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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + New Europe lockdowns as Olympics bans overseas fans + Outrage as Turkey withdraws from women's treaty + Protesters defy Myanmar's campaign of fear + Iceland volcano erupts after 900 years dormant + How big is your pet's carbon pawprint? Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Several European countries introduce new lockdown measures as they battle surging coronavirus infections, while Tokyo Olympics organisers are forced to announce an "unavoidable" ban on overseas fans to keep the Games safe. 700 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus,FACTS Turkey-politics-women-rights,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey sparks both domestic and international outrage for withdrawing from the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Protesters return to the streets across Myanmar, defying a junta-led campaign of fear as regional powers Indonesia and Malaysia condemn the violence deployed by security forces against anti-coup demonstrators. 750 words moved. File picture. File video. Iceland-volcano,WRAP REYKJAVIK A volcano that spewed red lava near Iceland's capital Reykjavik after awakening for the first time in 900 years appears to be subsiding, experts say. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jeremie Richard. Picture. Video. Graphic Climate-environment-animals-cats-dogs PARIS Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV? 700 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Brussels-attacks-anniversary-survivor,FOCUS TERVUREN, Belgium Four months in hospital, 13 operations, a dead leg but still alive: For Sebastien Bellin, seriously injured in the jihadist attacks of 2016 in Brussels, "rebuilding" is still an ordeal. 650 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Also moved: Belgium-attacks-politics-anniversary,INTERVIEW -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Pakistan-Khan ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, his office says, just two days after he was vaccinated against the disease. 400 words moved. File picture. File video Health-virus-EU-vaccines-AstraZeneca,3rdlead FRANKFURT EU chief Ursula von der Leyen threatens to halt exports of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc does not receive its promised deliveries first, escalating a row that has fanned international tensions. 600 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick Health-virus-Germany-protest,2ndlead KASSEL, Germany Police use pepper spray to disperse people protesting against coronavirus curbs in the German city of Kassel, in one of the country's largest such rallies so far this year. 450 words 1500 GMT by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Brazil-hospital,FOCUS SAO PAULO There are fewer wrinkles and less gray hair among patients in Brazil's intensive care units as the country reels from a surge in Covid-19 that is increasingly hitting people under 60. 600 words moved by Rodrigo Almondacid. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Finland-happiness-lifestyle-tourism-economy,FOCUS HELSINKI Once notorious for its bland food and long, harsh winters, Finland's repeated success in the annual happiness rankings has helped transform the country's global reputation, boosting tourism and business. 750 words moved by Sam Kingsley. File video Germany-property-referendum,FOCUS BERLIN In Berlin's fashionable Kreuzberg district, Jannick, 29, is waiting in line to sign a petition for a referendum on expropriating large property developers, a drastic and unprecedented move in the fight against the German capital's spiralling housing crisis. 650 words moved by Florian Cazeres. File picture Lifestyle-Britain-games-consumer,FOCUS LONDON Furious British gamers and lawmakers are training their sights on "scalpers" who are buying up coveted PS5 and Xbox consoles and selling them online at vastly inflated prices. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict-Saudi,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it has launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening advance by Iran-backed Huthi rebels on the northern city of Marib. 600 words moved. File picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-death-Magufuli-Hassan,lead DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan leads mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-shooting-racism-Asian,WRAP ATLANTA US President Joe Biden denounces the upsurge of violence against Asian-Americans, telling a community plunged into grief after this week's Atlanta murders that the nation must not be complicit in the face of racism and xenophobia. 850 words moved by Eric Baradat. Graphic. Picture. Video US-diplomacy-China-Biden,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Two months after taking office, US President Joe Biden is revealing his diplomatic style -- and he certainly has not minced words in the first dealings of his term with Washington's top rivals. 650 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- ASIA -- India-US-politics-defence-diplomacy,lead NEW DELHI Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin praises India's growing ties with "like-minded partners" as he holds talks in New Delhi dominated by shared alarm about China. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-politics,lead BANGKOK Thai police use water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok's Grand Palace after demonstrators break through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the kingdom's unassailable monarchy. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video Myanmar-politics-military,FOCUS YANGON Makeshift barricades of bamboo, brick and burning rubber tyres have lent the streets of Myanmar's largest city the look of an urban warzone, and now the military are forcing civilians to dismantle them, piece by piece... at gunpoint. 600 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Turkey-economy-bank-politics,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey braces for a new spell of financial turbulence after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacks his market-friendly central bank chief and replaces him with a former ruling party lawmaker. 600 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan -- SPORT -- Oly-Japan-2020-2021-virus-health,WRAP TOKYO Overseas fans will be banned from this summer's virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers say, calling the decision disappointing but "unavoidable" as they try to hold the Games safely during the pandemic. 800 words 1430 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video RugbyU-6Nations EDINBURGH Scotland welcome Italy in the Six Nations as England travel to Ireland before Wales head to France in search of a second Grand Slam in three years with the hosts also holding title hopes of their own. 600 words by 1600 GMT by Julian Guyer. Picture afp
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