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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Democrats to unveil impeachment case against Trump + WHO expert slams US Covid intel as Europe tightens curbs + Myanmar anti-coup protesters defy ban for fifth day of rallies + China's Tianwen-1 probe enters Mars orbit + Instagram cracks down on racist abuse of footballers US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats will present the case against Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, arguing that he directed an enraged crowd to storm Congress in the dying days of his presidency -- but Republicans look unlikely to convict. 700 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes and Sebastian Smith Moved: US-politics-impeachment-trial,FACTS US-politics-impeachment-conviction,POINTS Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China A WHO expert sent to China to probe the coronavirus has hit out at US intelligence on Covid-19, as his team heads home with few answers about the origin of a pandemic that is forcing more clampdowns around the world. 800 words 1530 GMT by Laurie Chen with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphics Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Tens of thousands take to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city for a fifth consecutive day, defying a ban on protests as the military moves to tighten its grip on the country. 750 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic China-Mars-space,WRAP BEIJING China's Tianwen-1 probe enters the orbit of the planet Mars, state media says, after it launched from southern China last July. 500 words moved. Picture. File Picture. Graphic Britain-fbl-ENG-Pr-internet-racism-Facebook-Instagram LONDON Instagram announces new measures to tackle online abuse following a spate of "horrifying" racist attacks on Premier League footballers. 500 words moved -- TRUMP IMPEACHMENT -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-Senate,SCENE WASHINGTON With footage of a pro-Trump mob storming the US Capitol playing out in their chamber, US senators sit transfixed before the shocking images that dominate the start of the former president's impeachment trial. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. video US-politics-impeachment-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON Among the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and hardcore fans of Donald Trump, the message was out weeks ahead: Trump wants you in Washington on January 6 to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president. 750 words moved by Paul Handley US-politics-impeachment-trial-silence,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump's second impeachment trial may be the talk of America but a few people, at least, are mum so far, for very different reasons -- Trump himself, and his successor, President Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya,FOCUS TRIPOLI Ten years after Libya's NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos, its population bled dry despite the nation's vast oil wealth. 1,250 words moved by Rim Taher with Hamza Mekouar in Rabat. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-Kadhafi,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-economy,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-conflict,CHRONO Myanmar-politics-military-coup,SCENE YANGON The Myanmar military might have real weapons but some anti-coup protesters have guns of their own -- showing off their ripped biceps as they pose with "free Aung San Suu Kyi" posters. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Tunisia-tourism-pipes,FOCUS TABARKA, Tunisia Bent over a century-old machine, Tunisia's sole artisan pipe-maker Anis Bouchnak carves smoking pipes from native briar wood, a craft passed down by his grandfather and father. 650 words moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Australia-health-virus-pandemic-quarantine,FOCUS SYDNEY New coronavirus variants are forcing Australia and New Zealand to rethink already-stringent quarantine rules for overseas visitors, even as their systems are replicated around the world. 800 words moved by Andrew Beatty Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,lead JOHANNESBURG South Africa says it is considering trading its doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, thought to be less effective against a local virus variant, and begin its inoculation campaign with Johnson & Johnson shots instead. 600 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File picture. Video Health-virus-EU-vaccines-travel,FACTS BRUSSELS EU countries are increasingly looking at using proof of Covid-19 inoculation as a "vaccine passport" but the idea is divisive. 550 words moved by Anne-Laure Mondesert with AFP Bureaus -- EUROPE -- Poland-media-politics-tax,WRAP WRAP Poland's commercial TV and radio networks go off air and newspapers black out their front pages in protest against a proposed tax that critics say will crush independent media. 600 words 1600 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video. France-politics-children-assault,WRAP PARIS The French government wants to introduce a minimum age of sexual consent, a move that would bring it in line with most other Western countries, following years of campaigning by abuse victims. 600 words 1700 GMT by Jessica Lopez and Clare Byrne France-politic-trial,WRAP PARIS Far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial on charges she broke hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a case she has slammed as a violation of free speech. 