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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global fury after Belarus forces down plane + UN chief says world 'at war' with Covid + Suu Kyi defiant in first court appearance + Italy probes cable car crash that killed 14 + Dogs trained to detect Covid infections Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest,WRAP MINSK Pressure builds for a tough international response to Belarus's forced landing of a European airliner so it could arrest an opposition activist. 800 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The UN chief declares the world "at war" against Covid-19, as India's death toll crosses 300,000 and Japan opens its first mass vaccination centres -- just two months before the start of the Olympics. 750 words moved by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Videographics Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi voices defiance as she makes her first court appearance since being detained in a coup, vowing her ousted political party will live on. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-military-politics-coup Italy-accident-cablecar-Israel, WRAP STRESA, Italy Investigators are probing the causes of a terrifying cable car crash in the Italian mountains that has left 14 people dead and a young child fighting for life. 650 words moved by Francesco Gilioli with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-dogs-detection PARIS Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey -- SPOTLIGHT -- Afghanistan-conflict-archeology-culture,FOCUS LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. 750 words moved by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video. Graphic Mozambique-unrest-children-therapy,FOCUS METUGE, Mozambique Twice a week, dozens of Mozambican children gather under the shade of a big mango tree for what looks at first glance like a community play date. But they are not there for fun, rather for solace and healing after witnessing shocking atrocities committed by jihadists in the north of the country over the past three years. 600 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-media,FOCUS HONG KONG A shadow of fear hangs over Hong Kong's outspoken and staunchly pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, with its billionaire owner Jimmy Lai now jailed and many reporters asking themselves: "Are we next?" 750 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork-leisure,FOCUS NEW YORK After 14 months of lockdown and restrictions, New Yorkers can now enjoy a city where most of these limitations have been lifted. But they are hesitant about partying and returning to the social life they enjoyed "before." 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Tensions simmer in Israel, where a knife attacker is shot dead after stabbing two men, as the US secretary of state heads to the region following an 11-day war that devastated Gaza. 650 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: US-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-Blinken,3rdlead Iran-nuclear-IAEA-US,WRAP VIENNA The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran agree to extend an understanding to monitor Tehran's activities by a month until June 24, as world powers hold talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. 500 words moved by Julia Zappei with Tehran bureau. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Iran-nuclear-US-EU,lead Israel-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's battle with Gaza militants and unprecedented inter-communal violence have further complicated efforts to form a government, raising the spectre of yet another general election, experts say. 800 words moved by Ben Simon and Jonah Mandel. Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-economy,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Surveying his bombed-out Gaza furniture factory, its owner confronts a familiar dilemma. "I'm scared to rebuild," he said. "If I do, how do I know it won't all be destroyed in the next war?" 750 words 1500 GMT by Adel Zaanoun and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-village,FOCUS NETIV HAASARA, Israel In a small Israeli village bordering the Gaza Strip, people have stopped rushing into air raid shelters and evacuees have returned, but they wonder how long the calm will last. 700 words moved by Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraq's wave of deadly attacks on pro-democracy activists and journalists has sparked mounting calls to boycott October parliamentary elections, as perpetrators go unpunished. 750 words moved by Ammar Karim. File Picture Health-virus-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is tightening the screws on vaccine sceptics, barring them from pilgrimages and overseas travel and blocking access to universities, malls and offices in a contentious effort to boost inoculations. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-aviation-arrest-EU-sanctions-summit,FOCUS BRUSSELS EU leaders debate tougher sanctions against Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko's regime scrambled a fighter to force a European airliner to land and arrested a dissident onboard. 600 words moved by Max Delany Belarus-politics-arrest-Ireland-aviation,REAX DUBLIN The head of the Irish airline Ryanair says Belarus secret police are believed to have been present when a dissident journalist was detained when his plane was diverted to Minsk. 400 words moved Britain-media-royals-Diana LONDON The BBC says it will review its editorial policies and governance after an independent report found one of its journalists used deception to secure a landmark interview with Princess Diana 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo Five people are found choked to death on toxic fumes from the eruption of eastern DR Congo's Nyiragongo volcano, with multiple aftershocks affecting even neighbouring Rwanda, which registers a 5.1 magnitude tremor. 700 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-US,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the six-month-old war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying those involved had "taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities." 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-journalist,WRAP YANGON An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet is detained by authorities in Yangon as he attempts to board a flight out of the country, his employers say. 500 words moved Samoa-politics-vote-woman,lead APIA Samoa's opposition holds its own swearing in ceremony for the Pacific nation's first woman prime minister in the gardens of parliament after supporters of the outgoing government locked them out of the legislative chamber. 600 words moved by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-clashes MIHTARLAM, Afghanistan Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in a provincial capital about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kabul, officials and witnesses say, prompting the defence minister to take charge of a counter-offensive. 350 words moved. Picture. Video China-disaster-race BEIJING An investigation is under way into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultramarathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds. 550 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-disaster-race-CHN-marathon-lifestyle,FOCUS -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP MADRID Spain coach Luis Enrique leaves veteran defender Sergio Ramos out of his Euro 2020 squad but calls up centre-back Aymeric Laporte, who recently switched his football nationality. 650 words moved Oly-2020-2021-Japan-shooting-weapons,FOCUS TOKYO Some of the world's toughest gun-control laws are posing unusual problems at the Tokyo Olympics, from the coach who can't touch a firearm to strict limits on ammunition. 700 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video Cycling-Giro-ITA,lead CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy Colombia's Egan Bernal looks to hold his Giro d'Italia lead in the rain-hit 'Queen stage' in the Dolomites before the final rest day. 500 words 1500 GMT by Emmeline Moore. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Britain LONDON The UK's crushing nul points at the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend was down to the poor selection process, not bad blood over Brexit, a senior government minister insists. 400 words moved Also moved: Entertainment-music-Eurovision-France-Italy,lead afp
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