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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Second Trump impeachment trial begins + Myanmar military raids Suu Kyi's party offices + Desperate hunt for survivors after India glacier disaster + No breakthrough on Covid origins as WHO-China probe ends + Emirati 'Hope' probe nears Mars US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON The historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump opens with debate over its constitutionality after senators are shown harrowing video footage from the storming of Congress by the former president's supporters. 700 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-trial,FACTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military raids the Yangon headquarters of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, officials say, hours after the United Nations condemned "unacceptable" violence against protesters demanding a return to democracy. 900 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic India-climate-glacier-flood,WRAP TAPOVAN, India Indian rescue workers struggle to dig away tonnes of rocks and mud to reach survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel more than two days after a devastating flash flood likely triggered by a glacial burst. 700 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Asia-environment-rivers,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China A much-anticipated inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic wraps up its mission in China with no breakthrough discovery, as investigators rule out a theory that Covid-19 came from a lab while failing to identify which animal may have passed it to humans. 800 words 2000 GMT by Laurie Chen with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic UAE-space-Mars,WRAP DUBAI The United Arab Emirates' "Hope" probe successfully enters Mars' orbit, making history as the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. 650 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: UAE-space-Mars,FACTS -- TRUMP IMPEACHMENT -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-Senate,SCENE WASHINGTON With footage of a pro-Trump mob storming the US Capitol playing out in their chamber, somber US senators sit transfixed before the shocking images that dominated the start of the former president's impeachment trial. 550 words 2100 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-impeachment-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON Among the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and hardcore fans of Donald Trump, the message was out weeks ahead: Trump wants you in Washington on January 6 to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president. 750 words 1930 GMT by Paul Handley US-politics-impeachment-trial-silence,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump's second impeachment trial may be the talk of America but a few people, at least, are mum so far, for very different reasons -- Trump himself, and his successor, President Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-aviation-basketball-Bryant-NTSB,WRAP WASHINGTON The helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six other passengers was probably caused by the pilot becoming disoriented after flying into clouds, investigators say. 550 words 2100 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-politics-Cheney,PROFILE WASHINGTON Liz Cheney, the lone congresswoman from the western US state of Wyoming and daughter of the former vice president, is done with Donald Trump. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture. -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Morocco-flood-accident,WRAP RABAT Morocco's premier promises "sanctions" after 28 people died when heavy rain flooded an illegal textiles workshop in a basement, reviving a debate on work conditions in the North African country. 550 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali Iraq-executions-rights,WRAP NASIRIYAH, Iraq Iraq hangs five people convicted on "terrorism" charges in a notorious southern prison, security sources said, despite an international outcry in recent months over the country's execution record. 500 words moved Israel-Iran-nuclear-US,FOCUS TEL AVIV An Israeli intelligence report predicts Iran will seek to project strength as it seeks a return to the 2015 nuclear accord by using its "proxies" in the Middle East to sow unrest. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- EUROPE -- Russia-EU-politics-opposition-sanction,WRAP BRUSSELS EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he will propose the bloc impose sanctions on Russia, as he blasts the Kremlin's "merciless" crackdown on its top critic Alexei Navalny. 650 words moved by Max Delany and Anna Smolchenko in Moscow Germany-weather-transport-Britain,WRAP BERLIN Freezing drivers are stranded for hours in traffic jams in Germany and Covid-19 vaccination centres are shut in Britain as Europe is pummelled by the heaviest snow in years. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Hungary-media-court,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungary's leading independent radio station Klubradio loses an appeal to keep its licence after the media regulator said it had infringed rules, raising new press freedom concerns in the EU member state. 600 words moved by Peter Murphy. File picture Italy-politics,FOCUS ROME In Italy, politicians left, right and centre are rallying behind Mario Draghi's attempt to form a national unity government -- but will an unusually broad coalition make his job harder? 650 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-Thailand-migrants,SCENE SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand Organising protests, gathering supporters and distributing posters of their beloved leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar workers in Thailand are adding to a chorus of dissent against a coup that has upended their home country. 500 words moved by Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-internet,FOCUS HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's top court orders pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to stay behind bars as it sides with prosecutors in the first legal test of Beijing's sweeping new national security law. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Live video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-school,WRAP KANO, Nigeria A Nigerian criminal gang leader behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in northwestern Katsina state in December has surrendered to authorities in an amnesty deal. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. File picture. Graphic Mozambique-unrest,FOCUS MAPUTO Islamist attacks in Mozambique's remote north have become less frequent and violent over recent weeks, a trend analysts attribute in part to scaled-up counter-insurgency tactics. 650 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File picture. Video. Graphic afp
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