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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope urges end to violence on Iraq trip + Biden's Covid package hits senate delays + Four dead in Senegal violence + Disneyland to reopen + Mars rover goes for a test drive Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP NAJAF, Iraq Pope Francis begins the second day of his historic Iraq visit with an extraordinary meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the top authority for the country's Shiite Muslims. 700 words 0200 GMT by Qassim al-Kaabi with Catherine Marciano in Baghdad US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers grapple with fresh delays to President Joe Biden's massive stimulus proposal, with an economic backdrop of better-than-expected hiring in February as businesses battered by the pandemic began recruiting employees again. 750 words 0200 GMT by Chris Stein and Michael Mathes. Picture 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 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 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture 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 -- POPE IN IRAQ -- 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 0200 GMT by Asaad Niazi. Picture. Video Also moved: Vatican-pope-Iraq-health-virus,SCENE Vatican-pope-Iraq-art,SCENE -- 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO GENEVA Covax will distribute 14.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO says as it warns people not to waste, through complacency, the hope vaccines bring. 650 words moved by Robin Millard. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Another anti-coup protester is shot dead in Myanmar as a UN envoy urged a divided Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy. 750 words moved. 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 0130 GMT 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 0300 GMT by Francisco Jara and Christian Sierra. Picture. Video 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 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 -- EUROPE -- 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 0300 GMT by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video Britain-banking-finance-Greensill,FOCUS LONDON Troubled UK finance firm Greensill is reportedly on the brink a bankruptcy which would send shockwaves through the sector, ensnaring clients and risking up to 50,000 jobs worldwide. 500 words 0300 GMT 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 & 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 moved by Guillaume Lavallee. 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 0230 GMT by Mai Yaghi. Picture, Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-bombings,2ndlead MOGADISHU Ten people are killed when a rickshaw loaded with explosives is detonated by Al-Shabaab Islamists at a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, according to police. 250 words moved. Video ICoast-vote ABIDJAN Ivory Coast is set to vote in a parliamentary ballot in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence. 500 words 0400 GMT by Christophe Koffi. 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. 700 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-awards,FACTS afp
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