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| - Duty Editor: Tom Watkins Tel: Thomas.watkins@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden takes firm line on Iran sanctions + Mass rally against Myanmar coup + 200 missing after glacier falls into Indian river + Congo sees Ebola 'resurgence' + Quarterback greats to face off in Superbowl classic US-Iran-sanction-nuclear,WRAP WASHINT President Joe Biden warns that he would not take the first step toward Iran by lifting American sanctions, as Teheran has demanded before returning to its nuclear deal commitments. 600 words 2100 GMT Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar pour back on to the streets, as an internet blackout fails to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic India-glacier-flood-climate,WRAP NEW DELHI At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier fell into a river, causing a torrent that buried two power plants and swept away roads and bridges, police say. 600 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic DRCongo-virus-Ebola,WRAP BENI, DR Congo DR Congo announces a "resurgence" of Ebola in its troubled east after a woman dies of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of the country's previous outbreak. 500 words 2000 GMT. File Pictures. File Video Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,WRAP TAMPA, Florida The final countdown to a blockbuster Super Bowl showdown between Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes was under way on Sunday as anticipation mounted for a potential NFL Championship classic. 700 words 2030 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-economy-Shultz,OBIT WASHINGTON George Shultz, Ronald Reagan's genial secretary of state who identified a diplomatic opening that helped end the Cold War but contributed to a new brand of conflict by advocating preemptive strikes, has died. He was 100. 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture Haiti-politics-unrest,2nd lead Port-au-Prince Haitian authorities say they had foiled an attempt to murder President Jovenel Moise and overthrow the government, as a dispute rages over when his term ends. 450 words 2200 GMT by Amelie Baron Ecuador-politics-vote,WRAP QUITO Polls open for Ecuador's general elections in which a socialist and a former banker are vying for leadership of a nation besieged by deep economic problems. 550 words moved by Florence Panoussian. Picture US-politics-impeachment-trial,ADVANCER WASHINGTON One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. 800 words 1800 GMT by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-trial-figures,POINTS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,INTERVIEW -- SPOTLIGHT -- Romania-music-industry-tradition,FOCUS REGHIN, Romania From his factory in the central Romanian city of Reghin, Vasile Gliga has been one of the city's world-famous instrument makers for more than 30 years. 700 words moved by Mihaela Rodina. Picture. Video Britain-NKorea-politics,INTERVIEW LONDON Jihyun Park shares the civic concerns of any other would-be town councillor in Britain, from local education to potholes in the roads. But she is unique in one regard: no other candidate has fled North Korea. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-vaccines LONDON The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times. 350 words moved Health-virus-Germany-hospital,FOCUS AACHEN, Germany When doctor Andreas Bootsveld has to make life-or-death decisions about Covid-19 patients, he is not alone -- as well as consulting his colleagues, he can draw on the advice of a team of specialists by videoconference. 650 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel,lead JERUSALEM Israeli barbershops and some other businesses reopen, as the country began easing its third coronavirus lockdown amid an aggressive vaccination campaign. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Europe-Netherlands-weather-snow,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands is blanketed by the first major snowstorm to hit the country in 10 years as a wave of freezing weather in northern Europe disrupts planes, trains and road traffic. 550 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video Greece-crime-children-assault,FOCUS ATHENS Greece's emerging #MeToo movement, sparked by an Olympian's taboo-breaking decision to go public with allegations of sexual abuse, has raised hopes it can also uncover long-hidden stories of incest in the patriarchal country. 750 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou Poland-history-Jews-WWII-trial,FOCUS WARSAW Two respected Polish historians of the Holocaust face a court verdict on Tuesday in a controversial defamation trial that has raised pointed questions about the freedom to research Poland's troubled past. 650 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Yemen-conflict-Saudi,Q&A RIYADH US President Joe Biden shakes up policy on Yemen by ending support for Saudi-led offensive operations and de-listing Huthi rebels as a terrorist group, but a swift end to the six-year conflict remains unlikely. 650 words moved Palestinians-vote-Israel-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM The key Palestinian factions -- Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and the Hamas Islamists in Gaza -- meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten the first Palestinian elections in 15 years. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. File Picture. -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-UN-famine ADDIS ABABA The head of the World Food Programme says he has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers and "scale up" operations in the country's conflict-hit northern Tigray region. 400 words moved -- SPACE -- UAE-space-Mars,ADVANCER DUBAI The first Arab space mission, the UAE's "Hope" probe, is expected to reach Mars' orbit on Tuesday, making it the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month. 700 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video Also moved: UAE-space-Mars,FACTS UAE-space-Mars,INTERVIEW -- PEOPLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- US-Entertainment-court-celebrity-BritneySpears,FOCUS NEW YORK The legal agreement barring Britney Spears from managing her own life and finances is now older than the pop star was when the public met her as an effervescent 12-year-old on the Disney Channel -- and controversy over who steers her life is starting to boil. 900 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture Entertainment-France-ballet-television-film,FOCUS PARIS Sadistic teachers and murderous levels of competition: from "Black Swan" to "Tiny Pretty Things" the world of ballet seems a place fit only for psychopaths if its screen incarnations are to be believed. 550 words moved by Rana Moussaoui -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Manchester City leave Liverpool's title defence in tatters as Ilkay Gundogan's double and two costly mistakes from Alisson Becker inspire the Premier League leaders' dazzling 4-1 win, while Harry Kane stars in Tottenham's 2-0 victory against West Brom. 650 words 2030 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture. Video RugbyU-6Nations-WAL-IRL CARDIFF Wales beat Ireland 21-16 in a gripping Six Nations contest in Cardiff as the visiting team see flanker Peter O'Mahony red-carded inside just 15 minutes. 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin. Picture afp
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