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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope meets top Shiite cleric in historic Iraq visit + Protesters return to Myanmar streets + Biden Covid relief bill heads toward final vote + Ivory Coast faces stability test in election + California eases Disneyland reopening rules Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP UR, Iraq Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's top clerics, tells Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq that the country's Christians should live in "peace". 800 words 0930 GMT by Catherine Marciano with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad. Picture. Live Video. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Anti-coup demonstrators return to the streets of Myanmar, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" to take swift action to restore democracy. 550 words by 0930 GMT. Photo. Graphic US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON US Democrats push ahead with President Joe Biden's massive Covid-19 relief package after reaching a compromise on unemployment benefits and setting the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill on a path towards a final vote. 750 words moved by Chris Stein and Michael Mathes. Picture ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast votes in a parliamentary ballot in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence. 550 words 1030 GMT by Christophe Koffi and David Esnault. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-US-entertainment-Disneyland,2ndlead LOS ANGELES California paves the way for Disneyland, other theme parks and outdoor stadiums to welcome guests sooner than expected as it relaxes reopening criteria following a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases and pressure from operators. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Denmark-EU-Nigeria-France-diplomacy-transport-pirates,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Fed up with pirate attacks on its fleet off the West African coast, global shipping giant Maersk is clamouring for a major naval mission to police the vital but treacherous maritime route. 600 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-ICC-warcrimes,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel faces a dilemma: should it argue its case to International Criminal Court investigators looking into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, or refuse to cooperate? 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Video -- EUROPE -- France-Britain-diplomacy-EU-Brexit,INTERVIEW PARIS Britain faces a tough challenge to retain global influence after its departure from the EU under a prime minister who has a well-known reputation for "lying", France's former ambassador to the UK tells AFP in an interview. 700 words 1000 GMT by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux. File picture. Video. Britain-US-royals,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband, Prince Philip, is moved back to a private London hospital after a successful heart procedure, Buckingham Palace says, raising hopes for his recovery. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood with Joshua Melvin in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Greece-environment-animal-hunting,FOCUS AGIOS MAMAS, Greece On a country road that the locals have dubbed 'Flamingo Street' Stavros Kalpakis walks alongside the tall reeds of Agios Mamas, a small northern Greek lagoon, peering through binoculars. 500 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video Britain-banking-finance-Greensill,FOCUS LONDON Troubled UK finance firm Greensill is reportedly on the brink of a bankruptcy which would send shockwaves through the sector, ensnaring clients and risking up to 50,000 jobs worldwide. 500 words moved by Veronique Dupont Ukraine-Russia-conflict,WRAP KIEV Ukraine says renewed fighting with Russian-backed separatists is undermining a fragile ceasefire in the east of the country, and urges Western backers to intervene. 650 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov. File picture Spain-royals-politics-government,FOCUS MADRID Families are frequently a source of embarrassment, but the recent troubles caused by Spanish King Felipe VI's relatives belong to an entirely different realm. 700 words moved by Mathieu Gorse. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Vatican-pope-Iraq-minority,FOCUS NASIRIYAH, Iraq As Pope Francis prays for Iraq's minorities from the birthplace of the common patriarch of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths, one family will be listening particularly carefully. 500 words moved by Asaad Niazi. Picture. Video Health-Palestinians-Gaza-technology,FOCUS NUSEIRAT, Palestinian Territories The moment Maram al-Amawi gets back from school, she slips on the 3D-printed mask that covers her face and treats her severe burns from a blaze at a Gaza bakery. 450 words moved by Mai Yaghi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-reform,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer last year was a gut punch that sparked sometimes violent nationwide protests over brutality against people of color in America and a national reckoning over race relations. 850 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. File picture Peru-politics-justice-women,FOCUS LIMA The start of proceedings against Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori for a program blamed for forcibly sterilizing thousands of poor, mostly indigenous women has generated hope among accusers that justice will finally be served. 600 words moved by Francisco Jara and Christian Sierra. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-US-entertainment-film BEIJING A nationalist backlash to Golden Globe-winning American road movie "Nomadland" has imperilled the film's release in China after social media users and state media questioned director Chloe Zhao's loyalty to her birth country. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Senegal-politics-unrest,WRAP DAKAR The Senegal government vows to use "all means necessary" to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister says four people have died. 750 words moved by Malick Rokhy Ba and Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video Also moved: Senegal-politics-unrest-Sonko,PROFILE -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- EU-US-trade-dispute-Boeing-Airbus,WRAP WASHINGTON Washington and Brussels hail an opportunity to restore frayed ties as US President Joe Biden and EU leader Ursula von der Leyen suspend tit-for-tat trade tariffs in a longstanding aircraft dispute. 600 words moved by Chris Stein with Dave Clark in Brussels -- SPORT -- Golf-USLPGA MIAMI Austin Ernst fired a bogey-free five-under par 67 to maintain a share of the lead alongside Jennifer Kupcho at the halfway stage of the US LPGA Drive On Championship in Ocala, Florida. 500 words moved -- SCIENCE -- US-space-Mars-Perseverance,lead WASHINGTON The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA says. 450 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-US-film-cinema,SCENE NEW YORK Movie enthusiast Cindy B was among the first in the door at the AMC Empire 25 off Times Square as New York City's cinemas reopen a year after they were abruptly closed by coronavirus. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture afp
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