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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + 11 killed in Russia school shooting + Israel, Hamas exchange heavy fire + US allows Pfizer jabs for 12-15 year-olds + China sees slowest population growth in decades + Golden Globes in doubt over diversity row Russia-shooting-school,WRAP MOSCOW At least 11 people are confirmed killed at a shooting at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan, new agencies say, with one gunman reported dead. 500 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel and Hamas exchange heavy fire, with 22 Palestinians killed in Gaza, in a dramatic escalation between the bitter foes sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. 750 words 1000 GMT by Ben Simon with Mai Yaghi in Gaza. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States authorises the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old, while in India the devastating outbreak rages on. 750 words moved by Torrence Otten. Picture. Video. Graphic China-population-demographics,WRAP BEIJING China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results show, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society. 600 words 0930 GMT by Laurie Chen, Helen Roxbrugh. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES The future of the Golden Globes is plunged into jeopardy as NBC cancels its broadcast of next year's prestigious awards, days after major Hollywood studios and stars such as Scarlett Johansson lined up to slam the organization over its diversity record. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPOTLIGHT -- DRCongo-children-malnutrition,FOCUS MBUJI-MAYI, Democratic Republic of Congo Acute malnutrition stalks the diamond-rich but fragile Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- the world's worst-hit country for food insecurity, according to UN figures. 850 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Pictures. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict-Ramadan-Sufi-dance,FOCUS DAMASCUS Three-year-old Anas al-Kharrat raises one hand to the sky as his long white robe twirls around his tiny spinning body. His dancing skills run in the family -- his dervish dancer father is whirling next to him. 600 words 1000 GMT by Maher Al-Mounes. Picture. Video Entertainment-Jamaica-music-reggae-Marley,FOCUS KINGSTON, Jamaica It's been four decades since Bob Marley's death, a period longer than the reggae icon's brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. 700 words moved by Andre Rich. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-royals,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II makes her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, opening a new session of parliament and presenting her government's post-pandemic legislative agenda. 650 words 1200 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Italy-pope,FOCUS PARIS Forty years ago this week Pope John Paul II was shot twice by Turkish hitman Mehmet Ali Agca in Saint Peter Square in Rome. We look back on the assassination attempt that shook the world's one billion-plus Catholics. 700 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-hospital,SCENE JERUSALEM Palestinians wounded in fierce clashes with Israeli riot police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound fill an east Jerusalem hospital. Several have lost an eye after being hit by rubber bullets. 600 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video Iran-US-defence-Navy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's Republican Guards say they warned US vessels over "unprofessional behaviour" after Washington said warning shots were fired near Iranian attack boats, the latest confrontation between US and Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf. 450 words 1000 GMT -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-corruption-politics-crime, BACKGROUND JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week will make his second appearance before a panel investigating the alleged looting of state coffers under his scandal-tainted predecessor Jacob Zuma. 550 words moved. File Picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-oil-crime-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden says a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Colombia-politics-protest-unrest,FOCUS BOGOTA Faced with angry street protests and international criticism over his security forces' response, Colombian President Ivan Duque is coming across as erratic and out of touch with a country in crisis, analysts say. 650 words moved by David Salazar. Picture Health-virus-US-business-offices,FOCUS NEW YORK From business district buildings slowly coming back to life to the return of lunchtime queues at salad bars: signs that workers are returning to New York's offices are multiplying. 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-NZealand-consumers-food,FOCUS SOMERSBY, Australia Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the "manuka" label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar. 750 words moved by Gregory Plesse. Picture China-animal-zoo-leopard SHANGHAI, China Residents in a Chinese city were warned to stay indoors as authorities released flocks of chickens as bait to track down a leopard that escaped from a safari park, state media reports. 500 words moved. File picture Pakistan-offbeat-barber LAHORE Hoping to prove a cut above the competition, Pakistani barber Ali Abbas relies on an unusual array of tools to practice his craft -- including blowtorches, meat cleavers, and even broken glass. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA-Westbrook,lead LOS ANGELES Russell Westbrook writes his way into NBA history, bagging the 182nd triple-double of his career to break Oscar Robertson's 47-year-old record. 600 words moved -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-emissions-fairshare-energy,FOCUS PARIS With more and more major polluters committing to net-zero emissions, green groups and scientists are calling for developed nations that got rich burning fossil fuels to face their historic responsibility for the climate crisis -- and pay for it, too. 1,200 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic. File Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-entertainment-music-award-health-virus LONDON Rising stars Arlo Parks and Olivia Rodrigo are among the artists performing to 4,000 guests at Tuesday's Brit Awards, where soul singer Celeste and hit machine Dua Lipa are both tipped to win big. 550 words moved by James Pheby. File picture afp
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