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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump acquitted by Senate in second impeachment trial + US, WHO demand more data from Beijing on Covid origins + Dozens injured as strong quake hits Japan's Fukushima + Kosovo anti-graft crusaders face old guard in snap poll + World's 'oldest' brewery unearthed in Egypt US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump is acquitted on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans close ranks and refuse to punish the former president in his historic second impeachment trial. 950 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States and a WHO expert demand more data from Beijing about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, after a WHO mission to China struggled to make headway. 600 words moved by Brian Knowlton with Nina Larson in Geneva and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-quake,WRAP TOKYO A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima injures dozens of people nearly 10 years after the eastern region was hit by a huge quake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Graphic Kosovo-politics-vote-WRAP PRISTINA Kosovo votes in an early election that could see a new generation of politicians take the lead after tapping into widespread frustration and fatigue with the political establishment. 700 words 1100 GMT by Ismet Hajdari and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video Also moved: Kosovo-politics-vote,FACTS Kosovo-politics-vote,PROFILE Egypt-archaeology-beer,lead CAIRO A high-production brewery believed to be the world's "oldest" has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at the Abydos funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry says. 500 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-education,FOCUS WASHINGTON Faced with long school closures because of the coronavirus pandemic, many US parents have taken to homeschooling to ensure their children's education continues despite the massive disruptions of the past year. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien UN-virus-diplomacy-vaccines,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS At the initiative of Britain, which boasts of having an effective vaccination program, the UN Security Council on Wednesday will debate the problem of global access to Covid-19 vaccines, raising issues likely to underscore sharp differences between council members. 600 words moved by Philippe Rater Health-virus,INTERVIEW GENEVA WHO experts tell AFP they did not receive access to enough raw data while in China probing the pandemic's origins, saying more is needed to detect possible early Covid cases. 700 words moved by Nina Larson Also moved: Health-virus-US-China-WHO,2ndlead Health-virus-Germany-Austria-Czech,FOCUS KIEFERSFELDEN, Germany Germany partially closes its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, drawing a swift rebuke from the European Union. 500 words 0930 GMT by Pauline Curtet and Marko Cubrilo. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Germany-employment,FOCUS BERLIN Since losing her job as a school bus driver in November, German mum-of-two Viola Auer has had to rely on the generosity of neighbours and a small disability allowance to get by during the pandemic. 650 words moved by David Courbet Health-virus-NZealand-pandemic,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern orders the country's biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first time in nearly six months after three coronavirus cases emerge in the community. 500 words 0930 GMT. Health-virus-Lebanon,lead BEIRUT Lebanon gives its first Covid-19 vaccine dose to a medical doctor in an inoculation drive it hopes will keep the outbreak in check amid a deepening economic crisis. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-vote,WRAP BARCELONA Catalonia goes to the polls for an election Madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain. 600 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture Britain-Scotland-DRCongo-university,INTERVIEW EDINBURGH It's been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo after learning that a gun-running militia group that she had helped to expose wanted to kill her. 700 words moved by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment-future WASHINGTON Trump's acquittal in an unprecedented second impeachment trial raises questions about what's next for the 74-year-old former president, the Republican Party and President Joe Biden. 850 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Jerome Cartillier. File picture US-Iran-nuclear-diplomacy-deadline,Q&A WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden ran supporting a return to diplomacy with Iran but made clear he will not be rushed into re-entering a 2015 nuclear deal trashed by Donald Trump. Nonetheless, a series of dates are coming up that will force the new US administration to show its hand. 750 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's new military regime warns the public not to harbour fugitive political activists after issuing arrest warrants for veteran democracy campaigners supporting massive nationwide anti-coup protests. 700 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military-religion,FOCUS YANGON Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country's sudden turn back to army rule. 450 words moved. File picture Afghanistan-accident-fire-oil KABUL At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials say. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-ICC,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories During the 2014 Gaza war, Nevine Barakat lost her husband and saw three of her children wounded in an Israeli bombardment. Now she hopes the International Criminal Court will bring them justice. 800 words moved by Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video Algeria-industry-auto-corruption,FOCUS ALGIERS Shuttered assembly plants, jailed bosses, laid-off workers. Algeria's once ambitious plans to create a flagship auto industry have turned into a fiasco. 850 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-health-Ebola,2ndlead CONAKRY Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease in five years, the health minister says. 350 words moved Sahel-unrest-aid,FOCUS PARIS Aid groups in the Sahel have spent years in the shadows fighting the region's poverty and humanitarian crises, squeezed by a war that has monopolised the world's attention and made their lives even more difficult. 600 words moved by Cecile Feuillatre with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. File picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-ENG-IND CHENNAI Inspired by a diehard England fan's 10-month vigil to see his team play in Sri Lanka, a group of expats have travelled across India to become the lone Barmy Army fans singing in support of England in the second Test. 700 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture. Picture. Video Ski-world-ITA-men-downhill CORTINA D'AMPEZZO After Switzerland bagged double gold in the opening two women's events, all hopes will be that Beat Feuz can make it three in the blue riband men's downhill at the ski world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo. 500 words 1215 GMT by Luke Phillips. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE US Open champion Dominic Thiem becomes the first major men's casualty of the Australian Open, as Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams survives scares to reach the quarter-finals. 550 words moved. Picture afp
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