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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + More nations suspend AstraZeneca jabs + 'Mank' leads Oscar nods with 10 nominations + Fresh deaths in Myanmar anti-coup demos + Beijing hit by worst sandstorm in a decade + Beyonce makes history as women sweep Grammys Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands are the latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shots over blood clot fears despite the firm and the WHO insisting there is no risk, while coronavirus restrictions are reimposed across much of Italy. 750 words 1800 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP LOS ANGELES "Mank," David Fincher's black-and-white ode to "Citizen Kane," comfortably leads this year's Oscars nominations with 10 nods including for best picture and best director, as female filmmakers smash Academy records. 900 words 1600 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON At least eight anti-coup protesters are killed across Myanmar as demonstrators return to the streets after the deadliest day since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 800 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-Myanmar-unrest-economy Taiwan-Myanmar-China-politics-military China-environment-health-pollution,WRAP BEIJING Beijing is cloaked in thick yellow smog with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descends on China's capital from the Gobi desert. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,WRAP NEW YORK Women win every major Grammy at a history-making gala that aims to move past a devastating year for the music industry, with Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift scoring big at the socially distanced event anchored by electrifying performances. 850 words moved by Maggy Donaldson with Laurent Banguet in Los Angeles. Picture. Graphic. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-France-employment-poverty,FOCUS MARSEILLE, France They see the struggle behind the statistics -- every day, staff at a job centre in the southern French city of Marseille try to heal the financial distress that has been compounded by the pandemic. 900 words moved by Isabelle Wesselingh. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines-education,FOCUS MANILA Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school's online lessons. 850 words moved by Allison Jackson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Panama-education,PHOTOESSAY ELLA PURU, Panama Once a week, Panamanian teacher Graciela Bouche takes a canoe ride from her small town to the next to teach kids denied school due to the health crisis, but who have no access to virtual education. 600 words 1830 GMT by Moises Avila. Picture - GRAMMYS -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-MeganTheeStallion,FOCUS NEW YORK A social media master with a magnetic, Texas-sized personality and razor-sharp flow, Megan Thee Stallion has established herself as a leading member of rap's vanguard. 750 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Beyonce,FOCUS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Kanye Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-fashion,lead -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-China-report,ADVANCER GENEVA The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19's origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents. 800 words moved by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. File picture. File video Health-virus-Germany,2ndlead BERLIN Intensive care doctors in Germany warn that the country will need to make an "immediate return" to partial lockdown if it is to avoid stumbling into a dangerous third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Kit Holden -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-politics-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands begins three days of voting in one of the first major tests of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. 650 words 1700 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-vote-health-virus,WRAP BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party admits it must do better in its pandemic management after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, six months before a general election. 650 words 1430 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick and Femke Colborne. Picture. Video France-politics-trial-Sarkozy,ADVANCER PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Wednesday over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. 650 words moved by Joseph Schmid and Clare Byrne Spain-politics-Podemos,WRAP MADRID Pablo Iglesias, leader of the hard-left party Podemos and a deputy prime minister in Spain's ruling coalition, says he is resigning from the government to run as Madrid's regional chief. 550 words 1500 GMT. Picture Also moving: Spain-politics-Podemos-Iglesias,PROFILE Russia-France-Syria-conflict-crime-Wagner,WRAP MOSCOW Three campaign groups announce a landmark legal case in Moscow against Russian mercenary group Wagner over the torture of a detainee in Syria, aiming to hold to account a murky fighting force with Kremlin links. 700 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-conflict-Wagner-crime,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-politics,WRAP TOBRUK, Libya Libya's new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is sworn in to lead the war-torn country's transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division. 600 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-politics,CHRONO Syria-conflict-anniversary-protest,lead IDLIB, Syria Thousands rally in Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib to mark 10 years since the nationwide anti-government protests that sparked the country's devastating civil war. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Yemen-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI The United States' intervention to end Yemen's long conflict has energised a once lifeless peace process, observers say, but savage fighting in the country's north has thrown up yet another barrier. 750 words moved by Sarah Stewart Iran-France-justice-espionage,WRAP TEHRAN Iran has started prosecuting a French national arrested early last year on espionage charges, lawyer Saeid Dehghan writes on Twitter, naming the detainee as Benjamin Briere. 500 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi Israel-vote-protest,FOCUS JERUSALEM For nearly a year Erez Yalon, a disabled Israeli, has dedicated his life to protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home almost round the clock to demand his departure from office. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-vote-opposition-Lapid,PROFILE -- AFRICA -- ICJ-Kenya-Somalia-diplomacy-oil THE HAGUE The UN's top court allows Somalia's case to go ahead in a long-running maritime dispute with Kenya despite Nairobi refusing to attend the tribunal. 400 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video Mali-court-coup,WRAP BAMAKO In a move likely to anger Malian rights defenders, a court in Bamako puts an end to the much-delayed trial of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo, who briefly seized power in 2012. 450 words moved. File picture Nigeria-port-transport,FOCUS LAGOS The port of Lagos, gateway to Africa's most populous market, has long had a reputation of being a headache -- but sources in the shipping industry say its problems of delays and corruption have now become a nightmare. 750 words moved by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration,WRAP BROWNSVILLE, Texas Joe Biden faces mounting pressure from Republicans over his handling of a surge of child migrants at the US-Mexican border, in what is shaping up as the first immigration crisis of his presidency. 600 words 1700 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video US-racism-justice-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man was killed by a white police officer, has become a memorial, a stage for heated debate and artistic expression condemning racial injustice and police brutality. 600 words 1630 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-women-assault-politics,WRAP CANBERRA Tens of thousands of women protest across Australia against sexual violence and gender inequality, as outrage grows over rape allegations that have convulsed the conservative government. 850 words moved by Andrew Leeson with Holly Robertson in Brisbane. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-women-feminism-assault-politics,FOCUS US-Japan-SKorea-China-diplomacy,lead TOKYO Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrive in Japan on their first overseas trip, looking to rally key Asian allies as a bulwark to China. 650 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS -- France-food-governance-Danone-environment,WRAP PARIS Danone dismisses its chairman after months of complaints from foreign shareholders about the French food and drinks giant's underperforming share price. 700 words moved by Jurgen Hecker -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-torch,2ndlead TOKYO Spectators will be barred from the start of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay, organisers say, announcing a pared-back launch as the countdown to the postponed Games begins in earnest. 450 words moved Yachting-AmCup,lead AUCKLAND A down-and-out Team New Zealand stages an eight-minute turnaround to move within sight of the America's Cup title with a "bizarre" victory over Italy's Luna Rossa. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPACE -- US-space,FOCUS WASHINGTON After 20 years of continuous habitation, the International Space Station has entered its "Golden Age" and is abuzz with activity. But though the immediate future of this symbol of post-Cold War cooperation is assured, NASA hopes to begin disengaging by the end of the decade. 700 words 1700 GMT by Lucie Aubourg. File picture -- ENVIRONMNET -- US-environment-nature-animal,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting -- before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. The cicadas are coming, and their unnerving arrival is as spectacular as it is rare. 750 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. File picture -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Music-technology-culture-celebrity,FOCUS PARIS "NFT" is quickly becoming the acronym of 2021, offering a new way to sell digital art online, and music stars including Kings of Leon and Grimes have been quick to jump on the bandwagon. 700 words moved by Philippe Greland and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video Health-virus-art-sales PARIS The art market lost nearly a fifth of its value last year due to the pandemic but cushioned losses with a surprisingly rapid shift to online sales, according to a report by Artprice. 450 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere afp
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