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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Eight shot dead on Myanmar crackdown's bloodiest day + Iran says time not 'suitable' for nuclear deal meeting + Trump eyes return to spotlight at right-wing gathering + Kremlin critic Navalny sent to prison colony + Golden Globes launch Covid-era Hollywood awards season Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar security forces shoot dead at least eight protesters in the bloodiest action so far to smother opposition to the military coup four weeks ago. 750 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it does not consider the time to be "suitable" for a meeting on the embattled 2015 nuclear deal, proposed by Europe and involving the US, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. 400 words 1930 GMT US-politics-Republicans-Trump-CPAC,WRAP ORLANDO, Florida Donald Trump returns to the political stage, determined to reassert his dominance over a Republican Party that is out of power and pondering whether the flawed former president can win again in 2024. 600 words 2100 GMT by Chandan Khanna with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is transferred to a penal colony east of Moscow to serve a prison term for violating parole, a public commission that monitors detainees' rights says. 600 words moved by Maxime Popov Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES Hollywood's award season kicks off at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony set to boost or dash the Oscars hopes of early frontrunners like "Nomadland" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7". 850 words 2030 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture. File video. Graphic Moved: Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-nominees,FACTS -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-gender-banking-WallStreet,FOCUS NEW YORK Pin-up photos and smutty jokes have long been commonplace on trading floors, but the finance world is gradually opening up to women -- underlined by the arrival on Monday of Jane Fraser at the head of Wall Street banking flagship Citigroup. 650 words moved by Juliette Michel. Picture Also moved: US-gender-banking-SouSou-LifeSaver-Forte,FOCUS US-gender-banking-employee,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain says that more than 20 million of its people have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while the rest of Europe lags behind, with the hard-hit Czech Republic turning to Russia's Sputnik V jab as it fights the world's highest infection rate. 750 words moved by Anna Malpas with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Germany-France-border,2ndlead BERLIN Germany declares France's Covid-battered Moselle region as a high risk area for virus variants, triggering tougher entry requirements at the border between the two neighbours. 450 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier -- AMERICAS -- ElSalvador-vote-politics,lead SAN SALVADOR Salvadorians elect new lawmakers and mayors in a vote that could see President Nayib Bukele and his allies obtain an absolute majority in parliament. 400 words 2000 GMT by Carlos Mario Marquez and Marco Sibaja. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-justice-film,INTERVIEW ISTANBUL Celebrated Turkish actor Mujdat Gezen, who risks returning to jail at the age of 77 on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks of his concerns for his country in an interview with AFP. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture Kosovo-film-food-business-gender,FOCUS KRUSHE E MADHE, Kosovo A new Kosovar drama that swept awards at Sundance tells the story of war widows who broke down taboos to start a business. 800 words moved by Sally Mairs and Ismet Hajdari. Picture -- AFRICA -- Chad-unrest-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Authorities in Chad and a senior opposition figure running for president blame each other for a deadly gun battle in the capital. 450 words moved Nigeria-unrest-kidnap-school,SCENE JANGEBE, Nigeria Seated against the plastered mud wall of her bare sitting room, Humaira Mustapha makes no effort to wipe away the tears rolling down her cheeks as she speaks about her two kidnapped daughters. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-democracy-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Thai police shoot rubber bullets and use water cannon and tear gas against pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok at a rally outside a military barracks housing the prime minister's residence. 600 words moved. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents are charged with subversion in the largest use yet of Beijing's sweeping new security law, as authorities seek to cripple the finance hub's democracy movement. 750 words 1930 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Xinqi Su. Picture. Video. Live video -- MIDEAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP SANAA Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels claim attempted strikes on neighbouring Saudi Arabia overnight and threaten more attacks, as fighting escalates in the country's grinding civil war. 640 words 1930 GMT. File picture. Video Yemen-conflict-UN,INTERVIEW DUBAI The war in Yemen is turning the impoverished country into an "unviable state" that will be almost beyond repair, a top UN official warns ahead of a donor conference aimed at averting a famine. 500 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Video US-Israel-diplomacy-Saudi Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo says "many" people in Saudi Arabia want normalised relations with Israel, voicing hope the kingdom will join the Abraham Accords agreed during Donald Trump's administration. 450 words moved -- BUSINESS -- USA-Basket-sport-internet-auction,FOCUS NEW YORK Fans have been flocking by the thousands to the Top Shot online platform to buy short videos of dramatic sequences from professional basketball games, as a new virtual market enjoys astonishing success among collectors, sports fans and art lovers. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture afp
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