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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + UN Security Council to meet on Gaza + Dozens missing as India cyclone sinks barge + Net zero means no new fossil fuel: IEA + Tigray situation 'horrific': WHO chief + Argentina blocks beef exports for a month Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY The UN Security Council prepares to hold an emergency meeting amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming hostilities between Israel and armed Palestinian groups that have left over 200 dead. 800 words 0730 GMT by Mai Yaghi with Daphne Rousseau in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP MAHUVA, India More than 120 people are missing after a huge storm sinks a vessel carrying workers for oil installations off India. 700 words 0600 GMT by Sam Panthaky. Picture. Video Also moved: India-weather-cyclone-climate,Q&A Climate-energy-IEA-netzero,WRAP PARIS All future fossil fuel projects must be scrapped if the world is to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and to stand any chance of limiting warming to 1.5C, the International Energy Agency says. 750 words moved Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-WHO GENEVA Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region is facing a horrifying situation with people dying of hunger, health services destroyed and rape "rampant", says the World Health Organization chief, who is himself from the region. 550 words moved. Video Argentina-exports-beef,2ndlead BUENOS AIRES Argentina, one of the world's biggest exporters of beef, says it is halting all shipments for a month as it tries to get a handle on rocketing prices at home. 500 words 0630 GMT -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-technology-sex-education-Arab,FOCUS BEIRUT Porn, masturbation and anal sex: taboo-breaking podcasts for Arab audiences are shattering the silence that has stymied sex education at home and in the classroom. 700 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. Video US-IT-Microsoft-Gates,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bill Gates's tenure at Microsoft has come under scrutiny amid revelations that the tech giant probed the billionaire founder's intimate relationship with a staffer before he left the board of directors. 600 words moved by Delphine Touitou. File picture. File video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinian-conflict-US-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As it has for decades, Israel has counted on the United States as a diplomatic shield in its latest crisis. But once unwavering US support is looking increasingly precarious as calls grow on the left to advance Palestinian rights. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradles his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. 500 words moved by Yahya Hassouna and Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video. Israel-conflict-Palestinians-Jaffa,FOCUS JAFFA, Israel Arab-Israeli supermarket cashier Israa Jarbou has missed a week of work for fear of getting attacked by Jews on the bus out of Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter of Tel Aviv. 1,050 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-diplomacy,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt is seeking to restore its regional clout by mediating between Israel and Hamas to douse the week-long Gaza conflict that has cost more than 200 lives. 750 words moved by Farid Farid -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia SYDNEY Australia's prime minister defends cautious "fortress Australia" Covid restrictions, after critics warn it will become a "hermit state" if borders remain closed for another year. 450 words 0700 GMT by Andrew Beatty. Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is among the first seniors to receive a jab as South Africa launches a major mainstream immunisation drive against Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-Bahrain AL JASRAH, Bahrain Hundreds of cars crowd roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as Riyadh permits citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad more than a year after barring external trips. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccines-US,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Joe Biden says the United States is surging exports of Covid vaccines to other countries to reclaim "American leadership" in the global fight against the pandemic, dismissing rival efforts by China and Russia. 500 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: EU-health-virus-vaccine-poverty,lead -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-abortion WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could pose a challenge to the landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture Chile-vote-constitution,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans lean left but turn their backs on traditional political parties in electing a 155-member body to rewrite the country's conservative, dictatorship-era constitution. 600 words moved by Alberto Pena. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-economy-GDP-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japan's economy contracts 1.3 percent in the first quarter after a surge in coronavirus infections forced the government to reimpose restrictions in major cities. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,WRAP FNIDEQ, Morocco A stream of migrants, mostly from Morocco, cross the border to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta unimpeded to join the record 5,000 people officials say arrived the day before. 600 words 0600 GMT by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court postpones the beginning of an "extremism" hearing against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, part of a campaign to sideline opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA More than three months after regional elections, Catalonia's two main separatist parties say they have reached agreement on forming a ruling coalition, heading off the looming threat of another vote. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture Kyrgyzstan-mining-Canada,lead BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan's parliament votes in favour of a plan to seize the country's largest gold mine after the Canada-based operator said it was taking the government to an international court. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- Africa-diplomacy-France-economy-debt,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for a summit meeting that will seek to provide Africa with critical financing swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. 500 words moved by Eve Szeftel Also moved: Africa-Sudan-France-summit,WRAP SAfrica-politics-court-crime,WRAP PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa The corruption trial of South Africa's scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma is postponed once again as backers of the former president stage a boisterous show of support. 500 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-film-history-Napoleon,FOCUS PARIS A mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures: a team of obsessives have spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". 650 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-media-television-AT&T-Warner,WRAP WASHINGTON AT&T says it is spinning off its WarnerMedia unit and combining it with Discovery, creating an independent firm that could take on industry leaders such as Netflix in the fast-growing streaming sector. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Brazil-economy-investments-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boasts he has restored investor confidence in Latin America's biggest economy, but analysts and executives say he still has a long way to go to deliver on his promised reforms. 650 words moved by Jordi Miro afp
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