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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Riots, rockets in Israel-Palestinian clashes + US, Swiss climbers die on Everest + Russia to make first feature film in space + Most 'climate vulnerable' cities in Asia + EPL final moved after Turkey virus surge Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP SDEROT, Israel Israel deploys additional troops to Gaza's border as the military conflict with Palestinian Islamists rages on, while inside Israel security forces scramble to contain deadly riots between Jews and Arabs. 850 words 1430 GMT by Nir Kafri with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arabs,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-aviation-travel,FACTS Nepal-Everest-mountaineering-accident,WRAP KATHMANDU Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organisers in Nepal say. 650 words moved by Paavan Mathema. File picture. Graphic Russia-Japan-space,WRAP MOSCOW Russia says it will send a crew to space to make the first feature film in the cosmos, while announcing it will also send an eccentric Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station. 600 words 1530 GMT by Anastasia Clark. File picture. File video Also moved: Space-Japan-Maezawa,PROFILE Climate-pollution-water-investments-cities,lead PARIS Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in Asia, and 80 are in India or China, according to a new risk assessment. 650 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Fbl-Eur-ENG-POR-TUR-health-virus,WRAP PARIS UEFA announces that the Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29 has been moved from Istanbul to Porto. 500 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- DRCongo-violence-rape,FOCUS KANANGA Single or married, sometimes pregnant, and among them even men: hundreds of people are coming forward as victims of sexual assault and rape in Kasai, the poor, troubled heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video Taiwan-Indonesia-Philippines-fishing-rights-labour,FOCUS TAIPEI Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the democratic island as a regional human rights beacon. 1,000 words moved by Amber Wang with Ron Lopez in Manila. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Islam-Eid-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP RIYADH Muslims around the world mark a sombre Eid al-Fitr amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-masks,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid cases are declining quickly while vaccinations continue to rise slowly but surely in the United States, and many experts believe the time will soon be right for the federal government to ease its recommendations on indoor masking, and say doing so could help encourage more vaccine holdouts about the clear benefits of getting their shots. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Virus-health-Nepal,FOCUS KATHMANDU Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious Covid surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system. 800 words moved by Paavan Mathema. 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Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Johnson-finance,lead LONDON Britain will know by the end of May who paid for the lavish refurbishment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat, his new ethics adviser says, after weeks of controversy over the affair. 500 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Britain-NIreland-unrest-politics LONDON The UK government promises to help families of 10 innocent civilians killed in Northern Ireland almost 50 years ago amid demands for a formal police inquiry into the deaths. 450 words moved Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-rights LONDON Nearly half of European Union nationals living in post-Brexit Britain fear they will lose rights and not be treated the same as UK citizens in future, according to a new survey. 460 words moved Britain-Europe-US-social-parties,ANALYSIS LONDON Britain's Labour party is licking its wounds after another electoral drubbing, and can look to the decaying remains of once-great movements in Europe for a sign of potential worse to come. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Eid,SCENE JERUSALEM Dressed in sparkly new clothes and clutching balloons, excited children revel in the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Jerusalem's Old City. But days of violence lay heavy on their parents' hearts. 600 words 1500 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Already moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lod,SCENE Saudi-politics-economy-BinLaden,WRAP-EXCLUSIVE RIYADH Saudi Arabia releases construction magnate Bakr bin Laden, more than three years after his detention in a purge of the kingdom's elite that upended his vast business empire, sources close to his family tell AFP. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra Sudan-politics-economy-Hamdok,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE KHARTOUM Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok hopes Sudan can wipe out its staggering $60 billion foreign debt bill by securing relief and deals at an upcoming Paris conference that could bring much-needed investment. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Kenya-health-virus-hospitals,FOCUS NAIROBI After its oxygen reserves fizzled out at the peak of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Kenya has been scrambling to boost capacity of the lifesaving gas, casting a worried eye on the nightmare unfolding in India. 800 words moved by Marion Douet and Hillary Orinde. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON War in the Middle East, a fuel shortage in the United States, a sputtering economic recovery, and, in perhaps the worst week of his presidency, one person taking flak for it all -- Joe Biden. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-oil-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON The major US pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack has resumed fuel deliveries, but gas stations up and down the east coast were still facing shortages after a wave of panic buying. 550 words 1700 GMT by Heather Scott Chile-vote-constitution,ADVANCER SANTIAGO Nineteen months after Chileans took to the streets to demand fundamental change in weeks-long protests that claimed dozens of lives, the fight to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution continues at the ballot box this weekend. 650 words by Paula Abramovich. Picture Also moving: Chile-vote,FACTS Colombia-politics-unrest,FOCUS CALI, Colombia Poverty, long-simmering racial tension, drug trafficking and a recent outbreak of violent anti-government protest: the Colombian city of Cali has come to encapsulate all the ills of a country recently emerged from half a century of conflict but tumbling back into crisis. 850 words moved by Lina Vanegas in Bogota and Luis Robayo in Cali. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KABUL A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring Taliban and Afghan government comes into force as the country celebrates Eid al-Fitr after weeks of deadly violence. 500 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Britain-politics-lobbying-Greensill-Cameron,WRAP LONDON Britain's former prime minister David Cameron denies improper conduct, as he faces questions from lawmakers about his lobbying for the collapsed Greensill Capital finance group. 600 words 1700 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. Picture. Video earnings-e-commerce-China-retail-Alibaba,2ndlead SHANGHAI Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group says it fell to a $1.17 billion operational loss in its latest financial quarter due to a record fine levied by the government for anti-competitive practises. 550 words moved by Dan Martin -- SPORT -- fbl-EUR-Super-UEFA-ESP-justice, LEAD MADRID A court in Madrid has asked the European justice system to rule on whether UEFA and FIFA abused their dominant position over the proposed European Super League, according to an official ruling seen by AFP. 350 words. Moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-DeGeneres-television,WRAP NEW YORK Ellen DeGeneres, a star of daytime American talk show culture, says she is calling it quits after 19 seasons anchoring a TV staple that had become tainted by toxic workplace allegations. 500 words moved. File picture afp
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