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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + 500 million vaccine jabs given globally + Eritrea to withdraw troops from Tigray + UK lashes out at China over sanctions + 32 killed in Egypt train crash + Do sleeping octopuses dream? Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of coronavirus jabs doled out across the world surpasses 500 million, but nations are still feuding over their vaccine policies. 700 words 1530 GMT by Joseph Boyle with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world-vaccine,FACTS Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-transport China-Britain-EU-diplomacy-Uyghurs,WRAP LONDON Britain accuses China of "gross human rights violations" against the Muslim Uyghur minority after Beijing slapped sanctions on UK lawmakers and lobby groups, widening a rift with Western powers over alleged abuses in Xinjiang. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Beiji Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-Eritrea-unrest-conflict-Tigray, WRAP ADDIS ABABA Eritrea will pull its troops out of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says, in a potential breakthrough in a drawn-out conflict that has seen atrocities carried out against civilians. 750 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-unrest,FACTS Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP TAHTA, Egypt A collision between two trains kills at least 32 passengers and injures 91 in southern Egypt, a country plagued by fatal rail accidents widely blamed on crumbling infrastructure and poor maintenance. 650 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Science-Brazil-animal-octopus,FOCUS WASHINGTON An octopus named Marshmallow lies at rest at the bottom of her tank, suddenly shifting in color from a pale white-green to brown and then orange, as her closed eyes shift around -- a moment captured by scientists who are suggesting the possibility that octopuses dream. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Photo. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-variant,FACTS PARIS Several coronavirus variants with the potential to be more transmissible have caused global concern over whether existing vaccines will still protect the world from a virus that is constantly mutating. Here's what we know about them. 1,000 words 1330 GMT by Paul Ricard Health-virus-France-Britain-vaccine-EU,FOCUS PARIS A row over Covid-19 vaccine access escalates, with France accusing Britain of "blackmail" in its dealings with the EU, and Russia and China of misusing vaccines to boost their foreign policy clout. 650 words moved by Jurgen Hecker Health-virus-AmLat-vaccines,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO With the coronavirus spreading out of control in Brazil, the South American giant's neighbors are feeling the heat as their new Covid-19 infections are also on the rise. 700 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia with AFP bureaus in Latin America. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Mexico-toll Health-virus-Kenya,2ndlead NAIROBI Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta places Nairobi and several nearby counties under a partial lockdown and shutters schools and bars in those areas in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. 450 words 1600 GMT by Nick Perry US-travel-leisure-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON After a year of pandemic restrictions, Americans want to get back on the move -- a dynamic apparent in Miami's spring break revellers and Washington's deluge of rental cars each weekend. 650 words moved by Delphine Touitou US-economy-work-vaccines-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK As Covid-19 vaccination drives get into gear across the United States, some businesses are offering transportation, paid time off and bonuses of up to $500 to encourage workers to get the jab. 650 words moved by Juliette Michel Health-virus-US-vaccination-Baltimore,SCENE BALTIMORE, Maryland At an American football stadium turned into a Covid-19 vaccination center, a woman is positively giddy after getting her first shot. 450 words moved by Robin Legrand and Camille Camdessus. Picture Health-virus-PNG-misinformation,FOCUS PORT MORESBY Misinformation threatens to scuttle Papua New Guinea's efforts to bring an escalating Covid-19 crisis under control, with a survey showing one-in-four health workers are reluctant to get vaccinated. 650 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- SAfrica-agriculture-avocado-theft,FOCUS TZANEEN, South Africa They call it "green gold": plump protein-rich avocados which South African farmers are selling to the lucrative European market. And just like gold, the high value of the millennials' favourite breakfast attracts thieves. 900 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video SKorea-internet-entertainment-social,FOCUS SEOUL From a converted storeroom on the roof of his mother's Seoul apartment, Kim Min-kyo plays video games for up to 15 hours a day -- and makes a fortune from the thousands of fans watching him. 800 words moved by Daniel De Carteret and Lim Seong-uk. