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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + DR Congo city Goma 'spared' by river of boiling lava + 21 dead as freak weather hits China ultramarathon + Palestinians try to rebuild lives after ceasefire + Italian rockers win Eurovision in glamorous night DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo A river of boiling lava from Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo halts at the suburbs of Goma, saving the eastern city from disaster after a night-time eruption sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. 750 words 1000 GMT by Justin Katimwa and Albert Kambable. Picture. Graphic. Video China-disaster-race,WRAP BEIJING Twenty-one people are killed after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race in China, state media says. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A UN agency presents reconstruction plans for the Gaza Strip after 11 days of Israeli air strikes killed more than 200 Palestinians and ravaged the besieged coastal enclave. 750 words 1200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-politics,FOCUS Entertainment-music-Eurovision-Netherlands,WRAP ROTTERDAM Italian rock foursome Maneskin won the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam in a glammed-up message of hope for a world emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Live video. -- SPOTLIGHT -- Spain-entertainment-music-rap-pop,INTERVIEW MADRDID Spanish rapper C. Tangana was taking a big risk when he started mixing old-fashioned influences like flamenco and bossa nova into his hip-hop -- but it's this eclectic sound that has turned him into a phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic. 650 words moved by Thomas Perroteau. Picture. Video US-animal-rats-health-virus,SCENE NEW YORK Late on a Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl dark alleys in New York's Lower East Side with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-vaccination-companies-Evonik,FOCUS HANAU, Germany It's well before midday but chemical technician trainer Ralf Scharf is already heading to the company canteen. And lunch is the last thing on his mind. He's here to get a Covid-19 jab. 500 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-economy-startups,FOCUS MUMBAI After dealing with two coronavirus funerals in two weeks, Raj Sharma was too grief-stricken to negotiate a third with profiteering hearse drivers and crematoriums, so he turned to one of the many new businesses that have sprung up around India helping struggling people while also turning a tidy profit. 700 words moved by Nivrita Ganguly. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-media-royals-Diana-Bashir,lead LONDON Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked Princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, apologises to Princes William and Harry but says claims linking his actions to her death were "unreasonable". 550 words 0930 GMT Also moved: Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC,lead Greece-fire,WRAP ATHENS Firefighters are managing to bring under control Greece's first major forest fire of the summer in a nature conservation area near Athens as the government promises financial aid to those affected. 400 words 1100 GMT. Picture Britain-NIreland-EU-Brexit-politics-business,FOCUS BELFAST Five months after the UK cut ties with the European Union, the post-Brexit "protocol" governing Northern Irish trade is sowing discontent in the province. 750 words moved by Paul Faith with Joe Stenson in Dublin. Picture Sweden-lifestyle-retail,FOCUS ENKOPING, Sweden One after another, grocery stores are shutting down in rural Sweden, leaving villagers to travel miles to buy food. But a new type of shop has sprung up in their wake: unmanned supermarkets in mobile containers. 650 words moved by Helene Dauschy. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-race-Floyd,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Day of Enlightenment." That's how the George Floyd Memorial Center wants to commemorate May 25, the anniversary of the 46-year-old Black man's death under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Also moved: US-justice-race-Floyd-family US-enterprises-corporate-meeting-racism-wage,FOCUS US-minorities-language-deaf-IT,FOCUS WASHINGTON "English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. 700 words moved by Louis Baudoin. Picture. 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-Gaza-children,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A ceasefire has ended Israeli air raids on Gaza but experts warn that children in the besieged enclave will likely carry the mental scars for years to come. 750 words 1100 GMT by Sakher Abou el Oun. Picture. Video Iran-politics-vote,BACKGROUND TEHRAN Iran's presidential election next month could provide the final straw to split an already long-divided conservative political camp, after years of growing divisions. 800 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,SCENE PEMBA, Mozambique A constant nervous smile on Julia Francisco's face masks the anguish of fleeing extremist militants roaming northern Mozambique, then giving birth on a boat sailing in rough Indian ocean waters. Two months after the Palma attack, weary survivors are still on the run. 700 words 1100 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool, Chelsea and Leicester will stage a thrilling battle to finish in the Premier League's top four as the English top-flight season comes to a dramatic conclusion. 650 words 1400 GMT by Steve Griffiths Auto-Prix-Mon,lead MONACO After Charles Leclerc's mechanics battled to repair his car in time, he is due to start on pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix. Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton is seventh on the grid. 600 words. 1600 GMT. Picture Golf-USPGA KIAWAH ISLAND, United States Phil Mickelson, chasing a historic sixth major title at age 50, holds a one shot lead as the final round of the PGA Championship tees off at windy Kiawah Island. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jim Slater. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-swim-CHN-Sun-doping,ADVANCER SHANGHAI Sun Yang's high-profile retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport takes place next week with the Chinese swimming star's Tokyo Olympics and his whole career hanging in the balance. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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