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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Terrifying riot footage dominates Trump trial + Biden targets Myanmar generals with sanctions + Biden challenges Xi on human rights, trade + AstraZeneca profits up, gets WHO nod for over 65s + American porn mogul Larry Flynt dead, aged 78 US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Impeachment prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case against Donald Trump in the US Senate, after presenting chilling new footage of senior politicians fleeing for their lives during last month's assault on Congress, a riot they argued was deliberately incited by the former president. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes and Sebastian Smith. Graphic. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Pressure builds on Myanmar's coup leaders after US President Joe Biden announces sanctions against them and demands they relinquish power, as thousands again take to the streets. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Myanmar-politics-military-economy-sanctions,FOCUS US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden challenges Chinese leader Xi Jinping on human rights, trade and regional muscle-flexing in their first call since the new US president took office. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Paul Handley Health-virus,WRAP LONDON AstraZeneca announces it doubled its annual profit in 2020 as the World Health Organization approves its coronavirus shot for over-65s, boosting the global immunisation effort against Covid-19. 700 words 1230 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Entertainment-US-pornography-Flynt,WRAP LOS ANGELES US porn mogul Larry Flynt, best known as the publisher of Hustler Magazine and a self-styled free-speech champion, died in Los Angeles Wednesday aged 78, according to media reports. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Carlos Hamann in Washington. File Picture -- TRUMP IMPEACHMENT -- US-politics-impeachment-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON Among the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and hardcore fans of Donald Trump, the message was out weeks ahead: Trump wants you in Washington on January 6 to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president. 750 words moved by Paul Handley -- SPOTLIGHT -- 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 -- LunarNewYear-health-virus-China,FOCUS BEIJING China's migrant workers face a difficult choice this Lunar New Year holiday: long journeys home fraught with coronavirus restrictions, or financial incentives enticing them to stay put. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG South Africa says it is considering trading or swapping its doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, thought to be less effective against a local virus variant, and begin its inoculation campaign with Johnson & Johnson shots instead. 600 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-doctors,FOCUS TULTITLAN, Mexico Every day, Mexicans with suspected coronavirus infections seek treatment at the small clinic of Erika Reyes, one of thousands of community-based doctors helping to prevent the country's health system from collapsing. 500 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-music,FOCUS LONDON They have been central to working-class life in mining communities for decades but Britain's colliery brass bands say they are now fighting to survive due to coronavirus restrictions. 700 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture Britain-animal-internet-meetings-offbeat,VIDEOESSAY BLACKBURN, United Kingdom A British farmer came up with a jokey idea to rent out her goats to liven up video call meetings -- and found an unexpected source of lockdown income. 360 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-defense-Pentagon-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces a review of the US military stance toward China, saying the country needs a "strong" approach, while pledging that his administration will use force only as a last resort. 550 words moved US-Israel-Palestinian-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waiting for Joe Biden to call him but the new US president is taking his time -- a quiet signal, observers say, that the United States is no longer giving carte blanche with its ally. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko says his country had beaten back a foreign "blitzkrieg" in an address to loyalists following months of historic demonstrations in the ex-Soviet country that threatened his decades-long rule. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Belarus-politics-unrest-Lukashenko,PROFILE Russia-politics-protests,SCENE SAINT PETERSBURG The time in prison has done little to quench Ruslan Krasnikov's thirst for change at the helm of Russian government -- and to fight for it through street protests. 580 words moved by Marina Koreneva. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-constitution,FOCUS ANKARA Four years after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping powers, he has wrong-footed his opponents once again by calling for a new constitution, sparking accusations of trying to set up a diversion from the country's woes. 750 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. File 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. 550 words 1000 GMT. 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 -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-rights-women,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia has released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family says, as the kingdom faces renewed US pressure over its human rights record. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Already moved: Saudi-rights-women,PROFILE Yemen-conflict-UN-Qaeda-AQAP DUBAI The leader of Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen appears to be still at large despite a United Nations report which claimed he had been under arrest for months, the SITE Intelligence Group and two local tribal leaders say after he was seen in a video released by the jihadist group. 450 words moved Lebanon-blast-Germany,INTERVIEW BEIRUT After a blast of historic proportions at Beirut's port last year, Lebanon only escaped a second chemical inferno by chance, the German company clearing the dockside has said. 600 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. File picture -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-health,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver his annual address to the nation while appearing increasingly fragile politically, hit by massive health and economic crises as well as a divided ruling party. 600 words moved by Michelle Gumede Kenya-police-trial-rights,FOCUS NAIROBI The case was unprecedented in the years-long campaign against police impunity in Kenya, with a record 15 officers ordered to stand trial. The victims filed into the courtroom expecting to witness a historic moment of justice -- instead, the case was withdrawn. 750 words moved by Nick Perry France-Sahel-military-internet,FOCUS PARIS As well as suffering a spate of recent battlefield casualties in the Sahel, France risks losing the fight for hearts and minds in the strategic West African region. 650 words moved by Didier Lauras -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Spain-Lebanon-Armenia-music,FOCUS MADRID In the garage where he sought shelter from bombs in his native Lebanon, Ara Malikian discovered the power of music. The bearded and heavily tattooed 52-year-old pays homage to this childhood hiding spot in his latest album called "Petit Garage". 550 words moved Mathieu Gorse. Picture. Video Serbia-Italy-arts-comic,VIDEOESSAY BELGRADE Alan Ford, a 1960s Italian comic strip following hapless secret agents as they battle a bizarre cast of villains, including one who steals from the poor and gives to the rich, was intended as satire. But for fans throughout what was then Yugoslavia, the series felt like an accurate description of their everyday reality. 650 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Kenin,WRAP MELBOURNE Defending champion Sofia Kenin exits the Australian Open in tears as world number one Ashleigh Barty negotiates a sticky moment to reach the third round. 500 words 0930 GMT. Picture Yachting-AmCup,PREVIEW AUCKLAND There will be no room for emotion when British sailing legend Ben Ainslie confronts former teammate Jimmy Spithill in the final of the America's Cup challenger series this weekend. 590 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture afp
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