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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Covid vaccine inequity risking the planet: UN + Gunmen kidnap dozens from Nigeria school + Myanmar protesters hold biggest rallies yet + 'Hero' of hit movie 'Hotel Rwanda' on trial + World's oldest DNA sequenced from mammoths Health-virus-UN-vaccines-plan,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations leads calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against Covid-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole planet at risk. 700 words 1930 GMT by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington Nigeria-unrest-students-kidnapping,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Gunmen believed to members of a criminal gang storm a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and relatives, in the country's latest mass abduction. 750 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's anti-coup protesters return to the streets in force with the biggest demonstrations since troops fanned out around the country to quell opposition to the new military junta. 700 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military,Q&A Myanmar-politics-military-music-demonstration,FOCUS Myanmar-coup-army-politics Rwanda-court-trial-genocide,WRAP KIGALI Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda," goes on trial in a closely-watched case in Kigali where he stands accused of serious crimes including terrorism. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Science-paleontology-mammoth-genome PARIS Teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have yielded the world's oldest DNA ever sequenced, according to a new study, shining the genetic searchlight into the deep past. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Cyprus-tourism,VIDEOESSAY MONI, Cyprus Half a dozen cruise ships have been stranded for up to nine months off Cyprus, looming large over a fishing village on the holiday island hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 540 words moved by David Vujanovic and Roy Issa. Picture. Video Colombia-environment-indigenous-animal,FOCUS PURACE, Colombia Rosendo Quira silently shakes a medicinal plant to attract a condor to the bait. The bird of prey glides through the clouds over Colombia towards a mountain pass some 3,200 meters above the sea. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP UNITED NATIONS UN chief Antonio Guterres says the world "urgently needs a global vaccination plan" to stop wealthy countries leaving poorer nations behind, as the US climbs back aboard at the World Health Organization with $200m in dues. 800 words 2000 GMT by Philippe Rater with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Germany-politics-Laschet,FOCUS BERLIN Armin Laschet, the new head of Germany's conservative CDU party, is known as an ally of Angela Merkel -- but has come under fire for distancing himself from the chancellor's pandemic policy. 600 words 1930 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-Turkey-vaccine,VIDEOESSAY Thailand-crime-drugs-health,FOCUS Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,4thlead Health-virus-Australia-NZealand Health-virus-Latvia-business-offbeat,lead Health-virus-Israel,FOCUS Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vaccines Health-virus-Japan-vaccines-Oly-2020-2021,lead -- AMERICAS -- US-weather,WRAP AUSTIN, Texas The southeastern United States braces for a major winter storm as millions of people remain without power in Texas, the country's energy capital. 650 words 2030 GMT. Photo. Video US-politics-Biden-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump is back to his raging, attention-grabbing best, but US President Joe Biden says it's time to forget the "former guy" and talk about something else. 500 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture US-radio-Limbaugh,OBIT WASHINGTON Rush Limbaugh, the firebrand radio host with a finger on the pulse of conservative America, has died at 70 -- prompting an outpouring of tributes led by former president Donald Trump. 550 words 2000 GMT by Joshua Melvin. File picture US-NKorea-politics-hacking-banking,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US charges three North Korean military intelligence officials with a series of cyberthefts in the new Biden administration's first action against Pyongyang. 600 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-health-Philip,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, remains in a London hospital as a "precautionary measure", according to Buckingham Palace, with sources saying it is not due to coronavirus. 600 words 2000 GMT by Callum Paton and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Live video. Russia-politics-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Europe's rights court tells Russia to release jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny out of concern for his life, but Moscow swiftly rejects the call. 700 words moved by Anastasia Clark with Antoine Pollez in Strasbourg. Picture Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny,CHRONO Iran-nuclear-politics-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS Top diplomats from European powers and the United States will hold talks on Thursday to see how to revive the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear drive, days ahead of a deadline set by Tehran that could hinder the efforts by limiting inspections. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams -- MIDEAST -- Libya-revolution-anniversary,WRAP TRIPOLI Libyans mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Moamer Kadhafi, ending a long-lived dictatorship but throwing the country into a decade of violent lawlessness. 700 words 2000 GMT by Rim Taher. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Science-Egypt-archaeology CAIRO A high-tech study offers new clues into the killing of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt over three millennia ago. 300 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest-ICC-trial,SCENE BANGUI Wearing suits on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the two men look like harmless office workers. But in the Central African Republic, the horrors wrought by the militias they are accused of leading remain vivid in the minds of their victims. 700 words moved by Camille Laffont. File picture. Graphic -- ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- Australia-US-IT-media-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook says it will restrict news content sharing in Australia, refusing to bend to a regulatory push that would force the social giant to share revenue with media outlets 550 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever Vatican-pope-religion-health-virus-economy,FOCUS VATICAN CITY With donations down 25 percent, revenues from the Vatican Museums cut by 85 percent and millions of euros lost to support struggling shopkeepers, the coronavirus pandemic has left a big hole in Pope Francis' finances. 650 words 2000 GMT by Catherine Marciano. Picture. -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Stefanos Tsitsipas ends Rafael Nadal's Grand Slam record bid in five gripping sets, as home hopes are dashed when top-ranked Ashleigh Barty is knocked out in the Australian Open quarter-finals. 600 words moved. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-women-semis,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Muchova-Brady,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,FACTS Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-Barcelona-Messi-Mbappe PARIS Kylian Mbappe had already won the World Cup, but the 22-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward had not yet produced a Champions League performance on the level of the devastating hat-trick that blew away Lionel Messi and Barcelona. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-PSG-Barcelona-Koeman-Messi,FOCUS afp
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