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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Suu Kyi hearing postponed over internet block + Beyonce makes history as women sweep Grammys + Italy under new coronavirus curbs + Thick yellow smog chokes Beijing + Billions of cicadas to hatch in US Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A block on mobile data networks across Myanmar scuppers a scheduled video court appearance by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as protesters return to the streets after the bloodiest day since the military coup six weeks ago. 800 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Taiwan-Myanmar-China-politics-military Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,WRAP NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES Women win every major Grammy at a history-making gala that aims to move past a devastating year for the music industry, with Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift scoring big at the socially distanced event anchored by electrifying performances. 850 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Laurent Banguet. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus,WRAP ROME Coronavirus restrictions are reimposed across much of Italy, while Ireland and the Netherlands become the latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shots over blood clot fears despite the firm and the WHO insisting there is no risk. 700 words 1300 GMT by Alexandria Sage with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic China-environment-health-pollution,WRAP BEIJING Beijing is cloaked in thick yellow smog with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descends on China's capital from the Gobi desert. 650 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video US-environment-nature-animal,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting -- before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. The cicadas are coming, and their unnerving arrival is as spectacular as it is rare. 750 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. File picture -- GRAMMYS -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-fashion,lead LOS ANGELES Rapper Megan Thee Stallion, the queen of the hot girl summer, sizzles on the Grammys red carpet as music's biggest stars emerge from a year of pandemic lockdowns in their best couture. 600 words moved by Valerie Macon with Susan Stumme in Washington. Picture. Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Beyonce,FOCUS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-performances,POINTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Kanye Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-posthumous -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Philippines-education,FOCUS MANILA Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school's online lessons. 850 words moved by Allison Jackson. Picture. Video Finland-environment-climate-trees-charity,FOCUS JOENSUU, Finland It's an environmental policy embraced by heads of state, multinational businesses and even leading climate sceptic Donald Trump: plant more trees to help the planet and slow global warming. 600 words moved by Sam Kingsley. Video. Picture Romania-Hungary-minorities-politics-economy,FOCUS CARTA, Romania In the village of Carta, deep in Romania's Transylvania region, the fruits of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's generosity towards the country's Hungarian ethnic minority are plain to see. 750 words moved by Mihaela Rodina, Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-China-report,ADVANCER GENEVA The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19's origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents. 800 words moved by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. File picture. File video Health-virus-Mexico-doctors,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Christian Cruz specialized in intubation. Jesus de la Torre gave advice over the telephone to colleagues treating coronavirus patients. Diego Gutierrez worked long days examining tumors through a microscope. The three doctors are among several thousand heath workers who have died from Covid-19 in Mexico -- which has the highest such toll in the Americas. 600 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-politics-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands begins three days of voting in one of the first major tests of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. 650 words 1100 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-vote-health-crisis,WRAP FRANKFURT German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party is in crisis mode after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, seen as a rebuke of its pandemic management six months before a general election. 650 words 1000 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Russia-France-Syria-conflict-crime-Wagner,WRAP MOSCOW Three campaign groups announce a landmark legal case in Moscow against Russian mercenary group Wagner over the torture of a detainee in Syria, aiming to hold to account a murky fighting force with Kremlin links. 700 words 1130 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-conflict-Wagner-crime,FACTS France-politics-trial-Sarkozy,ADVANCER PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Wednesday over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just weeks after a humiliating corruption conviction for the divisive rightwing heavyweight. 650 words 1300 GMT by Joseph Schmid -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-politics,WRAP TOBRUK, Libya Libya's new interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is to be sworn in to lead the war-torn country until elections in December, after years of chaos and division. 600 words 1300 GMT. Graphic Yemen-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI The US intervention to end Yemen's long conflict has energised a once lifeless peace process, observers say, but savage fighting in the country's north has thrown up yet another barrier. 700 words 1100 GMT by Sarah Stewart Israel-vote-opposition-Lapid,PROFILE JERUSALEM He's a former TV news anchor once known largely for his chiseled good looks, but Israel's Yair Lapid has emerged as one of the top challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 550 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. File picture Israel-vote-protest,FOCUS JERUSALEM For nearly a year Erez Yalon, a disabled Israeli, has dedicated his life to protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home almost round the clock to demand his departure from office. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-women-assault-politics,WRAP CANBERRA Tens of thousands of women protest across Australia against sexual violence and gender inequality, as outrage grows over rape allegations that have convulsed the conservative government. 850 words moved by Andrew Leeson with Holly Robertson in Brisbane. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-women-feminism-assault-politics,FOCUS US-Japan-SKorea-China-diplomacy,lead TOKYO Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrives in Japan, as he and top US diplomat Antony Blinken begin their first overseas trip, looking to rally key Asian allies as a bulwark to China. 650 words moved. Picture Afghanistan-rights-women KABUL A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week is overturned after a social media campaign that included local women uploading videos of themselves belting out their favourite songs. 350 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Bolivia-politics-prosecution,WRAP LA PAZ Former Bolivian president Jeanine Anez says she has been sentenced to four months pre-trial detention after she was arrested on charges linked to the ousting of her predecessor Evo Morales in what he claims was a coup d'etat. 800 words moved by Jose Arturo Cardenas. Picture. Video Also moved: Bolivia-politics-prosecution,CHRONO Bolivia-politics-Anez,PROFILE -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-Saints-Brees,2ndlead LOS ANGELES New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announces his retirement from the NFL after a prolific 20-year career that included one Super Bowl triumph. 600 words moved Yachting-AmCup,lead AUCKLAND A down-and-out Team New Zealand stages an eight-minute turnaround to move within sight of the America's Cup title with a "bizarre" victory over Italy's Luna Rossa on Monday. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Sweden-arms-SIPRI STOCKHOLM The number of international arms transfers has levelled off in the last five years, but a more peaceful world is not necessarily the reason as some nations shun imports and have begun producing their own weapons, researchers say. 600 words moved by Johannes Ledel France-food-governance-Danone,lead PARIS Danone dismisses its chairman after months of complaints from foreign shareholders about the French food giant's underperforming share price. 400 words 1100 GMT afp
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