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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Terrifying riot footage dominates Trump trial + Biden targets Myanmar generals with sanctions + Saudi frees jailed women's rights activist + WHO backs AstraZeneca Covid vaccine + Porn mogul Larry Flynt dead at 78 US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Impeachment prosecutors at Donald Trump's Senate trial air terrifying, never-before-seen footage of senior US politicians fleeing for their lives during last month's assault on Congress, as they make their case that the ex-president deliberately incited the riot. 750 words 0200 GMT by Michael Mathes and Sebastian Smith. Graphic. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Pressure builds on Myanmar's coup leaders after US President Joe Biden announces sanctions against them and demands they relinquish power, with more mass protests expected. 700 words 0400 GMT moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Saudi-rights-women,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia has released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family says, as the kingdom faces renewed US pressure over its human rights record. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Already moved: Saudi-rights-women,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization offers its backing to the coronavirus vaccine made by embattled drug company AstraZeneca, as one of its experts exchanges barbs with the US government over a controversial mission to probe the pandemic's origins in China. 800 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-WHO-AstraZeneca,3rdlead Entertainment-US-pornography-Flynt,WRAP LOS ANGELES US porn mogul Larry Flynt, best known as the publisher of Hustler Magazine and a self-styled free-speech champion, died in Los Angeles Wednesday aged 78, according to media reports. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Carlos Hamann in Washington. File Picture -- TRUMP IMPEACHMENT -- 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 -- SPOTLIGHT -- HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,FEATURE HONG KONG As the clock counts down to her finally leaving Hong Kong, Judy is riddled with self-doubt and guilt over the gut-wrenching decision to move her family to the other side of the world for a new life in Britain. 850 words 0400 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi with Mathilde Bellenger in Chelmsford, United Kingdom. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moving: HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- LunarNewYear-health-virus-China,FOCUS BEIJING Hundreds of millions of China's migrant workers face the choice of long journeys home and quarantine restrictions to see relatives, or to soak up the financial incentives offered to persuade people to stay put for the Lunar New Year holidays. 750 words 0400 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG South Africa says it is considering trading or swapping 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-Mexico-doctors,FOCUS TULTITLAN, Mexico Every day, Mexicans with suspected coronavirus infections seek treatment at the small clinic of Erika Reyes, one of thousands of community-based doctors helping to prevent the country's health system from collapsing. 500 words 0130 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-music,FOCUS LONDON They have been central to working-class life in mining communities for decades but Britain's colliery brass bands say they are now fighting to survive due to coronavirus restrictions. 700 words 0200 GMT by Callum Paton. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-defense-Pentagon-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces a review of the US military stance toward China, saying the country needs a "strong" approach, while pledging that his administration will use force only as a last resort. 550 words moved US-economy-bank-rate-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy is a long way from a strong jobs market and the experience of past recessions show it could take years to recover, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns. 550 words moved by Heather Scott -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-constitution,FOCUS ANKARA Four years after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping powers, he has wrong-footed his opponents once again by calling for a new constitution, sparking accusations of trying to set up a diversion from the country's woes. 750 words 0200 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. File picture Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko convenes hundreds of loyal delegates at a people's assembly to unveil promised reforms, in a display the embattled opposition has dismissed as political theatre. 600 words 0230 GMT. File picture. File video Serbia-Italy-arts-comic,VIDEOESSAY BELGRADE Alan Ford, a 1960s Italian comic strip following hapless secret agents as they battle a bizarre cast of villains, including one who steals from the poor and gives to the rich, was intended as satire. But for fans throughout what was then Yugoslavia, the series felt like an accurate description of their everyday reality. 650 words 0300 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Britain-animal-internet-meetings-offbeat,VIDEOESSAY BLACKBURN, England A British farmer came up with a jokey idea to rent out her goats to liven up video call meetings -- and found an unexpected source of lockdown income. 350 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Israel-Palestinian-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waiting for Joe Biden to call him but the new US president is taking his time -- a quiet signal, observers say, that the United States is no longer giving carte blanche with its ally. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH A drone strike by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis leaves a civilian plane ablaze at a Saudi airport, drawing warnings from the United States days after it moved to delist the rebels as terrorists. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video. Graphic Lebanon-blast-Germany,INTERVIEW BEIRUT After a blast of historic proportions at Beirut's port last year, Lebanon only escaped a second chemical inferno by chance, the German company clearing the dockside has said. 600 words 0300 GMT by Hashem Osseiran. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-aid,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The Ethiopian Red Cross says 80 percent of the country's conflict-hit Tigray region is cut off from humanitarian assistance and tens of thousands of people could starve to death. 600 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File pictures. Graphic SAfrica-politics-health,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his annual address to the nation while appearing increasingly fragile politically, hit by massive health and economic crises as well as a divided ruling party. 600 words 0200 GMT by Michelle Gumede Kenya-police-trial-rights,FOCUS NAIROBI The case was unprecedented in the years-long campaign against police impunity in Kenya, with a record 15 officers ordered to stand trial. The victims filed into the courtroom expecting to witness a historic moment of justice -- instead, the case was withdrawn. 750 words 0230 GMT by Nick Perry France-Sahel-military-internet,FOCUS PARIS As well as suffering a spate of recent battlefield casualties in the Sahel, France risks losing the fight for hearts and minds in the strategic west African region. 650 words 0300 GMT by Didier Lauras -- BUSINESS -- US-IT-lifestyle-transport-earnings-Uber,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Uber reports another hefty loss in the final three months of 2020, as the smartphone-summoned ride business struggled during the pandemic. 700 words moved Lifestyle-US-IT-Clubhouse,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic when people could not get together in person -- but now the once niche platform has far higher goals. 900 words 0130 GMT by Julie Jammot. File Picture afp
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