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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel-Palestinian ceasefire holds + IMF pledges $50 bn to end pandemic + BBC under fire over Diana cover-up + Biden to meet South Korean president Moon + Vaxed is the new waxed: post-pandemic dating Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Thousands of displaced Gazans start going back to their homes to check for damage and Israelis return to normal life after a ceasefire appears to take hold following 11 days of deadly fighting. 850 words 1430 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-world,REAX Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC,WRAP LONDON The British government warn of potential action against the BBC, after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its use of deception to secure a 1995 interview with princess Diana, piling pressure on the corporation as it fights attacks on several fronts. 750 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP ROME The IMF proposes a $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, aiming to expand immunisation drives around the world, while vaccine firms pledge to supply billions of doses to poorer nations by the end of next year. 800 words 1700 GMT by Alice Ritchie, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-SKorea-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House to underscore a strategic focus on Asia, while playing down chances of quick progress on the two biggest challenges facing the United States. 650 words 1630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus-US-vaccines-dating-offbeat,lead WASHINGTON Vaxxing, not waxing is the new must-do before a hot date, with dating apps joining the White House to promote Covid-19 shots. 450 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Issam Ahmed -- SPOTLIGHT -- Mexico-women-children-indigenous,FOCUS METLATONOC, Mexico Eloina Feliciano begged her mother not to sell her into marriage aged 14 under an ancestral tradition in their indigenous community in southern Mexico, but her pleas were in vain. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Picture. Video Health-virus-Poland-therapy,FOCUS WIELICZKA, Poland Gyrating with gusto to the sounds of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", a group of middle-aged Poles is fighting off lingering Covid symptoms with gym circuits. But this is no ordinary fitness workout -- it's 130 metres (427 feet) underground in an ancient former salt mine in southern Poland. 800 words moved by Damien Simonart and Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Nepal-Everest-mountaineering-health-science-virus,FOCUS KATHMANDU Mountaineer Akash Neggi is fully prepared to take on the world's highest mountain -- after spending several weeks sleeping in a tent in his living room in New Jersey. 650 words moved by Paavan Mathema with Celine Gesret in New York. Picture. Video Vietnam-LGBT-parliament-politics,INTERVIEW HANOI As an LGBTQ activist, legal whizz-kid and Vietnam's first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead long-lasting change for the country's marginalised communities. 600 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-G20-Italy-EU,3rdlead ROME Vaccine producers say they will supply around 3.5 billion doses at cost or discount to poorer nations, at a G20 summit on how to recover from the coronavirus pandemic -- and avoid a new one. 650 words 1700 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Alvise Armelleni. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-politics,lead BERLIN Many Germans are able to visit a beer garden, dine outdoors or go swimming for the first time in months as parts of the country begin easing Covid-19 curbs. 500 words moved by Julien Gathelier and Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has spent the past three weeks immersed in wall-to-wall coverage of a Senate inquiry into why Covid-19 exploded so horribly in the country -- a parade of damning, sometimes comical testimony likely to damage President Jair Bolsonaro. 750 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture Health-virus-India-fungus,FOCUS NEW DELHI Coronavirus patient Parvesh Dubey died within just one week of contracting black fungus -- the latest victim of a horrifying Covid-19 complication sweeping India that can kill people in days. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-India-fungus,Q&A Health-virus-Oly-2020-2021-Japan,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE OTTAWA The International Olympic Committee's longest serving member assures that the Tokyo Games are "a go," as IOC officials huddle with local organizers for online talks. 700 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-trial-jihadist DRESDEN, Germany A Syrian jihadist receives a life sentence for stabbing a German tourist to death and severely wounding his life partner in an apparently homophobic attack. 500 words moved by Andrea Hentschel with Deborah Cole in Berlin. Picture Britain-espionage-MI5-internet-Facebook LONDON Extremism on social media is as much a national security risk now as terrorism from Afghanistan or Syria, the head of UK domestic intelligence has warned as he slammed Facebook in particular. 