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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain bids farewell to Prince Philip + Doctors say hunger-striking Navalny could die in a matter of days + Covid death toll passes 3 mn as India cases surge + Philippines seizes $25 mn in giant clam shells Britain-royals-Philip,WRAP WINDSOR, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II bids farewell to her husband, Prince Philip, at a royal funeral like no other, restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service. 950 words 2200 GMT by Charlotte Durand, James Pheby, Phil Hazlewood and Imran Marashli. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-royals-Philip,SCENE Britain-royals-Philip,OBIT Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,CHRONO Britain-royals-Philip-funeral-guests,FACTS Britain-royals-Philip-funeral,QUOTES Britain-royals-Philip-funerals,FACTS fbl-ENG-Pr-Britain-royals-Philip Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,2ndlead MOSCOW Doctors say that the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's blood potassium levels are critical and he could die "within days", demanding access to Russia's most famous prisoner. 550 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. File picture Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The global Covid-19 death toll passes three million as the pandemic speeds up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers. 800 words move by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Philippines-environment-animals-clams MANILA Philippine authorities say they have seized some 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country. 350 words moved. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Greece-university,FOCUS THESSALONIKI, Greece Shuttered for over a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greek universities are now grappling with a surge in online exam cheating giving rise to a new reality: the "corona degree". 600 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-cemetery,FOCUS SAO PAULO In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can't remember performing more than 10 night burials. But since the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic swept across Brazil, that exception has become the rule. 650 words moved by Paulina Ramon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Russia-conflict-politics SAINT PETERSBURG Russia says it will expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kiev, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank. 650 words 2000 GMT. File picture Also moved: Ukraine-Russia-conflict-politics,SCENE Germany-politics-CDU-CSU,FOCUS BERLIN A bruising internal struggle to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel has left Germany's once stable ruling conservatives in disarray and on the brink of implosion less than six months ahead of elections in September. 750 words moved by Kit Holden. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2nd lead NEW DELHI New Delhi reports a record 24,000 coronavirus cases in one day and its leader warns of a "grim" battle ahead as major cities across India go into a weekend lockdown in a bid to curtail a nationwide pandemic surge. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Ajay Singh Yadav only managed a final video call before his close friend became the latest of an alarming number of young Indians, including children, falling victim to the new coronavirus wave sweeping the country. 700 words moved by Glenda Kwek with Nivrita Ganguly in Mumbai and Nishant Saxena in Lucknow. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-unrest-religion,FOCUS ISLAMABAD The French community in Pakistan is torn between disbelief, fear and annoyance in reaction to their embassy's call for them to leave the country in response to Francophobic rioting this week by an extremist Islamic party. Most, it seems, have decided to stay put. 600 words moved. File picture. Also moved: Pakistan-France-religion-Khan Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will join a special ASEAN summit next week, the Thai foreign ministry says, his first official trip since masterminding a coup which deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 800 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Eritrea has acknowledged its troops are participating in the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region but has vowed to pull them out amid mounting international pressure. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-golf,lead WILMINGTON, Delaware President Joe Biden plays golf for the first time in his presidency, hitting the fairways in his home city of Wilmington -- and taking a page out of his golf-obsessed predecessor Donald Trump's book. 450 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- EU-environment-energy,FOCUS BRUSSELS The European Commission will next week present the first part of a "green taxonomy" list of energy sources and technology to be labelled as sustainable investments, but a question mark hangs over the inclusion of natural gas. 550 words moved by Julien Girault -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-FACup,WRAP LONDON Chelsea end Manchester City's bid for a quadruple of trophies with a 1-0 win in the FA Cup semi-finals. 600 words by Kieran Canning 2000GMT Picture Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Bayern-Flick,WRAP BERLIN Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick drops a bombshell by revealing he wants to leave the Bundesliga champions at the end of the season, a decision that could lead to him taking charge of the German national team. 600 words by Ryland James 2000 GMT Picture Auto-Prix-ITA IMOLA, Italy World champion Lewis Hamilton lines up his Mercedes on pole position at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ahead of the Red Bull pair Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen. 450 words moved. 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