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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel-Palestinian ceasefire takes hold + BBC under fire for 'deceitful' Diana interview + Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer + Covid-linked deaths may be 3 times higher: WHO + Japan train driver takes toilet break -- at 150 kph Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, appears to hold after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. 850 words 0930 GMT by Sakher Abou El Oun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-World,REAX Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC,WRAP LONDON The BBC is under pressure after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its 1995 interview with princess Diana, damaging its reputation as it fights attacks on several fronts. 650 words 1100 GMT by Anna Malpas. File picture. Video US-wireless-internet SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years ago and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari. 300 words moved Health-virus-WHO-deaths,2ndlead GENEVA Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported Covid deaths, the World Health Organization says. 500 words 1130 GMT by Nina Larson Japan-transport-offbeat TOKYO The driver of a speeding Japanese bullet train handed over the controls to an unqualified conductor so he could answer an urgent call... of nature, a rail operator has revealed. 250 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Poland-therapy,FOCUS WIELICZKA, Poland Gyrating with gusto to the sounds of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", a group of middle-aged Poles is fighting off lingering Covid symptoms with gym circuits. But this is no ordinary fitness workout -- it's 130 metres (427 feet) underground in an ancient former salt mine in southern Poland. 800 words moved by Damien Simonart and Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Nepal-Everest-mountaineering-health-science-virus,FOCUS KATHMANDU Mountaineer Akash Neggi is fully prepared to take on the world's highest mountain -- after spending several weeks sleeping in a tent in his living room in New Jersey. 650 words moved by Paavan Mathema with Celine Gesret in New York. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-environment-plastic,FOCUS YANGON A humble library for orphans in Yangon, built of recycled plastic waste, stands empty without books or archives. It was supposed to start welcoming young readers earlier this year, but its opening has been indefinitely deferred by Myanmar's bloody coup. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Vietnam-LGBT-parliament-politics,INTERVIEW HANOI As an LGBTQ activist, legal whizz-kid and Vietnam's first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead long-lasting change for the country's marginalised communities. 600 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-politics,lead BERLIN Many Germans are able to visit a beer garden, dine outdoors or go swimming for the first time in months as parts of the country begin easing Covid-19 curbs. 600 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Health-virus-G20-EU-summit,lead ROME G20 leaders, the European Union and global institutions gather for a virtual summit on how to recover from the coronavirus pandemic -- and crucially, how to prevent it happening again. 600 words 1700 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO-diplomacy,ADVANCER GENEVA With the pandemic still raging, the virus origins a mystery and wealthy nations hoarding vaccines, the World Health Organization gathers its member states with a focus on averting the next catastrophe. 800 words 1200 GMT by Nina Larson Health-virus-India-fungus,FOCUS NEW DELHI Coronavirus patient Parvesh Dubey died within just one week of contracting black fungus -- the latest victim of a horrifying Covid-19 complication sweeping India that can kill people in days. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-India-fungus,Q&A Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has spent the past three weeks immersed in wall-to-wall coverage of a Senate inquiry into why Covid-19 exploded so horribly in the country -- a parade of damning, sometimes comical testimony likely to damage President Jair Bolsonaro. 750 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture -- EUROPE -- Greece-fire,WRAP ATHENS Hundreds of Greek firefighters battle a large forest blaze west of Athens for a second day, with better weather conditions raising hopes the flames could be subdued. 450 words moved by John Hadoulis. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-trial-jihadist DRESDEN, Germany A Syrian jihadist receives a life sentence for stabbing a German tourist to death and severely wounding his life partner in an apparently homophobic attack. 400 words 1000 GMT by Andrea Hentschel with Deborah Cole in Berlin. Picture Italy-politics-FiveStar,FOCUS ROME Italy's Five Star Movement (M5S) once threatened to upend the political order, but today the party founded by a stand-up comedian has little to laugh about as it risks imploding. 700 words 1000 GMT by Alvise Armellini. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-climate-protest SYDNEY Thousands of Australians march in nationwide climate protests, with many schoolchildren skipping classes to voice their anger at a massive new gas project and government foot-dragging on emissions targets. 450 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Photo. Video US-SKorea-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House to underscore a strategic focus on Asia, while playing down chances of quick progress on the two biggest challenges facing the United States. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Europe-migrants-Libya-conflict,FOCUS TRIPOLI Driven from home by desperation and warded off European shores, hundreds of migrants in Libya are resigned to staying in the conflict-hit country, even while struggling to survive on odd jobs. 700 words 1200 GMT by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Senegal-transport-poverty-horses,FOCUS DAKAR At dawn, Mame Mor Anta Ly washes his chestnut-coloured horse beneath a noisy overpass on the outskirts of Senegal's bustling capital. 650 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Chile-vote-economy,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile, Latin America's richest country, faces an uncertain economic future after mostly left-leaning independents swept elections to dominate a body that will rewrite the country's free market-friendly constitution. 800 words moved by Paulina Abramovich. Graphic -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-2021-Japan,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE OTTAWA The International Olympic Committee's longest serving member assures that the Tokyo Games are "a go," as IOC officials huddle with local organizers for online talks. 700 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture Oly-2020-2021-ttennis-CHN,FOCUS SHANGHAI China have won 28 of 32 gold medals awarded for table tennis at the Olympics, but their supremacy could face its biggest test yet in Tokyo this summer. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture RugbyU-NZL-investments-Kirk,INTERVIEW WELLINGTON Former skipper David Kirk has warned the All Blacks' planned private equity deal with US investors is a "slippery slope" that could see the legendary rugby team sold out to commercial interests. 650 words moved by Neil Sands. Video -- HEALTH/LIFESTYLE -- France-travel-train,FOCUS NICE, France The mythical sleeper train that whisked travellers through France to the Mediterranean for close to a century returns to the tracks as part of French govermnent push to revive night train travel. 750 words 1000 GMT by Taimaz Szirniks and Clare Byrne in Paris. Picture. Video France-drugs-social,FOCUS PARIS The use of crack cocaine has wreaked havoc in northeastern Paris for 30 years, but tensions between addicts and residents fed up with disturbances have reached breaking point in recent weeks. 750 words 1100 GMT by Thomas Gropallo and Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video afp
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