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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Martial law across swathes of Myanmar + Dozens missing in India glacier disaster + Trump lawyers want 'absurd' trial dismissed + Bitcoin hits record as Tesla invests $1.5 bn + Brady joins immortals after Super Bowl win Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's army chief insists military rule will be different this time, as martial law is declared across swathes of the country after massive protests against the new junta. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic. Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO India-climate-glacier-flood,WRAP TAPOVAN, India Emergency workers in India race against time to dig through mud and rocks choking a Himalayan tunnel after a devastating flash flood -- thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off -- killed at least 26 people. 750 words 1930 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's legal team argues on the eve of his impeachment trial that the case is constitutionally flawed and it is "absurd" to hold the former president responsible for the US Capitol riot. 750 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-trial-figures,POINTS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,INTERVIEW Tesla-US-bitcoin,WRAP NEW YORK Tesla helps push bitcoin to an all-time high after the carmaker announced a $1.5 billion investment in the digital money and plans to accept the cryptocurrency from customers buying its electric vehicles. 550 words moved by John Biers Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Buccaneers-Brady,FOCUS LOS ANGELES If Tom Brady didn't already occupy a seat at the top table of North American sport's greatest icons, he will now be pulling up a chair after the 43-year-old quarterback authored another implausible chapter to his age-defying career by winning a record seventh Super Bowl. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-computers-internet,PROFILE BEIJING On Lu Kaigang's feed, sheets of tarp are transformed into haute couture as China's mountainous backdrop becomes his catwalk, a 22-year-old villager sashaying to fame via China's video-sharing app for the poor -- Kuaishou. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-vaccines-AstraZeneca,FOCUS LONDON The coronavirus vaccine developed in Britain by Oxford University and UK-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has suffered several setbacks since its development, dampening hopes over its global role in ending the pandemic. 800 words moved by Martine Paulwels. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-AstraZeneca Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines, FOCUS Health-virus-US-masks,POINTS WASHINGTON As new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus spread, experts say it's more important than ever to wear higher quality masks. 550 words 2200 GMT by Issam Ahmed -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Cheney,PROFILE WASHINGTON Liz Cheney, the lone congresswoman from the western US state of Wyoming and daughter of the former vice president, is done with Donald Trump. 550 words 1930 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-rights-UN-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA The United States says it will "re-engage" with the UN Human Rights Council, nearly three years after former president Donald Trump's administration withdrew. 600 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Ecuador-vote,WRAP QUITO Ecuador's presidential front-runner Andres Arauz calls for unity as indigenous candidate Yaku Perez claims fraud is underway to keep him out of the second round run-off. 700 words 2000 GMT by Florence Panoussian. Picture. Video Haiti-politics-unrest,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE The struggle over Haiti's presidency intensifies as opposition politicians name their own leader of the country in an effort to drive out President Jovenel Moise, whose term they say has expired. 550 words 2030 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-EU-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP BERLIN Germany, Sweden and Poland each throw out a Russian diplomat in retaliation for Moscow's expulsion last week of their diplomats for allegedly taking part in protests in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 550 words moved -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-politics-vote,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's opposition leaders announce that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on a path toward elections to replace him. 650 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. File pictures. Graphic CAfrica-unrest,WRAP BANGUI An aid convoy reaches Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, after a 50-day blockade by rebels who had cut off the city's lifeline, the UN said. 500 words moved by Camille Laffont. File pictures. Graphic -- ASIA -- India-climate-glacier-flood-survivors, SCENE TAPOVAN, India A whistle turned into a roar of water that trapped a dozen men in a Himalayan tunnel after a glacier burst in northern India, but Rajesh Kumar lived to tell the tale. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jalees Andrabi with Aishwarya Kumar in Kochi, India HongKong-court-democracy-China HONG KONG Hong Kong's top court is set to hand down a judgment in the first legal challenge to Beijing's sweeping national security law, deciding whether media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be granted bail. 500 words 2100 GMT China-HongKong-technology-Clubhouse,lead BEIJING A rare uncensored app that has attracted Chinese internet users to freely discuss taboo topics -- including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence -- appears to have been blocked. 600 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics-corruption-trial,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies corruption charges during a brief court appearance as his graft trial resumes weeks ahead of a fourth national election within two years. 750 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Israel-politics-corruption-trial,FACTS Syria-conflict-IS,WRAP QAMISHLI, Syria The Islamic State group kills 26 pro-regime fighters in eastern Syria as alarm grows following a spate of murders including beheadings in a camp housing families of the jihadists. 600 words moved by Delil Souleiman with Hashem Osseiran in Beirut. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-economy-inflation-politics,POINTS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal aimed at revitalizing the US economy faces unexpected opposition from a former Treasury secretary who is also a member of his Democratic Party. 650 words 2100 GMT by Chris Stein and Delphine Touitou -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic serves a reminder of why he's the greatest Australian Open champion in history as he demolishes France's Jeremy Chardy in straight sets in round one. 700 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture -- ARTS/LIFESTYLE -- France-ballet-dance-race,lead PARIS The Paris Opera vows an overhaul of its recruiting practices as it launches a drive towards greater diversity in the heart of its elite ballet company, orchestra and dance school. 650 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. File picture afp
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