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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden's $1.9 tn Covid relief deal clears Congress + UN condemns Myanmar military over clampdown + Royals contest Harry and Meghan's racism claims + Federer makes winning return after 13 months + Game sensation Roblox makes Wall Street debut US-politics-economy-health,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's enormous economic relief package passes Congress, delivering a resounding victory for the US president and a desperately needed cash injection to millions of families and businesses suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The United Nations Security Council condemns the violence used by Myanmar's military against peaceful anti-coup demonstrators as authorities swoop on striking workers in the Southeast Asian country. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-US-lobbying Myanmar-politics-military-SriLanka-diplomacy US-Britain-royals,WRAP LONDON Britain's royal family has begun a fight back against explosive racism claims made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, indicating the couple's comments will not go unchallenged as the country divides into partisan camps. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-monarchy,FOCUS Tennis-ATP-QAT-Federer DOHA Roger Federer marks his return from a 13-month injury absence with victory over Dan Evans at the Qatar Open with the 20-time Grand Slam title winner admitting: "It's been a long, hard road". 600 words 2000 GMT by Greg Walton. Picture US-IT-lifestyle-games-Roblox,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The video game platform Roblox which became a sensation for pre-teens during the pandemic lockdowns makes its debut on Wall Street amid an investor frenzy that values the company in the tens of billions. 550 words 2130 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- SPOTLIGHT -- Arab-revolution-conflict-Syria-Turkey-children,FOCUS GAZIANTEP, Turkey Mohammad is five years old, Areej six and Dalaa 10. Syrian refugees in Turkey, these children have inherited from their parents a yearning for a country they know little to nothing about. 750 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US HOUSTON Texas lifts its mask mandate and capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, despite experts warning the "100 percent" relaxation of coronavirus curbs will exacerbate the spread of worrying variants. 650 words 2100 GMT by Francois Picard. Picture. Video Health-virus-RedCross GENEVA The Red Cross warns of a glaring gap in the plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines around the world, saying remote communities risk missing out. 450 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-France-tourism-Paris,FOCUS PARIS Despite missing out on museums and meals, a few foreign tourists in Paris are discovering sides of a city they could hardly have imagined before the Covid crisis hit one of the world's most popular destinations. 700 words moved by Joseph Schmid and Guillaume Bonnet. Video. -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics-poverty,FOCUS WASHINGTON With the massive $1.9 trillion US stimulus plan approved by Congress, President Joe Biden is announcing his administration's commitment to slashing child poverty by half. 550 words 2100 GMT by Delphine Touitou US-China-Japan-SKorea-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's top aides will meet for the first time next week with Chinese officials in Alaska, straight on the heels of showing solidarity through trips to Asian allies wary of Beijing's might. 650 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon Brazil-politics-Lula,WRAP SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil Brazil's former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes his return to politics attacking President Jair Bolsonaro and his "imbecile" Covid-19 policies, but declines to say whether he will run against him next year. 650 words 2000 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Mexico-politics-drugs,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexican lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use -- a move that could transform the land of the drug cartels into a huge regulated market. 500 words 2000 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-media-politics-Twitter,WRAP MOSCOW Russia says it is disrupting Twitter's services because the platform failed to remove "illegal" content, the latest in a series of moves exerting control over foreign tech giants. 650 words moved by Anastasia Clark -- MIDDLE EAST -- Libya-politics,WRAP SIRTE, Libya Libya's parliament approves a unity government to lead the war-ravaged North African nation to December elections, hailed as a "historic" step towards ending a decade of chaos. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-revolution-conflict,CHRONO Palestinians-Israel-conflict-Hamas,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Yahya Sinwar is re-elected as the head of Hamas's political wing in Gaza, extending his tenure as the Islamist movement's de facto leader in the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave. 400 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. File picture. File video -- AFRICA -- EGuinea-blast-rights LIBREVILLE Blasts that levelled a military camp and the surrounding populated area in Equatorial Guinea at the weekend claimed "far more" lives than the official death toll of 105, Human Rights Watch says, urging an independent investigation into the disaster. 500 words moved SAfrica-unrest-education-university,WRAP JOHANNESBURG A passerby is killed in Johannesburg when police fire rubber bullets to disperse students protesting outside a top-tier South African university over tuition debts. 500 words moved by Claire Doyen. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-business-wealth-Asia,PROFILE BEIJING Until recently, few people had even heard of the Chinese billionaire with a gruff reputation who built a fortune on China's seemingly unquenchable demand for his ubiquitous red-capped bottled water. 650 words moved by Helen Roxburgh with Danni Zhu. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Ireland-US-aviation-merger-GE-AerCap,WRAP NEW YORK General Electric announces a deal to sell its aircraft leasing business to AerCap for $30 billion, establishing a new industry giant amid the pandemic-induced downturn in air travel. 600 words 2130 GMT -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-IOC-Bach,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland Newly re-elected International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach promises to deliver a "safe, secure" Tokyo Olympics this year, saying that a decision on allowing foreign spectators would be taken "as early as possible". 650 words moved by Coralie Febvre. Picture Fbl-Eur-C1 PARIS Liverpool hope to bury their domestic problems by reaching the Champions League quarter-finals while Barcelona must overturn a 4-1 deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in their last-16, second leg clash. 650 words 2200 GMT. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-environment-UN-pandemic-recovery PARIS The world is missing a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild a sustainable post-pandemic future, the United Nations says in an assessment showing less than 20 percent of recovery finance can be considered "green". 550 words moved by Patrick Galey and Amelie Bottolier-Depois Also moved: Climate-UN-COP26-BCG,FOCUS afp
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