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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Protestors back despite Myanmar's bloodiest day + Police warn of new plot to storm US Capitol + Royals to investigate claims Meghan bullied staff + SpaceX rocket explodes on landing. Again + Bargain hunter nets $500k antique bowl for $35 Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Defiant anti-coup protesters return to cities and towns across Myanmar after dozens of people were killed in the deadliest day of the junta's crackdown, with global powers condemning the "brutal violence". 600 words 0730 GMT US-politics-unrest-Capitol-extremism WASHINGTON Washington's security posture has been bolstered after threats of a possible Thursday "breach" of the US Capitol, with the House of Representatives changing its voting plans to avoid gathering members on a day of potential unrest. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture 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. 600 words moved by Callum Paton Also moved: Britain-royals-health-Philip,WRAP US-space-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON Third time's a charm? Not so for SpaceX, whose unmanned rocket explodes on the ground after carrying out what had seemed to be a successful flight and landing -- fresh on the heels of two fiery crashes. 450 words moved. Picture. Video US-China-art-auction NEW YORK How about this for bargain-hunting? A small bowl bought for $35 in a yard sale in the US turned out to be a rare 15th century Chinese artifact possibly worth $500,000. 250 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Japan-tsunami-anniversary-children-earthquake,FOCUS ISHINOMAKI, Japan Yuto Naganuma watches silently as the cold sea breeze sweeps over the crumbling walls of the school where his little brother was lost in Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami. 1000 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Graphic ** Please see our special advisory on the 10-year anniversary of the tsunami** Egypt-scorpions-health-environment-research,FOCUS DAKHLA OASIS, Egypt Surrounded by thousands of live scorpions in a laboratory deep in Egypt's Western Desert, Ahmed Abu al-Seoud carefully handles one of the curved-tailed arachnids before extracting a drop of its venom. 800 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany announces plans to gradually ease coronavirus restrictions in response to pressure from regional leaders and citizens fed up with life under lockdown, as President Joe Biden says US states that are dropping mask-wearing mandates are engaging in "Neanderthal" thinking. 800 words moved. Picture Health-virus-SAfrica-medics,FOCUS THEMBISA, South Africa After a year battling coronavirus, exhausted healthworkers in South Africa are celebrating a drop in cases but dread another wave of infections -- a scenario that could strike just months from now. 600 words moved by Maryke Vermaak. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-army-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Dressed in camouflage, her face covered in mud, Ismaira Figueroa holds her position on a hill, rifle in hand, as she takes part in military exercises simulating an invasion. 700 words 0200 GMT. 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 moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Mexico-politics-energy-environment MEXICO CITY Mexican lawmakers approve controversial electricity reforms which environmental campaigners see as a major setback to efforts to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- SKorea-defence-social-gender,WRAP CHEONGJU, South Korea A transgender South Korean soldier forcibly discharged from the army after gender-reassignment surgery has been found dead, police say, prompting anger and calls for legal reforms. 650 words 0700 GMT by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Sweden-stabbing-crime,WRAP STOCKHOLM A man stabs eight people in the Swedish city of Vetlanda, seriously injuring five of them in what police are calling a potential terror incident. 550 words moved by Johannes Ledel. Video Switzerland-vote-burqa-Islam,ADVANCER GENEVA Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. 750 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-displaced,FOCUS YEREVAN, Armenia Relatives, friends and neighbours from the town of Hadrut gathered at a military cemetery overlooking Armenia's capital Yerevan to bury Arman Sarkisian two days after his parents identified him. 700 words moved by Max Delany. 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 moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Mideast-youth-UN AMMAN, Jordan A decade since Arab Spring protests rocked the Middle East and North Africa, many of its youth are in need and at risk, says the UN children's agency's regional director. 650 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture -- BUSINESS -- Oil-market-trade-pandemic LONDON Members of the OPEC group of oil producers and allies are expected to raise output in response to a rebound in demand and prices. 450 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Disney-Raya-racism,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Even as racist attacks on Asian-Americans have risen during the pandemic, Asian cinema is having a moment in Hollywood -- something the stars of Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon" say can't come soon enough. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. 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. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Volley-CHN-China-history,FOCUS SHANGHAI On November 16, 1981, millions of people across China crowded around radios and televisions with flickering signals for a women's volleyball match whose significance went far beyond sport. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings and Jessica Yang. File picture afp
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