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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Bloodiest' day as UN says 38 killed in Myanmar + ICC opens Israeli-Palestinians war crimes probe + Biden calls dropping masks 'Neanderthal thinking' + Toronto van attacker found guilty of killing 10 + Meghan faces bullying claim, Palace 'concerned' Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON At least 38 people die in the "bloodiest" day of Myanmar's crisis, according to the United Nations, as the military junta defies growing international condemnation of its coup and security forces again fire on protesters. 800 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict-ICC-warcrimes,WRAP THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court opens a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, in a move blasted by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu as the "essence of anti-Semitism." 730 words moved by Danny Kemp. Video Health-virus-US WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden slams as "Neanderthal thinking" a move by Texas and other states to drop mask-wearing mandates in defiance of the federal government, before the pandemic has been brought anywhere near under control. 600 words 2030 GMT by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video Canada-homicide-trial-internet,WRAP TORONTO A 28-year-old Canadian who plowed a van into pedestrians in a deadly attack three years ago in Toronto Is found guilty of murdering 10 people and trying to kill 16 others. 600 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture. Video Britain-US-royals-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Buckingham Palace says it is "very concerned" by a newspaper report that Meghan Markle faced a bullying complaint during her time in the family of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. 500 words 1930 GMT by Callum Paton. File picture Also moved: Britain-royals-health-Philip,WRAP -- SPOTLIGHT -- Rwanda-genocide-rapes-children,SPECIALREPORT MUHANGA They grew up bearing the stigma of "children of torturers", shunned by their own communities, locked in a quest for identity that decades later remains without an end. 1,900 words moved by Lucie Peytermann. Picture. Graphic Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-massacre,INVESTIGATION DENGOLAT, Ethiopia Residents recount what they say was a massacre by Eritrean troops in Dengolat, a village in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region where AFP has interviewed survivors and viewed mass graves. 1,000 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Netherlands-explosion,4thlead BOVENKARSPEL, the Netherlands A suspected pipe bomb hits a Dutch coronavirus testing centre, shattering windows but causing no injuries in what officials brand a "cowardly act of destruction". 600 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-companies-vaccine,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-Capitol-extremism,2ndlead WASHINGTON Police say they have bolstered security in Washington after intelligence uncovered a possible plot to "breach the Capitol" on March 4, when some conspiracy-believing supporters of Donald Trump wrongly suggest he will be inaugurated for another presidential term. 550 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-assault,WRAP NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he won't quit over sexual harassment allegations made against him by three women, as he pleaded against a rush to judgment before an independent investigation into his conduct is completed. 600 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture US-China-diplomacy-Blinken,lead WASHINGTON Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States is ready to confront China where need be, calling the Asian power the "biggest geopolitical test" of the century. 550 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-US-EU-sanctions-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Moscow hits back at Western countries for sanctioning senior Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, warning its foes "not to play with fire". 600 words 2000 GMT by Anastasia Clark. File picture Already moved: Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny Sweden-stabbing-crime,WRAP STOCKHOLM A man in his twenties attacks eight people with a "sharp object," seriously injuring two, in the Swedish city of Vetlanda, with police calling it a "suspected terrorist crime". 500 words 2000 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Video Greece-earthquake,WRAP DAMASI, Greece A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits central Greece, injuring a dozen people, damaging scores of buildings and causing panicked crowds to rush into the streets. 700 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video Britain-NIreland-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS and LONDON A new cross-Channel row erupts as the UK threatens to break the terms of the Brexit withdrawal treaty by delaying the imposition of checks on food going to Northern Ireland for another six months. 600 words 2000 GMT Britain-Scotland-politics-SNP-Salmond-Sturgeon,WRAP EDINBURGH Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon defends her handling of sexual assault claims against her predecessor, in a case that has erupted into a full-blown crisis for the country's independence movement as pressure mounts for her to resign. 650 words moved by Stuart Graham and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-attack-rockets-US,WRAP BAGHDAD A US contractor dies of cardiac failure after rocket fire hits an Iraqi base hosting coalition troops, the Pentagon says, just two days ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the country. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily France-Algeria-politics-diplomacy-war-history,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron has admitted for the first time that French soldiers murdered a top Algerian independence figure then covered up his death in the latest acknowledgement by Paris of its colonial-era crimes. 650 words moved by Adam Plowright. File picture. Also moved: France-Algeria-politics-war-history,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-school-kidnap,lead JANGEBE All the 279 Nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week are reunited with their parents, in an emotional event overshadowed by chaos and shooting by security forces. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video. Senegal-politics-assault-justice,WRAP DAKAR Clashes break out in Senegal's capital Dakar as the opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is arrested ahead of a scheduled court appearance to face a rape charge. 500 words moved by Malick Rokhy Ba. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-media,WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan Outrage ripples through Afghanistan as funerals are held for three female media workers gunned down in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the latest assassinations to wrack the war-weary country. 650 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG A marathon bail hearing enters its third day as dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists return to court in a mass subversion prosecution that has reignited international concern over Beijing's crackdown on dissent. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor Australia-politics-assault,3rdlead PERTH Australia's attorney general outs himself as the cabinet minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, denying the decades-old allegation and trying to draw a line under a crisis that has consumed the conservative government. 600 words moved. Video. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Mexico-politics-energy-environment,lead MEXICO CITY Mexican lawmakers approve controversial electricity reforms which critics slam as a major setback to efforts to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy and a potential breach of international trade commitments. 500 words moved by Natalia Cano. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-Romania,INTERVIEW BERLIN One of Eastern Europe's most acclaimed directors, Radu Jude, argues corruption, hypocrisy and white supremacy are far more obscene than pornography in his Berlin film festival contender about a history teacher whose sex tape winds up on the internet. 500 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-diplomacy-UN-COP26-Britain PARIS The British government will do "everything we can" to avoid a virtual climate summit in November when it is set to host nearly 200 nations in Glasgow, the minister in charge of the 12-day meet told AFP in an interview. 550 words 2000 GMT by Marlowe Hood afp
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