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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US mulls targeted sanctions on Myanmar military + Biden ends US military support for Yemen war + Outrage at Russia crackdown as US vows action + McKinsey to pay $573 mn over US opioid crisis + Country queen Dolly Parton back in spotlight Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The United States says it is considering "targeted sanctions" against those funneling financial support to the military in Myanmar, as generals there tighten their grip on social media after launching a coup this week. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will announce an end to US military support for the war by its Saudi allies in Yemen as he delivers his first major foreign policy speech on a trip to rally diplomats at the State Department. 650 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video Russia-EU-politics-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW An outcry in Russia grows over a crackdown on protesters, as the US says it will take action against Moscow for interfering with US elections, poisoning opposition figure Alexei Navalny and for other "malign" behaviour. 740 words 2000 GMT by Anna Smolchenko with Max Delany in Brussels. Picture. Video US-drugs-crime-opioids-law,WRAP WASHINGTON Global consulting firm McKinsey will pay $573 million to US states to settle claims that it contributed to the deadly opioid crisis through its advice to pharmaceutical giants, including OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. 650 words 2030 GMT by Luc Olinga 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 -- 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 Also moved: Myanmar-politics-army-youth,FOCUS -- 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 moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Virus-diplomacy-health-China-Francevaccine,lead PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron warns about the lack of information about China's coronavirus vaccines, saying they might even encourage the development of variants if they are not effective. 400 words 1930 GMT by Adam Plowright Also moved: Health-virus-Iran-Russia,2ndlead Health-virus-SAfrica-nurses,FOCUS Health-virus-Britain-vaccines -- 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 mining waste dam that unleashed a flood of toxic sludge and killed 270 people. 500 words 2000 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture US-politics-impeachment-Trump-testify,2ndlead WASHINGTON Democratic Party impeachment managers ask former president Donald Trump to testify in his looming Senate trial for allegedly inciting insurrection in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. 550 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley US-politics-Congress-Republicans,WRAP WASHINGTON A US lawmaker who backed QAnon before entering Congress renounces the conspiracy movement and expresses regret for spreading misinformation, just hours before the House was to vote on reprimanding her for extremist statements. 700 words 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture -- AFRICA -- 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 Gabon-environment-monkeys,SCENE FRANCEVILLE, Gabon Monkeys in Gabon are at risk from hunters who kill the parents and sell the babies as pets. But a small Gabonese NGO is fighting against the odds to save the orphans and give them a new life. 800 words moved by Adrien Marotte. Pictures. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-protest,2ndlead ISTANBUL Police detain dozens of protesters across several cities after Turkey brushes aside US condemnation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on a month of escalating student rallies. 600 words moved. Video. Picture 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 moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST/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. 700 words 2000 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video. File video Also moved: Lebanon-politics-crime-Slim,OBIT Lebanon-blast-politics-aid,Q&A Algeria-France-trial-jihadist,WRAP ALGIERS A trial in Algeria over the murder of French mountaineer Herve Gourdel by jihadists in 2014 is postponed due to the prime suspect's ill health, judicial sources said. 560 words moved by Abdelhafid Daamache with Salsabil Chellali in Tunis. Picture. Video. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Canada-arts OTTAWA On frozen lakes and snow-covered fields in Canada's wilds, magnificent geometric formations have suddenly appeared -- the work of a retired headmaster stomping around in snowshoes to beat back pandemic blues. 500 words 1930 GMT by Michel Comte. Picture. Video 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 -- 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. 550 words 2100 GMT --SPORT -- 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 Health-virus-Germany-fbl-Eur-C1-GER-ENG,WRAP BERLIN Liverpool will not be allowed to enter Germany for a Champions League match against RB Leipzig on February 16 because of strict entry rules imposed over the pandemic, the German interior ministry says. 450 words 1930 GMT. File picture afp
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