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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.79.31 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump's second impeachment trial set to begin + Myanmar police fire rubber bullets at anti-coup protesters + Drivers stranded as heaviest snow in years pummels Europe + Arab world's first space mission nears Mars orbit + Supremes singer Mary Wilson dies at 76 US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate puts Donald Trump on trial for inciting insurrection, charging into unprecedented constitutional territory and laying bare the trauma inflicted in the former president's attempt to overturn his re-election defeat. 700 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture We will also move: US-politics-impeachment-trial,FACTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The United Nations condemns Myanmar for its increased use of force against protestors, after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-coup demonstrators defying a military ban on rallies. 900 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-internet,FOCUS Myanmar-politics-military-Thailand-migrants,SCENE Myanmar-coup-politics-internet,FOCUS Germany-weather-transport-Britain,WRAP BERLIN Freezing drivers are stranded for hours in traffic jams in Germany and Covid-19 vaccination centres are shut in Britain as Europe is pummelled by the heaviest snow in years. 550 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video UAE-space-Mars,WRAP DUBAI A tense half-hour will determine the fate of the UAE's "Hope" probe to Mars as the Arab world's first space mission carries out a tricky manoeuvre to enter the Red Planet's orbit. 550 words 1630 GMT by Dana Moukhallati. Graphic Also moved: UAE-space-Mars,FACTS US-music-Supremes-Wilson,OBIT WASHINGTON Motown singer and the Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson has died, US media report. She was 76. 450 words moved. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kuwait-women-abuse,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of "shame" to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media campaign sparked by a popular fashion blogger. 700 words moved by Salima Lebel with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai Britain-arts-books-gender-cartoon,INTERVIEW LONDON Not all superheroes wear capes: some prefer dresses. Cartoonist Steven Appleby drew on his own cross-dressing to create August Crimp, who transforms into "Dragman" whenever he puts on women's clothes. 650 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Turkmenistan-rights-Ennals-media,PROFILE ALMATY Soltan Achilova, who found her calling late in life, may have fallen into one of the hardest jobs in the world: being a reporter in secretive and repressive Turkmenistan. 700 words moved by Christopher Rickleton. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China A joint WHO and China team wraps up its investigation with no breakthrough discovery on the origins of the pandemic, ruling out the theory that Covid-19 came from a lab but failing to identify which animal it may have come from. 700 words 1530 GMT by Laurie Chen with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Iran,2ndlead TEHRAN Iran begins its Covid-19 vaccination campaign using Russia's Sputnik V jab to fight the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the illness. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-masks,POINTS WASHINGTON As new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus spread, experts say it's more important than ever to wear higher quality masks. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Mexico-economy,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexico's coronavirus death toll is soaring and the capital is on maximum alert, but for many workers who scrape out a living in the street, staying at home is not an option. 500 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-museums,lead PERPIGNAN, France A far-right mayor in France throws down the gauntlet to the central government by reopening his city's museums in defiance of coronavirus rules. 400 words moved. Picture. Health-virus-France-tourism,FOCUS PARIS The annual influx of French tourists has slowed to a trickle in the palm-fringed beaches of French islands in the Caribbean following a government decision over the Covid-19 pandemic, dealing a major blow to the local economy. 700 words moved by Emmanuelle Trecolle with AFP correspondents -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-silence,FOCUS WASHINGTON Don't expect to hear from Donald Trump or Joe Biden as the US Senate begins a second impeachment trial of the former president over January's deadly Capitol siege. 600 words 1700 GMT by Jerome Cartiliier. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-EU-politics-opposition-sanction,WRAP MOSCOW Russia accuses allies of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny of treasonous behaviour for urging the EU to sanction members of President Vladimir Putin's circle, including oligarchs and bankers. 660 words 1530 GMT by Anna Smolchenko Hungary-media-court,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungary's leading independent radio station Klubradio loses an appeal to keep its licence after the media regulator said it had infringed rules, raising new press freedom concerns in the EU member state. 500 words moved by Peter Murphy. File picture Italy-politics,FOCUS ROME In Italy, politicians left, right and centre are rallying behind Mario Draghi's attempt to form a national unity government -- but will an unusually broad coalition make his job harder? 