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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope urges end to violence on historic Iraq trip + China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition + Fresh bloodshed in Myanmar as UN set to meet + Prince Philip moves to private hospital to recover + All aboard! S.Africa luxury train offers Covid-safe trek Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP BAGHDAD Pope Francis calls for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by coronavirus. 800 words 1500 GMT by Laure al-Khoury with Catherine Marciano in Vatican City. Picture. Video. Graphic China-politics-HongKong,WRAP BEIJING China unveils plans to grant itself veto powers over Hong Kong's lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019. 750 words moved by Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A protester is shot dead in Myanmar in the latest round of bloodletting at anti-coup demonstrations, as the UN Security Council prepares to meet on the escalating crisis. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,FOCUS Britain-US-royals,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's ailing 99-year-old husband Prince Philip moves hospitals as he recovers from a heart operation, as granddaughter Meghan hails being able to speak candidly about her troubled time in the British royal family. 650 words 1500 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video SAfrica-tourism-luxury-leisure,SCENE ON BOARD THE BLUE TRAIN Waiters in grey waistcoats bearing dainty platters of canapes circle the private lounge at Cape Town's main train station. Welcome aboard the fabled Blue Train -- a luxurious locomotive offering two-night treks across South Africa -- for Covid negative passengers only. 900 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- POPE IN IRAQ -- Vatican-Pope-Iraq-gift,FOCUS QARAQOSH, Iraq Pulling golden thread with her frail fingers, elderly Christian Karjiya Baqtar has embroidered a precious prayer shawl to gift the most cherished visitor to her Iraqi hometown -- Pope Francis. 500 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video Vatican-pope-Iraq,SCENE BAGHDAD Hesitant handshakes, smiles blocked by masks and a strict no-hugging rule: the first ever-papal trip to Iraq will be all the more memorable for the pandemic-imposed restrictions. 400 words 1530 GMT by Ammar Karim. Picture. Video Vatican-pope-Iraq,SCENE BAGHDAD Capping his first day in Iraq, Pope Francis was gifted a miniature of an extraordinary work of art depicting a stage on the path to Christ's crucifixion, designed by a Muslim artist. 700 words 1430 GMT by Sarah Benhaida with Dylan Collins in Beirut. Picture. Video Vatican-Pope-Iraq-Islam-Sistani,PROFILE BAGHDAD Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest religious authority for Iraq's Shiite Muslims, has wielded subtle but unprecedented power for a cleric, guiding his followers through decades of dictatorship, occupation and conflict. 900 words moved. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-walls,FOCUS TARO, Japan The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic ** Please see our special advisory on 10 years since Japan's devastating tsunami** India-demonstration-agriculture-politics-religion,SCENE SINGHU, India In an electric-blue robe, foot-high turban and wielding an antiquated sword and a walkie-talkie, Amar Singh patrols a maze of tents and tractors on a blocked highway leading into New Delhi. 550 words moved. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- 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. 550 words 1630 GMT. 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 1430 GMT by Mathieu Gorse. Pictures -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- 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 1430 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Video Lebanon-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT To feed her family, Lebanese mother Sandra al-Tawil sold her fridge and washing machine. Now she fears the cash-strapped state will scrap food subsidies, plunging them deeper into poverty. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Senegal-politics-unrest,WRAP DAKAR Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is ordered held in custody, two days after his arrest sparked the country's worst unrest in years. 550 words moved by Malick Rokhy Ba and Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video Also moving: Senegal-politics-unrest-Sonko,PROFILE 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 1500 GMT by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration-Mexico,FOCUS NEW YORK Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US border with Mexico, presenting President Joe Biden with a potentially major crisis in one of America's most politically sensitive regions. 750 words 1600 GMT by Laura Bonilla. Picture US-economy-health-virus-savings,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out millions of jobs in the United States, but it's had the unexpected effect of increasing savings rates among Americans, especially wealthy people stuck at home and forced to give up travel and entertainment. 700 words 1600 GMT by Delphone Touitou. Picture -- ASIA & PACIFIC -- Quake-Pacific,WRAP PORT VILA Tsunami warnings are lifted across several South Pacific islands allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return home, as the risk from a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to ease. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy sees better-than-expected hiring in February, pushing the unemployment rate down slightly as Congress moves forward with President Joe Biden's massive stimulus proposal. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein. File picture Health-virus-Ireland-economy,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland's economy powered higher last year, bucking the coronavirus-driven global downturn, as the eurozone member enjoyed booming pharma and IT exports on strong pandemic demand, the government says. 400 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture China-politics-economy,3rdlead BEIJING China's leaders say they have set a target for GDP to grow more than six percent this year, as the world's second largest economy surges out of a pandemic-induced slump. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-festival-Germany,WRAP BERLIN The 71st Berlin film festival awards its Golden Bear top prize to "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" by Romania's Radu Jude, a satire skewering pandemic-era social hypocrisy with the story of a teacher whose sex tape winds up on the internet. 600 words 1530 GMT by Deborah Cole. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-awards,FACTS -- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Social-women-Kyrgyzstan-politics,FOCUS BISHKEK For activists preparing to mark International Women's Day in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, recalling the ambush that broke up last year's march is still traumatic. 700 words by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Also moved: Social-women-US-space-Spacex,INTERVIEW Social-women-Somalia-rights-taxi,VIDEOESSAY Social-women-Kyrgyzstan-politics,FOCUS Women-rights-China-health-virus Health-virus-US-women-abuse,FOCUS afp
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