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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Contact: Engdeskers@afp -- TOP STORIES -- + India in new vaccine push as virus cases jump + US formally begins Afghanistan troop drawdown + Explosions in Yangon amid anti-coup protests + Israel buries dead killed in pilgrim stampede + Maradona left 'to fate' ahead of death: panel Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI The global Covid-19 crisis shows no signs of abating as devastating coronavirus waves push infections and deaths to record levels in India and Brazil. 750 words moved by Glenda Kwek with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-withdrawal,WRAP KABUL The United States formally begins withdrawing its last troops from Afghanistan Saturday, bringing its longest war nearer to an end but also heralding an uncertain future for a country in the tightening grip of an emboldened Taliban. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-US-military,CHRONO Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q&A Also moving: Afghanistan-conflict-US-withdrawal-Kandahar,FOCUS Myanmar-politics-military-demonstration-unrest YANGON Explosions go off throughout Myanmar's largest city Yangon as protesters continue to march for democracy, defying a brutal junta regime that has held onto power for three months. 400 words 1000 GMT. File picture Moved: Myanmar-politics-military-SuuKyi,FOCUS Israel-accident-religion,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel prepares to bury more victims of a stampede that killed at least 45 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation's worst peacetime disasters. 700 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-accident-religion,SCENE Israel-accident-religion,FACTS Argentina-fbl-ARG-Maradona,lead BUENOS AIRES Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a "prolonged, agonizing period" before he died last year, an expert medical panel concludes. 450 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Iraq-Kurds-rights-justice SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq One night last October in Iraq's far north, police dragged Shivan Saed from his bed and beat him in front of his family before taking him away. Saed, 36, is one of a growing number of activists and journalists in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region subject to arbitrary arrest and unfair trials, detainees' relatives and human rights groups say. 800 words moved by Shwan Muhammad -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-vaccines,3rdlead NEW DELHI India is due to open up its jumbo vaccination drive to all adults, but many states don't have the stocks as hospitals reel from a vicious Covid surge. 550 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga and Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Poland-rights-politics-court-EU,INTERVIEW WARSAW Polish human rights chief Adam Bodnar criticises the EU for its slow response to the government's rule of law violations, warning in an interview that Poland risks becoming "undemocratic". 700 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-technology-pandemic,VIDEOESSAY TAUNTON, Britain The rural county of Somerset in southwest England is best known for its cider, and seems an unlikely setting for cutting-edge technological innovation. 400 words 1000 GMT by Arman Soldin. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-bandits KANO, Nigeria A Nigerian bandit chief who led the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren has been killed in armed clashes with a rival gang, sources say, just days after reneging on an amnesty deal with authorities. 450 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. File picture SAfrica-politics-corruption-crime,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG The scene is set for a bruising battle within South Africa's ruling African National Congress after its secretary general, Elias Magashule, ignored a party deadline to quit over graft allegations. 750 words moved by Michelle Gumede. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-entertainment-Disneyland,SCENE ANAHEIM, California Fans wearing Mickey Mouse ears line up as Disneyland in California finally reopens, more than 400 days after the pandemic forced an unprecedented closure for the self-styled "Happiest Place on Earth." 550 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video US-Ukraine-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine next week in a show of "unwavering" support after Russian troops amassed on its border, the State Department says. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-Russia-diplomacy-health WASHINGTON US senators say that the government is investigating an apparent increase in mysterious directed-energy attacks dubbed "Havana syndrome", amid new reports of potentially brain-damaging incidents inside the country. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-conflict BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan accuses Tajikistan of breaking a ceasefire by firing on homes and says 33 of its people have been killed in the deadliest border clashes between the countries since their independence from the Soviet Union. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys LOS ANGELES The organizers of the Grammys say they are scrapping the "secret" committees that select which acts get nominated for the prestigious music awards following criticism from artists and allegations of rigging. 400 words moved Entertainment-US-music-crime-Manson,lead LOS ANGELES "Game of Thrones" actor Esme Bianco files a lawsuit against US goth rocker Marilyn Manson setting out graphic allegations of rape, sexual abuse and violence. 450 words moved afp
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