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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Gaza pummelled by fresh Israeli strikes + UK eases virus lockdown, Asia outbreaks grow + Deadly cyclone bears down on India + Blinken to seek Arctic cooperation in Greenland + Long work hours increases risk of death Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli air strikes hammer the Gaza Strip after a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people, the large majority Palestinian, despite international calls for de-escalation. 900 words 1000 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-media,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain takes a big step towards normal life with more easing of coronavirus restrictions, but there was even more misery in India where a powerful cyclone disrupted efforts to fight a devastating Covid-19 wave. 700 words 1230 GMT by Anna Malpas with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bears down on India, disrupting the country's urgent response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. 550 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: India-weather-cyclone,FACTS Arctic-US-Iceland-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves for a trip focused on the future of the Arctic, a source of growing tension with China and a test of the strained US relationship with Russia ahead of an expected Biden-Putin summit meeting. 750 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Also moved: Arctic-Denmark-Canada-Iceland-Finland-Russia-US-environment,FACTS UN-health-work,lead GENEVA Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and stroke, according to a United Nations study. 600 words 1130 GMT by Agnes Pedrero -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Iraq-eSports-technology,FOCUS BAGHDAD Bashar Abo Khalil's PUBG character dashes around a wall in a pink dress and samurai helmet, thwacking an enemy with a frying pan -- standard fare in the mobile game that is a mega-sensation in Iraq. 800 words moved by Susannah Walden. Picture. Video -- ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UN UNITED NATIONS Palestinian and Israeli leaders both appeal for support at a UN Security Council session but little action is in sight despite soaring violence, with China accusing the United States of obstructionism. 700 words moved by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington Israel-conflict-Palestinians-Jaffa,FOCUS JAFFA, Israel Israa Jarbou, who wears the Muslim hijab head covering, has missed a week of work for fear of getting attacked by Jews on the bus out of Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter in southern Tel Aviv. 900 words 1030 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-reopening PARIS With coronavirus vaccinations accelerating and infections down, the French are looking forward to the loosening of many coronavirus restrictions Wednesday, although outdoor lunches at restaurants risk being rained off. 450 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,lead JOHANNESBURG After much delay and on the cusp of a third wave, South Africa launches a large-scale Covid immunisation campaign, targeting around five million citizens aged over 60 by the end of June. 450 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-Bahrain RIYADH Hundreds of cars crowd roads linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as Riyadh allows citizens vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel abroad, more than a year after barring external trips. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-Britain-vaccines-Sanofi-GSK,lead PARIS French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi and Britain's GSK report positive results in clinical trials of their Covid-19 jab following an earlier setback, raising hope it could be added to the world's vaccine arsenal. 450 words moved by Marie-Morgane Le Moel Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-virus-health,WRAP TOKYO More than 80 percent of Japanese oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new poll shows, less than 10 weeks before the Tokyo Games. 500 words moved -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court postpones the first hearing in the "extremism" case against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as Moscow seeks to outlaw the opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 650 words 0930 GMT Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,CHRONO Switzerland-rights-politics-vote-police,FOCUS GENEVA From the UN to Amnesty, fears abound that a new Swiss anti-terror law, which grants sweeping new powers to police to prevent future attacks, threatens Switzerland's heritage as a human rights leader. 750 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Video. File picture 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 -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-crisis-education-refugee,FOCUS BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon In a camp for Syrian refugees in east Lebanon, Mohammad and his three sisters fear they will be out of school for a third consecutive year because remote learning is out of reach. 750 words moved by Bachir El-Khoury. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Africa-Sudan-France-summit,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders, diplomats and lenders at a summit aimed at helping Sudan after years of conflict-riven authoritarian rule. 650 words 0930 GMT by Laurence Benhamou and Stuart Williams SAfrica-politics-court-crime,WRAP PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa South Africa's scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma arrives in court for the expected start of his trial for a multi-million-dollar bribery case stretching back over 20 years ago. 650 words 1030 GMT by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Chile-vote-constitution,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans vote for people not aligned to political parties to form the bulk of a 155-member body that will rewrite a dictatorship-era constitution widely blamed for deep social inequality. 700 words moved by Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-film-television-MTV LOS ANGELES Marvel superhero series "WandaVision" is the big winner at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, as Sacha Baron Cohen pokes fun at his recent Oscars loss -- with a little help from Borat, Bruno and the gang. 400 words moved. File picture Lifestyle-US-beauty-pageant-MissUniverse WASHINGTON Miss Mexico is crowned Miss Universe in Florida, after fellow contestant Miss Myanmar used her stage time to draw attention to the bloody military coup in her country. 500 words moved. Picture France-film-history-Napoleon,FOCUS PARIS A mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures: a team of obsessives has spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". 650 words 1200 GMT by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video afp
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