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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel-Palestinian ceasefire holds + IMF pledges $50 bn to end pandemic + BBC under fire over Diana cover-up + Biden to meet South Korea's Moon + No pecks: US says stop kissing poultry Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Thousands of displaced Gazans start returning to their homes to check for damage while Israelis return to normal life as a ceasefire appears to take hold after 11 days of deadly fighting. 900 words 2030 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS 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 2000 GMT by Alice Ritchie, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-G20-Italy-EU,2ndlead Health-virus-death-toll,FOCUS Health-virus-IMF,2ndlead Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC,WRAP LONDON The British government warns 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 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 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-US-salmonella-poultry-offbeat WASHINGTON The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been criticized lately for its confusing messaging, but if there's one thing they're very clear about, it's that you really need to stop kissing your live poultry. 200 words moved -- 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 moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 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. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-India-fungus,Q&A -- 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 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,SCENE BEIT HANOUN, Palestinian Territories Walking down a sandy path in the Gaza Strip's Beit Hanoun, 39-year-old Palestinian Ramez al-Masri points to a huge crater left where his home used to be. 650 words 2100 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,Q&A 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 -- Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-Shekau,Q&A KANO, Nigeria In the 12 years since Nigeria's jihadist insurgency erupted in the northeast, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been reported dead several times, only to reappear unscathed. On Wednesday, intelligence sources say, rival Islamic State-allied jihadists attacked Shekau's faction in their stronghold. 850 words moved by Camille Malplat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano. File picture. Graphic Ethiopia-Eritrea-politics-conflict,lead ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia for the first time accuses troops from neighbouring Eritrea of killing 110 civilians in a massacre in the war-hit Tigray region. 550 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet -- ASIA -- China-quake,WRAP BEIJING China is rattled by a series of strong earthquakes, including one on the Tibetan plateau and another in the southwest near the border with Myanmar that left at least two dead. 400 words 1930 GMT. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-court-antitrust-Epic-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Apple's online marketplace would become a "toxic" mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow third-party apps without reviewing them, chief executive Tim Cook tells a high-stakes trial challenging the company's tight control of its platform. 600 words 2100 GMT by Julie Jammot with Rob Lever in Washington US-economy-tax-EU-France-Germany,WRAP LISBON The US breathes new hope into global tax talks with a proposal, welcomed by Germany and France, to set a minimum rate of 15 percent on profits of multinationals worldwide. 700 words moved by Daniel Aronssohn with Aurelia End in Paris. Picture US-media-newspaper-Tribune,WRAP WASHINGTON A hedge fund wins approval after a bitter campaign to acquire Tribune Publishing to create the second-largest US newspaper chain, in the latest consolidation in the battered sector, raising fears of deeper job cuts. 550 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever US-bitcoin-markets-forex,FOCUS WASHINGTON First he loved them, then he doubted them, but is he manipulating them? Tesla boss Elon Musk's tweets about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are annoying their devotees and raising eyebrows among market watchers. 650 words 1730 GMT by Virginie Montet -- ENVIRONMENT -- G7-climate-coal-energy-Germany,2ndlead LONDON The Group of Seven wealthy nations agree to end state financing of coal-fired power plants by the end of this year, and to "mostly decarbonise" their electricity supplies in the 2030s. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson with Hui Min Neo in Berlin Also moved: Poland-energy-solar-science,WRAP -- HEALTH/LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 moved 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 -- SPORT -- Fbl-FIFA,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland FIFA launches an overhaul of the international football calendar beyond 2024, saying it is open to "everything" including the organisation of a World Cup every two years, despite opposition from wilting players and fears over a devalued product. 600 words moved afp
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