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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope meets top Shiite cleric on historic Iraq visit + Protesters return to Myanmar streets + Biden Covid relief bill heads to final vote + Ivory Coast faces stability test in election + California eases Disneyland reopening rules Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP UR, Iraq Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spiritual leader of most of the world's Shiite Muslims, tells Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq that the country's Christians should live in "peace". 800 words 1430 GMT by Catherine Marciano with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Vatican-pope-Iraq-minority,FOCUS Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Anti-coup demonstrators return to the streets of Myanmar a day after a UN envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video US-politics-health-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Democrats are on track for a final vote on President Joe Biden's massive Covid-19 relief package after agreeing to scale back unemployment benefits, with passage increasingly likely in the evenly divided Senate. 750 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN The Ivory Coast holds parliamentary elections, a key test of stability four months after a presidential vote marked by deadly violence. 600 words 1700 GMT by Christophe Koffi and David Esnault. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-entertainment-Disneyland,2ndlead LOS ANGELES California paves the way for Disneyland, other theme parks and outdoor stadiums to welcome guests sooner than expected as it relaxes reopening criteria following a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases and pressure from operators. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-Texas,SCENE HOUSTON, Texas Sipping coffee on a street in upscale Houston Heights, Evelyne Marcks shakes her head at the Texas governor's decision to scrap mask-wearing before the Covid-19 pandemic is under control: "I don't know who he is trying to please -- but it's certainly not people like us from the big cities." 500 words 1600 GMT by Francois Picard. File picture. Video Health-virus-Greenland,VIDEO ESSAY COPENHAGEN Denmark's military has started delivering Covid vaccines to remote settlements along Greenland's west coast, part of efforts to vaccinate isolated communities in the vast territory where logistics are complicated by extreme cold weather. 400 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Spain-beach,VIDEO ESSAY -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals BANGKOK Hundreds of people march through Bangkok and hold a ceremonial burning in front of a courthouse on to protest Thailand's draconian royal defamation law, which has landed leaders of a pro-democracy movement behind bars. 450 words 1430 GMT. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-Britain-diplomacy-EU-Brexit,INTERVIEW PARIS Britain faces a tough challenge to retain global influence after its departure from the EU under a prime minister who has a well-known reputation for "lying", France's former ambassador to the UK tells AFP in an interview. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux. File picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Guinea-health-virus-Ebola,INTERVIEW GENEVA As Guinea grapples with a fresh Ebola outbreak, community resistance to measures needed to rein in the deadly virus remains dangerously high, a top Red Cross official warns. 700 words moved by Nina Larson -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-Palestinians-Gaza-technology,FOCUS NUSEIRAT, Palestinian Territories The moment Maram al-Amawi gets back from school, she slips on the 3D-printed mask that covers her face and treats her severe burns from a blaze at a Gaza bakery. 450 words moved by Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-reform,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer last year was a gut punch that sparked sometimes violent nationwide protests over brutality against people of color in America and a national reckoning over race relations. 850 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. File picture Peru-politics-justice-women,FOCUS LIMA The start of proceedings against Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori for a program blamed for forcibly sterilizing thousands of poor, mostly indigenous women has generated hope among accusers that justice will finally be served. 600 words moved by Francisco Jara and Christian Sierra. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-ENG,2ndlead AHMEDABAD, India Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel take five wickets each as India crush England inside three days of the fourth Test to seal their series 3-1. 550 words moved by Sajjad Hussain. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- China-US-entertainment-film BEIJING A nationalist backlash to Golden Globe-winning American road movie "Nomadland" has imperilled the film's release in China after social media users and state media questioned director Chloe Zhao's loyalty to her native country. 450 words moved -- BUSINESS -- Britain-banking-finance-Greensill,FOCUS LONDON Troubled UK finance firm Greensill is reportedly on the brink of a bankruptcy which would send shockwaves through the sector, ensnaring clients and risking up to 50,000 jobs worldwide. 500 words moved by Veronique Dupont -- CONSERVATION -- Greece-environment-animal-hunting,FOCUS AGIOS MAMAS, Greece On a country road that the locals have dubbed 'Flamingo Street' Stavros Kalpakis walks alongside the tall reeds of Agios Mamas, a small northern Greek lagoon, peering through binoculars. 500 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video afp
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