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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Martial law in parts of Myanmar after mass rallies + Israeli PM Netanyahu denies corruption charges + Dozens still missing in India glacier disaster + Bitcoin hits record high as Tesla invests $1.5 billion + Brady joins the immortals after Super Bowl triumph Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Martial law is declared in parts of Myanmar after hundreds of thousands rally across the country against the coup, with the military issuing a stern warning against further protests. 900 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Myanmar-politics-military-tattoo Israel-politics-corruption-trial,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies all corruption charges against him as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before he faces re-election. 750 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics-corruption-trial,FACTS India-climate-glacier,WRAP NEW DELHI Fourteen people are confirmed dead and at least 170 others are still missing after a chunk of glacier broke off and unleashed a devastating flash flood in India. 500 words 1430 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: India-climate-flood-glacier,SCENE US-bitcoin-Tesla,WRAP NEW YORK Bitcoin prices hit a new high as Tesla announces a $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency and plans to accept the digital currency from customers. 500 words 1530 GMT by John Biers Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,WRAP TAMPA Tom Brady leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory in the Super Bowl, winning the NFL's showpiece for the seventh time in his career, as they rout the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in a one-sided finale. 750 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-computers-internet,PROFILE BEIJING On Lu Kaigang's feed, sheets of tarp are transformed into haute couture as China's mountainous backdrop becomes his catwalk, a 22-year-old villager sashaying to fame via China's video-sharing app for the poor -- Kuaishou. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow Sudan-unrest-Darfur,FOCUS HAMADA VILLAGE, Sudan Farmer Abbas Abdullah was among hundreds who had trickled back to his remote village in South Darfur nearly a decade after fleeing war there. Now, he thinks he rushed the decision. 500 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Serbia-arts-music-war-veterans,VIDEOESSAY NOVI SAD, Serbia Picking through discarded rifles, helmets and missiles, Nikola Macura taps, blows and raps his knuckles on the decommissioned weapons to find pieces he can bring back to his studio and turn into musical instruments. 350 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-AstraZeneca GENEVA The World Health Organization's vaccine experts meet to determine usage recommendations for the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine -- including for older adults. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Graphic Heath-virus-SAfrica-vaccine,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South African health experts suggest vaccinating tens of thousands of people with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to check its efficacy against severe cases of a virus variant that emerged in the country, a day after government announced a mass rollout pause. 500 words 1700 GMT by Sofia Christensen Health-virus-US-education-children,lead NEW YORK Anxiety, depression, self-harm and even suicide: a growing number of children in the United States are struggling with their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic, doctors, teachers, parents and the government are all warning. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Video. File picture Tanzania-health-virus-pandemic-politics,FOCUS DAR ES SALAAM For more than six months, Tanzania has tried to convince the world it has been cured of the coronavirus, through prayer, while refusing to take measures to curb its spread. 800 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's legal team is expected to file details of the former president's defense against charges of impeachment over last month's storming of the US Capitol by his supporters on the eve of the trial in the Senate. 500 words 1630 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Already moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-trial-figures,POINTS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,INTERVIEW US-rights-UN-diplomacy,2ndlead GENEVA The United States says it will "re-engage" with the UN Human Rights Council, nearly three years after former president Donald Trump's administration withdrew the country from the body. 550 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson. Video. Ecuador-vote,WRAP QUITO Ecuador's presidential front-runner Andres Arauz calls for unity ahead of a second-round election run-off as the battle to join him in the April vote hots up between fellow socialist Yaku Perez and right-wing ex-banker Guillermo Lasso. 600 words 1500 GMT by Florence Panoussian. Picture. Video Haiti-politics-unrest,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE Haitian opposition parties name a top judge as interim leader, the latest attempt to oust President Jovenel Moise, whose term they say has expired. 450 words 1700 GMT by Amelie Baron -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-politics-vote,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's opposition leaders announce that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on a path toward elections to replace him. 650 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. File pictures. Graphic -- ASIA -- China-Australia-politics-media,3rdlead SYDNEY An Australian journalist who disappeared from Chinese state television's airwaves six months ago and was detained by Beijing authorities has been formally arrested for "supplying state secrets overseas", Canberra says. 500 words moved. File video China-HongKong-technology-Clubhouse,lead BEIJING A rare uncensored app that had attracted Chinese internet users to freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence, appears to have been blocked. 600 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Lebanon-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT With Lebanon's economy in a tailspin and the coronavirus pandemic wreaking chaos, panic-buying has gripped pharmacies, creating shortages and a flourishing black market. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Buccaneers-Brady,FOCUS LOS ANGELES If Tom Brady didn't already occupy a seat at the top table of North American sport's greatest icons, he will now be pulling up a chair after the 43-year-old quarterback authored another implausible chapter to his age-defying career by winning a record seventh Super Bowl. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool,FOCUS LONDON Liverpool's Premier League title defence is in tatters after a 4-1 humbling at home by Manchester City, with Jurgen Klopp facing an uphill task to stop the champions' season imploding. 650 words moved by John Weaver. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic serves a reminder of why he's the greatest Australian Open champion in history as he demolishes France's Jeremy Chardy in straight sets in round one. Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-judges,FOCUS -- ARTS/LIFESTYLE -- France-ballet-dance-race PARIS The Paris Opera vows an overhaul of its recruiting practices as it launches a drive towards greater diversity in the heart of its elite ballet company and orchestra. 500 words 1530 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. File picture France-Britain-heritage-motorcycle-Brough,FEATURE SAINT-JEAN, France Brough motorcycles, favourites of the writer, spy and gentleman adventurer T.E. Lawrence, are making a comeback -- not in their former home in England, but deep in the southwest of France. 650 words 1430 GMT by Hugues Jeanneaud. Picture by Lionel Bonaventure. Video by Claire Morand afp
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