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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US, China in 'tough and direct' Alaska talks + Biden slams violence against Asian-Americans + Europe resumes AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines + Erdogan decree cancels pact protecting women + Iceland volcano eruption lights up night sky US-China-diplomacy,WRAP ANCHORAGE The first talks between President Joe Biden's administration and China are "tough and direct," a senior US official says, amid rising tensions between the rival world powers. 700 words moved by Frederic J. Brown with Francesco Fontemaggi in Washington. Picture. File Picture. Video Also moved: US-diplomacy-China-Biden,ANALYSIS US-crime-shooting-racism-Asian,WRAP ATLANTA US President Joe Biden denounces the upsurge of violence against Asian-Americans, telling a community plunged into grief after this week's Atlanta murders that the nation must not be complicit in the face of racism and xenophobia. 850 words moved by Eric Baradat. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: US-shooting-crime-racism-gender,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS A third of France's population enters a new partial lockdown after some European countries resume AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from EU regulators and the WHO. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS Health-virus,FACTS Turkey-politics-women-rights,lead ISTANBUL Turkey has pulled out of the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest victory for conservatives in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan Iceland-volcano,WRAP REYKJAVIK A volcano erupts just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, with red lava spewing out of the ground and a crimson glow lighting up the night sky. 650 words moved by Jeremie Richard. Picture. Video Also moved: Iceland-volcano,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-cases,2ndlead BERLIN Coronavirus cases in Germany are rising at a "very clearly exponential rate", the country's top public health institute says, as the EU's biggest country debates tightening a shutdown. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-Nordics-vaccine,FOCUS HELSINKI The Nordic countries were among the first to suspend the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine amid fears of possible severe side effects and, unlike most of Europe, they're holding off before resuming jabs. 600 words moved by Sam Kingsley -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-hospital,FOCUS SAO PAULO There are fewer wrinkles and less gray hair among patients in Brazil's intensive care units as the country reels from a surge in Covid-19 that is increasingly hitting people under 60. 600 words moved by Rodrigo Almondacid. Picture. Video Canada-China-diplomacy-trial,WRAP OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts angrily to the closed-door trial of a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges, dismissing it as "completely unacceptable." 700 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture. File Picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,FOCUS YANGON Makeshift barricades of bamboo, brick and burning rubber tyres have lent the streets of Myanmar's largest city the look of an urban warzone, and now the military are forcing civilians to dismantle them, piece by piece... at gunpoint. 600 words 0630 GMT. Picture Oly-Japan-2020-2021-virus-health TOKYO Olympic organisers meet for talks expected to bar overseas fans from this summer's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, in a bid to reduce virus risks and win over a sceptical public. 600 words 0530 GMT by Sara Hussein -- EUROPE -- Turkey-economy-bank-politics,2ndlead ISTANBUL Turkey fires the governor of its central bank and replaces him with economist and former ruling party lawmaker Sahap Kavcioglu, according to a presidential decree, in a move likely to raise concerns over the bank's independence. 400 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan Turkey-economy-defence-drones,FOCUS ANKARA Whether in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of the aerial vehicles. 900 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-energy-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH A drone strike sparks a fire at a Riyadh oil refinery in an attack claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels, as the Iran-backed insurgents make major advances on the embattled Yemeni city of Marib. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Video. File picture. File video. Graphic Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Campaigning in Israel nears an end, with incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu seeking the majority that eluded him in three recent votes by highlighting the country's robust vaccination drive and his "real" right-wing credentials. 750 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. File picture. Video Also moved: Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-Hassan,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan calls for unity as she becomes the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Tanzania-politics-Hassan,PROFILE DRCongo-unrest-UN,WRAP GENEVA Nearly 200 people have been killed and 40,000 displaced since January following a surge of attacks by the ADF militia in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says, as protests against the massacres bring three cities to a standstill. 600 words moved by Nina Larson. File picture. Graphic Congo-vote,WRAP BRAZZAVILLE The Republic of Congo votes in a presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso aiming to extend his decades-long hold on power in the central African state. 650 words moved by Samir Tounsi and Laudes Martial Mbon Also moved: Congo-vote,CHRONO, Congo-vote,FACTS, Congo-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE -- SPORT -- fbl-Eur-C1-draw,WRAP PARIS Holders Bayern Munich will face last year's beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, while the draw for the last eight also throws up a clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Graphic afp
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