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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Emergency supplies arrive in Covid-hit India + Somali rebels hold parts of capital + Miscarriages underreported: study + Myanmar junta says wants 'stability' + Kanye's sneakers sell for record $1.8 mn Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI The first emergency medical supplies trickle into Covid-stricken India as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccines. 650 words 0600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Somalia-unrest-politics,WRAP MOGADISHU Heavily armed Somali opposition fighters hold positions in parts of Mogadishu, a day after clashes with government troops erupted over the president's bid to extend his mandate, in the country's worst political violence in years. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-women-birth-miscarriage PARIS One in seven pregnancies worldwide ends in miscarriage, and 11 percent of women endure a lost pregnancy at least once in their lifetime, experts say, urging better recognition of the issue and improved physical and mental health care. 550 words moved. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's junta says it will heed regional pleas to stop violence only when the coup-hit country 'returns to stability', as fresh fighting erupts with an ethnic rebel group. 650 words 0600 GMT Entertainment-fashion-shoes-auction-Yeezys,WRAP NEW YORK A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sell for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby's says. 500 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Cuba-technology-economy,FOCUS SAN NICOLAS DE BARI, Cuba Disguised as a sparrowhawk, and convincingly mimicking its predatory cry, a drone made of wood, scrap metal and plastic disperses birds at a Cuban airfield -- the creation of engineers keen to develop cheap, local alternatives to foreign-made technology on the communist island. 750 words moved by Carlos Batista. Picture. Video US-social-lifestyle-tattoo,FOCUS NEW YORK Neither a permanent mark nor a paper transfer: a New York start-up has created the first tattoos that fully disappear after a while, aiming to open the body inking market to new clientele. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video Sudan-religion-economy-Ramadan,FOCUS WAD MADANI, Sudan As night falls in Sudan, villagers rush to pull over travellers to celebrate Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan with them, traditions enduring despite dire economic troubles. 600 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-hosts,FOCUS TOKYO Hundreds of Japanese towns and cities have been forced to rethink plans to host Olympic teams because the coronavirus will prevent public appearances and require costly safety measures. 600 words 0530 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead ROME Italians flock to bars, restaurants and cinemas following an easing of coronavirus restrictions, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi unveils a massive EU-funded plan he says will shape the crisis-hit country's future 750 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Live Video. Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-EU,FOCUS Health-virus-Yemen,FOCUS Health-virus-Thailand-Cambodia-Laos,WRAP -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Nearly 100 days into Joe Biden's presidency, predecessor Donald Trump -- twice impeached and accused of fomenting a deadly US Capitol rebellion -- remains a curiously powerful Republican figure, potentially into the 2024 election. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Argentina-fbl-ARG-Newells-disabled,VIDEOESSAY ROSARIO, Argentina Stefano may be just a kid, but he feels like a champion when he dribbles and scores like his beloved Lionel Messi. The boy is one of nine children who just enrolled at the new football school for kids with learning disabilities, created by the Argentine great's childhood club Newell's Old Boys. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-India-Kashmir-conflict,SCENE POONCH, Pakistan The guns have gone silent, schools have reopened and the bunkers are empty along Pakistan's restive border with arch-rival India, but even as residents in disputed Kashmir relax thanks to an uneasy truce, they fear fighting may erupt at any time. 500 words by David Stout. Picture. US-Pakistan-BinLaden-anniversary,FOCUS PARIS A decade after he was hunted down and killed in Pakistan by US special forces, Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden retains the capacity to mobilise extremists even in a polarised jihadist scene that has radically changed in the last years. 800 words 0330 GMT by Didier Lauras. Picture -- Please see special advisory for full filing plan -- -- EUROPE -- EU-Britain-politics-Brexit-trade-diplomacy,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Parliament is to vote to ratify the EU trade deal with Britain, turning the page on a difficult Brexit chapter but with little hope of smoothing relations with London. 600 words moved Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors suspend the activities of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, in a move his team said would essentially shut down the jailed opposition figure's decade-long movement against President Vladimir Putin. 750 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Britain-politics-Johnson-Cummings,3rdlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denies airily dismissing the prospect of thousands dying from Covid-19, as a row over government "sleaze" escalates with a call for his resignation. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Callum Paton. Picture Europe-migration-Spain,WRAP MADRID Seventeen people are found dead on a boat off El Hierro in Spain's Canary Islands, as migrant arrivals to the archipelago surge despite the deadly dangers of the crossing. 500 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-justice-Britain,WRAP TEHRAN British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in Iran since 2016, is jailed for a year and banned from leaving the country for a further 12 months, her lawyer says. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi with James Pheby in London. File picture. Video Also moved: Iran-diplomacy-rights-justice-Britain,BACKGROUND Britain-Iran-trial-rights-politics,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-army-unrest,WRAP KANO, Nigeria At least 31 Nigerian soldiers are killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambush a military convoy escorting weapons and overrun a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources say, in the deadliest attack against the army this year. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Graphic Chad-politics-unrest,WRAP N'DJAMENA, Chad Chad's new military junta appoints a transitional prime minister, who calls for a nationwide effort to speed the return to civilian rule, suspended after the shock battlefield death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno. 700 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche Also moved: Chad-politics-unrest-rebels,FACTS -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-automobile-earnings-Tesla,WRAP NEW YORK Tesla reports a jump in first-quarter profits on surging electric vehicle sales, and the manufacturer says it is on track to boost automotive capacity at factories in three countries. 650 words moved afp
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