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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US set to accuse Saudi crown prince of Khashoggi murder + US strikes Iran-backed militias in Syria + Ex-Olympic coach kills himself after abuse charges + Schoolgirls feared missing after Nigeria raid + Lady Gaga's dogs stolen in Hollywood shooting US-Saudi-politics-murder-intelligence WASHINGTON The US director of national intelligence is expected to release a damning report that fingers Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the brutal murder and dismemberment of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018. 650 words moved by Paul Handley Syria-conflict-US,WRAP BEIRUT The US military has struck Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria, killing at least 22 fighters according to a war monitor, in what the Pentagon said was a message from the new administration after recent rocket attacks targeting American troops in Iraq. 650 words 0930 GMT by Bachir El Khoury with Paul Handley in Washington. File Picture. Graphic US-Oly-gymnastics-justice,WRAP LOS ANGELES Former US Olympics women's gymnastics coach John Geddert dies by suicide, his body found hours after he was charged with human trafficking and abuse of athletes in his care, Michigan's attorney general said. 750 words moved by Rebecca Bryan. File picture Nigeria-unrest-kidnap,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Several hundreds girls are feared missing after a raid by an armed gang on a school dormitory in northwest Nigeria in what would be the latest mass kidnapping in the troubled region. 400 words 1030 GMT by Aminu Abubakar Celebrity-assault-US-music-offbeat-animal LOS ANGELES Two French bulldogs belonging to US pop singer Lady Gaga are stolen in Los Angeles after the employee walking them was shot and wounded, US media report. 200 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-politics,SCENE MEKELE In the regional capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, residents glare with hatred at the Kalashnikov-toting federal forces who have taken over the city, where schools are now camps for those displaced by conflict and children nurse shrapnel wounds in hospitals. 950 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Albania-surgery-cosmetics,FOCUS TIRANA Pandemic stress, the focus on faces during video chats and the convenience of hiding under a mask are fuelling a cosmetic surgery boom in Albania -- but rogue operators are putting some patients at risk. 800 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video Japan-lifestyle-tech-robots-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video SKorea-Asia-enterprises-charity,FOCUS SEOUL Two self-made South Korean billionaires have pledged in as many weeks to give away half their fortunes -- a rarity in a country where business is dominated by family-controlled conglomerates and charity often begins and ends at home. 800 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hails progress in turning around its troubled Covid-19 vaccine rollout, as the European Union says it's on track to meet jab targets and Asia's inoculation drive gains pace. 800 words moved by Ben Sheppard, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Hungary-China-vaccines,SCENE BUDAPEST "We should be happy to get any vaccine," said Laszlo Cservak, a pensioner queueing in Budapest for China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine shot, a day after Hungary became the first EU member to start using it. 750 words 1130 GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video Health-virus-SriLanka-Pakistan-Islam-burial-pandemic COLOMBO Sri Lanka ends forced cremations of people who died of coronavirus, after visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Colombo to respect the funeral rites of the island's minority Muslims. 300 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Singapore-Britain-crime SINGAPORE A British man is jailed for two weeks for violating Singapore's strict coronavirus rules by leaving his room at a luxury hotel while under quarantine to meet his fiancee. 300 words 0930 GMT. Picture Health-virus-US-first-death,INTERVIEW KIRKLAND, Washington This time last year, infectious disease physician Francis Riedo was having what he'd consider a fairly typical Friday -- and didn't suspect his hospital would soon report the United States' first death from Covid-19. 600 words moved by David Albright with Lucie Aubourg in Washington File picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-world-passport,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Eritrea-Ethiopia-unrest-rights,WRAP NAIROBI Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against humanity, according to Amnesty International. 700 words moved by Fran Blandy. Video -- EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA -- Armenia-politics-opposition-demonstration,WRAP YEREVAN Several hundred opposition supporters are camped out in tents outside Armenia's parliaments demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over his handling of last year's war with Azerbaijan. 500 words 1100 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Britain-Syria-court-appeal,WRAP LONDON Britain's highest court delivers its long-awaited ruling on whether Shamima Begum, a woman stripped of her UK citizenship for joining the Islamic State group in Syria, can return to challenge the decision. 500 words 1100 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video. Spain-royals-justice-taxation,WRAP MADRID Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who moved to the UAE in August under a cloud of scandal, settles a second back tax bill -- this time worth over four million euros -- to try to avoid an embarrassing lawsuit. 600 words 1000 GMT by Mathieu Gorse. File picture Georgia-politics-Ivanishvili,FOCUS TBILSI For government critics in Georgia, the latest political crisis sparked by disputed elections has the hallmark signature of a reclusive billionaire who looms over political life in the ex-Soviet country. 650 words 1300 GMT by Irakli Metreveli Turkmenistan-politics-animal ASHGABAT Turkmenistan's authoritarian ruler recognises a national dog breed with a state holiday, government media reports, elevating the canine to the same status as the gas-rich country's beloved horses. 390 words moved. File picture. -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Israel,FOCUS TEL ARAD, Israel Deep in the Negev desert, Bedouin residents of villages deemed illegal by Israel say more houses have been demolished than people vaccinated, despite the Jewish state's world-beating coronavirus inoculation drive. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Health-virus-Morocco-Spain-economy,FOCUS FNIDEQ, Morocco Moroccans living in a town bordering a Spanish enclave face a bleak future after the frontier was closed to stem coronavirus and a smuggling crackdown destroyed their livelihoods. 650 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- NKorea-Russia-diplomacy-health-virus SEOUL Eight Russian diplomats and family members -- the youngest of them a three-year-old girl -- leave North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to Pyongyang's coronavirus restrictions. 450 words moved PNG-politics-Somare,2ndlead PORT MORESBY Papua New Guinea's first prime minister and "father of the nation" Sir Michael Somare dies aged 84, after what his family described as a brief battle with cancer. 650 words moved. File Picture Myanmar-politics-military-civilservice,FOCUS YANGON Public hospitals are deserted. Government offices left dark. Despite risks to their lives and livelihoods, many of Myanmar's civil servants are refusing to labour for the military leaders. 750 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Republicans-Trump-CPAC,FOCUS WASHINGTON Brace yourself for Donald Trump 2.0, America. The ex-president returns from political hiatus Sunday seeking to regain control of a Republican Party that is out of power and pondering whether the flawed billionaire can win again in 2024. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. File picture Also moved: US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP Cuba-music-politics,FOCUS HAVANA In Cuba, where music and revolution are intertwined, a song by rappers boldly denouncing the communist government has found viral appeal online -- but angered a regime that keeps close tabs on culture. 700 words moved by Leticia Pineda. File picture -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- US-internet-software-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Twitter says it plans to offer a subscription service in which users pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman France-aerospace-climate-Airbus,FOCUS PARIS Airbus unveils the carbon footprint of its aircraft, a move that will help measure progress made by the aviation industry towards its goal of reducing emissions. 550 words moved by Mathieu Rabechault -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Hollywood's A-listers are staying home, but this Sunday's Golden Globes could still offer plenty of reasons to party -- from history-making female filmmakers to posthumous glory for a beloved Black film star. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-moments,POINTS Japan-entertainment-Pokemon-games,FOCUS TOKYO Twenty-five years after Pokemon first began delighting children and adults alike, the phenomenon is still capturing hearts, with smartphone craze Pokemon Go enjoying record success in virus-hit 2020. 700 words moved by Katie Forster and Mathias Cena. Picture. File video -- SCIENCE -- US-science-paleontology WASHINGTON A team of US scientists has demonstrated that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, who grew from the size of house cats to towering monsters, reshaped their ecosystems by outcompeting smaller rival species. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic afp
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