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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Appeal for calm after fresh NIreland riots + Biden seeks to tackle gun violence 'epidemic' + Archaeologists unearth lost Egyptian city + Soyuz blasts off for Gagarin anniversary + Greta Thunberg to skip climate summit Britain-NIreland-unrest-Brexit,WRAP BELFAST Britain renews appeals for calm after police in Northern Ireland faced another barrage of petrol bombs and rocks overnight in an ongoing week of violence. 700 words 1230 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Graphic. Video US-politics-weapons-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden brands US gun violence an "epidemic" and an "international embarrassment" at a White House ceremony to unveil his first attempt at getting the problem under control. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture. Video Egypt-archaeology,lead CAIRO Archaeologists uncover the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor they say is the "largest" ever found in Egypt and dates back to a golden age of the pharaohs 3,000 years ago. 550 words moved. Picture Space-Russia-US,WRAP ALMATY A three-man crew blasts off to the International Space Station in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. 650 words 1100 GMT by Christopher Rickleton. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Also moved: Russia-space-Rogozin,PROFILE Health-virus-climate-environment,2ndlead STOCKHOLM Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg says she plans to skip the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November as the uneven rollout of Covid-19 vaccine campaigns would mean countries could not participate on even terms. 400 words 1200 GMT by Marc Preel -- SPOTLIGHT -- Vietnam-lifestyle-tattoo,FEATURE HANOI In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing through an art form that is still largely taboo in Vietnam. 650 words by Tran Tri Minh Ha. Picture. Video Sweden-lifestyle-oyster,VIDEOESSAY GREBBESTAD, Sweden On a small boat nosing its way through the frozen waters of the Grebbestad archipelago on Sweden's west coast, Lotta Klemming scans the mist-covered rocks for the perfect spot to find a local delicacy 450 words moved by Tom Litte. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-vaccines,lead PARIS France says under 55s who received a first injection of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should be given a jab from a different producer for their second dose, in ruling affecting over half a million people including the health minister himself. 450 words moved by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Gibraltar-vaccines,FOCUS GIBRALTAR Maskless people greet each other in the streets, friends gather for meals inside restaurants and sports fans once again attend live events in the tiny British territory of Gibraltar. 750 words moved by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines,FOCUS MANILA Angelo Barrera's father struggled to breathe from Covid-19 as he was driven around the Philippine capital in search of a hospital bed. After five hours he got on a waitlist, but died before he could get inside. 800 words moved by Allison Jackson and Cecil Morella. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Djibouti-vote,WRAP DJIBOUTI Voting is under way in Djibouti, where Ismail Omar Guelleh is seeking an all but assured fifth term as president of the small but strategically located nation he has ruled for 22 years. 600 words 1130 GMT by Marion Douet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Djibouti-vote-facts,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-vote,ADVANCER N'DJAMENA Chad votes in a presidential election Sunday that seems destined to hand the country's 30-year leader Idriss Deby Itno a sixth term after his most prominent rivals were sidelined. 650 words moved. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Chad-politics-vote-Deby,PROFILE Chad-politics-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-politics-vote,CHRONO -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The UN's special envoy for Myanmar is to embark on an Asian tour to step up diplomatic efforts to tackle the crisis, as the death toll from the junta's brutal crackdown on dissent passes 600. 700 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Indonesia-ETimor-disaster,lead LEMBATA, Indonesia A new cyclone barrels towards Indonesia and threatens to spark floods and landslides, authorities warn, as the archipelago reels from a storm this week that has killed more than 200 people, including victims in neighbouring East Timor. 450 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- SKorea-Iran-diplomacy-logistics-shipping,WRAP TEHRAN Iran releases a South Korean-flagged tanker it had seized three months ago after a dispute over billions in frozen oil funds. 550 words moved. File picture Iraq-politics-Saddam,FOCUS BAGHDAD Eighteen years ago Saddam Hussein's brutal rule came to an end, but the prospects for young Iraqis who never witnessed his dictatorship remain blighted by insecurity, rampant corruption and joblessness. 800 words moved by Laure Al Khoury. Picture Jordan-politics-anniversary,ADVANCER AMMAN Jordan will mark 100 years of survival Sunday as a resource-poor country in a war-ravaged neighbourhood, but the worst palace crisis in decades and the coronavirus pandemic threaten to overshadow any celebrations. 900 words moved by Sammy Ketz. File picture Also moved: Jordan-politics-anniversary,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota A respiratory doctor testifies that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen and that police officer Derek Chauvin's knee was on his neck almost all the time he was facedown with his hands cuffed behind his back. 750 words moved by Joy Powell with Ben Sheppard and Chris Lefkow in Washington. File picture US-politics-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON Apprehensions of undocumented migrants on the US border with Mexico soared 70 percent in March to 172,331, hitting the highest level in 15 years, data shows, in a mounting challenge for the administration of President Joe Biden. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. File Picture Ecuador-politics-vote,ADVANCER QUITO Former president Rafael Correa is living in exile in Belgium avoiding an eight-year sentence for corruption in his homeland, yet he remains a key figure in Ecuador's presidential runoff on Sunday. 750 words moved by Paola Lopez. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Ecuador-politics-vote,PROFILE Ecuador-politics-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Peru-vote,ADVANCER LIMA Peruvians go to the polls Sunday, in the midst of a deadly pandemic surge, to choose a new president to confront the country's multiple challenges from among 18 candidates with no clear favorite. 750 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Peru-vote,PROFILE Peru-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Brazil-environment-accident,INTERVIEW BRASILIA Antonio Sena was flying a single-prop Cessna 210 over the Brazilian Amazon when the engine suddenly stopped, leaving him minutes to find a spot in the jungle to crash-land. 650 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Golf-Masters,WRAP AUGUSTA, Georgia Justin Rose humbles a firm and fast Augusta National layout that wreaks havoc upon many of the world's top golfers, seizing a four-stroke lead at the 85th Masters. 700 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture Fbl-ESP-Liga,PREVIEW MADRID Lionel Messi's 45th Clasico on Saturday could also be his last as Barcelona look to rubberstamp their progress under Ronald Koeman by beating Real Madrid and claiming top spot in La Liga. 650 words moved by Tom Allnutt. File picture -- ARTS -- US-Japan-art-culture-tourism,ADVANCER NEW YORK Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama grew up among plants. Now, the 92-year-old's sculptures stretch across the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx in a major exhibition that was delayed by a year because of the pandemic. 550 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- US-science-Switzerland-history-palaeontology,FOCUS WASHINGTON Modern brains are younger than originally thought, possibly developing as recently as 1.5 million years ago, according to a study -- after the earliest humans had already begun walking on two feet and had even started fanning out from Africa. 700 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture afp
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