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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia hails 'Sputnik' vaccine, WHO urges caution + Belarus vote candidate flees country after clashes + Lebanon crisis deepens over Beirut blast + Hong Kong newspaper's sales surge after owner arrested + 'Final Eight' Champions League all new for fans Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Russia claims it has the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus, despite the WHO urging caution, as the global infections from the pandemic pass 20 million. 800 words moved by Andrea Palasciano with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election says she made a "difficult decision" to leave the country, after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. 750 words 1500 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT The resignation of Lebanon's government deepens political uncertainty as Beirut marks one week since the deadly port explosion rocked the capital and shook the nation to its core. 790 words 1500 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kongers rush to buy pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in a show of support for its owner, who was arrested a day earlier as police rounded up critics of China. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video Also moved: Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP Fbl-Eur-C1-Portugal-health-virus-spectators,WRAP LISBON Football supporters would usually flock in huge numbers to the city hosting the finale of the Champions League, but this time it is a different experience for the fans who arrive in Lisbon despite the coronavirus pandemic for an unprecedented 'Final Eight'. 600 words 1700 GMT by Thomas Cabral and Alexis Hontang. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-vaccine-Russia,UPDATE MOSCOW Russia declares itself the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, but the World Health Organization says it still needs a rigorous safety review. 650 words 1500 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video Greece-Turkey-EU-politics-energy,WRAP-UPDATE ATHENS Greece tells Turkey to immediately remove a survey ship from its maritime territory and asks for an EU meeting of foreign ministers in a burgeoning row over sovereignty and energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. 650 words 1500 GMT by John Hadoulis and Raziye Akkoc. Video France-Britain-immigration-diplomacy,lead PARIS A British minister presses France to intensify efforts to entirely halt the "completely unacceptable" numbers of migrants crossing the Channel in often unseaworthy small boats. 550 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-politics,Q&A BEIRUT Last week's cataclysmic Beirut explosion has ripped Beirut apart -- but was it strong enough to topple the entrenched ruling class whose greed and incompetence are widely blamed for it? 720 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-missing,FOCUS QARTABA, Lebanon Three firefighters. One family. The same restless wait. Rita Hitti has not slept a wink since the Beirut port blast, when her firefighting son, nephew and son-in-law went missing. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-children,FOCUS BEIRUT "I don't want to die." Those were the first words Hiba's six-year-old son screamed after the massive explosion at Beirut's port sent shards of glass flying through his house. 700 words 1500 GMT by Rouba El Husseini. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-Iran,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran is closely watching developments in Lebanon, wary of losing any of its hard-won influence after the deadly mega-blast in Beirut sparked angry demands for reforms to its delicately balanced system. 800 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Iran-espionage-Austria-Britain-Germany-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has jailed two men accused of spying for Britain, Germany and Israel, the latest in a string of espionage cases that have led to arrests and executions. 570 words moved by Amir Havasi Egypt-vote-parliament,WRAP CAIRO Egyptians go to vote for a new Senate in an upper house election seen as unlikely to revive vibrant political life under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule. 600 words 1430 GMT by Menna Zaki. Picture Sudan-agriculture-peanuts,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudan is so famous for peanuts that its nutritious variety is called "Sudani", but a government export ban has baffled traders and left them reeling. 690 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Zimbabwe's government spokesman Nick Mangwana has denied the country was in crisis despite a recent clampdown on dissent that sparked international outrage and highlighted long-standing social and economic woes. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Niger-army-conflict,BACKGROUND BAMAKO Niger faces growing threats to its security less than six months ahead of a presidential election with high stakes. 750 words 1430 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Trinidad-politics-vote,WRAP PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad and Tobago's ruling People's National Movement party declares victory in a close-run general election where it lost a seat to the opposition, which has said it will contest the result. 600 words moved by Alva Viarruel. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-Chow,PROFILE HONG KONG Arrested for alleged national security crimes, Agnes Chow hails from a generation of Hong Kong democracy activists who cut their teeth in politics as teenagers and are now being steadily silenced by China. 700 words moved by Jerome Taylor -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Spain,FOCUS MADRID Just seven weeks after bringing its first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic under control, experts say Spain is once again in a "critical" situation with the worst rate of infections in Western Europe. 650 words 1500 GMT by Diego Urdanetta. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine,POINTS WASHINGTON More than five billion doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines have been bought worldwide, with the first from major Western laboratories having been snapped up by the United States, while Russia claims to have pre-sold one billion doses of its own candidate. 600 words 1500 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Graphic Health-virus-NZealand,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand's dream run of 102 days without locally transmitted coronavirus ends, prompting a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country's largest city. 450 words moved by Neil Sands Health-virus-China-Wuhan,PHOTOESSAY WUHAN, China Fans dancing at an electronic music festival, long lines at breakfast stands, gridlocked traffic -- the scenes in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan these days would have been unthinkable in January. 400 words moved. Pictures by Hector Retamal afp
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