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Tuesday 30 August 2022 00:47 EDT

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AP WAS THERE-DIANA’S FINAL HOURS — An elegant dinner at the Ritz in Paris. A post-midnight drive past the city’s floodlit treasures. And then, tragedy. The story of Princess Diana’s death at age 36 in that catastrophic crash in a Paris traffic tunnel continues to shock, even after a quarter-century. Twenty-five years later, The Associated Press is making available this account of Diana’s final hours in the French capital, published on Sept. 5, 1997, a few days after the Aug. 31 crash. By Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 2,140 words, photos.

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IRAQ — Iran closed its land borders to Iraq as flights to the country halted amid violence in Baghdad following an influential Shiite cleric’s announcement he would resign from politics. The death toll rose to 20 Iraqis after the unrest erupted the previous day, according to a senior medical official. SENT: 320 words, photo. UPCOMING: Developing, will be updated.

ABORTION-TWO CLINICS — With abortion limits enacted or looming nationwide, an Ohio provider has been referring hundreds of patients to its sister clinic in Indianapolis. Their pregnancies exceed Ohio’s six-week limit, passed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The women are racing a political clock. Indiana recently passed a near-total abortion ban. It takes effect Sept. 15. Until then, in-clinic abortions are allowed until 13 weeks and six days of pregnancy. Both clinics likely face closure next month. But staff say they’ll work to help as many patients as possible until then. By Lindsey Tanner and Patrick Orsagos. SENT: 1,530 words, photos, video.

CONGRESS-GUNS — Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms. Congress’ move to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” was nearly a decade in the making. By Farnoush Amiri. SENT: 1,220 words, photos.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR-VOLUNTEER SNIPER — After moving to Western Europe to work as an engineer, Andriy scrambled back to Ukraine at the start of the war, and within weeks underwent a conversion from civilian life to a sniper being trained by the country's special forces. Confident of victory after the winter, he spoke to The Associated Press while practicing alone. From the war-devastated town of Bucha, near Kyiv, he described how the Ukrainian military employs flexibility to hold back the far larger Russian army. By Derek Gatopoulos and Adam Pemble. SENT: 720 words, photos. Also see MORE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR below.

BORDER WALL-CONTAINERS — Hours before Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared “a major step forward to secure our border” last week by installing 130 double-stacked shipping containers, hundreds of migrants found their way around them, belying his claim. The border wall isn't the issue it was when Congress denied then-President Donald Trump funding for one of his top priorities, prompting the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But the Arizona governor's apparent miscalculation in Yuma is a reminder of a challenge the government always faces with border barriers: difficulty building on tribal land. By Elliot Spagat. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.

PRINCESS DIANA-LEGACY — Above all, there was shock. That’s the word people use when they remember Princess Diana’s death in a Paris car crash 25 years ago this week. The woman the world watched grow from a shy teenage nursery school teacher into a glamorous celebrity who comforted AIDS patients and campaigned for land mine removal couldn’t be dead at the age of 36. But it was that shock that cemented Diana’s legacy as the woman who brought lasting change to Britain’s royal family, helping it bridge the gap between centuries of tradition and a new, multi-cultural nation in the internet age. By Danica Kirka. SENT: 1,360 words, photos.

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