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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden orders intel report on Covid origins + EU mulls sanctions over Belarus plane diversion + Mass exodus after DR Congo volcano warning + World may breach 1.5C warming within 5 years + 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' author dies aged 91 Health-virus-politics-China-US-probe,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Joe Biden orders US intelligence agencies to report to him in the next three months on whether the Covid-19 virus first emerged in China from an animal source or from a laboratory accident. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed EU-diplomacy-Belarus-Russia-US-China-Afghanistan,INTERVIEW LISBON The EU is intent on making Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pay a high price for the forced landing of a European airliner to arrest regime opponents, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tells AFP. 850 words 0930 GMT by Christian Spillman DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Tens of thousands of people flee the eastern DR Congo city of Goma towards neighbouring Rwanda after authorities warned of possible new eruptions from the Nyiragongo volcano, including underneath the nearby Lake Kivu. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Climate-warming-WMO-1.5C PARIS The world may temporarily breach the 1.5-Celsius warming limit goal laid out in the Paris climate deal within the next five years, according to an updated assessment of global temperature trends. 500 words 1000 GMT by Patrick Galey US-literature-children-Carle,lead WASHINGTON Eric Carle, author and illustrator of the beloved children's classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," dies aged 91, according to a statement from his official Instagram account. 600 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Montenegro-China-road-debt,FOCUS MATESEVO, Montenegro Two sleek new roads vanish into mountain tunnels high above a sleepy Montenegrin village, the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar project bankrolled by China that is threatening to derail the tiny country's economy. 850 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video Taiwan-population-women-social,FOCUS TAIPEI Wu En-tzu has delivered more than 2,000 babies working as an obstetrician but does not plan to have children of her own -- an increasingly common position taken by Taiwanese families. 750 words moved by Amber Wang. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-treatments,FOCUS WASHINGTON The hunt is on for a coronavirus treatment that can be taken as a pill soon after a confirmed positive, halting the disease in its tracks so that cases that might have been severe end up being nothing more than a bad cold. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-AstraZeneca-court Health-virus-WHO-variants,lead Health-virus-Switzerland Health-virus-Russia-politics-vaccination,FOCUS MOSCOW Like many residents of Moscow, Davlatmo Khadamshoyeva has her doubts about coronavirus vaccines developed in Russia and is in no hurry to be immunised. 750 words 1100 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia,WRAP MELBOURNE Millions in Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne are ordered into a snap week-long lockdown, as officials blamed a sluggish vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine failures for another virus outbreak. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan-Saudi-Afghanistan,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Afghanistan's capital has become an unlikely pandemic transit route for Pakistanis desperate to reach the riches of Saudi Arabia despite deteriorating security and the threat of bomb blasts. 500 words moved by David Stout with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Six Armenian soldiers are captured by Azerbaijan, the latest in a series of escalating border incidents after last year's war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 600 words 1130 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan Britain-politics-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Health Secretary Matt Hancock defends himself against claims from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former top aide that he repeatedly lied about the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, and should have been sacked. 600 words 1100 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-crime,FOCUS ANKARA Millions of Turks have been glued to their screens, watching a crime boss tell wild stories about international drug smuggling, murders and the murky ties between politicians and the mafia. 850 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture Health-virus-Spain-agriculture,FOCUS ALCARRAS, Spain Spain, a key provider of fresh fruit and vegetables to the rest of Europe, is racing to immunise the army of cheap labour that follows the ripening of different crops across the country as the harvest season nears. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,Q&A JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a whistlestop Middle East tour after a ceasefire ended an 11-day conflict between Israel and Gaza militants. What lies ahead for US policy in the region? 600 words 1200 GMT Iran-politics-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urges Iranians to ignore calls to boycott next month's presidential election, after several hopefuls were barred from running against ultraconservative candidates. 450 words 0930 GMT -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-France-diplomacy-genocide-history,WRAP KIGALI French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Rwanda for a highly symbolic visit aimed at moving on from three decades of diplomatic tensions over France's role in the 1994 genocide in the country. 650 words 1000 GMT by Jerome Rivet and Simon Valmary. Picture. Video Also moved: France-Rwanda-diplomacy-genocide-history-politics,FACTS DRCongo-volcano-gas-science,FOCUS GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Orders to evacuate Goma, a city that lives in the shadow of DR Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano, have shed light on a rare but potentially catastrophic risk -- a "limnic eruption," when volcanic activity and a nearby lake combine to create clouds of suffocating gas. 600 words 1130 GMT. Pictures -- AMERICAS -- US-shooting-California-crime,WRAP SAN JOSE A public transit worker shot dead eight people at a California rail yard before turning his gun on himself as police arrived, officials say, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. 750 words moved by Amy Osborne with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic US-defence-intelligence-UFO,FOCUS WASHINGTON Are aliens watching us? That's what Americans hope to find out when a report on the US government's secret files on UFOs goes to Congress next month after years of sightings and videos suggesting that highly advanced extraterrestrials are, indeed, out there. 750 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume -- ASIA -- China-Australia-trial-espionage,WRAP BEIJING Australia's ambassador to China is barred from the trial of an academic held on spying charges, in a case that has exacerbated a bitter row between the two nations. 650 words 1000 GMT by Sebestian Ricci and Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Live Video SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,lead COLOMBO International salvage experts and Indian vessels join a desperate bid to contain a huge blaze on a container ship off the Sri Lankan coast amid fears that it could cause a major oil spill. 500 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video India-cyclone-weather,WRAP DIGHA, India Thousands of people are homeless after the latest cyclone to hit Covid-ravaged India left a trail of destruction, although timely evacuations meant the death toll was limited to single figures. 550 words moved by Dibyangshu Sarkar. Picture. Video. Graphic China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING Top US and Chinese trade officials have held their first talks since Joe Biden became president, the two sides say, describing them as "candid". 550 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-IT-lifestyle-cinema-Amazon-MGM,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Amazon agrees to buy the storied MGM studios for $8.45 billion, the companies say, giving the US tech giant a vast content library to further its ambitions in streaming. 700 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-WC-2022-GUM-CHN,FOCUS SHANGHAI Off the football pitch it is a total mismatch: China's 1.4 billion population versus Guam's 170,000. But the two collide in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday with the US island territory's squad -- which includes high-school and college players -- trying to cut their Chinese hosts down to size. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-Philippines,INTERVIEW JASIN, Malaysia Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz grunts with the effort of hoisting a barbell over her head in a makeshift gym ringed by banana and rambutan trees as trucks thunder past -- an unlikely training base for a shot at her country's first ever Olympic gold in Tokyo. 800 words moved by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video afp
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