650 words 1500 GMT by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Belarus-politics-unrest,ADVANCER MINSK Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko is convening hundreds of loyal delegates at a people's assembly this week to unveil promised reforms, in a display the embattled opposition has dismissed as political theatre. 650 words moved. File picture Health-Netherlands-weather-skating THE HAGUE Measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic are set to devastate the hopes of millions of skate-mad Dutch, fervently wishing for a near-mythical ice-skating race to materialise for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-Egypt,WRAP CAIRO Egypt opens its border crossing with the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip "indefinitely", allowing people in the coastal strip passage to the outside world for the first time in months. 500 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Morocco-flood-accident,WRAP RABAT Morocco's premier vows punishment after 28 people died when heavy rains flooded an illegal underground textile workshop, reviving a debate on work conditions in the North African country. 500 words 1600 GMT by Ismail Bellaouali Iraq-executions-rights,WRAP NASIRIYAH, Iraq Iraq hangs five people convicted on "terrorism" charges in a notorious southern prison, security sources said, despite an international outcry in recent months over the country's execution record. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- India-climate-glacier-flood,WRAP TAPOVAN, India Indian rescue workers battle through tonnes of rock and mud to try and rescue 35 people trapped in a tunnel after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off killed at least 26 and left over 170 missing. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: India-climate-glacier-flood-survivors,SCENE HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's top court orders pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to stay behind bars as it sides with prosecutors in the first legal test of Beijing's sweeping new national security law. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Live video China-society-population-growth,lead BEIJING The number of babies born in China drops again, in the latest sign that relaxations in the country's strict family planning policy are not working. 500 words moved India-agriculture-politics-demonstration-Tikait,FOCUS NEW DELHI The Tikait family has a history of being a thorn in the side of Indian governments that take on the country's farmers, and their emotional appeal has again energised a showdown with authorities. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school,lead KANO, Nigeria A Nigerian gang leader behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in northwest Katsina state in December surrenders to authorities in an amnesty deal. 500 words 1500 GMT. File picture. Graphic Mozambique-unrest,FOCUS MAPUTO Islamist attacks in Mozambique's remote north have become less frequent and violent over recent weeks, a trend analysts attribute in part to scaled-up counter-insurgency tactics. 650 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. Video. File picture. Graphic Chad-vote-politics N'DJAMENA Fifteen parties in Chad's fragmented opposition name a single candidate to contest presidential elections on April 11 against the 30-year incumbent, Idriss Deby Itno. 400 words moved. Picture. File picture -- CLIMATE -- Asia-India-environment-rivers,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR A glacial burst that triggered a deadly flash flood in the Indian Himalayas last weekend was a disaster waiting to happen, and one likely to be repeated in a region transformed by climate change and unchecked infrastructure development, experts warn. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Weather-climate-LaNina-UN GENEVA The 2020-2021 La Nina phenomenon has passed its peak, says the UN weather agency, but its impact on temperatures, rain and storm patterns is set to continue. 550 words moved by Robin Millard Finland-climate-Olympics-offbeat HELSINKI A snow-covered Arctic village in Finland has struck a viral hit with a fake bid for the Summer Olympics to highlight the impact of climate change in the far north. 400 words moved -- TECH AND LIFESTYLE -- China-technology-Clubhouse-censorship,WRAP BEIJING The treatment of Muslim Uighurs, Tianamen Square and S&M hook-ups -- nothing was off-limits in the rambunctious, unfiltered chatrooms of Clubhouse, before China's censors silenced the conversation. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow Lifestyle-Jordan-art-make-up,FOCUS AMMAN A young Jordanian make-up artist has beaten the pandemic lockdown blues and shot to online fame with videos of herself imitating famous figures from across the Arab world and beyond. 550 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Rafael Nadal's injured back didn't slow his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open while women's world number one Ashleigh Barty romped to a 6-0, 6-0 'double bagel'. 650 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture Cricket-IND-ENG,2ndlead CHENNAI Joe Root led England to an emphatic 227-run win over India in the opening Test, taking the upper hand in their bid for a rare series victory against the hosts on their patch. 550 words moved afp
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