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| - Duty Editor: Mike Smith Email: +33 1 44 88 74 72 -- TOP STORIES -- + More Myanmar protests after troops deployed + Turkey accuses US of backing Kurdish 'terrorists' + UK imposes tough new quarantine measures + Okonjo-Iweala named first woman WTO chief + Jaguar to go electric only from 2025 Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's junta deploys extra troops around the country and chokes the internet as it intensifies a crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant demonstrators again take to the streets. 800 words moved Also moved: Myanmar-politics-demonstration-prisoners Myanmar-politics-court Myanmar-coup,FACTS Turkey-Iraq-US-Kurds-conflict,WRAP ANKARA Turkey accuses the United States of supporting "terrorists" and announces the detention of 718 people over alleged links to a Kurdish militant group it says executed 13 Turks in Iraq. 600 words 1530 GMT by Raziye Akkoc Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain begins mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals from high-risk countries as New Zealand identifies its first cases of the UK strain from the outbreak that forced its largest city into lockdown. 800 words 1700 GMT by Joe Jackson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video WTO-trade-Nigeria,WRAP GENEVA Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is confirmed as the first female and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, a near-paralysed institution desperately needing a kick-start. 600 words 1630 GMT by Robin Millard. File picture Britain-India-automobile-environment-pollution,WRAP LONDON Jaguar, the Indian-owned luxury car brand, announces it will produce only electric vehicles from 2025 as governments put pressure on the business world to slash carbon emissions and consumers demand greener products. 500 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. File Picture. File Video Also moving: Britain-India-auto-JLR -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-US-transport-taxis,SCENE NEW YORK They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Environment-corals-Israel-UAE-oil,FOCUS EILAT, Israel Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to "the next ecological disaster". 700 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine-AfricanAmerican,FOCUS WASHINGTON Gary Jackson doesn't want the Covid vaccine even though the virus kills Black people at a starkly higher rate -- a daunting problem experts say the United States must confront in controlling its disastrous outbreak. 750 words moved by Joshua Melvin with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles and Francois Picard in Houston. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-hotels-quarantine,3rdlead LONDON Britain intends to seek a "cautious but irreversible" ending of strict coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, as his government introduces hotel quarantine stays for arrivals from "high risk" nations. 650 words 1800 GMT by Joe Jackson and Callum Paton. Picture. File Video Health-virus-Mexico-psychology,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A surge in coronavirus infections following the year-end holidays has left a growing number of Mexicans struggling with feelings of guilt or resentment over deaths that could have been avoided. 550 words moved by Sofia Miselem -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-vote,FOCUS BARCELONA After winning more than half of the votes in Sunday's regional election, Catalonia's separatists have strengthened their chances of retaining power, neutralising the gains chalked up by Spain's ruling Socialists. 600 words 1600 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Kosovo-politics-vote,WRAP PRISTINA Kosovo's left-wing reformists secure a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, handing them a strong mandate for change from voters fed up with the political establishment. 750 words moved by Ismet Hajdari and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-ski,SCENE BORMIO, Italy "It's so frustrating! They are having a laugh," vented skiier Matteo Morsia, after the long-awaited reopening of Italy's resorts was postponed at the last minute over fresh coronavirus fears. 650 words 1530 GMT by Brigitte Hagemann. Picture. Video France-politics-religion,FOCUS PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to gain ground on far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead of a possible duel in 2022 elections by seizing votes on the right, with a tough-talking interior minister and a bill cracking down on radical Islamists. 650 words moved by Stuart Williams -- AFRICA -- France-Rwanda-history-genocide PARIS Authorities in Paris helped suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to escape while under French military Protection, according to a diplomatic cable, rekindling Kigali's allegations France secretly supported Hutu forces behind the killings. 450 words moved by Didier Laurus SAfrica-politics-corruption-Zuma,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG The chair of a South African judicial panel investigating mass state corruption says he will seek a jail sentence for embattled former president Jacob Zuma over contempt of court after he again failed to appear before the panel. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-weather,WRAP WASHINGTON The southern state of Texas is blanketed in snow and ice as an "unprecedented" winter storm system sweeps the United States, with Arctic air driving a "polar plunge" that is expected to break record-low temperatures from coast to coast. 450 words 1430 GMT. File picture. US-politics-investigation,POINTS WASHINGTON With bipartisan support growing in Washington for a government-backed probe into the January 6 insurrection -- similar to the investigation carried out after September 11, 2001 -- a look at what could happen next for former president Donald Trump. 500 words 1600 GMT. File picture Haiti-politics-unrest PORT-AU-PRINCE Several thousand people demonstrate in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, saying the government was trying to establish a new dictatorship and denouncing international support for President Jovenel Moise. 400 words moved. Live video. Picture. Video -- PEOPLE -- Britain-royals-baby,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their second child, the couple reveal in a Valentine's Day announcement, the first senior royal due to be born outside Britain in 100 years. 600 words moved. File Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/MEDIA -- Australia-media-internet,2ndlead SYDNEY Google and Facebook are "very close" to deals with major Australian media to pay for news, a top government official says, as the tech giants scramble to avoid landmark regulation. 600 words moved -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Rafael Nadal outclasses Fabio Fognini to close in on the all-time Grand Slam titles record as Ashleigh Barty ramps up hopes of becoming the Australian Open's first home winner in 43 years. 550 words moved. Picture Ski-world-ITA-women-combined,3rdlead CORTINA Mikaela Shiffrin keeps her cool in the slalom to claim gold in the alpine combined at the world championships and win a US record ninth medal overall at the global level. 450 words 1500 GMT by Luke Phillips. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-Hsieh-McNamee,PROFILE MELBOURNE In an era of regimented game plans, strict training regimes, nutritionists and pre-match routines, one player is refreshingly going her own way - Hsieh Su-wei. 600 words moved afp
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