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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 569 3688 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar security forces fire on protest, arrest journalists + Britain passes 15-million vaccination mark + Trump acquittal exposes Republican divide + Former Argentine president Carlos Menem dies + Russians stage flashmobs to support Navalny Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar security forces fire on a protest and arrest journalists in the country's north as reports of troop movements suggest an impending crackdown on demonstrations against a recent military coup. 800 words 2300 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain's coronavirus vaccination programme passes the 15-million mark, as New Zealand orders its largest city Auckland into lockdown. 850 words moved by Joe Jackson and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON After the Senate acquittal of Donald Trump in a historic second impeachment trial, America weighs how long a shadow the former president, even with a tarnished legacy, will continue to cast -- over his party, and over the country. 800 words moved by Brian Knowlton. File picture Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-future Argentina-Menem-obit,LEAD BUENOS AIRES Argentina's former president Carlos Menem, who marked his country with a neoliberal economic approach, has died in a Buenos Aires clinic at the age of 90. 500 words 1930 GMT by Nina Negron. File picture Russia-politics-opposition-Valentine,WRAP MOSCOW Residents of Moscow and Saint Petersburg stage Valentine Day's flashmobs in residential courtyards and public squares, lighting up their phones in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. 600 words 2000 GMT by Anna Smolchenko and Reza Nourmamode. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-NZealand-pandemic,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern orders the country's biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first time in nearly six months after three coronavirus cases emerge in the community. 500 words moved Health-virus-Lebanon,4th LEAD BEIRUT Lebanon launches its Covid-19 vaccination drive with jabs for healthcare workers and the elderly, in a bid to rein in the pandemic amid a deepening economic crisis. 430 words moved. Picture. Video UN-virus-diplomacy-vaccines,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS At the initiative of Britain, which boasts of having an effective vaccination program, the UN Security Council on Wednesday will debate the problem of global access to Covid-19 vaccines, raising issues likely to underscore sharp differences between council members. 600 words moved by Philippe Rater -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-vote,WRAP BARCELONA Catalonia votes in a close election overshadowed by the pandemic and which Madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain. 650 words 2100 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Kosovo-politics-vote,WRAP PRISTINA A left-wing reformist party is poised to dominate Kosovo's early parliamentary elections, exit polls show, after leading a fiery campaign that tapped into frustration with the political establishment. 600 words 1930 GMT by Ismet Hajdari and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics-minorities-stimulus,FOCUS WASHINGTON For the past 11 months, Reign Free has done everything she can think of to keep her catering company open after the pandemic hit -- a fight shared by many Black-owned businesses across the United States. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. US-military-NATO,ADVANCER WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week will reaffirm Washington's commitment to NATO and reassure allies they will be consulted on decisions, in a bid to turn the page after four years of criticism from former president Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture. US-television-racism NEW YORK Chris Harrison, the host of US reality TV dating show "The Bachelor," announces he is stepping down after he was widely criticised for comments he made about race. 350 words moved. File picture. US-Iran-nuclear-diplomacy-deadline,Q&A WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden ran supporting a return to diplomacy with Iran but made clear he will not be rushed into re-entering a 2015 nuclear deal trashed by Donald Trump. Nonetheless, a series of dates are coming up that will force the new US administration to show its hand. 750 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- ASIA -- Japan-quake,WRAP TOKYO A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima injures dozens of people nearly 10 years after the eastern region was hit by a huge quake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-NZealand-pandemic,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern orders the country's biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first time in nearly six months after three coronavirus cases emerge in the community. 500 words moved Myanmar-politics-military-religion,FOCUS YANGON Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country's sudden turn back to army rule. 450 words moved. File picture Afghanistan-accident-fire-oil,WRAP KABUL At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a "catastrophe" at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials say. 560 words moved. Picture India-glacier-climate-flood TAPOVAN, India Rescuers pull the first bodies from a blocked tunnel at a power complex in a northern Indian valley devastated by a flash flood a week ago, where 161 people remain missing. 300 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-health-virus-Ebola,WRAP West Africa faces its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016, with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an "epidemic". 650 words moved by Mouctar Ba with Philippe Siuberski in Dakar. File picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Dozens were killed in overnight clashes in Yemen as Iran-backed Huthi rebels have intensified attacks to seize the government's last northern stronghold. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Yemen-Iran-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus-Lebanon,4th LEAD BEIRUT Lebanon launches its Covid-19 vaccination drive with jabs for healthcare workers and the elderly, in a bid to rein in the pandemic amid a deepening economic crisis. 430 words moved. Picture. Video UAE-space-Mars,LEAD DUBAI The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit. 250 words. Picture -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester United's faltering Premier League title challenge suffers another blow in a 1-1 draw at struggling West Brom as Wolves ease fears they could be drawn into a relegation scrap with a 2-1 win at Southampton. 500 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture RugbyU-6Nations-IRL-FRA,WRAP France enjoy their first Six Nations win in Dublin since 2011 with a 15-13 victory over Ireland at Lansdowne Road to move top of the early table. 600 words moved. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Eight-time winner Novak Djokovic fights through what he had described as a tournament-ending injury to beat Milos Raonic and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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