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| - Duty Editor: Mike Smith Tel: +33 1 44 88 74 72 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar's generals block Facebook + EU envoy visits Russia after crackdown + Outrage over Olympics chief's sexist remarks + Conspiracy-mongering US lawmaker faces backlash + Country music queen Dolly Parton back in spotlight Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's generals order internet providers to restrict access to Facebook, days after they seized power, as UN chief Antonio Guterres says the world must rally to ensure the military putsch fails. 750 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-EU-politics-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Outcry grows in Russia over the "unprecedented" crackdown on peaceful protesters with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell set to visit while under pressure to confront Moscow over the imprisonment of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. 700 words 1430 GMT by Anna Smolchenko with Max Delany in Brussels. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Mori-sexism,3rdlead TOKYO Japan's gaffe-prone Tokyo Olympics chief apologises for making sexist remarks that prompted outrage, but refuses to resign and digs a deeper hole by admitting he doesn't "speak to women much". 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Mori-sexism,PROFILE US-politics-Congress-Republicans,WRAP WASHINGTON QAnon-backing US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene faces a disciplinary vote after the top House Republican balked at punishing her over violent past statements, exposing deep party divisions in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency. 600 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-music-politics-health-Parton,FOCUS WASHINGTON Dolly Parton may have twice turned down Donald Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the ageless queen of country has multiple irons in the fire including an ad appearance during Sunday's Super Bowl. 500 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-France-police-restaurant,SCENE PARIS French police are cracking down on restaurants, tobacconists and shops that aren't applying strict social distancing and other Covid-19 restrictions, as the government hopes to avoid having to impose a third national lockdown. 650 words moved by Alexandre Hielard. Picture -- MYANMAR COUP -- Myanmar-politics-military,SCENE YANGON Clanging cymbals and banging pots, Yangon residents unhappy with a putsch that ousted Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi have begun kicking up a nightly fracas to chase out evil spirits -- in this case, the military. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-economy,FOCUS BANGKOK Foreign investors flocked to Myanmar as it began its democratic transition a decade ago, but this week's military coup is likely to accelerate a trend of Western withdrawal -- and China's expansion. 750 words moved by Lisa Martin and Sophie Deviller Myanmar-politics-army-youth,FOCUS HONG KONG Myanmar's coup has left its younger generation bunkered down at home, obsessively tracking arrest rumours on social media and weighing whether to defy the military on the streets. 650 words moved by Sean Gleeson and Laignee Barron -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The Red Cross launches a global push to help inoculate 500 million people against coronavirus in poorer countries, as Iran takes delivery of its first vaccine doses from Russia. 650 words 1600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Gulf DUBAI The wealthy Gulf monarchies intensify coronavirus containment measures as cases jump, compounding the economic woes caused by a slump in the oil revenues that are the region's lifeblood. 690 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iran-Russia TEHRAN A first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Iran, the regional country hardest hit by the pandemic, which has charged US sanctions have hindered its fight against Covid-19. 400 words 1530 GMT Health-virus-Britain-vaccines LONDON Oxford University announces it will launch a medical trial alternating doses of Covid-19 vaccines created by different manufacturers, in the first study of its kind. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- ICC-Uganda-warcrimes-Ongwen-LRA,WRAP The International Criminal Court convicts a child-soldier-turned-Lord's Resistance Army commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity during a reign of terror in Uganda. 700 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp with Grace Matsiko in Lukodi, Uganda We will also move: ICC-Uganda-warcrimes-Ongwen,SCENE Cameroon-unrest-army-rights,lead LIBREVILLE Human Rights Watch accuses the Cameroon army of killing nine civilians, including a six-year-old girl, in a raid last month on a village in the troubled English-speaking west of the country. 550 words moved. Graphic Health-virus-SAfrica-nurses,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG "In the queue of dying, we are just waiting for our day": South African nurses battling the coronavirus pandemic are not only worn out by the surge in numbers of patients, but live in fear of contracting the virus and dying. 550 words moved by Michelle Gumede. File picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Italy's Mario Draghi begins detailed talks on the formation of a new government, after being parachuted in to restore political order in the virus-plagued country. 650 words by 1700 GMT by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Also moved: Italy-politics-economy,FACTS Britain-China-media-politics,WRAP LONDON The UK's broadcast regulator revokes the licence of Chinese news network CGTN after finding its state-backed ownership structure flouted British law, and warns of punishment ahead after it aired an alleged forced confession. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Belgium-Iran-trial-attack-France,WRAP ANTTWERP, Belgium A Belgian court convicts an Iranian diplomat for plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally outside Paris and orders him jailed for 20 years. 700 words 1530 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Britain-EU-NIreland-Brexit-politics,SCENE LARNE, United Kingdom In the Northern Irish port of Larne, sinister graffiti labelling border staff "targets" has been power-washed from the walls -- but deep unionist resentment over post-Brexit checks in the British province remains. 750 words moved by Joe Stenson. File picture. Video Belarus-Russia-politics-Tikhanovskaya,INTERVIEW VILNIUS Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, in an interview with AFP, calls on Russia to "listen to the people" after protests over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 600 words 1600 GMT by Augustas Jakimavicius with Dario Thuburn in Warsaw. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-politics-crime-Slim,WRAP BEIRUT Prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, known for his opposition to the Muslim Shiite armed movement Hezbollah, is found shot dead in his car in the country's south. 750 words 1530 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File picture. File video Also moving: Lebanon-politics-crime-Slim,OBIT Lebanon-blast-politics-aid,Q&A BEIRUT Six months after Beirut's massive explosion, donors say most aid has been disbursed. But some non-government groups say they have received hardly anything or seen funds trapped and shrink in the banking system. 700 words moved by Bachir El Khoury Tunisia-justice-cannabis,FOCUS TUNIS Thirty years' jail for smoking a joint after a football game? Tunisia has seen calls for reforms to dictatorship-era drug laws after a court handed down draconian sentences to three young men. 570 words 1500 GMT by Caroline Nelly Perrot -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-economy-mining-environment,WRAP BRASILIA Brazilian mining giant Vale announces an agreement to pay more than $7 billion in damages over the 2019 collapse of a dam at its Brumadinho mine, which unleashed a flood of toxic waste and killed 270 people. 500 words 1500 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture US-politics-Biden-wife,FOCUS WASHINGTON The backdrop of flowers, teapot and US flag says it all: Jill Biden will be no Melania Trump as America's new first lady. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-stocks-Yellen-SEC,WRAP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will hold a meeting with top financial market regulators to discuss recent trading volatility that saw shares like GameStop soar and then collapse. 500 words 1700 GMT --SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE Australian Open chief Craig Tiley says he is "absolutely confident" the tournament will start next week despite a fresh coronavirus case that halts warm-up tournaments and forces hundreds of players and officials into isolation. 700 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture. Video afp
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