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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + At least 64 dead in Ethiopia air strike + EU leaders blast Hungary over LGBT law + More mass graves found at Canada indigenous school + Search for survivors after Florida building collapse + British man tests positive for Covid for 10 months Ethiopia-Tigray-bombings-conflict-toll,WRAP MEKELE, Ethiopia At least 64 people were killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian air strike on a market in the war-torn northern Tigray region, as the army denies targeting civilians. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-summit-Hungary-Russia,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders holding a summit gang up on Hungary's prime minister over a controversial new law in his country banning LGBT content in schools seen as homophobic and contrary to EU values. 600 words 1600 GMT by Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture Also moving: Hungary-politics-LGBT-rights,FACTS Canada-indigenous-school-graves,WRAP MONTREAL Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, less than a month after a similar discovery in British Columbia sent shockwaves through the country. 500 words 1500 GMT by Eric Thomas. File picture US-accident-construction,WRAP MIAMI A 12-story oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapses, killing at least one person and sparking a major emergency response with dozens of rescuers combing the rubble for survivors. 450 words 1500 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-patient LONDON A 72-year-old British man tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months in what is thought to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection, researchers say. 450 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Russia-vaccines,FOCUS MOSCOW Like many in Russia, Sergei is deeply wary of the homegrown Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. So as the government moves to make vaccinations mandatory, Sergei and his fellow sceptics are finding ways -- from black market certificates to falsified medical registrations -- to fake their way out of getting jabbed. 790 words moved by Evan Gershkovich. File picture Indonesia-religion-charity-terror,FOCUS JAKARTA Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and jihadist training camps, in a scam that has netted big money for extremist groups. 750 words moved by Haeril Halim. Picture Brazil-poverty-health-virus,FOCUS SANTOS, Brazil It's best to watch your step in Dique da Vila Gilda, a slum on stilts where the rickety walkways across the fetid water below the tin-roof shacks sometimes break beneath people's feet. Here, the coronavirus pandemic has only deepened already stark inequalities. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-US-court-prison-McAfee,WRAP MADRID Spanish investigators probe the death of John McAfee who was found in his prison cell after an apparent suicide following a court decision approving his extradition to the US on tax evasion charges. 700 words moved by Hazel Ward. File picture. Video Russia-diplomacy-sanction-Ukraine,WRAP BRUSSELS Germany and France look to persuade wary EU leaders to relaunch regular meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite concerns Moscow has not backed down from its aggressive actions. 700 words 1600 GMT by Max Delany. Video. Picture EU-Germany-diplomacy-summit,FOCUS BERLIN Germany's Angela Merkel heads into what is expected to be her last EU summit, with admiration from her fellow leaders after 16 years in power tempered by a sober sizing-up of her achievements. 800 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier and Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live video France-Morocco-crime-trial,WRAP PARIS A Moroccan gardener found guilty of murder in France in 1991 on the basis of a message scrawled in blood at the crime scene launched another legal bid to clear his name, his lawyer say. 600 words moved by Benjamin Legendre Britain-Russia-navy-diplomacy-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defends the route taken by a Royal Navy destroyer through Black Sea waters claimed by Russia after it purportedly came under warning fire. 450 words moved Belarus-politics-unrest-trial,WRAP MOSCOW The husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya goes on trial in the ex-Soviet nation, a rights group says, months after historic protests erupted over a disputed presidential election. 600 words moved. File picture. Video Gibraltar-women-abortion-law-referendum,WRAP GIBRALTAR Gibraltar votes on plans to ease its draconian abortion law in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video France-Basque-property-tourism,FOCUS BIARRITZ, France A scramble by Parisians for homes in France's picturesque southwestern Basque region is fanning a nationalist backlash in a region with a troubled past. 700 words moved by Carole Suhas. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Palestinians-police-rights,WRAP RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories A human rights activist and staunch critic of the Palestinian Authority dies shortly after being arrested by security forces, triggering angry protests in the occupied West Bank. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WBank,FOCUS BEITA, Palestinian Territories With flashing lasers, honking horns and choking smoke from burning tyres, the latest tactics used by Palestinian protesters are dusk till dawn rallies to make life unbearable for Israeli settlers. 800 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video Women-Egypt-gender-rights-politics,FOCUS CAIRO In a push to cement meagre rights, Egyptian women have been battling a "shocking" draft bill influenced by Islamic law which would have deepened a system of guardianship, further restricting their daily lives. 850 words moved by Mona Salem. Picture Iran-vote-diplomacy-US-EU,FOCUS PARIS The election of Ebrahim Raisi, a loyal acolyte of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iranian president can smooth the West's dealings with the Islamic republic due to a streamlined power structure in Tehran but his hardline stance and rights record may also seed trouble. 700 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Williams -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-conflict-UN-report-deaths LAGOS A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five, mostly from disease and hunger, the UN warns. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Twelve years in prison? Twenty, or even 30? On Friday, former policeman Derek Chauvin will hear his sentence for the murder of African-American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. 550 words 1430 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture. File video Also moving: US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kongers queue for the final edition of the city's beloved pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after it was forced to close under a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-media,SCENE HongKong-China-politics-media,PROFILE Thailand-demonstration-politics,2ndlead BANGKOK Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rally in Bangkok to call for the government's resignation, defying warnings from authorities about the kingdom's soaring coronavirus cases. 600 words 1500 GMT by Dene-Hern Chen and Pathom Sangwongwanich. Picture. Video US-Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,FOCUS WASHINGTON Kabul could be captured by the Taliban within a year as US forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but its fall is not inevitable and will depend on a much better-run Afghan defense force, US experts say. 750 words moved by Paul Handley and Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Also moved: US-Afghanistan-conflict-military-withdraw,FACTS Afghanistan-US-conflict,Q&A Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-Kunduz,SCENE KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN Fear stalks Kunduz as residents prepared for a lengthy siege, with government forces patrolling the streets and Taliban insurgents surrounding the northern Afghan city. 500 words 1500 GMT by Hakim Hasis. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-politics-antitrust-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers advance legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws, setting the stage for a tough floor fight in Congress. 700 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco China-Australia-commerce-WTO-tariffs,WRAP BEIJING China says it has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization challenging Australia's anti-dumping measures on a range of goods, marking further escalation in tensions between the two countries. 500 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara and Beiyi Seow -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS A showdown between old rivals England and Germany at Wembley is the standout tie going into the last 16 of Euro 2020 after Joachim Loew's side scraped through on a dramatic final night of group-stage action. 600 words moved by Andy Scott with Ryland James in Berlin. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-five-stars PARIS Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries and Italy's midfield playmaker Manuel Locatelli are among five players who left their mark on the group stage at Euro 2020. 750 words 1430 GMT. Picture Basket-NBA WASHINGTON Atlanta's Trae Young scores a career playoff high 48 points and the Hawks edge host Milwaukee 116-113 in the opening game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. 650 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- France-fashion-lifestyle-Brazil,INTERVIEW PARIS Brazilian designer Francisco Terra of French upstart brand Neith Nyer says the Covid crisis has freed him from the need to follow the usual fashion playbook. 500 words moved by Olga Nadbaeva. Picture afp
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