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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: washengdesk@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel vows to restore order in Jerusalem + China rocket breaks up over Indian Ocean + Afghans bury dead from school blasts + Facebook rules a 'shambles': oversight panel + Kentucky Derby winner in positive drug test Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel vows to restore order in Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinian protesters were wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces, while the justice ministry puts off a key court ruling over a flashpoint property dispute. 750 words 2030 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS China-space-rocket,WRAP BEIJING A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Indian Ocean, China's space agency says, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. 700 words moved by Laurie Chen with Qasim Nauman in Seoul. File picture. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-blasts,WRAP KABUL Dozens of young girls are buried at a desolate hilltop cemetery in Kabul, a day after a secondary school was targeted in the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan in more than a year. 700 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Wakil Kohsar. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-Facebook-Trump-ban WASHINGTON Donald Trump deserved his Facebook ban for encouraging the Capitol rioters, the co-chair of the network's oversight panel tells AFP, but the social media giant's rules are in "shambles" and need fixing. 450 words 2000 GMT by Virginie Montet Racing-USA-Derby,WRAP WASHINGTON Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has tests positive for a banned substance, its trainer says, acknowleding that the horse could be stripped of its history-making victory. 500 words 2000 GMT by Jim Slater. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Iceland-volcano,SCENE FAGRADALSFJALL, Iceland Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano lies quiet for a spell before suddenly spewing red molten lava high into the air, visible from the capital Reykjavik in an awe-inspiring display of "earth's power". 550 words moved by Jeremie Richard. File Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Spain,WRAP MADRID Spain lifts a state of emergency in place since October to fight the pandemic, allowing Spaniards to travel between regions for the first time in months. 650 words moved by Mathieu Gorse. Picture Health-virus-Romania-tourism-literature BRAN, Romania Visitors to Romania's forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Vatican-pope-Italy-mafia-crime,WRAP ROME An Italian judge murdered by the mafia in Sicily takes a step towards sainthood, almost three decades after being declared a martyr by pope John Paul II. 550 words moved by Catherine Marciano. File picture. Britain-vote,WRAP LONDON The Scottish National Party says its landslide victory in Edinburgh's devolved parliament is grounds for a fresh independence referendum, despite opposition from London. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-France-fishing-Brexit-Jersey,SCENE SAINT HELIER "If it goes on like this, there won't be any more fishing around here," warns Loic Farnham, a 30-year-old fisherman, after post-Brexit rule changes prompt a furious French protest. 710 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. File picture France-climate-environment-politics-referendum,WRAP PARIS Tens of thousands of people march in France demanding more ambitious climate action as President Emmanuel Macron's promise to enshrine the fight in the French constitution appears on the verge of collapse. 550 words 1930 by Anne Renaut and Stephane Orjollet. Picture. Video Russia-politics-history-WWII-military,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin vows that Russia will "firmly" defend national interests and denounces the return of "Russophobia", as the country marks the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II. 650 words moved. Picture. Video France-politics-vote,FOCUS PARIS Will Emmanuel Macron, the political wunderkind who steamrolled France's establishment parties to win power as a centrist insurgent in 2017, survive a re-election battle overshadowed by Covid-19 next year? 700 words moved by Clare Byrne. Picture Also moved: France-politics-vote,FACTS -- MIDEAST -- Iraq-protests-killing,WRAP KARBALA, Iraq Gunmen shoot dead a prominent Iraqi activist, sparking protests among his supporters who accuse the state of failing to protect anti-government critics. 550 words moved. Picture. Video. Egypt-crime-execution-Copts,WRAP CAIRO Egyptian authorities execute a Coptic Christian monk convicted over the 2018 killing of the abbot of an ancient desert monastery, the monk's family tells AFP. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- SSudan-unrest-politics-parliament JUBA South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country's civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans-Stefanik-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON US politician Elise Stefanik began her Washington career as a moderate, but has changed tack and surged in influence to likely become the most powerful Republican woman in Congress -- a trajectory she owes entirely to her staunch defense of Donald Trump. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture US-art-auction-minorities,FOCUS NEW YORK Black artists are represented like never before at New York's spring sales next week after years of being overlooked and underappreciated, with several expected to set new records for their works. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain and Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester City's Premier League title celebrations are put on hold again as Manchester United fight back to win 3-1 at Aston Villa, while West Ham's top four bid suffers a major setback in a 1-0 defeat against Everton. 650 words 2000 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture Auto-Prix-ESP,WRAP BARCELONA Lewis Hamilton claims his fifth successive Spanish Grand Prix and 98th career win ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen after a Mercedes pit-stop masterstroke. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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