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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Atlanta shooting suspect denies racist motive + WHO says AstraZeneca shots should continue + US-Russia crisis after Biden dubs Putin 'killer' + Intense clashes in Myanmar's biggest city + Longtime Met maestro James Levine dies at 77 US-shootings-spa,WRAP ATLANTA A 21-year-old gunman with a "sex addiction" has taken responsibility for killing eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, but is denying any racial motive to the attacks that have shaken the country's Asian community. 750 words 1930 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA World Health Organization experts recommend countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but say they are looking into the jab's safety after a slew of nations suspended its use over health fears. 850 words moved by Robin Millard, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca,FACTS Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-Johnson,2ndlead US-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Russian recalls its ambassador from Washington as US-Russia relations are plunged into crisis after President Joe Biden's assessment of Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election-meddling. 800 words 2030 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Plumes of smoke rise above a part of Myanmar's biggest city under martial law which has turned into a battle zone, with burning barricades and security forces firing at unarmed anti-coup protesters. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-unrest US-music-assault-Levine,WRAP NEW YORK James Levine, the influential conductor of New York's Metropolitan Opera who was ousted in disgrace over sexual abuse accusations, dies at 77. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- France-Britain-history-tourism,FOCUS BAYEUX, France It has stood for over nine centuries as the most celebrated record of the 1066 Norman Conquest of England. But the Bayeux Tapestry is in need of restoration as the fragile work suffers from growing wear-and-tear including thousands of holes. 700 words moved by Chloe Coupeau. File picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-travel-EU-world,Q&A PARIS From digital certificates to "health passports", countries across the globe are hoping to relaunch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status. But with patchy vaccine access around the world and mounting concerns over data privacy, questions are swirling about how the measures will work in practice. 600 words moved Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories As Israel pushes on with one of the world's most intense Covid vaccination campaigns, Palestinians without access to the jabs are flooding hospitals already at breaking point. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-Kurds,WRAP ANKARA Turkey's pro-Kurdish party is fighting for its political survival after a prosecutor asks the country's top court to shut it down for alleged links to militants waging a deadly insurgency against the state. 650 words 2000 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Netherlands-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE Dutch people vote at bike-through polling stations and museums in an election that Prime Minister Mark Rutte cast as a choice of the best leader to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic France-politics-justice-Sarkozy,WRAP PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial again over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just two weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. 650 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden says it will be "tough" to meet the deadline to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as agreed with the Taliban in a deal secured under Donald Trump. 550 words moved by Ben Sheppard. File picture US-Ireland-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden expresses support for the Northern Ireland peace agreement in the face of Brexit-related tensions when he met Ireland's prime minister Micheal Martin for virtual Saint Patrick's Day celebrations. 550 words by Sebastian Smith 1930 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-royals,WRAP NONGOMA, South Africa A procession of mourners, many sporting traditional leopard skins, escort the body of Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini, the late leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group, to his royal palace ahead of his burial. 750 words 2000 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video Germany-Gambia-crime-justice-timeline,FOCUS BANJUL An army hit squad assasinated AFP correspondent Deyda Hydara in The Gambia in 2004, in a case which shocked many but lay mostly dormant until German authorities arrested a man connected to the killing this week. 650 words 2000 GMT by Emil Touray. File picture Also moved: Germany-Gambia-crime-justice,WRAP Congo-vote,WRAP DOLISIE, Congo Security forces in the Republic of Congo cast their ballots ahead of presidential elections in which veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso is frontrunner. 500 words 2030 GMT. File picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Britain-nuclear-politics-Iran-Russia,WRAP TEHRAN Iran and Russia denounce the UK's decision to bolster its nuclear arsenal, with the Islamic republic accusing it of "hypocrisy" and the Kremlin warning the move threatens international stability. 750 words 1930 GMT. Graphic Israel-vote-US-politics,FOCUS TEL AVIV As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces his fourth election in less than two years, he's missing an ally he could rely on through three previous votes: Donald Trump. 750 words moved by Daniella Cheslow. File Picture. File Video Also moved: Israel-vote-Michaeli,PROFILE -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON US central bankers are much more optimistic about the outlook for the American economy, as trillions of dollars in stimulus are flowing, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautions that a full recovery is still far from sight, and the Fed will keep stimulus in place for "as long as it takes." 650 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott US-IT-health-work-Amazon,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon unveils plans to launch a health care service to employers across the United States, opening up a new market for the tech giant which has increasingly woven its way into the lives of consumers. 550 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever -- LIFESTYLE/TECHNOLOGY -- France-US-internet-privacy-Clubhouse,WRAP PARIS France's data privacy watchdog says that it has opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit. 500 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy -- SCIENCE -- US-science-animal-seals,FOCUS WASHINGTON Fat elephant seals prioritize hiding themselves from predators during their vast, months-long foraging expeditions in the open ocean, while skinny seals need to take more risks until they're nice and plump, a study shows. 700 words moved. Graphic Biology-research-ethics-science-infertility TOKYO Scientists have generated early-stage human embryo models that could help shed light on the "black box" of initial human development stages and improve research on pregnancy loss and birth defects. 750 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- CLIMATE -- Climate-science-sealevel-Greenland PARIS The ice sheet atop Greenland -- which holds enough frozen water to swamp coastal cities worldwide -- has melted to the ground at least once in the last million years despite CO2 levels far lower than today, stunned scientists have reported. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Also moved: Climate-emissions-oceans-protection afp
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