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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Email: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US hit by second mass shooting in a week + Deadly fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh + Israel holds fourth vote in two years + Helicopters rescue Australia flood stranded + Banksy painting fetches record £16.75 million US-shooting-crime,WRAP BOULDER, Colorado America reels from its second deadly mass shooting in less than a week, after a gunman killed 10 in a Colorado grocery store, sparking urgent new calls for political action on the fraught issue of gun control. 700 words 1430 GMT by Jason Connolly with Sarah Titterton in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Bangladesh-fire-refugees-Myanmar-Rohingya,WRAP COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Fifteen people die and 400 are missing after a huge fire destroys the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya in the world's biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the UN says. 700 words moved by Suzauddin Rubel. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israelis vote in their fourth election in less than two years, the nation deeply split on whether veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should stay in power. 750 words 1530 GMT by Stephen Weizman. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moving: Israel-vote,SCENE Also moved: Israel-vote-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-vote-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Australia-flood-weather,WRAP WINDSOR, Australia Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats are deployed to reach people stranded by "catastrophic" floods along Australia's populous east coast, with thousands of homes damaged. 650 words moved by Andrew Leeson and Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Britain-Banksy-auction-virus,WRAP LONDON A painting by the elusive street artist Banksy sells for a record £16.75 million ($23.08 million, 19.44 million euros) at Christie's, with proceeds going to staff at Britain's state-run National Health Service. 500 words 1500 GMT by Anna Malpas. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Venezuela-death-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Dragging a dead rat by a string, 11-year-old Jendry scoots on a single roller skate amongst the tombs and graves at a massive cemetery in the south of Caracas. He has lived there for two years and he is not alone. 650 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video France-cabaret-virus,FOCUS PARIS The feathers may be gathering dust, but a year into its longest shutdown in more than a century, at least the windmill is still turning atop the Moulin Rouge. 550 words 1500 GMT by Jean-Francois Guyot. Picture. Video China-society-culture-marriage,FOCUS SHANGHAI From a small office in Shanghai, marriage counsellor Zhu Shenyong live-streams advice over several phones simultaneously to an attentive audience keen to save their relationships. 800 words moved by Hector Retamal with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON A US health agency raises concerns that AstraZeneca may have included out-of-date information during trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, the day after the company said its drug was highly effective in preventing the disease. 800 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-US-AstraZeneca-vaccine, POINTS WASHINGTON The United States was the biggest backer of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, but a series of blunders by the company eroded American authorities' confidence and delayed rollout in the world's hardest-hit country. 500 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-Britain-anniversary,3rdlead LONDON Britain marks the anniversary of its first coronavirus lockdown with a minute's silence in tribute to the more than 126,000 people who have died in the last 12 months -- one of the world's worst tolls. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jitendra Joshi and James Pheby. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-diplomacy-Tigray-Sudan, WRAP ADDIS ABABA After months of denials by both countries, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits that troops from neighbouring Eritrea are present in conflict-torn Tigray and suggests they may have been involved in abuses. 600 words 1430 GMT. File picture. Graphic Also moving: Sudan-Ethiopia-border,Q&A -- EUROPE -- EU-China-diplomacy-sanction,WRAP PARIS France, Belgium and Lithuania summon the Chinese envoys to their countries to protest sanctions against lawmakers by Beijing, as China and western nations face off over allegations of rights abuses by Beijing against the Muslim Uyghur minority. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture Britain-Scotland-politics-SNP-Salmond-Sturgeon LONDON Lawmakers rule that Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled a committee investigating an explosive sexual harassment scandal against her predecessor, a day after she was cleared of breaching the ministerial code that could have seen her quit. 500 words moved by James Pheby. Picture France-politics-history-labour-unrest-Paris,FOCUS PARIS The City of Paris has launched two months of events commemorating the Commune of 1871, a radical experiment in people power that continues to divide and inspire in equal measures 150 years later. 800 words moved by Clare Byrne and Guillermo Rivas Pacheco. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-conflict-Yemen,Q&A RIYADH Saudi Arabia's plan for a "comprehensive" ceasefire in Yemen is unlikely to pause hostilities, observers say, as the conflict between the Riyadh-backed government and the Huthi rebels enters its seventh year. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Syria-IS-anniversary,WRAP AL-OMAR BASE, Syria Islamic State group jihadists remain as dangerous today as when they were ousted from their last Syrian bastion two years ago, Kurdish forces warn as they mark the anniversary. 750 words moved by Delil Soleiman. Pictures. Video Lebanon-refugees-prisoners BEIRUT Rights group Amnesty International accuses Lebanese authorities of "cruel and abusive" treatment of more than 20 Syrians it says have been tortured in prison or during interrogation. 500 words moved Yemen-conflict-Socotra-tourism,VIDEOESSAY SOCOTRA, Yemen With its lush landscape, distinctive trees, unique animals and turquoise waters home to dolphins, Yemen is hoping its Socotra archipelago will become a dream destination despite the country's nightmarish conflict. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota With opening arguments less than a week away, prospective jurors are questioned for the trial of the white police officer facing murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd. 500 words 1630 GMT. File picture US-racism-history-housing CHICAGO Council members in Evanston city outside Chicago vote in favor of giving funds to Black residents as a form of reparations for housing discrimination -- the first city in the United States to take such action. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-politics-sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Leaked videos of staff from Australia's conservative government performing sex acts in parliament, including one man masturbating over a female MP's desk, have left Scott Morrison's administration facing yet another major scandal. 550 words moved Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's junta defends its seven-week crackdown that has left more than 260 democracy protesters dead, insisting it will not tolerate "anarchy". 650 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Australia-flood-weather,SCENE WINDSOR, Australia Seventeen-year-old Rory Kirkland has lived in Australia for three years, but he has already experienced the full gamut of the nation's extreme weather -- from searing heat to unprecedented bushfires and now floodwaters lapping the door of his family home. 500 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Photo. Video. -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-film-people-Youn,PROFILE SEOUL Septuagenarian Youn Yuh-jung, the first South Korean actress nominated for an Oscar, has spent decades portraying non-conformist characters, from a vicious heiress to an ageing prostitute, challenging social norms in both her career and life. 750 words moved by Claire Lee. File Picture -- SPORTS -- Cricket-IND-ENG,WRAP PUNE India host England in the first one-day international of a three-match series in Pune, setting the reigning world champions 318 to win. 500 words 1700 GMT. Picture afp
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