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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel targets Hamas as UN, EU to meet + Fighting in S. Afghanistan as ceasefire ends + Pope holds mass for conflict-ridden Myanmar + Wembley comes alive for FA Cup final as fans return Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli strikes destroy the home of Hamas' political leader in the Gaza Strip and kill 17 more Palestinians as the UN Security Council readies to meet amid global alarm about the escalating conflict. 950 words 1000 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video We will also move: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-media,FOCUS 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. 500 words 0930 GMT by Rashid Durrani Vatican-Myanmar-Pope VATICAN Pope Francis delivers a mass in honour of conflict-ridden Myanmar, repeating calls for peace and an end to violence in the country roiled by months of bloodshed. 600 words 1000 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-CUP-Chelsea-Leicester-health-virus,SCENE LONDON Wembley Stadium comes alive with the largest sports crowd in England since the coronavirus pandemic hit as 22,000 spectators descend on the home of English football to witness Leicester lift the FA Cup for the first time. 500 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video -- 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-travel, LEAD LONDON The British government pushes back against critics who have said it moved too slowly to clamp down on travel from India as cases of the variant identified in the sub continent surges. 400 words 1030 GMT by Callum Paton. File picture. 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 -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-lifestyle-restaurant,INTERVIEW LONDON British chef Clare Smyth found out she had won the ultimate accolade of three Michelin stars for her London restaurant during the last coronavirus lockdown. Now she is preparing to reopen as restrictions ease. 695 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Austria-politics,FOCUS VIENNA Once hailed as a "wunderkind", Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has seen his carefully built image dented amid coronavirus fatigue and an investigation into whether he lied to a parliamentary committee on corruption. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei -- AFRICA -- Africa-economy-debt-summit-France-Sudan,ADVANCER PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron this week hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for twin summits that will seek to help Sudan into a new democratic era and provide Africa with critical financing swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams and Eve Szeftel. File Picture. 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 -- 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 -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-unrest YANGON Six opposition rebels have been killed after days of clashes in Myanmar, an anti-junta militia says, as Britain and the United States condemned the military's violence against civilians 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- 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 moved 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 -- SPORT -- Racing-USA-Preakness WASHINGTON Rombauer charged late to win the 146th Preakness Stakes as Medina Spirit, whose Kentucky Derby victory was clouded by a failed drugs test, finished third. 600 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 afp
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