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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pushback at Covid patent waiver calls + Rio favela drug raid leaves 25 dead + UK recalls navy vessels in Jersey standoff + Blinken urges Russia to ease off Ukraine + Trump problem lands back with Zuckerberg Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON A US proposal to waive patents on much-needed Covid-19 vaccines faces pushback in Europe and strong opposition from pharmaceutical companies who say it would not help boost production in developing countries. 800 words 2200 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Brazil-police-drugs,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela leaves at least 24 suspects and a policeman dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield. 500 words 2000 GMT by Mauro Pimentel. Picture. Video France-Brexit-Jersey-Britain-protest-fishing,WRAP SAINT HELIER A tense post-Brexit standoff between France and Britain eases, as London recalled two navy vessels sent to Jersey and protesting French fishermen returned home without blockading the island's main port. 750 words moved by Sameer Al Doumi with Adam Plowright in Paris and Joe Jackson in london. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: EU-Britain-fishing-politics,FACTS France-Jersey-Britain-fishing-environment-diplomacy,FACTS Ukraine-US-diplomacy-Russia-conflict,WRAP KIEV US Secretary of State Antony Blinken demands that Russia end its "aggressive" actions towards Ukraine, warning on a solidarity visit to Kiev that the giant neighbour has yet to withdraw most forces from a recent buildup. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video US-internet-politics-IT-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Facebook's top executives set up an independent oversight board as a way to dodge politically-loaded decisions, but its first major ruling on Donald Trump has put the ball squarely back in the court of Mark Zuckerberg. 600 words 2200 GMT by Glenn Chapman. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-crime-drugs,FOCUS NAIROBI Esther Wanjiru started using heroin at 16 to dull the pain after her baby died, first smoking, and now injecting the opioid which has become increasingly cheap and abundant in Kenya. 650 words moved by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Kosovo-rights-women,FOCUS PRISTINA The rape of Vasfije Krasniqi was one of thousands during Kosovo's 1990s war, but she is still the only victim to have spoken out publicly and now she is at the forefront of a movement pushing for change in a patriarchal society. 900 words moved by Ismet Hajdari. Picture. Video Jordan-drought-climate-Israel,FOCUS GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan Ahmad Daoud surveys his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world's most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. 700 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-vaccine-Pfizer,2ndlead BRUSSELS US drugs giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announce a deal with the International Olympic Committee to provide vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo Games. 500 words moved Health-virus-Denmark,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Gyms, theatres and cinemas are once again welcoming the public in Denmark thanks to a new easing of anti-Covid 19 restrictions and reliance on a "corona pass". 550 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Picture. Video Health-virus-lifestyle-cafes,FOCUS PARIS A return to enjoying drinks with friends on a cafe terrace, so eagerly anticipated after seemingly interminable closures because of the Covid-19 pandemic, still poses a relatively small risk of contagion, experts warn, suggesting a variety of safeguards. 700 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-Iran-nuclear-sanction-prisoners,lead WASHINGTON A deal to salvage the Iran nuclear accord is possible in the coming weeks, before the Islamic republic holds elections in June, a senior State Department official says, a day before talks were due to resume in Vienna. 600 words 2100 GMT Cuba-car-US,VIDEOESSAY PLACETAS, Cuba In Cuba, where American cars older than the average inhabitant are a common sight on city streets, panel beater Pablo Manso makes his living in a very particular niche: repairing Chevrolets from 1955, 1956 and 1957. 400 words 2000 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-vote,WRAP LONDON Voters go to the polls for "Super Thursday" elections that could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in Scotland bid to break away, in the first major electoral test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,Q&A JERUSALEM Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid hopes to forge a coalition that ends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive rule. But doing so will require walking a tightrope unrivalled in Israeli political history. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-court,WRAP JERUSALEM Twenty-two Palestinians were wounded in fresh clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent says, with tensions inflamed by a controversial land rights case. 655 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICC-Uganda-warcrimes-Ongwen-LRA,WRAP THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court sentences Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 750 words moved by Charlotte van Ouwerkerk. Picture. Graphic. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-toll,3rdlead NEW DELHI India sees record new jumps in Covid-19 cases and deaths, dashing tentative hopes that a catastrophic recent surge that has stretched hospitals to the limit might be easing. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong is handed an additional 10-month sentence after pleading guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor China-G7-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China "strongly condemns" a statement by the Group of Seven nations accusing Beijing of rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong as the schism with western democracies widens. 500 words moved. Video Also moved: China-Australia-diplomacy-politics,WRAP -- BUSINESS/TECH -- Japan-earnings-games-Nintendo,WRAP TOKYO Nintendo reports its highest ever annual profit after virus lockdowns caused sales of its blockbuster Switch console to soar, but the Japanese gaming giant warned the bumper pandemic year would be hard to repeat. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture -- CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-warming-pollution-methane-UN PARIS Industry could cheaply and easily slash humanity's methane emissions by at least 30 percent in a decade, the United Nations says, adding that such cuts would slow global warming and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,lead WELLINGTON New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, in a move that will reignite debate over the ethics of trans sport. 600 words moved by Neil Sands. File picture RugbyU-GBR-IRL-RSA-Lions,WRAP LONDON Veteran Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will lead the 2021 British and Irish Lions in South Africa but there is no place for several big names including Johnny Sexton and Billy Vunipola in the 37-man squad. 650 words by Julian Guyer moved Fbl-ENG-celebrity-Sheeran-Ipswich LONDON Four-time Grammy winner Ed Sheeran will be the shirt sponsor for his boyhood football team Ipswich Town next season, the club announces. 250 words moved afp
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