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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + IMF sees strong virus recovery in 2021 + Vienna talks seek to revive Iran deal + North Korea to skip Tokyo Olympics + Hunt for missing after Indonesia floods + Suspect held for Van Gogh, Hals thefts IMF-economy-virus-health,WRAP WASHINGTON Accelerated vaccinations and a flood of government spending, especially in the United States, have boosted the outlook for the global economy, but more must be done to prevent permanent scars, the IMF says. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. Graphic Also moved: IMF-economy-virus-health,Q&A US-IMF-economy-politics-taxation,FOCUS Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP VIENNA Russia says talks aimed at salvaging an international agreement on Iran's nuclear programme got off to a "successful" start, with the US calling it a "constructive" step as President Joe Biden looks for ways to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal. 650 words 2000 GMT by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video NKorea-diplomacy-Oly-2020,WRAP SEOUL North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry says, dashing Seoul's hopes of using the Games to restart talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour. 750 words moved by Claire Lee. File picture. Graphic. Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-health-virus,lead Indonesia-ETimor-flood-disaster-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Rescuers search for dozens of people still missing after floods and landslides swept away villages in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 120 people and leaving thousands more homeless. 700 words moved by Handrianus Emanuel with Maria Vieira in Dili. Picture. Video. Graphic Netherlands-art-crime-VanGogh-Hals,WRAP THE HAGUE Dutch police arrest a 58-year-old man on suspicion of stealing two paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from museums in the Netherlands last year. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lebanon-politics-technology,FOCUS BEIRUT In a break from social media mud-slinging and Lebanon's perennially polarised debates, audio app Clubhouse is hosting a new kind of conversation in the crisis-hit country. 700 words moved by Hashem Osseiran -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will announce that all adults across America can get Covid-19 shots within two weeks, sooner than expected, as California sets a June 15 target to fully reopen its economy if current vaccination trends hold. 800 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-virus-travel-NZealand-Australia,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealanders and Australians rush to book flights as the beleaguered tourism industry welcomes the "lifeline" of a quarantine-free travel bubble between the largely coronavirus-free neighbours. 600 words moved. File picture. Video Health-virus-India,3rdlead NEW DELHI The Indian capital imposes an immediate night curfew one day after the nation posted a record coronavirus surge, with financial hub Mumbai introducing similar restrictions. 550 words 1930 GMT by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video Health-virus-Denmark,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark begins requiring people to use a new Covid certificate to enter certain businesses or face fines, one of the first European countries to do so, as it attempts to reopen society. 550 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd's death unleashed a fierce debate over reforming the US police, but the trial of the officer accused of his murder has steered well clear of putting the force in the dock. 600 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell with Charlotte Plantive in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Marcia Matos was getting her two-year-old ready for school when news arrived of the latest twist in the political and legal battles that have plunged Brazil's Covid-19 response into chaos: in-person classes were canceled again. 700 words 2000 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan seeks to throw a veil over its public palace feud by ordering its media to stop reporting on an alleged plot the government says involves the half-brother of King Abdullah II. 700 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Jordan-politics-royals-investigation,Q&A Jordan-politics-Hamzah Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's president nominates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government, two weeks after the latest inconclusive election, but voices doubt that any lawmaker can forge a parliamentary majority. 750 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,CHRONO Israel-vote-LGBT-social JERUSALEM Hundreds of people demonstrate in Jerusalem against a group of newly elected Israeli lawmakers who oppose gay rights, in a Middle Eastern country seen as progressive in promoting LGBT equality. 500 words moved by Nir Kafri with Alexandra Vardi in Tel Aviv. Picture. Video Sudan-Israel-diplomacy-politics,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's cabinet approves a bill abolishing a 1958 law on boycotting Israel, six months after Khartoum and the Jewish state struck a deal to normalise ties. 400 words moved -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Russia-conflict-NATO,WRAP KIEV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges NATO to speed up his country's membership into the alliance, saying it was the only way to end fighting with pro-Russia separatists. 750 words 1930 GMT by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP POKROV, Russia Russian police detained supporters of Alexei Navalny outside his penal colony east of Moscow after they were denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic, who is on hunger strike demanding proper medical treatment. 700 words moved by Ekaterina Anisimova. Picture. Video Turkey-EU-diplomacy-trade,WRAP ANKARA The European Union's top two officials express deep worries about human rights in Turkey while voicing hope for stronger ties in their first meeting in a year with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 650 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Also moved: Turkey-EU-diplomacy,CHRONO Denmark-Greenland-vote,WRAP NUUK The autonomous Danish territory of Greenland votes in a legislative election, after a campaign focused on a disputed mining project, as the Arctic island confronts first-hand the effects of global warming. 650 words moved by Christian Solbeck with Camille Bas-Wohlert in Copenhagen. Picture. Graphic. Video -- AFRICA -- Benin-vote,WRAP COTONOU, Benin Protests break out in Benin in another day of tensions as opposition demonstrators burn property of pro-government deputies and blockade roads days before President Patrice Talon faces an election. 600 words moved by Josue Mehouenou. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest-prison,WRAP OWERRI, Nigeria Nigeria's police chief demands that officers crush to the "last man" an outlawed separatist group blamed for a prison attack by gunmen who freed more than 1,800 inmates and looted a police armoury. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar activists daub roadways with red paint to protest against the junta's bloody crackdown on protests, as an online fundraising drive to support the movement nears the $10 million mark. 600 words moved. Picture -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Italy-film-censorship ROME Born in 1914 at the dawn of cinema, Italy's censorship law felled some giants of the silver screen including "Last Tango in Paris" -- but now faces its own curtain call. 350 words moved by Kelly Velasquez. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-ENG-RealMadrid-Liverpool MADRID Real Madrid host Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final showdown in a clash of two of Europe's most successful clubs and a repeat of the 2018 final. 600 words 2100 GMT by Tom Allnutt. Picture Also moving: Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-GER-ManCity-Dortmund afp
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