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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + J&J vaccine halted in Europe and US over clots + Black families demand end to US police violence + Biden urges Putin to ease Ukraine tensions + Iran to defy uranium enrichment limits + US troops to quit Afghanistan by September 11 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US health authorities recommend a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid shot over blood clot fears as the company also halts its rollout in Europe, complicating immunization efforts as several regions experience fresh surges. 800 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS Convulsed by converging cases of racially charged violence, two Black families in Minneapolis unite in grief and solidarity as they demand an end to police brutality and the killing of unarmed African Americans by white officers. 800 words 2030 GMT by Ben Sheppard with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video Ukraine-Russia-conflict-diplomacy-NATO-US,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden presses Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to ease mounting tensions with neighboring Ukraine, building on NATO's pushback against a build-up of troops along their border. 800 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Max Delaney in Brussels. Pictures Moved: Russia-Ukraine-conflict,FACTS Russia-politics-dissent,lead Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran warns it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an explosion it blamed on arch-enemy Israel hit its key nuclear facility in Natanz. 850 words 2000 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Also moving: Iran-nuclear-politics,Q&A Already moved: Iran-nuclear-politics,CHRONO US-Afghanistan-diplomacy-conflict,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, finally ending America's longest war despite mounting fears of a Taliban victory, officials say. 800 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File Pictures. -- SPOTLIGHT -- Azerbaijan-Armenia-Karabakh-conflict-refugee,FOCUS BAKU As a young woman in 1993, Azerbaijani Ramziya Sharifova waded a river with her family into Iran to escape Armenian forces capturing her village, then watched as they burned it to the ground. Nearly 30 years later, she's finally planning to go home. 740 words moved by Emil Guliyev. Pictures by Tofik Babayev. Video by Isgandar Ganbarov Ethiopia-Israel-religion-immigration-diplomacy,FOCUS GONDAR, Ethiopia The hillside Jewish cemetery in northern Ethiopia was never supposed to get so big -- the thousands buried there had hoped to die in Israel, but steep and often insurmountable hurdles foiled their plans to immigrate. 750 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-animal,2ndlead GENEVA The World Health Organization calls for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new diseases such as Covid-19. 650 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-vaccines-India-Russa,5thlead NEW DELHI India has authorised the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and will fast-track approval for other shots already passed by other major countries, authorities say, as infection rates soar to a new high 600 words moved by Glenda Kewek with Abhaya Srivastava Also moved: Health-virus-Iraq-Ramadan,FOCUS France-weather-frost-agriculture-wine,SCENE -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The attorney for Derek Chauvin begins his defense of the former Minneapolis police officer, calling his first witnesses in an effort to seed doubt in the minds of the jury over the causes of the death of George Floyd. 650 words 2130 GMT by Ben Sheppard and Chris Lefkow. File picture Peru-vote-WRAP LIMA Far-left labor unionist Pedro Castillo and rightwing populist Keiko Fujimori will go head-to-head in the second round of Peru's presidential elections in June. 650 words 2030 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving Peru-vote,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The UN rights chief warns Myanmar could be spiralling towards a "full-blown" Syrian-style conflict, after a two-month crackdown that a local monitoring group says has already claimed more than 700 lives. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-protest-unrest-religion,3rdlead LAHORE Thousands of supporters of a Pakistan extremist party clash with police for a second day, demanding the release of their leader who was arrested after calling for the French ambassador to be kicked out of the country. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO The megaship which blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been "seized" on court orders until the vessel's owners pay $900 million, canal authorities say. 500 words moved. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Benin-vote,WRAP COTONOU, Benin Benin's President Patrice Talon is easily re-elected to a second term, provisional results show, after a weekend election critics say was already stacked in his favour following a crackdown on his opponents. 600 words 2030 GMT by Camille Malplat. Picture. Video Also moved: Benin-vote-politics,PROFILE Nigeria-unrest-aid,FOCUS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Many of the millions displaced by conflict in northeast Nigeria want to go home, but relentless jihadist attacks in the region mean a return is unlikely anytime soon. 800 words moved by Louise Dewast. Picture Mali-unrest-rebels,WRAP BAMAKO A rebel leader in northern Mali who was a signatory to a crucial 2015 peace accord is shot dead in the capital Bamako, a killing quickly denounced by senior figures in the Sahel nation. 550 words moved -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-IT-politics-Facebook,WRAP NEW YORK Facebook's independent Oversight Board expands its mission and will start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network. 500 words moved by Rob Lever France-food-restaurant-virus-gender,INTERVIEW PARIS He has scaled the heights of French gastronomy -- now Yannick Alleno says it is time to reinvent fine dining for a post-Covid age, both on the table and in the kitchen. 550 words moved by Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-100days,WRAP TOKYO The Olympic flame is on its way across Japan and athletes around the world are ramping up training, but 100 days before Tokyo 2020 opens, organisers still face monumental challenges. 650 words 1930 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-100days,CHRONO Oly-2020-Tokyo-Japan-100days,FACTS Oly-2020-2021-stars-100days,FACTS Oly-1964-2020-2021-Japan-history-100days,FOCUS Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-BAYERN PARIS Holders Bayern Munich attempt to overturn a 3-2 deficit against last season's runners-up Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final showdown. 600 words 2130 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture. Video afp
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