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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Email: barry.parker@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO experts visit Wuhan's virus-linked market + Navalny allies on the streets again in Russia + Britain opens visa scheme for Hong Kongers + Trump impeachment trial lawyers leave team + Bernie's mitten maker finds a manufacturer Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China WHO experts visit the market in central China linked to the first known Covid-19 cluster, seeking clues about the outbreak of the pandemic as a number of nations further tighten restrictions to stop the coronavirus. 650 words 0930 GMT by Leo Ramirez and Hector Retamal, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Russia-politics-protest-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Police lock down the centre of Moscow and other cities as protesters take to the streets and hundreds are arrested across the country demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 750 words 0930 GMT by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-opposition-protests,FACTS HongKong-Britain-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship goes live as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown on dissent. 700 words 0930 GMT by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Trump-impeachment WASHINGTON Several of former US president Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers have left his team a little over a week before his trial, US media reports. 400 words moved US-politics-internet-fashion WASHINGTON A Vermont schoolteacher whose homemade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves. 350 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-debt,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion plan to revive the US economy has been met with howls from the Republican opposition in Washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full of money-wasting programs at a time when the country doesn't need any more debt. 650 words moved by Julie Chabanas. Picture US-IT-lifestyle-charity-Scott-Bezos,FOCUS WASHINGTON Food banks, immigrant rights groups and struggling colleges across the United States discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture US-politics-economy-wage,FOCUS NEW YORK When President Joe Biden unveiled his $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal few were surprised by the plan's hefty price tag or sweeping scope. More striking was Biden's inclusion of a measure to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15. 800 words moved by John Biers and Delphine Touitou Also moved: US-politics-economy-wage,Q&A -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-WHO,3rdlead WUHAN, China A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 visit a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago. 650 words moved by Hector Retamal and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-lockdown-Australia Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-vaccines,lead LONDON Britain expects its contractual arrangements on coronavirus vaccines to be honoured following disagreements with the EU over supplies of the shot, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says. 550 words moved by Callum Paton. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-trade-government-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Britain will apply to join Pacific free-trade area the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government announces as part of its post-Brexit plans. 550 words moved by Callum Paton Russia-politics-opposition-protests,FACTS MOSCOW Underwear and toilet brushes, snowball fights and frost graffiti. Russia's burgeoning protest movement aimed at freeing jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny features a growing array of symbols. 550 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Sweden-cinema-virus,FOCUS MARSTRAND, Sweden A front-line Swedish nurse is getting some Covid downtime with a week of private screenings of the Gothenburg film festival, in a former lighthouse off the country's west coast. 600 words moved by Tom Little. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Vietnam-politics-rights HANOI Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong is re-elected -- a victory that makes him the most powerful leader in decades -- but his win is overshadowed by a serious coronavirus outbreak in the country. 630 words moved. Picture. File picture Pakistan-US-crime-Pearl ISLAMABAD The family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl will challenge an order by Pakistan's top court to release a British-born militant acquitted of masterminding his kidnapping and brutal murder in 2002. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-tradition,FOCUS TAWERGHA, Libya In an abandoned school in troubled Libya, Halima Mohamad uses traditional skills handed down over the generations -- reconnecting her to a way of life nearly destroyed by the chaos of conflict. 550 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Sundance,WRAP LOS ANGELES British actress Rebecca Hall describes how she drew on her own biracial identity to direct her first film "Passing", as it premiered at this year's online Sundance Film Festival. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester City open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand to come as Pep Guardiola's men beat Sheffield United 1-0, while Manchester United play out a goalless draw at Arsenal. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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