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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel pounds Gaza, boosts troops on border + US lifts mask mandate for vaccinated people + US, Swiss climbers die on Mount Everest + Most 'climate vulnerable' cities in Asia + EPL final moved after Turkey virus surge Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel pounds Gaza and deploys troops to the border as Palestinian Islamists fire barrages of rockets back in an escalating conflict which sees projectiles also fired on Israel from Lebanon. 850 words 2000 GMT by Ben Simon with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza Strip. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arabs,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-aviation-travel,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States announces it is lifting mask mandates for people vaccinated against Covid-19, in a watershed decision paving the way for a return to normal life after the worst global health crisis in a century. 800 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Nepal-Everest-mountaineering-accident,WRAP KATHMANDU Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organisers in Nepal say. 600 words moved by Paavan Mathema. File picture. Graphic Climate-pollution-water-investments-cities,lead PARIS Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in Asia, and 80 are in India or China, according to a new risk assessment. 650 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-POR-TUR-health-virus,WRAP PARIS The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea later this month is moved from Istanbul to Porto in the hope of allowing English fans to attend. 650 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Taiwan-Indonesia-Philippines-fishing-rights-labour,FOCUS TAIPEI Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the democratic island as a regional human rights beacon. 1,000 words moved by Amber Wang with Ron Lopez in Manila. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-teens-vaccinations,SCENE BLOOMFIELD HILLS The campaign to immunize America's 17 million adolescents aged 12-to-15 kicks off in full force, a key part of President Joe Biden's strategy to push the country close to herd immunity. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jeff Kowalsky. Picture. Video Health-virus-Islam-Eid-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP RIYADH Muslims around the world mark a sombre Eid al-Fitr amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Virus-health-Nepal,FOCUS KATHMANDU Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious Covid surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system. 800 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Johnson-finance,lead LONDON Britain will know by the end of May who paid for the lavish refurbishment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat, his new ethics adviser says, after weeks of controversy over the affair. 500 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Britain-NIreland-unrest-politics LONDON The UK government promises to help families of 10 innocent civilians killed in Northern Ireland almost 50 years ago amid demands for a formal police inquiry into the deaths. 450 words moved Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-rights LONDON Nearly half of European Union nationals living in post-Brexit Britain fear they will lose rights and not be treated the same as UK citizens in future, according to a new survey. 450 words moved Britain-Europe-US-social-parties,ANALYSIS LONDON Britain's Labour party is licking its wounds after another electoral drubbing, and can look to the decaying remains of once-great movements in Europe for a sign of potential worse to come. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Eid,SCENE JERUSALEM Dressed in sparkly new clothes and clutching balloons, excited children revel in the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Jerusalem's Old City. But days of violence lay heavy on their parents' hearts. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Already moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lod,SCENE Saudi-politics-economy-BinLaden,WRAP-EXCLUSIVE RIYADH Saudi Arabia releases construction magnate Bakr bin Laden, more than three years after his detention in a purge of the kingdom's elite that upended his vast business empire, sources close to his family tell AFP. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra Sudan-politics-economy-Hamdok,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE KHARTOUM Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok hopes Sudan can wipe out its staggering $60 billion foreign debt bill by securing relief and deals at an upcoming Paris conference that could bring much-needed investment. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-economy-mining,FOCUS LUPATAPATA In the Democratic Republic of Congo's diamond-mining region, hopes are high -- and frustrations building -- after President Felix Tshisekedi's promises to turn around the area's economic fortunes. 550 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KABUL A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring Taliban and Afghan government comes into force as the country celebrates Eid al-Fitr after weeks of deadly violence. 550 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-wage-restaurants-politics-McDonald's-Amazon, WRAP NEW YORK Wage hikes at McDonald's and signing bonuses at Amazon are the latest inducements by big companies seeking to quickly staff up as the reopening US economy spurs a sudden uptick in consumer demand after the coronavirus-induced downturn. 700 words 2000 GMT by John Biers US-internet-energy-environment-Bitcoin,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from bitcoin mining for particular criticism. 600 words 2000 GMT by Ali Bekhtaoui Britain-politics-lobbying-Greensill-Cameron,WRAP LONDON Britain's former prime minister David Cameron insists he acted appropriately in controversial lobbying for the collapsed finance group Greensill Capital, as British lawmakers quiz him following months of scandal and revelation about his actions. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson and Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. 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