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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US Senate urged to bar Trump from future office + Myanmar general warns protesters: return to work + WHO warns against false sense of security on virus + Tokyo Olympics chief 'to resign' over sexist remarks + French nun turns 117 after surviving Covid US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump should be barred from ever holding office again, impeachment prosecutors say, as they urge the Senate to convict the former president for inciting the violent attack on the US Capitol. 850 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow and Sebastian Smith. Photo. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's ruling general signalled waning patience with nationwide protests over the military's takeover, ordering demonstrators to return to work or face "effective actions". 800 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-shooter Health-virus,WRAP COPENHAGEN The WHO warns Europe against rash reopenings despite a fall in new Covid-19 cases and Germany announces a partial border closure, reminders of the long battle ahead before vaccines can tame the pandemic. 850 words 2000 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-Mori TOKYO Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is to resign after he sparked outrage in Japan and abroad by claiming that women talk too much in meetings, reports say. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture France-senior-citizens-nun-health-virus,lead TOULON, France Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, turns 117 after surviving Covid-19 last month and living through two world wars, with a special birthday feast including her favourite dessert -- Baked Alaska. 450 words moved by Fabien Novial and Sandra Laffont. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-digital,FOCUS WASHINGTON The tradition-bound US Senate has sat in judgment of US presidents before, including Donald Trump just last year -- but this week's process, with its hours of chilling video footage aired before dismayed lawmaker-jurors, marks a first -- an impeachment trial for the digital age. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,FEATURE HONG KONG As the clock counts down to her finally leaving Hong Kong, Judy is riddled with self-doubt and guilt over the gut-wrenching decision to move her family to the other side of the world for a new life in Britain. 850 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi with Mathilde Bellenger in Chelmsford, United Kingdom. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States' Covid vaccination drive enters a new phase as thousands of pharmacies schedule shots, but a wave of optimism brought about by falling cases could soon be tested by dangerous variants. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Lebanon-Oly-2020-2021,VIDEOESSAY JOUNIEH, Lebanon Lebanon may be under coronavirus lockdown, but that has not stopped Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil from training for the Olympics this summer -- between parked cars in her underground garage. 400 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Africa-vaccines Health-virus-tocilizumab-mortality Health-virus-Germany-CzechRepublic-Austria,lead Health-virus-Dubai,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy-politics-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden says his first phone call with Xi Jinping lasted a marathon two hours, during which he challenged his Chinese counterpart on human rights -- but Chinese state media said an increasingly assertive Xi pushed back, calling such issues Beijing's "internal affairs." 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko says his country has defeated foreign attempts to overthrow his government, showing no signs of heeding the embattled opposition's calls for him to resign. 700 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video China-Britain-diplomacy-media-BBC,WRAP BEIJING China's broadcasting regulator bans BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines after a controversial report on its treatment of the country's Uighur minority. 650 words 1930 GMT. File picture Already moved: Belarus-politics-unrest-Lukashenko,PROFILE Britain-US-court-royals,WRAP LONDON Meghan Markle wins her high-profile privacy case against a British newspaper group for publishing a private letter that she wrote to her estranged father. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture. Video. File video Italy-politics ROME Members of Italy's populist Five Star Movement vote to support a government of national unity under Mario Draghi, clearing the way for the ex-European bank chief to become prime minister. 550 words moved -- MIDEAST -- Iran-nuclear-diplomacy-Russia-France,3rdlead PARIS Russia and France urge Iran to show restraint after it started producing uranium metal in a new breach of limits laid out in Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. 430 words moved Saudi-rights-politics-prison,WRAP RIYADH The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul says US President Joe Biden's election win helped secure her release after nearly three years' imprisonment, but cautioned she was still far from free. 600 words 1930 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Video Also moved: Saudi-rights-politics,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-unrest-rights,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian forces shelled heavily populated areas in the first weeks of the conflict in the Tigray region, killing at least 83 civilians and displacing thousands, according to Human Rights Watch. 600 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Senegal-unrest-Casamance,FOCUS KAOUR, Senegal A military offensive in Senegal's southern region of Casamance has thrown separatist rebels on the back foot, raising the prospect that one of Africa's oldest conflicts may finally end. 650 words 1930 GMT by Malick Rokhy Ba. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-climate-flood-glacier TAPOVAN, India Indian rescuers begin drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier. 450 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video Also moved: India-climate-flood-glacier-rescue,SCENE -- SPORT -- fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-ESP-PSG-Barcelona-Neymar PARIS Neymar will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League round of 16 tie against his former club Barcelona due to a groin issue, the French club says. 500 words moved. Picture Britain-US-fbl-ENG-Pr-racism-internet-Facebook-Twitter LONDON Football chiefs in England have written to the bosses of Twitter and Facebook calling for action to tackle "havens of abuse" after a spate of online racist incidents. 500 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Germany-film-festival BERLIN Berlin's international film festival next month will feature 15 movies made under the pandemic in competition for its Golden Bear top prize. 500 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture afp
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