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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + From suicidal thoughts to race: Harry and Meghan tell all + Closely-watched George Floyd trial to kick off in US + Fresh bloodshed in Myanmar anti-coup demos + Women's Day marches push ahead despite pandemic US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Suicidal thoughts, a racist relative and an heir-to-the-throne trapped by tradition -- Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have lifted the lid on life inside Britain's royal family with an explosive interview that reverberated around the world. 900 words 1500 GMT by Anna Malpas, Thomas Urbain and Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-racism,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-internet,REAX US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-questions,Q&A US-Britain-royals-crises,FACTS Also moving: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota One of the most closely watched trials in years opens in the United States with the thorny process of jury selection in the case of a white policeman charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man whose dying struggles were captured on video seen around the world. 700 words 1600 GMT by Joy Powell and Charlotte Plantive. Picture Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,INTERVIEW US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,PROFILE US-racism-police-trial-Chauvin,PROFILE Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Three anti-coup protesters are shot dead in Myanmar as demonstrators across the country seek to paralyse the economy with strike action following a weekend of night raids and arrests. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Women-rights,WRAP NEW DELHI Thousands of women from Manila to New Delhi march as rallies across Asia kick off a global day of action for International Women's Day. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- India-Kashmir-unrest-forests,FOCUS PAHALGAM, India Ghulam Khatana's family lived half their lives in a simple log hut in Kashmir's forests, until around 200 men brandishing guns and iron rods chased them out of their home and into the blistering cold. 700 words moved by Parvaiz Bukhari. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-school,2ndlead LONDON Millions of children return to school in England for the first time in two months, with the government beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions as a mass vaccination drive ramps up. 600 words 1700 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Singapore-aviation-technology SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines will begin trialling a coronavirus digital travel pass developed by aviation's industry body next week, the carrier says, the first airline to pilot the scheme as the pandemic-hit sector seeks to recover. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,FOCUS SHURNUKH, Armenia Stepan Movsisyan has been told his house remains in Armenia but half of his cow shed now falls under Azerbaijan's control after a war last year dramatically shifted the boundaries between the ex-Soviet foes. 750 words moved by Max Delany. Picture. Video Belarus-Tikhanovskaya-UN-diplomacy,INTERVIEW GENEVA Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has no intention of stopping her fight against the government of Alexander Lukashenko, and is appealing to the United Nations to help intensify pressure on the regime, she tells AFP. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Vatican-Pope-Iraq,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis returns to Rome following his historic trip to Iraq, saying the war-torn country would "always remain with me". 650 words 1500 GMT by Catherine Marciano. Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-pope-Vatican-diplomacy,FOCUS Lebanon-politics-protest,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanese protesters block key roads with burning barricades in rage at the country's political paralysis and deep economic crisis, after its currency hit record lows on the black market. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-politics,WRAP SIRTE, Libya Libya's parliament meets ahead of a vote on a new interim unity government for the divided country, a crucial step toward December elections and stability after a decade of violent turmoil. 700 words 1630 GMT by Hamza Mekouar and Jihad Dorgham. Picture Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vaccines JERUSALEM Israel launches a campaign to vaccinate some 100,000 Palestinians in the West Bank who hold permits to work in Jewish settlements in the occupied territory and inside the Jewish state. 440 words moved. Picture. Video Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict,SPECIAL REPORT BEIRUT After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that have made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the fighting has tapered off, but the suffering hasn't. 2,000 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Graphic. Video. File Picture. File Video Also moved: Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict-internet-technology,FOCUS Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict-Turkey-refugees,FOCUS Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict-Idlib,Q&A Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Senegal-politics-unrest,WRAP DAKAR Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been freed from detention, after his recent arrest sparked the worst unrest the country has seen in years. 550 words 1430 GMT by Malick Rokhy Ba and Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video EGuinea-blast MALABO The death toll from accidental explosions at a military camp in Equatorial Guinea rises to 30, state television says, after 10 more bodies are found in the ruined site. 500 words moved by Samuel Obiang. Graphic. Picture. Video Ghana-rights,FOCUS ACCRA When activists in Ghana opened a support centre for the local gay community, they expected some pushback in a religiously conservative West African country where homosexuality is illegal. 750 words moved by Marine Jeannin -- ASIA -- India-women-alcohol,FOCUS NEW DELHI Priya Sharma drives more than 30 kilometres to get to one of the world's most exclusive boutiques in a teeming New Delhi residential district, a women-only liquor store. 500 words 1500 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture Afghanistan-conflict-media-women KABUL Nearly 20 percent of Afghan women journalists have quit or lost their jobs in the past six months, a media watchdog group says, as a wave of murders targeting the press has intensified in the war-torn country. 400 words moved. Picture HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong's leader praises China's plan to ensure only "patriots" remain in politics, denying the move was a purge of the opposition. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video HongKong-China-politics-banking-Japan HONG KONG China's crackdown in Hong Kong has left Japanese finance firms "very much afraid" and reconsidering whether to remain in the city, a senior banker says in a rare public declaration of concern from within the industry. 500 words moved Health-virus-Bangladesh-prostitution-gender-vaccines,VIDEOESSAY DAULATDIA, Bangladesh Meherun Nisa walks along the narrow lanes of Bangladesh's largest brothel every day, knocking on the doors of small shacks where sex workers live to persuade them to get vaccinated for Covid-19. Picture. Video 600 words moved by Sam Jahan -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- ECB-EU-eurozone-rates-inflation-banking,ADVANCER FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is expected on Thursday to stress its commitment to keeping borrowing costs low, as inflation concerns and a slow vaccination drive weigh on the eurozone economy. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-Laporta,WRAP MADRID Joan Laporta returns as president of Barcelona after winning the club's elections by a landslide, with his central pledge to try to persuade Lionel Messi to stay. 700 words moved. Picture Oly-2022-sskate-KOR-CHN-diplomacy SEOUL A South Korean Olympic short-track speed skating champion banned from the national team for sexual harassment has taken Chinese citizenship and will skate for the hosts at next year's Beijing Winter Games, reports say. 450 words moved -- CLIMATE -- Climate-OECD-Cormann,lead PARIS The Australian politician seeking to head the OECD should be ruled out of the role due to "grave concerns" over his record on climate change, leading environmental groups say. 500 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Galey -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-CriticsChoice LOS ANGELES US road movie "Nomadland" swerves controversy in China and accelerates towards award season glory as it tops the prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, picking up best picture and best director for Chloe Zhao. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Venezuela-crime-social-women,FOCUS LA MISION, Venezuela Denis Reanez was looking through her daughter's things when she found a handwritten song she had been penning on a sheet slipped inside her bible. 750 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video afp
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