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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Jordan: foiled plot against nation involves prince + Netanyahu begins coalition talks, corruption trial + Bulgaria PM party leads polls, protest vote surges + United come from behind to cut City's Premier lead Jordan-politics-arrest,WRAP AMMAN Jordan says it has foiled a plot to "destabilise" the kingdom involving Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, a half-brother of King Abdullah II, and arrested at least 16 suspects. 800 words 0200 GMT. Picture. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Jordan-politics-arrest-royal,PROFILE Jordan-politics,CHRONO Jordan-politics-arrest,COUNTRYFACTFILE Israel-politics-court,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's legal and political dramas converge, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due in court for his corruption trial and the president to launch talks to help form a government. 700 words 0300 GMT by Ben Simon Bulgaria-vote,WRAP SOFIA The centre-right GERB party of outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has come first in parliamentary elections with around 25 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. 700 words moved by Vessela Sergueva and Diana Simeonova. Picture. Video fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester United come from behind to beat Brighton and cut Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League, while Tottenham's top-four challenge suffers a setback as Joe Willock's late strike rescues a 2-2 draw for lowly Newcastle. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Denmark-Greenland-vote-youth,FOCUS NUUK Her traditional hand and face markings a sign of Inuit pride, Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen is part of a new generation in Greenland seeking a fresh cultural identity with an eye to independence one day. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Mozambique-conflict,SCENE PEMBA As she stepped off an evacuation boat from the besieged town of Palma in northern Mozambique, Mariamo Assane broke down, reliving the harrowing day she fled a ferocious rampage by Islamist militants. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Mozambique-conflict-unrest -- CORONAVIRUS -- Vatican-pope-health-virus VATICAN CITY Pope Francis urges Catholics to remain hopeful in his Easter address, calling vaccines an "essential tool" in ending the pandemic and urging their swift rollout to the world's poorest countries. 450 words. Moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca,Q&A PARIS Persistent questions on whether rare but serious blood clots among those getting the AstraZeneca jab against Covid-19 are more frequent than in the general population, and what causes them if they are, have continued to undermine confidence in the beleaguered vaccine. 1150 words moved -- ASIA -- China-Xinjiang-diplomacy,Q&A BEIJING After a brief lull, China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies following renewed global pressure over Beijing's treatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. 800 words 0230 GMT by Beiyi Seow Australia-Myanmar-prisoners-politics SYDNEY Two Australians who were detained in Myanmar late last month have been released and have left Yangon, Canberra's foreign affairs department says. 200 words moved Taiwan-accident-train,lead TAIPEI A maintenance worker whose runaway truck sparked Taiwan's worst rail disaster in recent decades made a tearful apology as investigators said the train driver had little time to react to the collision. 600 words moved by Amber Wang. File picture -- EUROPE -- EU-Turkey-diplomacy,ADVANCER BRUSSELS The EU's top two officials head to Turkey on Tuesday to lay out to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the bloc's conditions for improved ties after a dip in tensions. 750 words 0230 GMT by Max Delany and Christian Spillman Britain-health-virus-travel-politics LONDON Britain will on Monday set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown. 450 words 0230 GMT moved -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-unrest-conflict ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's military is fighting "on eight fronts" in hotspots including the northern Tigray region, where adversaries have adopted "guerrilla" tactics, according to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-SAG,WRAP LOS ANGELES Critical hit films such as "The Trial Of The Chicago 7" and "Minari" vie to be judged the year's best performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- a prestigious prize that would strengthen their case for the Oscars later this month. 650 words 0230 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video afp
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