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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Email: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran calls for US to scrap sanctions + Harry and Meghan will not return as working royals + Myanmar anti-coup protester dies after being shot + UN asks UAE for princess 'proof of life' + Touchdown! Excitement over Mars rover landing Iran-US-nuclear-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran renews its call for the US to lift sanctions imposed by former president Donald Trump, after an offer for talks from new President Joe Biden's administration. 750 words 1430 GMT by Karim Abou Merhi with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video. Videographics Britain-royals-Harry-army,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II orders that Prince Harry, who served as a soldier in Afghanistan, must relinquish his honorary military titles after he and wife Meghan Markle confirmed they will not return as working royals. 700 words 1530 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A young protester dies, more than a week after being shot in anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar, offering a fresh source of anger inside the country as international pressure grows on the generals who seized power. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-protester,PROFILE Myanmar-politics-military-LGBT UAE-royals-UN-rights,lead GENEVA The UN Human Rights Office says it has asked the United Arab Emirates for proof that Dubai's Sheikha Latifa is still alive following "disturbing" video footage aired this week. 500 words 1700 GMT by Agnes Pedrero. Video US-Mars-space,WRAP WASHINGTON After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover overcomes a tense landing phase with a series of perfectly executed maneuvers to gently float down to the Martian soil and embark on its mission to search for signs of past life. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Climate-environment-mountains-flood-India,FOCUS CHAMOLI, India Long before this month's deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley, Kundan Singh Rana knew that all the construction work in the fragile region would one day mean disaster. 700 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video France-technology-space,FOCUS SAINT-SENIER-DE-BEUVRON, France To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he'll decide to keep those antennas far away. 600 words moved by Chloe Coupeau. Video -- G7 -- Britain-G7-Germany-diplomacy-security,WRAP LONDON Joe Biden makes his presidential debut at the G7 as America's partners re-focus their collective heft on pandemic recovery and climate change after the psychodramas of the Trump era. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-attack-crime-farright-Hanau,WRAP BERLIN Germany marks a year since nine people were killed in a racist shooting at a shisha bar and a cafe in the city of Hanau, an assault that has fuelled fear about far-right terror in the country. 600 words 1730 GMT by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video. Live video Spain-rights-music-protests,WRAP MADRID Spain's president vows to confront all forms of violence following a third night of violent protests over the jailing of a rapper for controversial tweets. 600 words 1530 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-trial,WRAP MINSK A journalist and doctor go on trial in Belarus on charges of disclosing the medical records of a protester who died after being detained by police during historic anti-government protests. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Germany-trial-police BERLIN A man dubbed the "Black Forest Rambo" is jailed in Germany for three years for stealing police guns and evading arrest in the woods, sparking a massive manhunt. 450 words moved by Deborah Cole Spain-politics,FOCUS MADRID In office for just over a year, Spain's leftwing coalition grouping the Socialists and hard-left Podemos is showing signs of strain with constant bickering between the two camps. 600 words 1500 GMT by Diego Urdaneta and Alvaro Villalobos. File picture Britain-health-virus-students-food,SCENE LONDON Dozens of young people line up outside a cramped community hub in East London to collect rice, vegetables and other food. In the queue are foreign students who came to Britain to pursue their dreams of higher education, but have found themselves plunged into pandemic-driven poverty. 700 words moved by Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video France-crime-sex-literature,FOCUS PARIS In a book of over 200 pages, the shocking allegations about incest figure on only around a dozen of them, but their impact is still being felt in France more than six weeks after publication. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright. File picture -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-politics,WRAP MOGADISHU Gunfire breaks out in Mogadishu as the opposition tries to march against delayed elections in the Somali capital where roads have been sealed off and heavy security deployed over the planned protest. 550 words 1500 GMT. Video Niger-vote,ADVANCER NIAMEY Niger will choose between two heavyweights in a presidential run-off vote on Sunday set to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the coup-prone country's history. 600 words moved by Boureima Hama and Amaury Hauchard. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Niger-vote,CHRONO Niger-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Niger-vote, PROFILE -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria releases a dozen Hirak protest movement activists from jail, the first batch freed following presidential pardons issued ahead of the second anniversary of a popular uprising. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture Also moved: Algeria-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Bedouins,FOCUS KHIRBAT HUMSAH, Palestinian Territories With shattered glass at her feet smashed by Israeli soldiers, Fadwa Abdelghani wearily recounts the latest order to leave her home, a flashpoint in the struggle over the West Bank. 650 words 1500 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-weather-conservation-energy,WRAP NEW YORK A deadly winter storm that wreaked havoc in the southern and central US and blanketed the East Coast in snow is forecast to begin tapering off. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison with Francois Picard in Houston. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Malaysia-media-court,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR A leading Malaysian news site is fined $120,000 after being convicted of contempt over readers' comments that criticised the judiciary, sparking international condemnation and concerns about worsening press freedom. 550 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video NZealand-earthquake-history-anniversary,FOCUS CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand Although a decade has passed, New Zealander Gordon Cullen still vividly recalls his daring escape from a high-rise tower block during the deadly Christchurch earthquake on February 22, 2011. 750 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- Britain-US-transport-Uber,WRAP LONDON Britain's top court rules that drivers at US ride-hailing giant Uber are entitled to workers' rights, in a judgement with huge implications for the "gig economy". 650 words 1530 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier and James Pheby. File picture. File video Australia-US-Internet-Media-Google-Facebook,lead SYDNEY Australia and Facebook hold high-stakes talks after the social media giant sparked global outrage by blacking out news for its Australian users, as Canberra insists it won't back down on a new law that would force the tech firm to pay for journalistic content. 500 words moved Also moved: Australia-US-IT-media-Facebook,FOCUS -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Medvedev MELBOURNE Russia's Daniil Medvedev overpowers Stefanos Tsitsipas to make his first Australian Open final, where he will bid to stop world number one Novak Djokovic from clinching an unprecedented ninth title. 600 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-women,PREVIEW MELBOURNE Japan's Naomi Osaka is striving for a fourth Grand Slam title to confirm her standing as the dominant force of women's tennis, but emerging rival Jennifer Brady stands in the way in the Australian Open final on Saturday. 600 words moved. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka,PROFILE Tennis-AUS-Open-Brady,PROFILE Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Brady,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Williams,FOCUS MELBOURNE As Serena Williams bade an emotional goodbye to the Rod Laver Arena crowd after her latest Grand Slam exit, one question was left hanging in the Melbourne air -- will she be back? 500 words moved. Picture -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Lifestyle-Britain-fashion,WRAP LONDON London Fashion Week opens virtually, shorn of mainstays like Victoria Beckham but featuring online streams of shows by head-turning designers like Harris Reed, dresser to former One Direction singer Harry Styles. 700 words 1430 GMT by Pauline Froissart. File picture Health-virus-US-lifestyle-fashion-workplace,FOCUS NEW YORK Suits and tailored shirts are out, sweatpants and pajamas are in: remote working is changing work clothes habits, and while vaccines may bring back some formality, old-school office attire should emerge from the pandemic far less starched and strict. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video Health-virus-Malaysia-restaurant-leisure-food-drink-distribution CYBERJAYA, Malaysia Motorists parked beside the Padi House restaurant chain wave their hands out of their windows to signal to waiters, who come to take their orders that will be eaten on the spot. 300 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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