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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + UN to meet over Israeli-Palestinian conflict + Fighting in S. Afghanistan as ceasefire ends + Ethiopia pulls poll as logistical woes mount + 30 sentenced to death over DR Congo violence + Leicester beat Chelsea to claim first FA Cup Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories The UN Security Council is due to meet after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip demolish media offices and kill eight children spark international outcry amid an escalation of violence. 900 words 0700 GMT by Mai Yaghi with Jonah Mandel in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KANDAHAR Fighting resumes between the warring Taliban and Afghan government forces in southern Afghanistan, ending a three-day holiday ceasefire, officials say. 400 words 0630 GMT Ethiopia-vote-politics,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The head of Ethiopia's election board says it would be impossible to hold parliamentary elections as planned on June 5, due to mounting logistical issues, without giving a new date. 650 words moved DRCongo-unrest-court,3rdlead KINSHASA Thirty people are sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo over anti-police violence marking the end of Ramadan in the capital Kinshasa. 400 words moved Fbl-ENG-FACup,WRAP LONDON Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers hails the "historical achievement" of his side in beating Chelsea 1-0 to lift the FA Cup for the first time in the club's 137-year history. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture -- ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-NAmerica-demonstration,LEAD NEW YORK Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in cities across North America, calling for an end to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip as the worst violence in years flared between the Jewish state and Islamist militants. 550 words moved. Video. Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM It took just days for decades-old tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to spiral out of control, causing deaths and chaos not just in Gaza but across the Jewish state. 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gulf-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI The deadly escalation between Israel and the Palestinians is embarrassing Gulf states which forged ties with the Jewish state and is putting a strain on their Abraham Accords that were billed as a game-changer. 850 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Europe-demonstration,WRAP LONDON Tens of thousands of protesters march in support of Palestinians in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. 950 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-France-protest,WRAP PARIS Paris police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse a pro-Palestinian rally held despite a ban by authorities, who feared a flare-up of anti-Semitic violence during the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in years. 750 words moved by Alice Lefebvre and Alexandre Marchand. Picture. Video. -- AMERICAS -- Chile-vote-constitution,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans go to the polls to elect 155 people who will rewrite the country's dictatorship-era constitution in a bid to address deep-seated social inequality that gave rise to deadly protests in 2019. 650 words moved by Paulina Abramovich. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-vaccines,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Four months into a Covid-19 vaccination campaign marred by shortages and delays, hard-hit Brazil is still struggling to find enough doses, as political and diplomatic blunders prolong its pandemic nightmare. 700 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture US-politics-crime,FOCUS NEW YORK New York, which has long prided itself on being one of the world's safest cities, is experiencing a surge in crime, with the topic becoming a central theme of a mayoral race set to be decided in June. 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- EUROPE -- Greece-Belgium-Europe-politics-GoldenDawn,WRAP ATHENS A Greek member of the European Parliament and convicted neo-Nazi arrested in Belgium under a European arrest warrant arrives in Athens following his extradition. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Entertainment-Eurovision-Netherlands-health virus, ADVANCER ROTTERDAM The kitschy glamour of Eurovision is back, with the Dutch hosting a scaled-down coronavirus-safe version this week after the song contest was cancelled last year. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp Health-virus-Britain-NHS,FOCUS LONDON British health service workers -- physically and mentally exhausted after dealing with two waves of Covid-19 -- say they feel betrayed by the promise of a one-percent pay rise, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson's promise to boost funding. 750 words moved by Veronique Dupont. File picture Health-virus-France-vaccines,3rdlead PARIS France reaches its target of injecting 20 million initial doses of coronavirus vaccines Saturday, days ahead of a hugely anticipated reopening of restaurant terraces, part of an easing of the nationwide lockdown 300 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Two Iranian political heavyweights, ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisi and moderate conservative Ali Larijani, launch what may be the main battle in next month's presidential election. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- ICoast-agriculture-environment-organic-food-cocoa,FOCUS TIASSALE Cocoa farmers across Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of the key ingredient for chocolate, are down in the mouth after prices for their commodity have fallen for the second year running. 800 words 1100 GMT by David Esnault. Picture. Video US-economy-environment-energy-natural-gas-Bitcoin,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the value of bitcoin soars and concerns rise about the energy-intensive process needed to obtain it, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in the United States believe they have found a solution in flared natural gas. 800 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. File picture afp
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