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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Covid likely jumped to humans from animals: report + Suez mega-ship moved '80%' in right direction + Outrage after Myanmar's weekend bloodshed + George Floyd trial to start in US + Obama's Kenyan 'granny' dies aged 99 Health-virus-WHO-China,WRAP GENEVA An international mission of experts to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a laboratory leak, according to a report obtained by AFP. 800 words 1100 GMT by Nina Larson. Picture. Video. Graphic ** Please see our special advisory on WHO's Covid origins report ** Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP SUEZ, Egypt The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials say, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear. 700 words 1100 GMT by Hager Harabech with Mona Salem in Cairo. Picture. Graphics. Video We have also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Protesters and mourners take to the streets of Myanmar after the bloodiest weekend since the coup, amid international outrage at the junta's ruthless crackdown. 750 words 1000 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video US-racism-police-trial-Floyd MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world. 700 words moved by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. File picture Kenya-US-people-politics-Obama,lead NAIROBI Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter said. 500 words moved. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Bodybuilding-MAS-health-Malaysia,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Working out with ageing equipment in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy bench-presses two dumbbells and then flexes his muscular arms. 500 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video US-Mexico-immigration-children,SCENE ROMA, Texas Oscar is 12 years old and has just crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to Texas in a small, inflatable boat piloted by human traffickers. He is tearful, hungry and alone after a dangerous month-long journey from Guatemala as part of migrant surge at the United States border. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Britain-health-virus-politics LONDON England enters the second phase of its lockdown easing thanks to a successful vaccination drive, but the government is urging vigilance as another wave of coronavirus sweeps Europe. 600 words 1100 GMT by Jitendra Joshi and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Heath-virus-France-politics,FOCUS PARIS The French government has vowed to do everything possible to avoid a third national lockdown, but with cases rising sharply almost everywhere and hospitals in Paris overflowing, can it avoid another crippling shutdown? 600 words 0930 GMT by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Australia BRISBANE More than two million people in Brisbane enter a three-day lockdown after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia's third-biggest city. 530 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines MANILA More than 24 million people in the Philippines' economic hub enter a lockdown, as officials warn the week-long restrictions could be extended if coronavirus infections do not fall. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus TOKYO Tokyo Olympics organisers unveil virus countermeasures for test events that will resume later this week for the first time since the Games were postponed by the pandemic. 350 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Cuba-vaccines,FOCUS HAVANA Maria Ruiz admitted she was "afraid" but the 48-year-old nurse was determined to play her part in helping Cuba's ambitious drive to produce its own Covid-19 vaccine. 600 words moved by by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-pharmaceutical-health-trial,WRAP PARIS A French court finds pharma giant Servier guilty of "aggravated fraud" and "involuntary manslaughter" over a diabetes and weight loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths in one of the country's biggest recent health scandals. 400 words 0930 GMT by Anne-Sophie Laserre and Caroline Taix -- MIDDLE EAST -- Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP CAIRO Egypt has ordered the arrest of eight people over a collision between two trains that killed 18 people late last week, the prosecutor's office says. 400 words 1100 GMT. File Picture Qatar-women-rights DOHA Human Rights Watch accuses Qatar of restricting the lives of its female population through unclear "guardianship" rules requiring adult women to obtain male approval for everyday activities. 500 words moved Lebanon-politics-economy-poverty,FOCUS BEIRUT Samir Merhi returned to Lebanon in 2009, hoping the fortune he made abroad would let him retire comfortably at home, but the country's economic crisis has upended his dreams and forced him to leave again. 750 words 1300 GMT by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-corruption-imports,INVESTIGATION BAGHDAD Along Iraq's borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties and crooked officials. 2,000 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Iraq-corruption-family-migration,FOCUS Iraq-politics-corruption-budget-women,PROFILE Qatar-animal-rights,FOCUS DOHA Freya the dog was found with "half her face blown off", Bernie was stabbed and badly burnt, Diana is struggling to raise her puppies after being riddled with pellets: strays in Qatar are facing a spike in abuse. 650 words moved by Anne Levasseur and Gregory Walton. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,WRAP PEMBA, Mozambique Thousands of survivors of coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town arrive on boats in the provincial capital Pemba, a city already buckling under the weight of hundreds of a three-year-old insurgency. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video SAfrica-rail-crime-pandemic,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa's metro rail infrastructure has been ravaged during a coronavirus lockdown with thieves plundering electric cables, metal rails and anything they can lay their hands on. 850 words 1000 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-politics-sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Two Australian ministers are demoted from top cabinet posts as the ruling conservative party tries to draw a line under dual rape scandals that have convulsed national politics. 550 words moved by Andrew Beatty Also moving: Australia-China-politics-defence,PROFILE UN-China-diplomacy-rights-Canada MONTREAL The UN is in negotiations with Beijing for a visit "without restrictions" to Xinjiang to see how the Uyghur minority is being treated, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a broadcaster. 300 words moved Indonesia-bombings JAKARTA Two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police say, as they raid the couple's home. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-labor-Amazon BESSEMER, Alabama Votes are set to be counted on the creation of the first Amazon union in the United States, at a warehouse in Alabama, after a historic, five months-long David vs Goliath campaign. 650 words moved by Sarah Titterton -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA LOS ANGELES Dennis Schroder scores 24 pointsy as the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers hold on late for a much-needed 96-93 NBA victory over the Orlando Magic. 600 words moved by Jim Slater afp
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