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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israeli strikes kill 40 in deadliest day yet + Fighting flares in Afghanistan as ceasefire ends + Six Myanmar opposition rebels killed in clashes + Blinken begins trip on increasingly coveted Arctic + Dethroned Liverpool bid for Champions League spot Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli strikes kill 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the worst daily death toll yet in nearly a week of violence, as the UN Security Council prepares to meet amid global alarm at the escalating conflict. 950 words 1500 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-media,FOCUS Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KANDAHAR Fighting resumes between Taliban and Afghan government forces in southern Afghanistan, ending a three-day holiday ceasefire, officials say. 500 words 1430 GMT by Rashid Durrani. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Six opposition rebels have been killed after days of clashes in Myanmar, an anti-junta defence force made up of civilians says, as Britain and the United States condemn the military's violence against civilians. 500 words 1500 GMT. Picture Arctic-US-Iceland-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins an overseas trip focused on the Arctic, a new front in rivalries with China and Russia as climate change transforms the region. 600 words 1700 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi Also moving: Arctic-Denmark-Canada-Iceland-Finland-Russia-US-environment,FACTS Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Deposed Premier League champions Liverpool face West Brom trying to salvage something from a troubled season and secure a top fourth berth and Champions League qualification by winning their last three games of the season. 600 words at 1730 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video -- ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM It took just days for decades-old tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to spiral out of control, causing deaths and chaos not just in Gaza but across the Jewish state. 850 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gulf-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI The deadly escalation between Israel and the Palestinians is embarrassing Gulf states which forged ties with the Jewish state and is putting a strain on their Abraham Accords that were billed as a game-changer. 850 words moved by Shatha Yaish -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 Britain-health-virus-travel,2ndlead LONDON Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible Indian coronavirus variant now spreading across the country, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock says. 500 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 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 issue becoming a central theme of a mayoral race set to be decided in June. 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- ASIA -- India-weather-cyclone AHMEDABAD, India At least four people die in torrential rain and winds as virus-hit India braces for a powerful cyclone, with tens of thousands set to be evacuated from their homes. 350 words moved. Picture Myanmar-military-politics-Vatican-pope,2ndlead VATICAN Pope Francis celebrates mass in honour of Myanmar, repeating his calls for an end to violence in the country roiled by months of bloodshed following a military coup. 600 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video -- 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. 700 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 -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- 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 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 -- SPORT -- TENNIS-ATP-WTA-ITA ROME Polish teenager Iga Swiatek crushes Czech ninth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 to win the Italian Open ahead of the men's final, with the 57th clash between world number one Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal who is gunning for his 10th title in Rome. 500 words at 1430 GMT by Emmeline Moore. 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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