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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + France's Sarkozy sentenced to prison + World's first Covax jabs given + Fresh charges for Myanmar's Suu Kyi + Prince Philip to get heart tests + Arrests in FC Barcelona police raid France-Sarkozy-corruption-trial,WRAP PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicts him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. 650 words 1500 GMT by Anne Lec'hvien. Picture. Video. Also moved: France-Sarkozy-politics,PROFILE France-politics-investigation-Libya-Sarkozy,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP ACCRA Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo becomes the first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepare to distribute nearly four million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. 700 words 1700 GMT by Kent Mensah, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is hit with two new criminal charges as she faces court via video link, a month after a military coup triggered relentless and massive protests. 700 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Britain-royals-health-Philip,lead LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip leaves the private London hospital where he had spent nearly two weeks to have heart tests and treatment at a specialist hospital, Buckingham Palace says. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-police-Spain,2ndlead BARCELONA, Spain Police raid the offices of FC Barcelona, carrying out several arrests just six days ahead of the club's presidential elections, a Catalan regional police spokesman tells AFP. 650 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-forests-agriculture,FOCUS MASAI MARA, Kenya At first glance, the round black pellets could easily be mistaken for animal dung. But these hardy little balls contain acacia seeds that are helping regrow Kenya's depleted forests. 650 words 1800 GMT by Marion Douet. Picture. Video Chile-Venezuela-migration,SPECIALREPORT COLCHANE, Chile Anyier sits at the side of the road gasping for breath as the beating sun and 3,700-meter (12,000-foot) altitude take their toll. It has been seven hours since she entered Chile from Bolivia on foot -- her fifth border crossing since leaving Venezuela nearly a month and 5,000 kilometers (more than 3,000 miles) ago. 1,100 words moved by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Video. Graphic Oman-heritage-tourism,FOCUS MISFAT AL-ABRIYEEN, Oman Perched on an Oman mountain top, the village of Misfat al-Abriyeen has changed its fortunes by transforming mud-brick homes into boutique hotels, drawing tourists to a region famed for hiking trails and tales of genies. 700 words moved by Khalid Orabi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- WTO-health-virus-vaccines-pharmaceutical-patent,FACTS GENEVA The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines -- a notion fiercely rejected by pharmaceutical giants and their host countries. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Health-virus-Britain-Brazil,lead LONDON Britain appeals for a person infected with a powerful Covid-19 strain from Brazil to come forward as experts fretted about its impact on new vaccines. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Germany-medicine,FOCUS PARIS Already facing a daunting Covid vaccination challenge, French and German authorities are fighting to convince more people that a jab from the pharma giant AstraZeneca is just as effective as others. 650 words 1600 GMT by Joseph Schmid with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Health-virus-Germany,SCENE BERLIN Hans-Joachim Berthold had a spring in his step as he set off down the street on Monday morning after getting his hair cut for the first time in two and a half months. 500 words moved by Kit Holden. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-rights-court JERUSALEM Israel's top court rules the government must curb its use of the domestic spy agency to track coronavirus infections, saying "draconian" surveillance constitutes a blow to democracy. 400 words moved -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-rights-UN,2ndlead GENEVA Two UN human rights experts call for an international investigation into the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and demand his "immediate release" from a Russian penal colony. 550 words 1500 GMT by Nina Larson Also moved: Russia-politics-prison-Navalny,FOCUS Turkey-politics-justice,lead ISTANBUL An Istanbul court delivers a rare victory to freedom of expression advocates in Turkey by acquitting two veteran actors of "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 450 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Armenia-politics,WRAP YEREVAN Supporters and opponents of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold rival rallies in the capital Yerevan Monday amid a deepening political crisis over last year's war with Azerbaijan. 650 words 1600 GMT by Max Delany and Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Vatican-pope-Iraq,ADVANCER BAGHDAD Pope Francis arrives Friday for the first-ever papal visit to conflict-torn Iraq, aiming to encourage the dwindling Christian community to remain in their ancient homeland and to broaden his outreach to Islam. 890 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Vatican-pope-Iraq,FACTS Iraq-Christians-Vatican-pope,SPECIAL REPORT Iraq-Christians-Vatican-pope-Mosul,FOCUS Iran-nuclear-IAEA-diplomacy,WRAP VIENNA The three European members of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal -- France, Germany and the UK -- will put forward a resolution condemning Iran's suspension of some inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomatic sources say. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-UN,WRAP DUBAI The United Nations says it hopes to raise $3.85 billion to prevent large-scale famine in Yemen, warning that life in the war-ravaged nation is unbearable, with children enduring a "special kind of hell". 670 words moved by Shatha Yaish Also moved: Yemen-conflict-UN Syria-conflict-prisoners-abuse-UN GENEVA Thousands of civilians have been subjected to "unimaginable suffering", torture, sexual violence and death in detention during the decade of conflict in Syria, say United Nations investigators. 450 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard Israel-Iran-maritime-blast,WRAP JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship, noting his country is regularly "striking" its arch-foe in comments that follow an overnight raid on Syria. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-school-kidnap GUSAU, Nigeria Authorities in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara are holding negotiations for the release of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped by criminal gangs last week, sources familiar with the talks say. 400 words moved. Picture. Graphic Chad-vote,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's main opposition candidate withdraws from the country's upcoming presidential ballot, accusing veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno of using force to intimidate rivals after a deadly shootout at the home of another election hopeful. 600 words 1430 GMT. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans-Trump-CPAC,WRAP ORLANDO, Florida Donald Trump tells conservatives he is considering running for president again in 2024, as he seeks to reassert dominance over the Republican Party and warns of a "struggle" for America's very survival. 750 words moved by Chandan Khanna with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video Canada-US-China-extradition-court,lead VANCOUVER The high-stakes battle by Chinese Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou against extradition to the United States enters its final stage in a Canadian court, after more than two years of legal skirmishes and diplomatic barbs. 650 words 1830 GMT by David Ball. File picture. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-protest,WRAP HONG KONG Hundreds of democracy supporters gather outside a Hong Kong courthouse chanting slogans and flashing protests symbols as some of the city's best-known dissidents appear in the dock charged with subversion. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-protest,SCENE -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- WTO-trade-diplomacy-Ngozi,WRAP-update GENEVA Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took the reins of the World Trade Organization Monday with a daunting to-do list, not least tackling the global economic crisis sparked by the pandemic. 850 words 1430 GMT by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES US road movie "Nomadland" makes Golden Globes history as Chloe Zhao becomes the first female director to win the awards' top prize for best drama, putting her film about a generation of marginalized Americans roaming the West in vans into Oscars pole position. 850 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-takeaways,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-fashion,lead Britain-US-entertainment-royals-Harry LOS ANGELES Britain's Prince Harry, who has blamed press intrusion for contributing to his mother Princess Diana's death in 1997, tells US chat show host Oprah Winfrey he is worried about history repeating itself. 400 words moved Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-Britain BERLIN "Unorthodox" director Maria Schrader joins the race at the Berlin film festival with the sci-fi comedy "I'm Your Man" starring Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame as a humanoid robot ready to beat human rivals in the game of love. 600 words 1800 GMT by Deborah Cole. File picture. Video Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-Lebanon,INTERVIEW BERLIN The 71st Berlin film festival kicks off online with a premiere from a Lebanese couple who had to overcome both Beirut's devastating port blast and the pandemic to bring their movie to the screen. 600 words moved by Deborah Cole. Picture. File picture. afp
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