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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel, Hamas trade fire as truce push gains steam + New India cyclone warning as death toll rises + Arctic nations pledge to fight global warming + World's biggest iceberg breaks off Antarctica + BBC tricked Diana into 1995 TV interview: inquiry Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Diplomatic efforts gather pace for a ceasefire on the 11th day of deadly violence between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza as the adversaries exchange air strikes and rocket salvos. 850 words 1530 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-disability,SCENE India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India A major new storm is brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast, forecasters warn just days after the biggest cyclone to hit the west of the country in decades left at least 120 people confirmed dead. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Arctic-politics-US-Russia,WRAP REYKJAVIK Arctic countries pledge to fight global warming, which is happening three times faster in the Far North, and to preserve peace in the region as its geopolitical importance rises. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video. Also moved: Arctic-climate-warming,FOCUS Environment-Antarctica-climate-iceberg,WRAP PARIS A huge ice block has broken off from part of western Antarctica becoming the world's largest iceberg, in what experts say is probably a natural phenomenon despite the climate threat to the region. 700 words 1500 GMT by Amelie Bottollier-Depois and Kelly Macnamara. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC,WRAP LONDON Journalist Martin Bashir tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive BBC television interview where she lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles, an independent investigation concludes. 650 words 1500 GMT by James Pheby. File picture Also moved: Britain-media-television-Bashir,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Sweden-Arctic-Russia-defence,FOCUS BODEN, Sweden In a snow-draped forest in northern Sweden, hundreds of soldiers in white-camouflage uniforms built dugouts, patrolled on skis and laid mock ambushes to test their readiness to fight in Arctic environments. 850 words moved by Tom Little. Picture. Video Fashion-technology-climate-US-Britain-Netherlands,FOCUS PARIS From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. 850 words moved by Eric Randolph. Picture China-disabled-wheelchair-health,FOCUS SHANGHAI Amid the cars, scooters and bicycles waiting at a traffic light in Shanghai sits an old man in an electric wheelchair, forced to brave the busy downtown roads of China's biggest city by busy, narrow or clogged pavements. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights,FOCUS JERUSALEM A text message, a phone call, or a warning shot. Israel's army says it gives Gaza civilians warnings to evacuate before air strikes, but rights activists say it is not enough. 700 words moved by Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-Gaza-conflict-diplomacy-France-US,FOCUS PARIS With Europe divided and the United States wary of antagonising Israel, world powers have failed to rein in the Gaza conflict, in a new sign of the international community's inability to put any Middle East peace process on track. 950 words moved by Valerie Leroux -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-misinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON Misinformation has repeatedly undermined America's response to Covid-19, but even as a vaccination drive seeks to end the pandemic, those spreading falsehoods are exploiting official data to raise fears about the shots. 750 words 1500 GMT by W.G. Dunlop Japan-health-virus-vaccines-Oly-2020-2021 TOKYO A Japanese government panel recommends approval of Moderna and AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines, as criticism mounts over the slow start to inoculations with just two months until the Olympics. 400 words moved Health-virus-Europe-travel-vaccines,2ndlead COPENHAGEN A World Health Organization director warns that progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains "fragile" and international travel should be avoided, while stressing that authorised vaccines work against variants of concern. 350 words moved. Video -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,WRAP FNIDEQ, Morocco Spain accuses Morocco of "blackmail" for allowing a record 8,000 migrants to reach the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta, sparking a crisis that saw clashes on the Moroccan side of the border overnight. 700 words 1600 GMT by Ismail Bellaouali with Hazel Ward in Ceuta. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco-Ceuta,FOCUS CEUTA, Spain When she first heard that thousands of people were flooding across the border from Morocco into Spain's north African enclave, Ceuta resident Gloria Nisrin admits she panicked a bit. 600 words 1530 GMT by Hazel Ward and Noemi Gragera. Picture. Video Also moved: Europe-migrants-Spain-Morocco,FOCUS Russia-US-diplomacy-energy-gas-Germany-Ukraine,WRAP MOSCOW The Kremlin praises the waiving of US sanctions against the Russian-controlled builder of a Russia-German gas pipeline, while Ukraine's leader warns Joe Biden's administration against cancelling the sanctions altogether. 550 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Germany-crime-trial,WRAP BERLIN A German soldier who posed as a Syrian refugee denies plotting an attack on high-ranking politicians as he goes on trial in Frankfurt in a bizarre case fuelling concerns over right-wing extremism. 700 words moved by Kit Holden. Picture. Video Greece-fire,WRAP ALEPOCHORI, Greece Several Greek villages are evacuated with no injuries reported as firefighters battle the country's first major blaze of the year in a pristine pine forest overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. 500 words moved by Will Vassilopoulos. Picture. Video. Graphic France-Germany-health-fraud-trial,2ndlead PARIS The German safety certification firm TUV Rheinland is held liable by a Paris court for improperly approving faulty breast implants, potentially opening the door for tens of thousands of women worldwide to receive compensation. 450 words moved by Anne Lec'hvien France-politics-corruption-trial,lead PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election campaign, just weeks after the rightwing heavyweight was convicted in a landmark corruption case. 600 words moved. Picture. File video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-Shekau,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists, two intelligence sources say, in a major blow to his faction. 600 words 1500 GMT by Aminu Abubakar with Louise Dewast in Abuja. File picture Ethiopia-politics-vote,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's poll body says twice-delayed national elections will now be held on June 21, kicking off a fresh countdown to a major test of democratic reforms under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. 650 words 1530 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest,FOCUS KINSHASA Thousands of Banyamulenge people have fled a flare-up of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika. The renewed violence is a legacy of decades of bitter ethnic rivalries. 750 words moved by Herve Bar. File picture. Video DRCongo-Rwanda-justice-diplomacy-warcrimes,FOCUS PARIS A growing campaign for justice for war victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused fresh tensions with neighbouring Rwanda and its leader Paul Kagame, whose troops took part in two invasions in the 1990s. 700 words moved by Lucie Petermann and Marthe Bosuandole in Kinshasa Senegal-art-history-France,FOCUS DAKAR Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Dakar reopens after over a year of pandemic-induced closure with a "new vision" and works of art returning to the continent after years. 550 words moved by Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-vote-gender-rights,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Fighting discrimination, challenging stereotypes and striving for greater rights for their community, dozens of Mexican transgender candidates are seeking political empowerment in next month's midterm elections. 650 words 1530 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- China-economy-technology-Bytedance,Lead BEIJING The boss of the Chinese company behind viral video platform TikTok says he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills and preferred "reading and daydreaming" to running the tech giant. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: China-US-technology-internet-TikTok,PROFILE US-economy-politics-unemployment,FOCUS WASHINGTON States across America are moving to cut pandemic unemployment benefits, a painful blow for millions of people who will soon be left without income. 650 words 1430 GMT -- ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-Russia-Eurovision-politics-Manizha,PROFILE MOSCOW Russia's unlikely entry to the Eurovision song contest, a Tajik-born refugee and feminist activist, knows she is riling the country's conservatives. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Netherlands-health-virus Entertainment-Cyprus-Eurovision afp
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