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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mass protests across Myamnar despite threat + US nears 500,000 virus death milestone + Boeing to ground some 777s after engine fire + EU eyes sanctions on Myanmar, Russia + 'Bite club': Shark attack survivors unite Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Hundreds of thousands of anti-coup protesters rally across Myanmar despite a clear threat from the junta that it is prepared to use lethal force to crush what it brands "anarchy". 650 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States stands on the brink of 500,000 Covid-related deaths, while the vaccination rollout picks up pace globally including with the first shots in Australia. 700 words 0930 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Graphic US-aviation-Boeing-inspections,WRAP WASHINGTON Boeing calls for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes across the world as US regulators investigate a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart over a suburban American community. 600 words moved. Picture EU-sanctions-Russia-Myanmar-Venezuela-US,WRAP BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers are expected to support sanctions on those behind Russia's crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters, and target Myanmar's military over the coup. 650 words 1130 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video Australia-animal-shark,FOCUS CROWDY BAY NATIONAL PARK, New South Wales The first rule of Bite Club is you talk to Dave Pearson, a shark attack survivor who connects hundreds of people from around the world to support each other "beyond the bite". 850 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-rights-UN,lead GENEVA UN chief Antonio Guterres criticises countries that are using the pandemic to justify cracking down on dissent, reining in the media and suppressing criticism. 550 words 1000 GMT by Nina Larson. Video Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set Monday to start unwinding England's third and -- he hopes -- final coronavirus lockdown, as a quickening UK-wide inoculation drive relieves pressure on hard-hit hospitals. 650 words 0930 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Iraq-Christians-Vatican-pope,SPECIAL REPORT BAGHDAD Some fled after the US-led invasion, others during sectarian bloodshed and more following jihadist attacks. Iraq's last two violent decades have hollowed out its Christian community, which dates back two millennia. 1,700 words moved by Sarah Benhaida with AFP bureaus. File picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-Christians-Vatican-housing,FOCUS Iraq-Christians-Vatican-Mosul,FOCUS Australia-US-Internet-Media-Facebook-NewsCorp,FOCUS SYDNEY Australia's push to regulate tech giants has become a power struggle between two of the world's most powerful men, with Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg locked in a generational battle for media dominance. 750 words moved by Andrew Beatty SAfrica-food-virus,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Left jobless by the pandemic and a fire that destroyed her sewing machine, Nomaqhawe Dlomo polished off a hefty portion of maize meal and vegetables dished out at a community centre in a Johannesburg township. 800 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-politics-IAEA-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran hails a visit by the UN nuclear watchdog chief and an agreement on inspections as a "significant achievement" at a time when Tehran, Washington and Europeans powers are seeking to salvage the frayed nuclear deal. 600 words 1100 GMT US-Iran-diplomacy-Oman,INTERVIEW MUSCAT Iran must refrain from any provocation as Washington steps up efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, the head of US forces in the Middle East tells AFP. 600 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture -- EUROPE -- Spain-rights-protest,FOCUS BARCELONA For some of the young protesters who have taken to Spanish streets this week over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasel, his case was the spark that lit a larger bonfire of other grievances. 700 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Spain-rights-music-protest Turkey-France-politics-university,FOCUS ISTANBUL More than a dozen French instructors at a top Turkish university face the threat of expulsion after being denied work permits against the backdrop of a diplomatic feud between Ankara and Paris. 600 words 1200 GMT by Gokan Gunes Austria-banking-sexism,FOCUS VIENNA Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller is out to shake up the banking sector: in a world still dominated by men in dark suits, the Austrian wants to break the region's glass ceiling once and for all. 600 words moved by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-police-investigation-homicide-MalcolmX NEW YORK The daughters of prominent Black activist Malcolm X call for the investigation into his murder to be reopened in light of new testimony implicating the New York police and the FBI. 400 words moved. Picture Ecuador-politics-vote,WRAP QUITO Leftist economist Andres Arauz will face conservative Guillermo Lasso in the upcoming second round of Ecuador's presidential election, officials said Sunday, in a vote marred by fraud allegations and taking place amid a worsening economic crisis. 600 words moved. File picture -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-kidnapping-crime-school ABUJA Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from a school in a separate incident are still missing. 350 words moved -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-UN-rights,lead GENEVA UN chief Antonio Guterres denounces the Myanmar military coup, urging the military to immediately halt post-coup repression, even as the junta warns it is prepared to use lethal force against protesters inciting "anarchy". 500 words moved by Nina Larson. Video HongKong-China-politics,lead HONG KONG A top Chinese official outlines plans to ensure only "patriots" run Hong Kong as Beijing seeks to neuter any remaining democratic opposition and take a more direct role in how the business hub is run. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic MELBOURNE Not content with challenging Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the men's Grand Slams record, Novak Djokovic has Serena Williams and Margaret Court in his sights after claiming an astonishing ninth Australian Open title. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-five,POINTS afp
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