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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Suez reopens after megaship refloated + Trial over George Floyd death begins + WHO says Covid likely jumped to humans from animals + Thousands flee besieged Mozambique town + Obama's Kenyan 'granny' dies at 99 Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP SUEZ, Egypt The Ever Given is refloated and the Suez Canal reopened, sparking relief six days after the megaship got stuck during a sandstorm and blocked a major artery for global trade. 700 words 1430 GMT by Hager Harabech with Mona Salem in Cairo. Picture. Graphics. Video Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The George Floyd murder trial is a referendum on American justice, the family lawyer says ahead of opening arguments in the case against the white police officer accused of killing the African American, whose agonising death ignited protests around the world. 700 words 1500 GMT by Agnes Bun and Joy Powell. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO-China,WRAP GENEVA An international mission of experts to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a laboratory leak, according to a report obtained by AFP. 800 words 1600 GMT by Nina Larson. Picture. Video. Graphic -- Please also see our special advisory on WHO's Covid origins report for full coverage Mozambique-unrest,WRAP PEMBA, Mozambique The key northern Mozambique town of Palma is all but deserted as residents flee by road, boat or on foot as the Islamic State (IS) group claims control after a prolonged onslaught. 750 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Graphic. File video Kenya-US-people-politics-Obama,lead NAIROBI Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter says. 500 words moved. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Iraq-politics-corruption-imports,INVESTIGATION BAGHDAD Along Iraq's borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties and crooked officials. 2,000 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Iraq-corruption-family-migration,FOCUS Iraq-politics-corruption-budget-women,PROFILE Qatar-animal-rights,FOCUS DOHA Freya the dog was found with "half her face blown off", Bernie was stabbed and badly burnt, Diana is struggling to raise her puppies after being riddled with pellets: strays in Qatar are facing a spike in abuse. 650 words moved by Anne Levasseur and Gregory Walton. Picture. Video Bodybuilding-MAS-health-Malaysia,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Working out with ageing equipment in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy bench-presses two dumbbells and then flexes his muscular arms. 500 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-economy-poverty,FOCUS BEIRUT Samir Merhi returned to Lebanon in 2009, hoping the fortune he made abroad would let him retire comfortably at home, but the country's economic crisis has upended his dreams and forced him to leave again. 650 words moved by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-China,FOCUS BEIJING The chances that Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan because of imported frozen food are "very low", international health experts say, casting doubt on one of the main theories China has embraced for the cause of the first coronavirus outbreak in late 2019. 650 words moved. File video. File picture Britain-health-virus-politics LONDON People in England enjoy sports, picnics and other previously prohibited activities, as the nation enters the second phase of its coronavirus lockdown easing thanks in large part to a successful vaccination drive. 600 words 1800 GMT by James Pheby and Callum Paton. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia BRISBANE More than two million people in Brisbane enter a three-day lockdown after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia's third-biggest city. 500 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines MANILA More than 24 million people in the Philippines' economic hub enter a lockdown, as officials warn the week-long restrictions could be extended if coronavirus infections do not fall. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-politics,lead BERLIN The leader of Angela Merkel's CDU party pushes back against the chancellor's criticism that some of Germany's 16 states are straying from agreed Covid-19 measures, insisting they are taking the pandemic seriously. 600 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne. Picture Health-virus-vaccines-Czech,FOCUS DOBRICHOVICE, Czech Republic Annoyed by a slow vaccine roll-out, the members of a Czech sports organisation collect money, hire doctors and nurses and open a private vaccination centre to please their neighbours. 450 words 1630 GMT by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Protesters and mourners take to the streets of Myanmar after the deadliest weekend since the military coup, as US President Joe Biden leads international condemnation of the junta's ruthless crackdown. 750 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-children YANGON A Myanmar toddler miraculously survives a weekend air strike that killed his father in their bamboo hut near the coup-hit country's border with Thailand. 500 words moved. Picture Australia-politics-sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Two Australian ministers are demoted from top cabinet posts as the ruling conservative party tries to draw a line under dual rape scandals that have convulsed national politics. 550 words moved by Andrew Beatty Indonesia-bombings JAKARTA Two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who joined a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police say, as they arrest others suspected in the plot. 450 words moved. Picture. Video UN-China-diplomacy-rights-Canada MONTREAL The UN is in negotiations with Beijing for a visit "without restrictions" to Xinjiang to see how the Uyghur minority is being treated, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a broadcaster. 300 words moved -- AFRICA -- ICoast-unrest,WRAP KAFOLO, Ivory Coast Suspected Islamist militants kill three members of Ivory Coast's security forces in the second attack on its northern border in less than 10 months. 500 words 1600 GMT by Aly Ouattara. File picture. Graphic EGuinea-blast-aid,SCENE BATA, Equatorial Guinea Three weeks after explosives detonated accidentally at a military camp in Equatorial Guinea, killing scores of civilians living nearby, desperate survivors are depending on a Spanish charity for aid. 450 words moved by Samuel Obiang. File picture. Graphic ICC-ICoast-unrest-Gbagbo,ADVANCER THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court will rule on Wednesday whether to uphold the acquittal of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal. 600 words moved by Danny Kemp Also moved: ICC-ICoast-unrest-Gbagbo-timeline,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- France-pharmaceutical-health-trial,WRAP PARIS A French court finds pharma giant Servier guilty of aggravated deceit and involuntary manslaughter over hundreds of deaths caused by its diabetes and weight loss pill, in one of France's biggest health scandals. 550 words moved by Caroline Taix and Anne-Sophie Lasserre. Picture. Video. Graphic Greece-EU-migration-Turkey,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece The EU's home affairs commissioner says Turkey should "urgently" resume accepting hundreds of migrants from Greece, days before EU chiefs are due to hold challenging talks in Ankara. 550 words 1600 GMT by Chantal Valery with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP CAIRO Egypt has arrested eight people over a train collision last week, prosecutors say in a statement that also revises down to 18 people the death toll from the disaster. 450 words moved. File Picture Qatar-women-rights DOHA Human Rights Watch accuses Qatar of restricting the lives of its female population through unclear "guardianship" rules requiring adult women to obtain male approval for everyday activities. 500 words moved -- BUSINESS -- US-aviation-Boeing-Southwest,WRAP NEW YORK US carrier Southwest Airlines agrees to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes in a vote of confidence for the aircraft after a 20-month grounding. 600 words 1430 GMT by John Biers -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus TOKYO Tokyo Olympics organisers unveil virus countermeasures for test events that will resume later this week for the first time since the Games were postponed by the pandemic. 350 words moved. File picture Auto-Prix-BRN-Hamilton-Verstappen SAKHIR, Bahrain Max Verstappen's team heaps praise on Lewis Hamilton's race craft after the defending seven-time world champion beat his heir apparent to win an epic Bahrain Grand Prix, bringing up the curtain on the 2021 Formula One season. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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