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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar army chief says coup was 'inevitable' + Russia jails Kremlin critic Navalny despite outcry + Russia's Sputnik vaccine 91.6% effective: trial + Trump 'singularly responsible' for riot: trial brief + UK lockdown hero 'Captain Tom' dies at 100 Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's army chief General Min Aung Hlaing says the military ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's government was "inevitable", as Washington formally designates the takeover as a coup. 900 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-court-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW A Moscow court orders the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nearly three years, triggering an immediate call for protests and condemnation in the West. 750 words 2000 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-trial,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Final-stage trial results place the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on a par with rival jabs as German Chancellor Angela Merkel voices openness to its use in the European Union once it receives the regulatory nod. 800 words 2030 GMT by Gina Doggett and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump was "singularly responsible" for the US Capitol riot last month and acquitting the former president could damage American democracy, lawmakers leading the impeachment case say one week before his Senate trial begins. 650 words 2100 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-Britain-Moore,3rdlead LONDON Tributes flood in from across the UK following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old military veteran who won British hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. 550 words 2000 GMT by Joe Jackson and James Pheby. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-France-Belgium-women-rap,FOCUS PARIS Tackling racism, prostitution and sexual assault, an emerging wave of female MCs is setting new boundaries for French rap after years in which women were barely visible on the scene. 700 words moved by Philippe Grelard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-marriage-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM The advertisement for a meet-up spot for single Orthodox Jews might, before the pandemic, have seemed bizarre. "Terrace with a view of Jerusalem," it reads. "Bring warm clothes. We offer hot drinks! An ideal spot for marriage proposals!" 650 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-Russia,4thlead PARIS Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19, according to results published in The Lancet that independent experts say allay transparency concerns over the jab, which Moscow is already rolling out. 600 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Also moved: Health-virus-Russia-vaccine,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden signs three more executive orders on immigration as part of a drive to erase the hardline legacy of Donald Trump, including an effort to reunite children separated from their parents at the US border with Mexico. 700 words 2200 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-immigration-children,FOCUS US-politics-assault-Cortez,FOCUS NEW YORK Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's emotional video revealing she is a survivor of sexual assault was watched by hundreds of thousands on social media, highlighting the US lawmaker's role as a hero of the left and drawing hostility from conservatives for whom she has long been a lightning rod. 700 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-LGBT-Twitter,2ndlead ISTANBUL Turkish police fire tear gas and chases people down narrow Istanbul streets as weeks of student protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a university rector turn increasingly violent. 600 words 1930 GMT by Kadir Demir. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-army-SuuKyi,FOCUS YANGON The Myanmar military's detention of Aung San Suu Kyi during this week's coup has revived memories of her 15 years of house arrest at a lakeside villa in Yangon during decades of junta rule. 600 words moved. Picture. File video Myanmar-politics-army-coup-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Myanmar's coup marks an early test case of President Joe Biden's determination to advocate for democracy but, unlike a decade ago when the United States nurtured a transition there, he has limited options. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Indonesia-Rohingya-refugee-Malaysia LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia Scores of Rohingya women missing from a refugee camp in Indonesia have been trafficked into Malaysia to reunite with their husbands, several sources tell AFP. 450 words moved. Picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-SKorea-shipping-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has allowed some 20 crew members of a South Korean tanker seized almost a month ago for alleged pollution to leave the country as part of a "humanitarian move". 500 words moved Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel-conflict,2ndlead RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The Palestinian Authority begins vaccinating health workers in the occupied West Bank against Covid-19, Palestinian officials say, after a pressure campaign on Israel to provide the jabs. 500 words moved by Nasser Abu Bakr. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-corruption-music-protest HARARE Undeterred by being arrested three times in six months for tweets protesting about graft, outspoken Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has turned to song to get his message across. 350 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Cuba-economy-currency,FOCUS HAVANA The American dollar, nigh impossible to obtain legally in communist-run Cuba, has become a coveted commodity raking in double the state-determined exchange rate on the black market as the domestic currency falters. 650 words 1930 GMT by Rigoberto Diaz. File picture US-oil-earnings-environment-ExxonMobil,WRAP NEW YORK Exxon Mobil closes the books on a terrible 2020, reporting losses in the fourth-quarter and for the full year in the wake of lower oil prices amid the Covid-19 crisis. 750 words 2200 GMT by John Biers -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-transfers-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Premier League spending slumps by more than two-thirds to a nine-year low of just £70 million ($96 million) in the January transfer window as the coronavirus crisis hits budgets even in Europe's richest football league. 650 words moved by John Weaver. File picture afp
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