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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Protests against Covid curbs rock Europe + Second Canadian faces China spying trial + Europe's trust in AstraZeneca shot drops + Thousands evacuated after Sydney deluges + French panda couple in rare weekend romp Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Europe grapples with resurgent coronavirus infections, as Germany considers extending restrictions into April despite street protests and EU leaders abandon plans to attend a summit on the pandemic. 750 words 0130 GMT by Hui Min Neo with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics China-Canada-politics-diplomacy BEIJING The trial begins in Beijing for Canadian Michael Kovrig, detained for more than two years ago in China on espionage charges, with China-Canada relations in freefall. 400 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video health-virus-EU-Britain-vaccines-poll LONDON Trust in AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in many European countries plunges following controversy around the jab in recent weeks, according to a new survey unveiled by British pollsters YouGov. 550 words moved Australia-flood-weather,lead SYDNEY Australia's south east is lashed with intense rainfall, worsening "one in 100 year" floods that have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and shuttered hundreds of schools. 550 words 0200 GMT. Photo. Video. France-China-animals-panda-offbeat PARIS A couple of giant pandas in captivity engage in a rare weekend of love-making with the hoped-for result, an even rarer panda offspring, still too early to call, a French zoo says. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Attacks-memorial-history,FOCUS PARIS The aftermath of every terror attack places Western countries in the same conundrum: How to honour the victims and show national resilience without giving the perpetrators the place in posterity that they crave? 850 words moved by Didier Lauras. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-university-language,FOCUS LONDON Every Monday at 4:30 pm British time -- 5.30 pm in France -- Elliot Bellman, 20, keeps an unlikely appointment with 97-year-old Jacqueline Tolu. "Comment allez-vous?" (how are you?) he asks Tolu over Skype. 600 words 0300 GMT by Sylvain Peuchmaurd -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-Kurds,INTERVIEW ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to ensure victory in the next election by "illegally" trying to ban Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, its former leader tells AFP from jail. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-US-diplomacy,2ndlead ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan just weeks before Washington is due to withdraw the last of its troops under a deal struck with the Taliban last year. 500 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Security forces in Myanmar shoot dead an anti-coup protester, as the Australian government confirms it is assisting two nationals who were detained after trying to leave Yangon. 650 words moved. Picture. Graphic Oly-2020-2021-Japan-tourism-health-virus-economy,FOCUS TOKYO Toshiko Ishii spent $180,000 renovating her traditional Japanese inn in expectation of a flood of tourists ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, but now she won't be hosting a single overseas fan. 750 words 0300 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Etienne Balmer. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Two days before Israel's election, polls show a knife-edge race, with the performance of small parties likely to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secures an elusive majority. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-vote-Jerusalem-Palestinians,FOCUS Saudi-Aramco-energy-oil,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 44.4 percent slump in 2020 net profit due to lower crude prices, as the coronavirus pandemic has weighed heavily on global demand. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra Egypt-Saadawi-feminism-social,OBIT CAIRO Egypt's famed writer Nawal el-Saadawi, who spent a lifetime vexing politicians and clerics with her fight against the oppression of women and religious taboos, dies aged 89. 650 words moved by Farid Farid. File picture Morocco-Algeria-border,FOCUS FIGUIG, Morocco Moroccan farmers in an isolated oasis on the Algerian border bear the brunt of regional tensions as Algiers expels them from date groves they have farmed for generations. 750 words moved by Sophie Pons. Picture -- AFRICA -- Congo-vote,WRAP BRAZZAVILLE The Republic of Congo votes in a presidential election boycotted by the main opposition and under an internet blackout, with critics voicing concerns over the transparency of the polls seen as tilted towards veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. 700 words moved by Laudes Martial Mbon and Samil Tounsi. Picture CAfrica-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Central African Republic former president Francois Bozize has taken charge of a rebel alliance aiming to overthrow the central government, the group's spokesman says. 450 words moved -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-season-2021,PREVIEW PARIS, Preview Lewis Hamilton begins his bid for an unprecedented eighth drivers' championship this week, facing a cluster of challenges to his crown as Formula One launches its cost-cutting era with a record 23-race global calendar. 850 words 0200 GMT FBL-ENG-Cup,WRAP LONDON Leicester send Manchester United crashing out of the FA Cup as Kelechi Iheanacho's double seals a 3-1 win, while Chelsea will face Manchester City in the semi-finals after beating Sheffield United. 650 words moved by Steven Griffiths. Picture afp
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