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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Five dead in Myanmar anti-coup protest + British-Iranian back in Tehran court + Ireland suspends AstraZeneca jabs + Bolivia tensions over 'coup' arrests + Music world gets Covid-era Grammys Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON At least five anti-coup protesters are killed as demonstrators across Myanmar defy military rule, after a group of ousted MPs urges them to "defend themselves" during the nation's "darkest moment". 800 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Iran-Britain-trial-rights,WRAP TEHRAN British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is back in a Tehran court, charged with "propaganda against the system", a week after she finished serving a five-year term in the Islamic republic. 650 words 1530 GMT. File picture Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland becomes the latest country to suspend use of AstraZeneca jabs over fears of side-effects as nations battle to step up their Covid-19 vaccination campaigns to end the pandemic. 750 words moved by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Bolivia-politics-prosecution,WRAP LA PAZ Bolivian opposition groupings call for demonstrations against the arrest of former acting president Jeanine Anez on charges many denounce as political score-settling. 600 words 1530 GMT by Jose Arturo Cardenas. Picture. Video Also moved: Bolivia-politics-prosecution,CHRONO Bolivia-politics-Anez,PROFILE Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,WRAP NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES Nearly a year to the day after Covid-19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close, the music world will celebrate its stars at the Grammys -- and try to move past a crushing 2020. 750 words 1600 GMT by Maggy Donaldson and Laurent Banguet. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-nominees,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-crime,WRAP LONDON London's Metropolitan Police defends its handling of a high-profile protest calling for greater public safety for women, after male officers scuffle with the crowd and physically restrain female demonstrators. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Germany-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP STUTTGART, Germany Germans vote in two key regional elections, with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives bracing for a drubbing on anger over a corruption scandal and a series of pandemic setbacks. 650 words 1430 GMT by Pauline Curtet. Picture. Video. Live video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel heads for its fourth election in under two years, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoping goodwill from a world-beating coronavirus vaccination campaign can finally secure him an elusive majority government. 650 words 1530 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. File video. Also moved: Israel-vote-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-vote-politics-army,FOCUS Syria-conflict-family,FOCUS HARBANOUSH, Syria Syria's war robbed 83-year-old Abderrazaq Khatoun of 13 of his children and one of his wives, but he was forced to overcome his grief quickly to raise 11 orphaned grandchildren. 650 words moved by Ahmad al-Atrash. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-anniversary-disabled-migration,PHOTOESSAY Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote,WRAP BANGUI The Central African Republic votes in the second round of legislative elections as it battles back against a rebel insurgency the government has called an attempted coup. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States' top pandemic advisor says authorities are considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet (one meter), a move that would change one of the key tenets of the global fight against Covid-19. 450 words 1530 GMT by Brian Knowlton Health-virus-Canada-design-art,PHOTOESSAY OTTAWA Andrew Lewis is bringing bright colours to Canadians to counter their pandemic gloom one parcel at a time -- delivered by postal trucks wrapped in his psychedelic design. 600 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture Health-virus-US-NewYork-entertainment-Broadway,FOCUS NEW YORK "We will be back!" a dozen singers proclaim in the middle of New York's Times Square, in a pop-up event commemorating the one-year anniversary of Broadway going dim. A clear sense of optimism fills the air -- despite the "Closed" signs still darkening the doors of nearby theatres. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-demonstration-women-feminism-politics SYDNEY Thousands protest in Australia's Perth, kicking off a nationwide campaign for gender equality as anger swells over rape accusations that have rocked the country's halls of power. 400 words moved Health-virus-travel-Australia-Singapore,lead SYDNEY Australia is "working with Singapore" to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials say, in an effort to restart tourism and travel put on hold by Covid-19. 400 words moved SriLanka-China-Amazon-diplomacy COLOMBO Sri Lanka asks retail giant Amazon to take down bikinis, briefs and doormats featuring the nation's lion flag from its site, two days after it protested against the Chinese-made products. 350 words moved. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Tottenham bid to bolster their top four challenge against north London rivals Arsenal, while former Manchester United boss David Moyes returns to Old Trafford with in-form West Ham. 500 words 1430 GMT. Picture RugbyU-6Nations-SCO-IRL EDINBURGH Scotland will be seeking to keep their Six Nations title hopes alive when they host Ireland at Murrayfield. 600 words 1700 GMT. Picture afp
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