biden, Erdogan talk before expected genocide announcement + SpaceX launches third crew to ISS on recycled rocket + Man Utd legend Giggs charged with assaulting women Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Indian hospitals launch desperate appeals for oxygen in the country's spiralling Covid-19 crisis, as world leaders unite to demand $19 billion of investment to beat the pandemic. 800 words 2030 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he is ending a 24-day hunger strike he launched to demand medical treatment behind bars, after allies said his life was in danger. 650 words moved by Anastasia Clark. Picture US-Turkey-diplomacy-politics-genocide,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of an expected announcement that the United States will formally recognize as genocide the World War I-era killings of 1.5 million Christian Armenians by the Muslim Ottoman Empire. 500 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-Europe-space-SpaceX,WRAP KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida SpaceX launches its third crew to the International Space Station an hour before sunrise, recycling a rocket and spacecraft for the first time. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: US-Europe-space-health,INTERVIEW Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-WAL-Giggs,3rdlead LONDON Wales football manager and former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women, with football chiefs confirming he will not be in charge of the national side for the delayed Euro 2020 tournament. 500 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ukraine-environment-nuclear-animals-Chernobyl,SCENE CHERNOBYL, Ukraine Down an overgrown country road, three startled wild horses with rugged coats and rigid manes dart into the flourishing overgrowth of their unlikely nature reserve: the Chernobyl exclusion zone. 500 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Philippines-religion-internet,FOCUS MANILA After delivering sermons and visiting slums, Philippine priest Fiel Pareja tends to his Gen-Z flock on TikTok, creating videos of himself praying, dancing and lip-syncing Christian pop music for 1.6 million followers. 800 words moved by Mikhail Flores and Lucille Sodipe. Picture. Video Indonesia-court-crime-virus,FOCUS JAKARTA Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an "inhumane" insult to those facing the firing squad. 700 words moved by Haeril Halim -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Cyprus,lead NICOSIA Cyprus announces a two-week partial lockdown as hospitals struggle to cope with surging coronavirus cases, with restrictions covering the key Orthodox Easter holidays. 550 words moved Health-virus-India,4thlead NEW DELHI Delhi hospitals issue desperate appeals for oxygen and 13 Covid patients die in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Virus-health-India,BACKGROUND Health-virus-India-UAE-travel Health-virus-Pfizer,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Oly-2020-2021-Japan,4thlead Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS Health-virus-EU-vaccines,2ndlead -- AMERICAS -- Basket-NBA-Lakers-James-police-shootings,WRAP NEW YORK Anger mounts on the US conservative right over an inflammatory tweet by NBA star LeBron James targeting a police officer who shot dead a knife-wielding 16-year-old Black girl in his home state of Ohio. 500 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- EUROPE -- France-police-attack,WRAP RAMBOUILLET, France French prosecutors open a terror inquiry after a female police employee was stabbed to death at her workplace southwest of Paris by a suspected Islamist extremist from Tunisia who was then shot dead by the security forces. 650 words moved by Alice Lefebre and Tiphaine Liboux. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-vaccines-Africa-children-malaria-research,WRAP LONDON A new malaria vaccine has proven 77 percent effective in trials on infants, British researchers say, in a potential game-changer against the deadly mosquito-borne disease. 600 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Videographic Turkey-fraud-cryptocurrency-Albania,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey has issued an international arrest warrant for the founder of a cryptocurrency exchange who fled with a reported $2 billion in investors' assets, state media report. 600 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture. Video Lifestyle-Italy-automobile-transport ROME Ever since Audrey Hepburn took control of her Vespa in the 1953 classic "Roman Holiday", the Italian scooter has been a symbol of joy and style and on its 75-year-old birthday, many Italians remain fondly attached to theirs 250 words moved. Picture. File picture -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM Over 100 Palestinians and 20 Israeli police are wounded in overnight clashes in annexed east Jerusalem, as tensions mount over a ban on gatherings and videos of attacks on youths. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP BALI, Indonesia Indonesia's desperate search for a missing submarine and its 53 crew is focused on a signal from an unidentified object, with just hours to go before the stricken vessel's oxygen reserves run out. 700 words moved by Sonny Tumbelaka. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-China-politics-diplomacy-Uyghurs,WRAP LONDON Beijing criticises British MPs after they approved a symbolic parliamentary motion declaring that Uyghur Muslims in China are "suffering crimes against humanity and genocide", calling the accusations a "big lie". 500 words moved by James Pheby. Picture -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-Deby-funeral,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad stages a state funeral for veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno, a linchpin in the fight against the Sahel's jihadist insurgency, as France and regional allies voice backing for his son and successor, Mahamat Idriss Deby. 750 words moved by Djimet Wiche and Jerome Rivet. Picture. Graphic. Video Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school,WRAP KANO Three abducted Nigerian students have been shot dead by their kidnappers, a local official says, three days after they were snatched by gunmen from their university in the northwest of the country. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubajar with Louise Dewast in Abuja -- CLIMATE -- US-summit-climate-diplomacy,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Could the planet finally be on track to limiting climate change? After US President Joe Biden ramped up ambitions with a climate summit, experts are cautiously saying yes -- although a difficult path lies ahead. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-UEFA,WRAP LAUSANNE European football's governing body drop Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a failure to guarantee fans' attendance but hold fire over any reprisals it might mete out to the 12 clubs involved in the failed Super League project. 650 words 2000 GMT. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards-award LOS ANGELES Chloe Zhao voices her excitement about the looming Oscars as her road movie "Nomadland" tops the Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning best feature in its relentless award season charge. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,ADVANCER HOLLYWOOD The Oscars on Sunday will mirror the movie industry they honor: transformed by the pandemic, forced to experiment with new venues and formats, and likely to be dominated by "Nomadland." 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. 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