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO Tugboats and dredgers work to free a giant container ship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal for a fourth day, forcing companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa. 750 words 1500 GMT by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video. Videographic. Graphic Also moving: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Egypt-shipping-Suez-Netherlands-Smit,FACTS THE HAGUE A Dutch "super salvage" firm involved in lifting the wrecks of a Russian submarine and the Costa Corncordia liner is now involved in trying to budge the stuck Suez cargo ship. 600 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp Saudi-UN-rights-murder-Khashoggi GENEVA A UN rights expert accuses Saudi Arabia of bullying after a top official allegedly threatened her life following her probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder. 500 words moved by Nina Larson Saudi-conflict-Yemen-energy,WRAP RIYADH A projectile attack sparks a fire at an oil terminal in southern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's energy ministry says, on the sixth anniversary of a Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen. 600 words moved Also moved: Yemen-conflict-weapons,FACTS Yemen-conflict-Saudi,POINTS Israel-vote,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been dubbed "the magician" for his political skills but even he will be hard put to bring far-right Jewish nationalists and Islamic conservatives under the same coalition roof. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-politics-labor-Amazon BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Amazon clashes with lawmakers over its working conditions as progressive Senator Bernie Sanders arrives to support a landmark organizing drive that could lead to the first union on US soil for the massive tech and e-commerce firm. 500 words 1530 GMT by Julie Jammot. PIcture. Video US-politics-voting-law-Georgia WASHINGTON Republicans in the southern US state of Georgia are accused of trying to keep Black Americans from voting after they pass strict new rules on how people can cast their ballots. 500 words 1700 GMT by Elodie Cuzin US-politics-crime-racism-Asian,SCENE NEW YORK Wearing bright safety vests and carrying walkie-talkies, volunteers patrol a Chinese neighborhood in New York to protect Asian Americans against a surge of pandemic-era violence after deadly mass shootings at Asian-owned spas in Atlanta. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-history-France-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS A commission of historians will after two years work submit to President Emmanuel Macron a potentially explosive report scrutinising the failings of France in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. 700 words 1700 GMT by Cecile Feulliatre and Lucie Peytermann. File picture Also moved: Rwanda-France-genocide-history,CHRONO Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-unrest-refugee-UN,lead GENEVA The United Nations says a team has reached two camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region for the first time since November, finding them destroyed. 550 words moved by Nina Larson. Video -- EUROPE -- France-food-heritage-history PARIS France chooses the baguette as its candidate for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status, seeking recognition for that most quintessential of French symbols. 450 words by Eric Randolph Turkey-media-rights-Armenia,WRAP ISTANBUL An Istanbul court hands life sentences to two former police chiefs and two top ex-security officers over the gangland-style killing of a top Turkish-Armenian journalist who promoted cross-cultural ties. 550 words 1530 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-diplomacy-unrest,WRAP CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh Four supporters of a hardline Islamist group are shot dead in Bangladesh in violent demonstrations over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour to Dhaka, officials say. 600 moved. Picture. Video Moved: Bangladesh-politics-history-rights Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar activists call for major anti-coup protests this weekend as the junta marks Armed Forces Day, after a firebomb attack on deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party headquarters. 750 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Thailand-Myanmar-crime-drugs,FOCUS NONG KHAI, Thailand A village watchman trains his binoculars on a suspicious fishing boat -- the first line of defence as Thailand braces for a fresh methamphetamine influx after a coup in neighbouring Myanmar. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-enterprises-stocks-IT-WeWork, WRAP NEW YORK WeWork announces plans to enter public markets through a merger transaction that raises $1.3 billion and values the office-sharing firm at a fraction of the sum discussed in its unsuccessful pre-pandemic attempt to go public. 550 words 1430 GMT by John Biers Germany-automobile-Volkswagen-pollution-damages,WRAP BERLIN German auto giant Volkswagen seeks unspecified damages from two former CEOs over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal that has cost it tens of billions of euros. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture -- LIFESTYLE/TECHNOLOGY -- China-art-technology-culture BEIJING Bitcoin-inspired sculpture and nightmarish faces conjured up by artificial intelligence, the global craze for "NFTs" sweeps into Beijing as curators opened one of the world's first exhibitions dedicated to blockchain art. 500 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-prostitution-film-streaming,FOCUS PARIS She was a salacious icon of 20th century Paris -- the brothel-keeper to the stars -- and Netflix hopes Madame Claude will be the basis for another hit in the recent run of French successes. 700 words moved by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph. File picture afp
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