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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US warns of 'consequences' if Navalny dies + 8 Pakistani police abducted in anti-France protests + Iran calls for arrest of Nantanz 'sabotage' suspect + Iraq base hosting Americans hit by rockets + UEFA to ban clubs joining European Super League Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-demonstration,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States warns Russia of "consequences" if the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, as the opposition politician's team called for mass protests across Russia to help save his life. 700 words 2030 GMT by Brian Knowlton with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow. File picture. Video Pakistan-France-protest-unrest-religion,WRAP LAHORE Eight Pakistan police officers and special rangers are being held hostage by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials say, after days of violent anti-France protests. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-Interpol,lead TEHRAN Iran says it has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect it names as 43-year-old Reza Karimi in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Iraq-conflict-US,WRAP SAMARRA, Iraq Five rockets target an airbase in Iraq hosting US soldiers, wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington. 550 words 1930 GMT by Mahmoud Saleh Fbl-Eur-Super-UEFA-C1,WRAP PARIS UEFA and English, Spanish and Italian football authorities warn that any clubs who take part in a so-called European Super League will be banned from all other domestic and continental competitions. 650 words 2000 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Israel-masks,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israelis step into the streets without face masks for the first time in a year, a key milestone as the country vaccinates its way out of a coronavirus nightmare. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee and Michael Blum. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Germany-ceremony,3rdlead BERLIN Germany holds a national memorial service for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, with the president urging the country to put aside deep divisions over Covid restrictions to share the pain of grieving families. 650 words moved by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-France-medics,FOCUS PARIS After a year working brutally long hours on the "Covid front-line", hospital interns in France are at the breaking point, to the extent that some of them have even committed suicide, according to a national union. 500 words moved by Laurence Coustal. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-religion-festival,lead NEW DELHI More government hospital beds will be freed for Covid-19 patients, India's health ministry says, as the vast nation grapples with a worsening virus crisis and states appeal for additional supplies of oxygen and treatment drugs. 550 words moved -- EUROPE -- Russia-espionage-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats a day after Prague's "unprecedented" decision to expel 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents. 500 words 2000 GMT by Anna Smolchenko Spain-politics-Madrid-election,lead MADRID With virus cases rising and the vaccination drive delayed, the campaign opens for regional elections in the Spanish capital that are likely to cement the right-wing's hold on the country's wealthiest region. 700 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP CAIRO A train accident north of Cairo leaves 11 dead and 98 others injured, Egypt's health ministry says, in the latest rail calamity to hit the North African country. 400 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Syria-politics-vote,WRAP DAMASCUS Syria, devastated by a decade of civil war, will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is expected to keep in power Bashar al-Assad. 550 words moved by Maher Al Mounes with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-vote,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-politics-minorities ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's military says it is deploying troops to quell violence between the country's two largest ethnic groups that has left hundreds dead in recent weeks. 450 words moved CapeVerde-vote,WRAP PRAIA Voters in Cape Verde, a bastion of democracy in Africa, cast their ballots after a campaign dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy. 500 words moved by Alexandre Martins-Lopes and Maria Da Luz Nevez. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Haiti-unrest-religion-church,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE Might the Catholic Church help chart a way out of the multiple crises facing Haiti? By openly criticizing governmental "inaction" and demonstrating its capacity for wide-scale mobilization, the church has at least made clear that it plans to take a more direct role in addressing the country's daunting challenges. 650 words moved by Robenson Geffrard -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Myanmar's shadow government urges Southeast Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to recognise the military regime that seized power in a February coup. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- CLIMATE -- US-climate-summit,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden hopes to give a shot of adrenaline to the planet's sluggish fight against climate change with an Earth Day summit but a question lingers -- can the United States be trusted to lead? 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon Canada-climate-politics,INTERVIEW OTTAWA President Joe Biden must show he is serious and committed about US re-engagement on climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says in an interview with AFP ahead of a virtual climate summit opening this week. 900 words moved by Eric Thomas and Michel Comte. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-games-Supergiant,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO No work email after 5 pm on Fridays, mandatory vacations: the tiny outfit behind role-playing video game sensation "Hades" doesn't believe you have to go through hell to reach the top. Yet Supergiant's own-way approach seems to be working as it gains on the goliaths of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars LOS ANGELES A "teeny-tiny" red carpet, no invitations for Hollywood's most powerful moguls, and a "central" role for masks -- next weekend's in-person Oscars are taking no risks when it comes to Covid-19, but the event still would have been "impossible" to hold just weeks earlier, producers say. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-ITA,WRAP IMOLA, Italy Max Verstappen keeps his cool to claim a chaotic rain-hit Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton recovers from a rare mistake to sneak in second. 600 words moved Picture afp
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