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Thursday 06 April 2023 08:02 BST

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TOP STORIES

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WHITMER-DESANTIS-OPPOSITES COLLIDE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appear at a county GOP event in northern Michigan. The visit to the battleground state transformed by Democratic-majorities will put the Republican governor’s agenda in direct contrast with one of the Democratic party’s brightest stars, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. By Joey Cappelletti. SENT: 970 words, photos. UPCOMING: DeSantis’ appearance at 7:30 a.m.

ABORTION-IDAHO — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent. The law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and creates a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” barring adults from obtaining abortion pills for a minor or “recruiting, harboring or transporting the pregnant minor” without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. SENT: 330 words, photo.

OCEAN-FISHERIES-LAST DISH-SAVING CONCH — Scientists and others have sounded the alarm that the conch population is fading due to overfishing, and a food central to Bahamians’ diet and identity could cease to be commercially viable in as little as six years. The potential demise of conch reflects the threat to traditional foods overfishing poses around the world and how it’s changed people’s lives. By Patrick Whittle. SENT: 2,750 words, photos, video. With OCEAN-FISHERIES-LAST DISH-SENEGAL — Senegal struggles with loss of fish central to diet, culture; OCEAN-FISHERIES-LAST DISH-PHILIPPINES — Philippines tries to bring back small fish key to rural diet; OCEAN-FISHERIES-LAST DISH-SAVING CONCH-TAKEAWAYS.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel, as violence erupted for the second day in a row during a sensitive period of overlapping holidays. By Sam McNeil. SENT: 240 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Developing, will be updated.

IRAQ MISSING — Twenty years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the families of thousands of people who went missing feel forgotten as they seek answers. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has recorded more than 26,700 cases of people who disappeared since 2003. By Kareem Chehayeb. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.

ROBOT WAITERS — Are robot waiters the future? Many think the waist-high machines are the solution to the industry’s labor shortages. Some restaurant owners who use them say they cost less than human servers, but others say they have had trouble with robots breaking down. And robots still have limits; they can't take orders or navigate outdoor patios, for example. By Business Writer Dee-Ann Durbin. SENT: 1,080 words, photos, video.

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