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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden: US to lead world on climate threats + US issues nationwide domestic terror alert + Putin hails extension of US nuclear treaty + India tightens security after farmer riots + Wuhan next-of-kin say China silencing them US-environment-climate-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden vows the US will lead the global charge to confront the "existential threat" of the climate crisis, as he signs a raft of new orders and announces a global summit in April. 750 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-alert,WRAP WASHINGTON The US issues a nationwide terror alert over domestic extremists opposed to President Joe Biden, as a Trump supporter is charged in California for possessing five pipe bombs. 550 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley Russia-US-diplomacy-disarmament,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the extension of a key nuclear pact a positive development in reducing global tensions, as lawmakers unanimously vote to ratify the agreement to prolong New START in a rare moment of cooperation between Moscow and Washington. 600 words moved. Picture. Video India-agriculture-politics-demo,WRAP NEW DELHI Indian police impose heavy security and close several main roads around New Delhi, a day after farmers went on the rampage in the capital, leaving one person dead and several hundred injured. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with Bhuvan Bagga in Singhu. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: India-agriculture-politics-demo,Q&A Health-virus-China-rights-families,FOCUS WUHAN, China Relatives of Wuhan's coronavirus dead say authorities have deleted their social media groups and are pressuring them to keep quiet while a World Health Organization team is in the city to investigate the pandemic's origins. 700 words moved by Leo Ramirez with Dan Martin in Shanghai. Video. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Balkans-Serbia-assault-gender-theatre-film,FOCUS BELGRADE When a Serbian actress accused her former drama teacher of rape last week, the reaction was seismic: thousands of women across the Balkans have since come forward with their own stories, united under the banner "You are not alone". 850 words moved by Marion Dautry. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Daily global deaths from Covid-19 top 18,000 for the first time in the latest reminder of its deadly impact, as countries further tighten restrictions in their struggle against new virus variants. 750 words 2100 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Lebanon-demonstration,3rdlead TRIPOLI, Lebanon Demonstrators enraged by a coronavirus lockdown clash with security forces in the Lebanese city of Tripoli for a third straight night, leaving more than 20 people injured. 450 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-EU-Britain-vaccine,lead BRUSSELS EU demands that AstraZeneca make up delays of its Covid-19 vaccine by supplying doses from its UK factories risk setting the bloc and Britain on a post-Brexit collision course. 700 words moved by Marc Burleigh with Jitendra Joshi in London. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Austria-border-ski Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-Japan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden reaffirms the United States' commitment to defend Japan in his first phone call with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, striking a note of reassurance after the Trump era. 450 words 2000 GMT by Ben Sheppard US-politics-impeachment,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to dodge conviction after nearly all senators from his party signalled opposition to his trial, fuelling efforts to instead censure the ex-president over the ransacking of the US Capitol. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes US-politics-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Antony Blinken gets to work with a warning that the world's eyes are on the United States to see if it can heal deep divisions. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian authorities ramp up pressure on the opposition, searching the apartments and offices of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny ahead of new protests called for the weekend to demand his release. 650 words moved by Nikolay Korzhov. Picture. Video France-trial-kidnapping,WRAP NICE, France A French court hands an 18-year prison term to an Italian man accused of orchestrating the kidnapping of an ageing hotel heiress in the French city of Nice four years ago. 500 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo lawmakers approve a motion to force out Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, handing President Felix Tshisekedi a key victory in his bid to sideline allies of his predecessor. 500 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and Samir Tounsi. Video -- ASIA -- SKorea-animal-panda-offbeat SEOUL Video footage of an adorable baby giant panda clinging desperately to her zookeeper's leg in South Korea garners more than four million hits on YouTube. 200 words moved. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-aviation-aerospace-earnings- Boeing, WRAP NEW YORK Boeing concludes a bruising 2020 with another unpleasant surprise: a $6.5 billion hit from delays to its new 777X plane that exacerbated its annual loss. 675 words 2200 GMT by John Biers -- HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY -- Poland-Germany-Auschwitz-Jews-history-genocide WARSAW The more than 200,000 children killed by Nazi Germany at Auschwitz are honoured in online ceremonies marking the liberation of the camp which has come to symbolise the Holocaust. 400 words moved. Picture. File picture. Video Luxembourg-history-politics-Holocaust,lead LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg marks Holocaust Remembrance Day by signing an "historic" agreement to provide financial compensation for the confiscation of property from Jews during World War II. 400 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Chelsea start a new era under Thomas Tuchel after the sacking of club great Frank Lampard as Manchester United eye top spot in the Premier League. 650 words 2000 GMT by John Weaver. Picture Oly-2020-2021-IOC-Bach-health-virus LAUSANNE Olympic chief Thomas Bach calls for "patience" over the Tokyo Games, the holding of which this year is in continued doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words by Coralie Febvre moved Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-IOC-virus-health,WRAP Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,lead Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan-Ito,INTERVIEW afp
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