600 words 1700 GMT by Clara Wright. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia-vote,FOCUS BARCELONA Unknown before the pandemic, Spain's former health minister Salvador Illa is hoping to unseat Catalonia's ruling separatists in Sunday's regional election, embodying Madrid's desire to turn the page on the independence crisis. 600 words moved by Daniel Bosque with Mathieu Gorse in Madrid. Video. Picture Health-virus-Italy-culture-religion,SCENE MILAN The visitors gaze in silence at Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, many of them overwhelmed by the famous mural -- and delighted at its reopening, without the usual wait for tickets. 550 words 1500 GMT by Brigitte Hagemann. Picture. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH A civilian plane is engulfed in flames after Yemen's Huthi rebels launch a drone strike on an airport in southern Saudi Arabia, days after the US moved to delist the insurgents as terrorists. 700 words 1430 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Djibouti-France-military,FOCUS DJIBOUTI France has long had close ties with Djibouti, where it has its biggest foreign military base -- but other major powers have also been wooing the state, eyeing its unparallelled strategic position in the Horn of Africa. 650 words moved by Daphne Benoit. Pictures. Graphic Kenya-unrest-politics,FOCUS NAIROBI Schools are shut, travel has become risky because of armed attacks, and cellphone towers are regularly destroyed. In the vast, arid northern corner of Kenya, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia, frustration is boiling over due to the growing strength of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab jihadist group in the region. 800 words moved by Fran Blandy. Graphic -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Cutting locks, breaking doors, and entering in the dead of the night -- guards for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy watch helplessly via remote CCTV as security forces break into its Yangon headquarters. 550 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-coup,SCENE Myanmar-coup,CHRONO India-glacier-climate-flood,WRAP TAPOVAN, India Dozens of angry and desperate relatives of about 30 people trapped in a tunnel since a glacier disaster in India jostle with police as hopes fade that they will be found alive. 550 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Indonesia-accident-aviation,WRAP JAKARTA Indonesian pilots had reported multiple problems with an ageing jet's throttle system before it plunged into the sea after takeoff in January, killing 62 passengers and crew, investigators say. 620 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-automobile-earnings-GM,WRAP NEW YORK Strong demand for large autos in the United States boosts General Motors' fourth-quarter profits as the big automaker projects higher 2021 operating earnings despite an up to $2 billion hit from a global semiconductor supply shortage. 525 words 1500 GMT by John Biers France-drugs-politics-cannabis,FOCUS PARIS A new crop of entrepreneurs is taking advantage of a recent court ruling to move into a less-illicit corner of France's cannabis market, offering buds, candy and oils containing only the plant's non-psychotropic compound CBD. 700 words 1600 GMT by Nicolas Kienast. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Germany-politics-agriculture-insects,UPDATE FRANKFURT The German government approves legislation to halt a dramatic decline in insect populations, but draw immediate fire from farmers who say the new measures threaten their livelihoods. 600 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture HongKong-environment-animal-LunarNewYear,FOCUS HONG KONG While many hope the Year of the Ox will herald times of plenty, a herd of wild cows in Hong Kong is on the verge of starvation after visitors to their habitat surged during the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Eight-time champion Novak Djokovic is made to sweat at the Australian Open as Serena Williams makes serene progress in her bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. 650 words moved. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open,SCENE Oly-2020-2021-Mori-Toyota-sexism-Japan TOKYO Tokyo 2020 organisers say they will meet this week to discuss sexist comments made by their embattled president, as a heavyweight sponsor says the remarks were contrary to the Olympic spirit. 350 words moved Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO Judith Gurney is desperate to know if she is going to the Tokyo Olympics, not as an athlete, but one of thousands of foreign volunteers left in limbo by virus uncertainty. 650 words moved by Katie Forster. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Kirby,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES Vanessa Kirby shot to global fame as young Princess Margaret in "The Crown." In "The World to Come," the English actress plays another complex and passionate woman grappling with the impossible pressures and conventions of her era -- this time, the 19th-century US frontier. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-Japan-entertainment-games,FOCUS TOKYO Bright, noisy gaming arcades are still a neighbourhood fixture in much of Japan, but a sector that was already struggling fears virus restrictions on opening hours may mean "game over". 700 words moved by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video afp
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