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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Gaza reels under Israeli strikes + Monster cyclone pummels India + Russia warns West over Arctic claims + Tigray situation 'horrific': WHO chief + Darwin's Arch in Galapagos collapses Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli jets keep up a barrage of air strikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza as a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people pushes world leaders to step up mediation. 750 words 0200 GMT by Mai Yaghi with Daphne Rousseau in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP MAHUVA, India Northwest India gets walloped by its biggest cyclone in decades, as powerful winds and driving rain leave at least 20 people dead, and interrupt the vaccine programme the country urgently needs to get its spiralling Covid outbreak under control. 550 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-Arctic-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Western countries against staking claims in the Arctic, as global warming makes the region more accessible and a site of global competition. 700 words moved. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-WHO GENEVA Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region is facing a horrifying situation with people dying of hunger, health services destroyed and rape "rampant", says the World Health Organization chief, who is himself from the region. 550 words moved. Video Ecuador-environment-Galapagos QUITO A rock formation off the Galapagos Islands known as Darwin's Arch has collapsed due to natural erosion, the Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment says. 200 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-technology-sex-education-Arab,FOCUS BEIRUT Porn, masturbation and anal sex: taboo-breaking podcasts for Arab audiences are shattering the silence that has stymied sex education at home and in the classroom. 700 words 0200 GMT by Hashem Osseiran. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinian-conflict-US-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As it has for decades, Israel has counted on the United States as a diplomatic shield in its latest crisis. But once unwavering US support is looking increasingly precarious as calls grow on the left to advance Palestinian rights. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradles his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. 500 words moved by Yahya Hassouna and Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video. Israel-conflict-Palestinians-Jaffa,FOCUS JAFFA, Israel Arab-Israeli supermarket cashier Israa Jarbou has missed a week of work for fear of getting attacked by Jews on the bus out of Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter of Tel Aviv. 1,050 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-diplomacy,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt is seeking to restore its regional clout by mediating between Israel and Hamas to douse the week-long Gaza conflict that has cost more than 200 lives. 750 words 0200 GMT by Farid Farid -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is among the first seniors to receive a jab as South Africa launches a major mainstream immunisation drive against Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-Bahrain AL JASRAH, Bahrain Hundreds of cars crowd roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as Riyadh permits citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad more than a year after barring external trips. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-Microsoft-Gates,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bill Gates's tenure at Microsoft has come under scrutiny amid revelations that the tech giant probed the billionaire founder's intimate relationship with a staffer before he left the board of directors. 600 words moved by Delphine Touitou. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- Japan-economy-GDP-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japan's economy contracts 1.3 percent in the first quarter after a surge in coronavirus infections forced the government to reimpose restrictions in major cities. 600 words 0200 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,WRAP CEUTA, Spain At least 5,000 migrants, about a thousand of them minors, reach Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco, Spanish officials say, a record in a single day. 550 words moved. Picture Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court postpones the beginning of an "extremism" hearing against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, part of a campaign to sideline opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA More than three months after regional elections, Catalonia's two main separatist parties say they have reached agreement on forming a ruling coalition, heading off the looming threat of another vote. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture Kyrgyzstan-mining-Canada,lead BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan's parliament votes in favour of a plan to seize the country's largest gold mine after the Canada-based operator said it was taking the government to an international court. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- Africa-diplomacy-France-economy-debt,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for a summit meeting that will seek to provide Africa with critical financing swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. 500 words 0200 GMT by Eve Szeftel Also moved: Africa-Sudan-France-summit,WRAP SAfrica-politics-court-crime,WRAP PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa The corruption trial of South Africa's scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma is postponed once again as backers of the former president stage a boisterous show of support. 500 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-film-history-Napoleon,FOCUS PARIS A mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures: a team of obsessives have spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". 650 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video afp
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