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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + India logs 200,000 Covid deaths + Iran's Zarif says wants 'adjustment' with military + Eritrean troops loot food aid in Tigray + Samsung heirs to pay $10bn inheritance bill + Florida school bans Covid-vaccinated teachers Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's coronavirus death toll crosses 200,000 as a relentless wave of new cases swamps hospitals, while US President Joe Biden hails America's "stunning" progress in its fight against the pandemic. 700 words 0630 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-politics-diplomacy-government,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he favours a "smart adjustment" between the military and diplomatic spheres, in his first public reaction after audio emerged of him bemoaning the military's influence. 500 words 0630 GMT by Amir Havasi. File picture. Video Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-aid,EXCLUSIVE ADDIS ABABA Eritrean soldiers are blocking and looting food aid in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, according to government documents obtained by AFP, stoking fears of starvation deaths as fighting nears the six-month mark. 700 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet SKorea-taxation-telecommunication-Samsung-people,lead SEOUL The heirs to South Korea's Samsung group announced their plans to pay more than $10 billion in death duties Wednesday -- one of the world's biggest-ever inheritance tax settlements -- including donating Picasso and Monet artworks. 600 words 0600 GMT by Sunghee Hwang and Kang Jin-kyu. Picture Health-virus-US-vaccine-Florida,lead MIAMI A private school in Florida bars teachers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 from coming into contact with students, arguing against all evidence that the educators pose a health risk. 650 words moved by Leila Macor -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Ecuador-Galapagos-science-tourism,FOCUS SANTA CRUZ, Ecuador When the coronavirus pandemic reached South America, human activity on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador ground almost to a halt, leaving giant tortoises, iguanas and other endemic species to themselves. 750 words moved by Florence Panoussian. Picture. Video. Graphic China-economy-lifestyle-toys,FOCUS BEIJING Tiny unicorns and cartoon girls in clown costumes line the shelves of Wang Zhaoxue's study in Beijing -- tokens of China's mania for "blind boxes" that has made fortunes for toymakers and even caught the attention of those in power. 600 words moved by Danni Zhu and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video SKorea-energy-climate-wind-fishing,FOCUS GOCHANG, South Korea Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches. 850 words moved Graphic. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,SCENE GHAZIABAD, India Himanshu Verma sighs in relief as a mask is fitted over his mother's face, allowing the Covid-19 sufferer to breathe in oxygen as she sat alongside a busy road on the outskirts of New Delhi. 500 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain entertainment,WRAP BARCELONA Six people out of 5,000 who attended an indoor trial concert last month in Barcelona reported testing positive for Covid-19 afterwards, organisers say, giving hope for the revival of the live music industry. 500 words moved by Maud Watine. File picture. Video Britain-music-celebrity-poetry-France,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Brazil-politics,WRAP BRASILIA Brazil's Senate opens an inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a politically explosive move that could damage President Jair Bolsonaro as he gears up to seek re-election next year. 700 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-speech-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will use his first address to Congress to urge following up the fight against Covid-19 with a no-less-epic battle for a fairer United States, where the rich do more to help end inequality. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture. Picture US-justice-police-race,FOCUS CHICAGO Police forces in the United States are seeing increased sick-leave and early retirement, as well as an uptick in resignations and even suicides, as accusations of violence and racism take a hit on the morale of already stressed-out officers. 800 words 0530 GMT by Bob Chiarito, with Charlotte Plantive in Washington Venezuela-agriculture-sanctions-fuel,FOCUS CARACAS "We have gone back about two centuries," groans farmer Alfonso Morales who, for a lack of diesel in oil-rich Venezuela, must now rely on oxen to plow his land. 600 words moved. Picture US-IT-media-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK Anna Codrea-Rado built a name for herself as a freelance journalist, building an audience of 2,500 for her email newsletter -- then in 2019 joined writers charging a subscription fee using the Substack platform, moving to the direct-to-consumer model. 750 words 0530 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File picture. -- ASIA -- US-Pakistan-BinLaden-anniversary-Zawahiri,FOCUS PARIS Ten years after the killing of its founder Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda bears little resemblance to the terror network that struck the US on September 11, 2001, but remains a threat even under a starkly different leadership structure. 800 words moved by Didier Lauras. File Picture. Graphic -- Please see special advisory moving separately for full filing plan -- -- EUROPE -- France-politics-army,FOCUS PARIS The French government threatens to punish active soldiers who signed an open letter by 25 retired generals warning President Emmanuel Macron that the country is on the brink of social disintegration and headed for "civil war". 750 words moved by Clare Byrne and Didier Lauras. Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court imposes sweeping bans on Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director says, as Russia inches toward shutting down the jailed opposition figure's movement. 600 words moved Ukraine-Russia-conflict,SCENE SHROKYNE, Ukraine With gunfire crackling in the distance, soldiers on Ukraine's eastern frontline say there has been little let-up in fighting since Russia pulled back its troops from their country's borders. 650 words moved by Yulia Silina. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-Spain-Ireland-attack,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Three journalists -- two Spanish and one Irish -- are killed by "terrorists" in Burkina Faso, officials say, after an anti-poaching patrol was attacked in the West African nation. 650 words moved Also moving: Burking-Spain-Ireland-attack,PROFILE Also moved: Burkina-Spain-Ireland-attack,COUNTRYFACTFILE Chad-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA At least five people die during banned protests against Chad's new military junta, with its leader pledging national dialogue as the generals take charge following the shock battlefield death of his father and veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno. 700 words moved by Djimet Wiche and Amaury Hauchard afp
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