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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + 50 dead as Taiwan train derails in tunnel + US Capitol on lockdown after deadly new attack + US-Iran nuclear talks set for next week + Myanmar junta slammed for child deaths + Russian docs finish heart op during fire Taiwan-train-accident,WRAP HUALIEN, Taiwan At least 50 people are killed in Taiwan when a packed train collides with a vehicle on the tracks and then derails inside a tunnel, in the island's worst railway accident in decades. 700 words moved by Sean Chang, with Amber Wang in Taipei. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Also moved: Taiwan-train-accident,FACTS US-politics-crime-Capitol,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Capitol goes on lockdown again when a police officer is killed as an armed attacker crashes a car into a barrier, less than three months after a mob stormed the building in a pro-Trump insurrection. 600 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-US-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BRUSSELS Iran and the United States will return to talks, albeit indirectly, in Vienna next week as the European Union looks to secure President Joe Biden's return to a 2015 nuclear accord. 600 words 2030 GMT by Max Delany Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's junta faces fresh international criticism over the deaths of more than 40 children and the "forced disappearance" of hundreds of people in its crackdown on pro-democracy protests. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-Thailand-refugee,FOCUS Russia-health-hospital-fire MOSCOW A team of doctors successfully completed open heart surgery inside a Russian hospital that caught fire as firefighters battled the flames from the outside, regional emergency services say. 200 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-migration-Guatemala-Honduras-ElSalvador-Mexico,SCENE McAllen, Texas It will be the first time on a plane for most of the undocumented families that arrive daily at the McAllen, Texas airport, holding envelopes that read "Please help me, I don't speak English." 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla Cal. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-justice,FOCUS TARHUNA, Libya "They spared no child, no woman, no old man," says Mohamed Amer, mourning those murdered during a reign of terror by six brothers who ruled a Libyan town with bloodshed. 750 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States reaps the fruits of its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 as it became the first nation to reach 100 million people, but Europe's rollout faces fresh impediments and South America tightens restrictions in the face of Brazil's soaring infections. 800 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphics. Video Health-virus-Easter-Israel-Christianity,FOCUS JERUSALEM Huddled in a corner of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Angele Percenita struggled to contain her tears, overwhelmed to be marking Good Friday in Jerusalem's Old City after last year's lockdown. 500 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Cricket-virus-health-IND-Tendulkar,2ndlead MUMBAI The cricket world unites to send support to Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar after he announces that he is battling coronavirus and in hospital as a precautionary measure. 500 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- USS-ICC-Afghanistan-diplomacy-warcrimes,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States says it will lift sanctions imposed by former president Donald Trump's administration on the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, calling for a more cooperative relationship. 550 words 2000 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The longest-serving officer in the Minneapolis Police Department tells police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial that his use of force against George Floyd was "totally unnecessary." 650 words 2130 GMT by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Russia-Ukraine-conflict-politics,WRAP KIEV US President Joe Biden affirms his "unwavering support" for Ukraine in a call to President Volodymyr Zelensky after Kiev accused Moscow of building up military forces on its border. 700 words moved by Olga Shylenko with Anastasia Clark in Moscow. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-Ukraine-conflict-politics,Q&A -- AFRICA -- Niger-politics-unrest,WRAP NIAMEY Niger's new President Mohamed Bazoum lashes out at jihadists who have carried out devastating attacks on his country, accusing them of "war crimes" as he takes the helm of the troubled nation. 750 words moved by Boureima Hama. Picture. Video. Also moved: Niger-politics-Bazoum,PROFILE Also moved: Niger-politics-challenges,POINTS Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The G7 group of leading nations calls for the "swift" withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's conflict-hit northern Tigray region, as the International Crisis Group warns of a prolonged stalemate. 800 words moved Mozambique-unrest-natural-gas-TOTAL,WRAP MAPUTO French energy giant Total has shut its operations and withdrawn all staff from a gas site in northern Mozambique following last week's deadly jihadist attack in the area, security sources say. 500 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden celebrates a massive rebound in US jobs as a sign of hope "at long last" that the end of the pandemic is within sight, with businesses restarting nationwide and vaccine access quickly opening up. 700 words moved by Heather Scott. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ITA-religion ROME When Juventus travel across town for the their Easter weekend meeting with local rivals Torino, they will do so without veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon who has been suspended -- for blasphemy. 600 words by Anthony Lucas moved RugbyU-Eur-Champions-IRL-FRA-Leinster-Toulon-health-virus TOULON, France Leinster receive a walkover after their European Champions Cup match with Toulon is cancelled because of a positive coronavirus case with the French club complaining they have been "treated like Kleenex". 600 words moved afp
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