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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia's Putin backs Belarus leader in EU showdown + WHO says Europe's vaccine drive 'too slow' + Germany admits committing Namibia genocide + Remains of 215 children found at closed Canadian school + Neymar: Nike lying over sex assault probe bust-up Belarus-politics-aviation-Russia,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin praises Russia's rapprochement with Belarus as he hosts strongman Alexander Lukashenko amid a global outcry following the forced diversion of a European plane. 900 words 2100 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Europe,INTERVIEW COPENHAGEN The WHO's European director warns that the Covid-19 pandemic won't be over until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, while deploring that the vaccine rollout in Europe is still "too slow". 500 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File picture. Video Germany-Namibia-genocide,WRAP BERLIN Germany acknowledges it committed genocide in colonial-era Namibia and promises a billion euros in financial support to descendants of the victims, a move Windhoek welcomes as a "first step" but which activists described as insufficient. 650 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture. Video Also moved: Germany-Namibia-diplomacy-genocide,FACTS Germany-Namibia-Rwanda-Turkey-Myanmar-Sudan-genocide,FACTS Namibia-Germany-genocide-reax,3rdlead Canada-indigenous-school,lead OTTAWA The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples, according to a local tribe. 400 words 1930 GMT Fbl-BRA-FRA-Ligue1-PSG-Neymar-Nike-assault,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Neymar says Nike's claim it parted ways with him last year because he refused to cooperate with its internal investigation into an employee's accusation the football superstar sexually assaulted her is an "absurd lie." 600 words 2000 GMT by Jorge Svartzman. Picture. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-television-culture-LGBT,FOCUS BEIJING Two men exchange longing glances, a frisson of sexual tension in an on-screen relationship which must otherwise go unspoken -- China's "boys' love" phenomenon is gripping video streamers, slipping by censors of LGBTQ themes with their subtlety. 850 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Danni Zhu. Picture Europe-migrants-Serbia-Romania MAJDAN, Serbia Inside an abandoned house, onions sizzle as Seror struggles to cook an Iraqi speciality over an open fire for her family, who are among hundreds waiting for their chance to cross from Serbia into Romania. 750 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Video. Picture -- CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT -- DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA The eastern DR Congo city of Goma is eerily deserted after nearly 400,000 of its inhabitants fled following warnings that nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again. 800 words moved by Heritier Baraka Munyampfura. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Rwanda-DRCongo-volcano-refugee,SCENE SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,2ndlead COLOMBO Tonnes of plastic pellets from a burning container ship swamp Sri Lanka's west coast, sparking a ban on fishing as international efforts to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. 650 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-environment-museum-animal-entertainment-research,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-Capitol-commission,FOCUS WASHINGTON By blocking creation of an independent, bipartisan January 6 commission, congressional Republicans have signaled they would rather approach next year's midterm elections unencumbered by potentially damning findings about the deadly US Capitol riot. 900 words 2100 GMT by Michael Mathes. File picture US-IT-security-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON The state-backed Russian group behind a massive hacking campaign revealed last year has re-emerged with a series of attacks on government agencies, think tanks, consultants and other organizations, according to security researchers. 600 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture US-Russia-NATO-defense-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration announceds it has decided not to return to the Open Skies Treaty, which Donald Trump left, saying Russia has violated the accord. 600 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi US-crime-shooting-guns-business,FOCUS WASHINGTON A disgruntled, heavily-armed employee shows up at work and murders nine of his colleagues: this week's carnage at a California rail yard is every American employer's worst nightmare come true. 600 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture. File video -- EUROPE -- France-attack-police,WRAP LA CHAPELLE-SUR-ERDRE, France A "known radical" suspected of carrying out a knife attack in France dies from injuries sustained in a shootout with police, hours after he badly wounded a female officer in the latest violence directed at police in recent months. 780 words moved by Sylvie Maligorne and Fanny Andre. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-politics-Johnson-finance LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted "unwisely" over funding arrangements for a lavish makeover of his Downing Street flat, but was not guilty of any impropriety, his ethics advisor concludes. 520 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- MIDEAST -- Syria-vote-Assad,Q&A BEIRUT With the conflict mostly on hold but Syria's economy in ruins, what are President Bashar al-Assad's priorities likely to be after he won a fourth term in office? 750 words 1930 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Iraq-conflict-Syria-jihadists,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq The return of dozens of Iraqi families suspected of links to the Islamic State group from Syria to Mosul has sparked fears among residents who survived the horrors of IS rule. 650 words moved by Mohammad Salim. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Germany-Namibia-genocide,WRAP BERLIN Germany recognises it committed genocide in colonial-era Namibia and promises a billion euros in financial support to descendants of the victims, in a move welcomed as a "first step" by Windhoek but slammed as insufficient by activists. 700 words 1930 GMT by Isabelle Le Page. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Germany-Namibia-diplomacy-genocide,FACTS Germany-Namibia-Rwanda-Turkey-Myanmar-Sudan-genocide,FACTS Mali-politics-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita says that a new prime minister will be appointed within days in the strongman's first remarks since seizing power this week. 700 words 1930 GMT by Serge Daniel with Laurent Lozano in Dakar Already moved: Mali-coup-army-conflict,Q&A -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-Delhi,lead NEW DELHI Indian authorities announce a tentative easing of the lockdown in the capital New Delhi as coronavirus infections fall in major cities after weeks of restrictions. 550 words moved. Picture Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,2ndlead Health-virus-WHO-US-China-origin HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-court-Chan,PROFILE -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-politics-economy-budget,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden proposes a $6 trillion budget to "reimagine" the US economy and stave off Chinese competition, though driving the United States into record debt -- and with Congress first needing to give approval. 600 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: US-economy-politics-budget,POINTS Britain-Germany-automobile-luxury-Rolls-BMW,INTERVIEW CHICHESTER, United Kingdom Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, which along with the wider luxury goods sector is recovering strongly from pandemic fallout, has launched a "Boat Tail" automobile -- tailor-made for just three ultra-wealthy clients. 600 words moved by Ben Perry. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1,WRAP PORTO, Portugal Manchester City and Chelsea are in Porto as tension builds towards Saturday's all-English Champions League final in the Portuguese city which was named as a last-minute host for the showdown. 750 words 1930 GMT by Kieran Canning and Andy Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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