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| - Duty Editor: Rose Troup Buchanan Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Queen Elizabeth responds to Harry and Meghan + Congress set to pass Biden virus relief plan + Russia and China unveil lunar station plans + China treatment of Uighurs genocide: report + Bit bitey: presidential pup in the doghouse US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II responds to explosive racism claims from her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, voicing deep concern and sympathising with their troubles with royal life. 900 words 0200 GMT by Phil Hazlewood, Anna Malpas and James Pheby. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-economy-health,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's massive relief plan is on track to cross the finish line with a final House vote, stimulating an economy digging out from the coronavirus pandemic and offering a lifeline for millions of families. 700 words 0230 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moved: US-economy-politics-stimulus,FACTS US-economy-politics-stimulus-history,FACTS Moving: US-politics-Biden,FOCUS Russia-China-politics-space,WRAP MOSCOW Russia and China unveil plans for a joint lunar space station, as Moscow seeks to recapture the glory of its space pioneering days of Soviet times, and Beijing gears up its own extraterrestrial ambitions. 600 words moved by Anastasia Clark. File picture China-Xinjiang-rights-genocide,lead WASHINGTON The Chinese government's treatment of Uighurs has violated "each and every act" prohibited by the United Nations' Genocide Convention, a report by dozens of international experts alleges. 530 words moved US-politics-Biden-dog-offbeat,FOCUS WASHINGTON He came into the White House tasked with bringing sanity and even a bit of fun, but less than two months later, the Bidens' dog Major has bitten off more than he can chew. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- AMERICAS -- India-US-Japan-Australia-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden will meet virtually with the prime ministers of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China. 600 words 0130 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-racism-police-trial,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The first jurors are selected in the high-profile trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, an African-American man whose death laid bare racial wounds in the United States and sparked "Black Lives Matter" protests across the globe. 750 words moved by Joy Powell and Charlotte Plantive. Photo. Video. Graphic US-IT-hacking-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The potentially devastating hack of Microsoft email servers, the second major cyberattack in months, adds pressure to the Biden administration as it weighs options for "hacking back" or other moves to protect cyberspace. 750 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever Brazil-politics-corruption-Lula,FOCUS SAO PAULO The ruling that overturned ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions has upended Brazilian politics and set up a potential election showdown between the tarnished left-wing icon and his nemesis, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. File picture. Video Also moved: Brazil-politics-corruption-Lula,PROFILE Health-virus-school-Panama-LatAm,FOCUS PANAMA CITY Like some 890,000 other pupils, eight-year-old Brithany has not been to class in a year in Panama -- the country with the most missed in-person school days due to the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 0200 GMT by Moises Avila and Ivan Pisarenko. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-business-wealth-Asia,PROFILE BEIJING Until recently, few people had even heard of the Chinese billionaire with a gruff reputation who built a fortune on China's seemingly unquenchable demand for his ubiquitous red-capped bottled water. 650 words 0330 GMT by Helen Roxburgh with Danni Zhu. Picture Pacific-Fiji-politics-education,FOCUS SUVA It may not be as famous as Oxford, as lauded as MIT or as wealthy as Harvard, but the University of the South Pacific might be the most important school you've never heard of. 600 words 0300 GMT. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-royals-racism-politics,FOCUS LONDON Prince Harry and Meghan's interview has sparked new debate about race in Britain, and calls for "honest self-reflection" about everyday prejudice, institutional bias and the country's colonial past. 900 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. File picture. Video. File video Also moved: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-poll US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-Morgan Britain-US-royals-racism-politics,FOCUS EU-parliament-Spain-Catalonia-politics,3rdlead BARCELONA Spain's foreign minister hails the European Parliament's decision to lift the immunity of three wanted Catalan MEPs, although the reaction is mixed on the streets of Catalonia. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Turkey-Russia-politics-trial,WRAP ANKARA A Turkish court sentences five suspects to life in jail for the 2016 murder of a Russian ambassador by a gunman who sought vengeance for Moscow's backing of Syrian forces' destruction of Aleppo. 550 words moved by Burcin Gercek -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-technology-censorship-internet,WRAP RIYADH Political reform, racism, transgender rights -- the audio app Clubhouse has unleashed unbridled debates about topics deemed dangerously sensitive in Saudi Arabia, but surveillance fears have spooked users in the authoritarian state. 800 words 0200 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture Lifestyle-Egypt-animal-pigeons,FOCUS CAIRO Atop his humble wooden dovecote overlooking the majestic Giza pyramids, Abdel-Rahman Gamal released 20 homing pigeons sending them soaring up into the Cairo sky reddened by the setting sun. 800 words 0300 GMT by Hager Harabech with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-politics,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's prime minister-designate demands the departure of an estimated 20,000 foreign fighters as he seeks support from lawmakers to help end a grinding civil war in the North African nation. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Syria-espionage JERUSALEM Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is working to repatriate the remains of Eli Cohen, an Israeli agent executed in 1965 after working deep undercover in Syria. 400 words moved. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Senegal-politics-unrest,WRAP DAKAR Senegal's opposition calls for fresh protests over after a rape accusation against a rival to President Macky Sall sparks the country's worst unrest for years. 700 words moved by Laurent Lozano and Alexandre Martins-Lopes. File picture. Graphic ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's party won a majority in last weekend's legislative elections, official results shows, in a vote that raises hopes the country's recent violent tensions are behind it. 700 words moved by Stephane Barbier and David Esnaul. File picture BFaso-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU While he was on the campaign trail for elections last November, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had a mantra -- "We shall not negotiate" -- when talking about Burkina Faso's jihadist insurgency. 700 words 0400 GMT by Armel Baily and Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- Health-virus-markets-world-anniversary,FOCUS PARIS A year ago, stock markets plunged into free-fall as the scale of the coronavirus crisis became apparent and countries desperately locked down to try to halt the pandemic. 600 words by Juliette Rabat 0200 GMT World-economy-growth-OECD,WRAP PARIS The OECD sharply raises its 2021 global growth forecast as the deployment of vaccines and a huge US stimulus programme greatly improve economic prospects. 500 words moved by Eve Szeftel. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-film-award LONDON Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand are the biggest names on the Bafta film awards shortlist, which includes a diverse raft of actors and directors following criticism last year. 400 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-GER-Loew,WRAP BERLIN Germany's World Cup-winning head coach Joachim Loew will step down after the European Championship this July, leaving his post a year earlier than anticipated after a decade and a half in charge. 600 words moved by Ryland James. File picture Also moved: Fbl-Euro-2020-GER-Loew-successors,POINTS Fbl-Euro-2020-GER-Loew,PROFILE Fbl-Euro-2020-GER-Loew-Liverpool-Klopp-Eur-C1,lead Fbl-Eur-C1-ITA-POR-Juventus-Porto TURIN, Italy Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus crash out of the Champions League last 16 for the second year running, losing to 10-man Porto on away goals despite winning the second leg 3-2 in Turin. 700 words moved by Emmeline Moore. Picture afp
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