450 words moved Greece-fire,WRAP ATHENS Hundreds of Greek firefighters battle for a second day to contain a large forest blaze west of Athens that has forced the evacuation of over a dozen small villages and hamlets. 550 words moved by John Hadoulis. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,Q&A NICOSIA A ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, controlled by Islamist group Hamas, has come into effect -- but what happens next? 800 words 1600 GMT by Duncan Woodside Already moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-tunnels,FACTS Europe-migrants-Libya-conflict,FOCUS TRIPOLI Driven from home by desperation and warded off European shores, hundreds of migrants in Libya are resigned to staying in the conflict-hit country, even while struggling to survive on odd jobs. 750 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Senegal-transport-poverty-horses,FOCUS DAKAR At dawn, Mame Mor Anta Ly washes his chestnut-coloured horse beneath a noisy overpass on the outskirts of Senegal's bustling capital. 650 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-blast-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP CHAMAN A bomb blast Friday at a pro-Palestinian rally killed at least six people and injured 14 in a Pakistani city bordering Afghanistan, officials say, the latest violence to hit the restive area. 360 words moved. Picture Australia-climate-protest SYDNEY Thousands of Australians march in nationwide climate protests, with many schoolchildren skipping classes to voice their anger at a massive new gas project and government foot-dragging on emissions targets. 450 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Photo. Video Myanmar-politics-military-environment-plastic,FOCUS YANGON A humble library for orphans in Yangon, built of recycled plastic waste, stands empty without books or archives. It was supposed to start welcoming young readers earlier this year, but its opening has been indefinitely deferred by Myanmar's bloody coup. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- Chile-vote-economy,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile, Latin America's richest country, faces an uncertain economic future after mostly left-leaning independents swept elections to dominate a body that will rewrite the country's free market-friendly constitution. 800 words moved by Paulina Abramovich. Graphic US-wireless-internet SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years ago and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Copa-COL-ARG-Conmebol-health-virus,WRAP BOGOTA Colombia will no longer co-host this year's Copa America after street protests and social unrest swept the country. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan TOKYO The Olympic pointman for the Tokyo Games says the finish line is within touching distance, insisting that it would be safe for athletes and the Japanese population despite ongoing risks from Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool have their destiny "in our hands" as they seek to end a disappointing season on a high by finishing in the top four of the Premier League. 550 words 1500 GMT by John Weaver Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan TOKYO The Olympic pointman for the Tokyo Games says that the finish line is within touching distance, insisting it will be safe for athletes and the Japanese population despite ongoing risks from Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture Oly-2020-2021-ttennis-CHN,FOCUS SHANGHAI China have won 28 of 32 gold medals awarded for table tennis at the Olympics, but their supremacy could face its biggest test yet in Tokyo this summer. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture RugbyU-NZL-investments-Kirk,INTERVIEW WELLINGTON Former skipper David Kirk has warned the All Blacks' planned private equity deal with US investors is a "slippery slope" that could see the legendary rugby team sold out to commercial interests. 650 words moved by Neil Sands. Video - ENVIRONMENT -- Poland-energy-solar-science,WRAP WROCLAW, Poland A Polish company launches the world's first industrial production line of solar panels based on groundbreaking perovskite technology, which could revolutionise access to solar power. 500 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak. Picture. Video -- HEALTH/LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- France-travel-train,FOCUS NICE, France The legendary sleeper train that whisked travellers through France to the Mediterranean for close to a century returns to the tracks as part of French government push to revive night train travel. 750 words moved by Taimaz Szirniks and Clare Byrne in Paris. Picture. Video France-drugs-social,FOCUS PARIS The use of crack cocaine has wreaked havoc in northeastern Paris for 30 years, but tensions between addicts and residents fed up with disturbances have reached breaking point in recent weeks. 750 words moved by Thomas Gropallo and Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-Britain-series-Harry,ADVANCER NEW YORK In a new documentary series set for release Friday, Prince Harry is once again emphasizing that his family turned a blind eye to the struggles of his wife Meghan Markle, saying he will "never be bullied into silence." 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain afp
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