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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + France's Sarkozy sentenced to prison + World's first Covax vaccine injected + Fresh charges for Myanmar's Suu Kyi + Prince Philip to undergo heart tests + Ex-Barcelona president arrested France-Sarkozy-corruption-trial,WRAP PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence, in a ruling that deals a major blow to any lingering political ambitions. 800 words moved by Anne Lec'hvien. Picture. Video Also moved: France-Sarkozy-politics,PROFILE France-politics-investigation-Libya-Sarkozy,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP ACCRA Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo becomes the first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepare to distribute nearly four million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. 700 words 2200 GMT by Kent Mensah, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is hit with two new criminal charges in a court appearance via video link, one month after a military coup triggered relentless mass protests. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Britain-royals-health-Philip,lead LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip leaves the private London hospital where he had spent nearly two weeks to have heart tests and treatment at another hospital, Buckingham Palace says. 500 words moved Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-police-Spain,2ndlead BARCELONA, Spain Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is arrested as part of a police investigation into last year's 'BarcaGate' scandal. 700 words moved. Picture. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-forests-agriculture,FOCUS MASAI MARA, Kenya At first glance, the round black pellets could easily be mistaken for animal dung. But these hardy little balls contain acacia seeds that are helping regrow Kenya's depleted forests. 650 words moved by Marion Douet. Picture. Video Oman-heritage-tourism,FOCUS MISFAT AL-ABRIYEEN, Oman Perched on an Oman mountain top, the village of Misfat al-Abriyeen has changed its fortunes by transforming mud-brick homes into boutique hotels, drawing tourists to a region famed for hiking trails and tales of genies. 700 words moved by Khalid Orabi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- WTO-health-virus-vaccines-pharmaceutical-patent,FACTS GENEVA The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines -- a notion fiercely rejected by pharmaceutical giants and their host countries. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Health-virus-WHO,lead GENEVA It is unrealistic to think that the world will be done with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the WHO says. 500 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Trump-2024,FOCUS WASHINGTON Former president Donald Trump is teasing another White House run in 2024 but his candidacy could face a number of obstacles. 700 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow and Elodie Cuzin. File picture. Video US-Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden took office with promises of a return to diplomacy with Iran, but both sides' determination not to look weak has jeopardized prospects of a quick breakthrough. 750 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-Mexico-diplomacy-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON The flow of migrants and trade, legal and illegal, across the US-Mexican border are in focus President Joe Biden meets irtually with counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. 550 words 2200 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture Canada-US-China-extradition-court,lead VANCOUVER The high-stakes battle by Chinese Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou against extradition to the United States enters its final stage in a Canadian court, after more than two years of legal skirmishes and diplomatic barbs. 650 words 1930 GMT by David Ball. File picture. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-rights-UN,WRAP GENEVA UN human rights experts call for an international investigation into the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as the EU agrees to sanction top Russian officials involved in his detention. 650 words 1930 GMT by Nina Larson. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-prison-Navalny,FOCUS Armenia-politics,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia's embattled Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan tells thousands of rallying supporters that he is ready to hold early elections to bring the country out of a political crisis. 700 words moved by Max Delany and Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict-UN,WRAP DUBAI The United Nations' chief warns of a "death sentence" for war-torn Yemen as a donor conference yields less than half the funds needed to prevent a devastating famine. 750 words 1930 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi Also moved: Yemen-conflict-UN,CHRONO Israel-Iran-maritime-blast,WRAP JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship, noting his country is regularly "striking" its arch-foe in comments that follow an overnight raid on Syria. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-prisoners-abuse-UN GENEVA Thousands of civilians have been subjected to "unimaginable suffering", torture, sexual violence and death in detention during the decade of conflict in Syria, say United Nations investigators. 450 words moved by Robin Millard. Video -- AFRICA -- Chad-vote,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's main opposition candidate withdraws from the country's upcoming presidential ballot, accusing veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno of using force to intimidate rivals after a deadly shootout at the home of another election hopeful. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-protest,WRAP HONG KONG The trial of some of Hong Kong's best known dissidents is suspended after one of the 47 defendants faints and is rushed to hospital. 750 words 2030 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Moved: HongKong-China-politics-protest,SCENE Cambodia-opposition-politics,lead PHNOM PENH Cambodia's exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy is sentenced in absentia to 25 years in jail over an alleged plot to overthrow strongman Hun Sen's government, a court official says. 450 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- WTO-trade-diplomacy-Ngozi,WRAP GENEVA Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes the reins of the World Trade Organization with a daunting to-do list, not least tackling the global economic crisis sparked by the pandemic. 750 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES US road movie "Nomadland" makes Golden Globes history as Chloe Zhao becomes the first female director to win the awards' top prize for best drama, putting her film about a generation of marginalized Americans roaming the West in vans into Oscars pole position. 850 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-takeaways,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-winners,FACTS Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-Britain BERLIN "Unorthodox" director Maria Schrader joins the race at the Berlin film festival with the sci-fi comedy "I'm Your Man" starring Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame as a humanoid robot ready to beat human rivals in the game of love. 600 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-Lebanon,INTERVIEW Italy-fashion-luxury,FOCUS ROME The curtain falls on another Milan fashion week -- or at least the screen goes dark on this season's all-digital affair, in which designers looked ahead to better times. 550 words 1930 GMT by Isabelle Sciamma. -- SPORTS -- judo-court-CAS-suspension-IRI-Oly-2020-2021 LAUSANNE Sport's top court cancels the suspension of the Iranian judo federation, imposed after it ordered judoka Saeid Mollaei not to fight against an Israeli. 500 words moved afp
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