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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + Vaccine deliveries for poor nations delayed + Biden warns Pyongyang over weapons tests + African elephants debvastated by poaching + Squidnapping: snoozinging octopuses may be dreaming + Football icon Zlatan back Sweden team Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS A co-founder of the global scheme to provide vaccines for poor people says India is delaying exports of much-needed jabs, while US President Joe Biden sets a goal of administering 200 million doses by the end of April. 800 words 2030 GMT by Dave Clark with Robin Millard in Geneva and AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-SKorea-US-defence-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden warns the United States will "respond accordingly" if North Korea escalates its weapons testing, after Pyongyang fires two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its first substantive provocation of the new US administration. 750 words 2000 GMT by Becca Millfeld with Kang Jin-kyu in Seoul. File picture Environment-Africa-elephants-IUCN,WRAP GENEVA Decades of poaching and shrinking habitats have devastated elephant populations across Africa, conservationists say, warning that one sub-species found in rainforests was a step away from extinction. 700 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Science-Brazil-animal-octopus,FOCUS WASHINGTON An octopus named Marshmallow lies at rest at the bottom of her tank, suddenly shifting in color from a pale white-green to brown and then orange, as her closed eyes shift around -- a moment captured by scientists who are suggesting the possibility that octopuses dream. 650 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Photo. Video Fbl-WC-2022-Eur,WRAP PARIS Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to the Sweden team after an absence of five years in the World Cup qualifier against Georgia while former champions Germany, Spain and England also start their bids to reach the 2022 finals in Qatar. 700 words 2130 GMT by Terry Daley. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-conservation-agriculture-animal-environment-food,FOCUS KIMANA, Kenya Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has roamed beneath Mount Kilimanjaro for nearly 50 years. 950 words 1500 GMT by Nick Perry. Pictures by Yasuyoshi Chiba. Video by Raphael Ambasu Uruguay-agriculture-environment-climate-livestock,FOCUS CERRO PELADO, Uruguay Rotating cattle to keep the grass long, synching cows' pregnancies and improving bovine diet are just some of the tactics Uruguayan farmers are using to mitigate the impact of cattle on climate change. 650 words moved by Gabriela Vaz. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,3rdlead NEW DELHI India, the "pharmacy of the world", has put the brakes on exporting Covid-19 vaccines as it battles a new wave of infections at home and a faltering inoculation drive 700 words moved by Simon Sturdee with Robin Millard in Geneva. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-EU-summit-US BRUSSELS EU leaders debate how to rescue their chaotic coronavirus vaccination drive and secure millions more doses as a third wave of infections breaks over the bloc. 700 words 2000 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert and Dave Clark. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Biden-media,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden promises 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in his first 100 days in office, doubling his initial goal, as he says at his first news conference that he intends to seek another term. 800 words 2030 GMT by Jerome Cartillier and Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video Also moving: US-Afghanistan-politics-military,2ndlead US-immigration-politics-Biden,2ndlead WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden defends his policy toward migrants, calling the huge surge at the southern border "seasonal" and saying his approach is humanitarian, compared to the Trump adminsitration. 500 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video NKorea-US-military-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Faced with North Korea's defiant testing of missiles, President Joe Biden confronts a dilemma -- whether to respond with more pressure or try once again for a diplomatic opening. 750 words 2100 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says his health is declining and accuses prison authorities of "torture" through sleep deprivation, with allies saying they feared for his life. 550 words moved by Anna Smolchenko and Jonathan Brown. File Picture. Video Greece-history-conflict,WRAP ATHENS Greece celebrates 200 years since the start of its independence war against the Ottoman Empire with parades and ceremonies attended by foreign dignitaries, with events scaled back under the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by John Hadoulis and Chantal Valery. Picture. Video France-politics-immigration-Zemmour,FOCUS PARIS France's best-known far-right ideologue Eric Zemmour has won a growing following but also sparked a backlash for his television monologues lambasting immigration and crime while refusing to rule out presidential ambitions. 800 words moved by Adam Plowright. File picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal say they are facing "extreme difficulty" refloating it as Egypt suspends navigation through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. 750 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Libya-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's new unity government demands the immediate withdrawal of foreign mercenaries as it plans elections by year's end, a call backed by the visiting top diplomats of France, Germany and Italy. 700 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video Palestinians-Israel-voting-parliament,FOCUS AL-WALAJA, Palestinian Territories As weary Israelis count votes from yet another tight election, Palestinians are beginning to prepare for their first polls in 15 years, juggling both hope and despair. 700 words moved by Daniella Cheslow -- ASIA -- Pakistan-US-crime-Pearl,WRAP ISLAMABAD A British-born militant sentenced to death for the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl is ordered to be let out of prison by a Pakistan court in the latest twist to a legal saga spanning nearly two decades. 600 words moved by David Fox. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Science-Brazil-animal-octopus,FOCUS WASHINGTON An octopus named Marshmallow lies at rest at the bottom of her tank, suddenly shifting in color from a pale white-green to brown and then orange, as her muscles twitch, suckers contract and her closed eyes shift around. 650 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Photo. Video Australia-flood-weather,WRAP RICHMOND, Australia Thousands of flood-stricken residents along Australia's east coast begin a massive clean-up effort, as waters start to recede revealing damaged homes, piles of debris and mud-caked roads. 650 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-IT-politics-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers unleash a torrent of criticism against top social media executives at a hearing on Capitol Hill, blaming platforms for amplifying false content and calls to violence, while promising regulation to stem rampant online disinformation. 750 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video US-travel-leisure-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON After a year of pandemic restrictions, Americans want to get back on the move, a dynamic apparent in Miami's spring break revellers and Washington's deluge of rental cars each weekend. 600 words 2000 GMT by Delphine Touitou -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- France-art-auction-VanGogh,WRAP PARIS One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands, "Street Scene in Montmartre", sells for over 13 million euros at auction after going on public display for the first time this week. 500 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. Picture. Video Britain-US-court-media-Depp-appeal,WRAP LONDON Actress Amber Heard and British tabloid The Sun say they are vindicated after a UK court on Thursday refused Johnny Depp the right to appeal against a ruling that he was a wife-beater. 600 words moved by Callum Paton. File picture. File video afp
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