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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hurricane Sally bears down on US coast + Boeing 'gambled with public safety' + Israel bombs Gaza after Arab states deal + Former global athletics boss convicted + Smoke from US fires spotted over Europe US-weather,WRAP PASCAGOULA, Mississippi Hurricane Sally is dumping torrential amounts of rain on the US Gulf Coast and threatening to cause "historic and catastrophic" flooding in parts of the southern states of Alabama and Florida. 600 words 1530 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-aerospace-accident-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Congressional investigators blame two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes on "repeated and serious failures" by Boeing and air safety regulators, according to a scathing report that adds scrutiny to the still-grounded jet. 550 words 1430 GMT by John Biers Israeli-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY Israel bombs Gaza after militants fired rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington. 700 words moved by Sakher Abu El Oun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem. Picture. Video Athletics-doping-Russia-France-corruption-trial-Diack,WRAP PARIS The former head of global athletics, Lamine Diack, is found guilty by a French court of corruption in covering up Russian doping cases and sentenced to four years in prison, of which two years were suspended. 500 words 1430 GMT by Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video US-fires-climate-EU PARIS Smoke from the fires devastating swathes of the US West Coast has reached as far as Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service says in its assessment of the "unprecedented" blazes. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-religion-Ukraine-Israel,UPDATE NOVI YARYLOVYCHI Ukraine accuses Belarus of aggravating tensions along their shared border after Kiev barred entry to some 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims over coronavirus travel restrictions. 650 words 1430 GMT by Maksym Saliy. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-politics-climate-health,WRAP BRUSSELS EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vows that Europe will lead the global search for a coronavirus vaccine while rebuilding its shattered economy with a green recovery plan, in her first annual State of the European Union address. 700 words 1530 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-Turkey-Greece-energy-diplomacy Italy-trial-US-murder ROME A US student on trial for killing an Italian policeman during a failed drug bust last year tearfully apologises, saying he will never forgive himself. 650 words 1430 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture Serbia-Danube-pollution-sewage,FOCUS BELGRADE Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open for trucks to pass to the banks of the Danube, where they dump raw sewage into Europe's venerated river. 700 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,SCENE SDEROT, Israel While Israel celebrates landmark accords with two Gulf states, near the Gaza border Tammy Shalev has other priorities as she struggles to sleep through the latest flare-up in violence. 500 words 1500 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-corruption,INVESTIGATION BEIRUT The huge explosion at Beirut's port last month laid bare a dockside institution riddled with graft which critics say is a microcosm of a corrupt Lebanese state. 1,300 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. File Picture Entertainment-music-Morocco-US-Hendrix-people,FOCUS ESSAOUIRA, Morocco Some claim to have seen him, others to have spoken with him -- 50 years after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's untimely death, a village on Morocco's Atlantic coast pulsates with his memory. 700 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-jihadists KANO, Nigeria Jihadists aligned to the Islamic State have killed 11 villagers in two separate attacks in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, militia leaders say. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-health-virus,WRAP WILMINGTON Joe Biden addresses how to develop and distribute an effective Covid-19 vaccine, challenging the optimistic predictions of President Donald Trump who he says "lied" to Americans about the pandemic threat. 600 words 1530 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Barbados-Britain-politics-diplomacy-royal,lead MIAMI Barbados announces it plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a republic by November next year, as the Caribbean island nation seeks to move fully beyond its colonial past. 550 words 1530 GMT. Video UN-Venzuela-investigation-rights,WRAP GENEVA Venezuela's president and top ministers are responsible for probable crimes against humanity including extrajudicial killings and the systematic use of torture, UN investigators say. 750 words 1500 GMT by Nina Larson -- ASIA -- Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Coronavirus infections in India soar past five million, as the EU's chief warns against "vaccine nationalism" in the frantic global race to battle the disease. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jalees Andrabi, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Japan-vote-politics,WRAP TOKYO Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledges to keep coronavirus infections under control and kickstart an economy in recession, as Shinzo Abe leaves office after a record-breaking tenure. 700 words moved by Natsuko Fukue and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-Abe,POINTS Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE HongKong-China-crime-stamps HONG KONG A brazen Hong Kong burglar made off with a collection of stamps and calligraphy worth a reported $500 million in a daylight heist, a police source says. 300 words moved -- SCIENCE -- Science-history-animal-Myanmar,WRAP BERLIN A team of paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a tiny crustacean in a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago. 600 words moved by David Courbet. Picture Environment-science-noise-fish-animals LONDON Fish stressed by noise are less able to fight off disease and prolonged exposure can lead to an early death, according to research on the consequences of man-made clamour on the natural world. 400 words moved -- ECONOMY / BUSINESS -- Energy-climate-emissions-plan PARIS All new electricity supply growth worldwide can now come from zero-carbon sources, according to a plan by businesses and environmental advocates that charts the path to a net-zero world by 2050. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey Japan-Britain-energy-nuclear-Hitachi,WRAP LONDON Japan's Hitachi scraps its multi-billion-pound nuclear plant project in Wales in face of the deteriorating investment environment, in a blow to Britain's atomic energy programme. 690 words moved by Ben Perry. File picture ECB-eurozone-EU-bank,INTERVIEW FRANKFURT The eurozone will need time to recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, while a strengthening euro could force the ECB to intervene if it harms price stability, a central bank board member tells AFP in an interview. 650 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ESP-Liga-Tottenham-Real-Bale,2ndlead LONDON Gareth Bale is "close" to sealing a sensational move back to Tottenham and ending his unhappy stay at Real Madrid but the deal is "complicated", his agent tells AFP. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning with Tom Allnutt in Madrid. File picture Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020-Bernal,WRAP GRENOBLE, France Last year's winner Egan Bernal withdraws from the Tour de France with the defence of his title already in tatters and a back injury hampering the Colombian's ability to attack on the mountain climbs that are his speciality. 550 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-trial-doping-GER-Ski-Cycling,WRAP MUNICH, Germany The murky business of doping in sport goes under the microscope with the trial of a German doctor accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network dismantled last year opening in Munich. 500 words 1600 GMT. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-politics-vote-France-television-children-Netflix,FOCUS NEW YORK The controversial French film "Cuties", accused of sexualizing little girls, has given US Republicans a new weapon to mobilize conservative voters while tarring Democrats as soft on child abuse. 700 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture afp
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