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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pence gets jab as new vaccine awaits approval + Kidnapped Nigeria schoolboys freed + Massive US govt cyberattack spreads + Super cyclone Yasa flattens Fiji villages + Sony pulls Cyberpunk game after bug complaints Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US Vice President Mike Pence receives a Covid-19 jab on live television as the country prepares to greenlight its second vaccine in the latest boost to the globe's unprecedented immunization campaign. 700 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Nigeria-kidnapping-unrest-release,WRAP KATSINA, Nigeria Exhausted and dishevelled, hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experience their first full day of freedom after a nearly week-long ordeal. 650 words 1600 GMT by John Okunyomih. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-politics-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON A devastating cyberattack on US government agencies has also hit targets outside the United States with the list of victims still growing, according to security researchers. 500 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, aid agencies say, with a baby among two confirmed deaths as rescue workers race to the remote communities of the Pacific island nation. 600 words moved by Leon Lord. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-Poland-Japan-games-Playstation-Cyberpunk2077,WRAP TOKYO Sony is pulling the much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation stores around the world, after a flood of complaints and ridicule over bugs, compatibility issues and even health risks. 700 words moved by Mathias Cena Also moved: Entertainment-Poland-Japan-games-Playstation-Cyberpunk2077,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators launch into what could prove final hours of their scramble for a post-Brexit trade deal, still split on the highly-charged issue of fishing rights. 650 words 1530 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Turkey-US-politics-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish civil society leader Osman Kavala appears by video link before an Istanbul court on charges that rights groups view as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's effort to stifle dissent. 650 words 1600 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan with Burcin Gercek in Ankara. File picture Sweden-Finland-ferry-disaster,WRAP STOCKHOLM Sweden says it wants to lift a ban on inspections of the wreck of the Estonia ferry, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. 500 words 1530 GMT by Johannes Ledel -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lifestyle-Tunisia-heritage-Jewish TUNIS Tunisia is struggling to protect North Africa's Jewish heritage, threatened by vandalism, looting and the smuggling of valuable artefacts bearing witness to the long history of the region's Jews. 750 words moved by Najeh Mouelhi-Makni Israel-Palestinians-conflict-literature,FOCUS PSAGOT WINERY, Palestinian territories They shared a childhood in a West Bank Jewish settlement but as adults Yaakov and Yonatan Berg have developed radically different views about Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory. 600 words moved by Michael Blum. Picture. Video Algeria-media-rights,FOCUS TUNIS Algeria has announced tighter state controls over online media, sparking alarm in the North African country whose pro-democracy movement is under heightened pressure from the government. 650 words moved by Salsabil Chellali Syria-conflict-farming-livestock,FOCUS KFAR TAKHARIM, Syria To dodge skyrocketing prices for animal fodder in Syria's last major rebel bastion, farmer Ayman Ibrahim has turned to an aquatic fern used as a fertiliser in Asian rice paddies. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Debretsion,PROFILE ADDIS ABABA Debretsion Gebremichael, the leader of Ethiopia's dissident Tigray region before he was ousted in a federal military offensive, once ran a guerrilla radio station before rising through the ranks to head the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). 700 words moved. File picture Burundi-politics-Buyoya,2ndlead NAIROBI Burundi's former president Pierre Buyoya dies Covid-19 at the age of 71, just weeks after he resigned as the African Union's special envoy to Mali and the Sahel. 500 words moved. File picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-education-society-family,FOCUS NEW YORK Exhaustion, stress and worsening inequality: nine months into the coronavirus pandemic and most American children have not returned to classrooms, disrupting the lives of families and teachers and fueling concerns about the long-term impact on youngsters' development. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-education-Texas,FOCUS Venezuela-Trinidad-migration,FOCUS GUIRIA, Venezuela Head down, Venezuelan Jonhy Matey is despondent: tragedy has struck once again. A year and a half ago his daughter disappeared after a boat she was traveling in to try to get to nearby Trinidad and Tobago sunk. This time it was her eight-year-old stepson. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Ghazni-blast,WRAP GHAZNI, Afghanistan A motorbike loaded with explosives blew up in east Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people at a religious ceremony, officials say. 400 words 1430 GMT Myanmar-conflict-justice-rights-women,FOCUS SITTWE, Myanmar After being gang-raped by soldiers, Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice -- a fight that paid off with a rare legal victory. 750 words moved. Video. Picture HongKong-China-virus-tourism,PHOTOESSAY HONG KONG The red sails of the "Dukling" junk boat have glided across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour for more than six decades but coronavirus restrictions mean its future is now far from certain. 450 words moved by Celia Cazale. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- EU-China-investments-agreement-politics-rights,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union and China say they are closing in on a long-awaited investment agreement after seven years of painstaking negotiations. 650 words 1530 GMT by Clement Zampa Austria-Swarovski-luxury-fashion-retail,FOCUS WATTENS, Austria Crystal-studded clouds reflected in a pond, an oversized crystal chandelier surrounded by mirrors: the headquarters of the Swarovski crystal empire are every bit as glitzy as you might expect -- but the sparkle can't distract from a bitter family feud over the company's future. 800 words moved by Denise Hruby. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Japan-entertainment-film-anime-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO An anime epic in which a teenager hunts down and beheads demons has become the surprise sensation of Japanese cinema during the pandemic, and could soon be the country's top-grossing film ever. 650 words moved by Mathias Cena and Katie Forster. Picture afp
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