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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Email: Lachlan.Carmichael@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope meets Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS + Myanmar protesters defy military crackdown + Swiss vote on 'burqa ban' + US Covid relief bill passes after mammoth session + British royals brace for more Harry, Meghan revelations Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP MOSUL, Iraq Pope Francis prays for "victims of war" outside a centuries-old church in Iraq's Mosul, where the Islamic State group ravaged one of the world's oldest Christian communities until the jihadists' defeat three years ago. 700 words 0930 GMT by Waleed Al-Khaled and Zeid al-Obeidi. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Thousands of Myanmar anti-coup demonstrators defy a continued military junta crackdown, following overnight raids in Yangon in which some officials from Aung San Suu Kyi's political party were arrested and one was beaten to death. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic Switzerland-voting-Islam-Indonesia-trade,lead GENEVA Switzerland votes in a tight contest over whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. 650 words 1030 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate votes to approve a $1.9 trillion relief package in what President Joe Biden called a "giant step" towards reviving the pandemic-stricken American economy, capping frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP NEW YORK/LONDON The British royal family braces for further revelations from Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, as a week of transatlantic claim and counter-claim reaches a climax when their interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast. 650 words 1200 GMT by Thomas Urbain and Callum Paton. File picture. File video Also moving: Britain-royals-Harry, PROFILE Britain-US-royals-Meghan, PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh YEREVAN, Armenia Nver Gasparyan, who was injured during the fighting for control of the mountainous Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh last year, is haunted by memories of the war that ended in national humiliation for Armenia. 600 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Tunisia-violence-women-law,FOCUS TUNIS When Nadia told police about her husband's violence during Tunisia's coronavirus lockdown, she nearly lost custody of her daughter, illustrating a chasm between a gender law and its enforcement. 660 words moved. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines,ADVANCER GENEVA, Switzerland Global players are gathering online from Monday to brainstorm ways to rapidly boost vaccine production and fight a still-virulent coronavirus that has hobbled the world for 14 months. 700 words 0930 GMT by Christophe Vogt. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-France,lead PARIS Hundreds of thousands of people in northern France go back into lockdown, as health officials step up a nationwide vaccination campaign to make up ground after a slow start. 550 words moved by Hugues Honore with Julia Pavesi in Lille. Picture Health-virus-Israel-vaccines JERUSALEM Israel takes another major step toward post-pandemic normalcy as restaurants, bars and cafés reopen to vaccinated "green pass" holders, with about 40 percent of the population fully inoculated against the coronavirus 450 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. China-vaccines-virus-health,FOCUS BEIJING Shirley Shi has received three offers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 -- through her hometown, her Beijing residential area and her office area -- but the human resources manager is in no rush. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Ludovic Ehret. Picture Health-virus-US-Texas,SCENE HOUSTON Sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe in upscale Houston Heights, Evelyne Marcks shakes her head at the Texas governor's decision to scrap a mask-wearing mandate before the Covid-19 pandemic is under control. 550 words moved by Francois Picard. File picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-tourism,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- France-politics-court-corruption-Sarkozy PARIS The French justice system is scoring a series of major victories in high-profile corruption cases against right-wing politicians, but the successes are sparking claims of bias and verbal attacks on prosecutors and judges. 900 words moved by Adam Plowright. File picture. File video France-Britain-EU-diplomacy-Brexit,INTERVIEW PARIS Britain faces a tough challenge to retain global influence after its departure from the EU under a prime minister who has a well-known reputation for "lying", France's former ambassador to the UK tells AFP in an interview. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-diplomacy-Ireland,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani urges Europe to avoid "threats or pressure" in any negotiations with Tehran, as he receives Ireland's foreign minister amid diplomatic efforts to revive a landmark nuclear deal. 450 words 1300 GMT. Picture. Video Israel-technology-transport-environment,FOCUS HERZLIYA, Israel From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes -- an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate the "range anxiety" associated with electric cars. 660 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video Vatican-Pope-Iraq,SCENE QARAQOSH, Iraq Seven years ago, Munir Jibrail was forced to flee his Iraqi town of Qaraqosh when black-clad jihadists swept in. Today, he's back to welcome a man in white robes. 600 words 1100 GMT by Catherine Marciano. Photo. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast held parliamentary elections on Saturday, with voters going to the polls in a key test of stability four months after a presidential vote was marked by deadly violence. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP NEW YORK After a week of digs at Britain's royal family, just how far will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle go in their hotly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey? 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File picture US-racism-police-trial,ADVANCER MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Nine months after George Floyd's death laid bare the racial wounds in the United States, the white policeman charged with murdering the 46-year-old Black man is going on trial. 700 words moved by Joy Powell with Charlotte Plantive. File picture Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-unrest-protester,VIDEOESSAY NAYPYIDAW Hein Yar Zar grimaces as a tattoo artist etches onto his chest the features of his murdered first love, a young protester whose death has become a symbol of resistance against Myanmar's junta. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- China-indicator-exports-imports,WRAP BEIJING China's export growth jumped to the highest in over two decades, official data shows, with imports also surging in a sharp bounceback from the coronavirus outbreak that had brought activity to a near halt. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ESP-Barcelona-vote BARCELONA Polling opens for a potentially pivotal presidential election at crisis-hit Barcelona. 380 words moved. Picture afp
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