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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Huge rallies in Myanmar against coup + 14 dead after India glacier collapse + S.Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccines + Somalia president faces election crisis + Brady secures record seventh Super Bowl Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's generals face their biggest opposition to last week's coup, with huge crowds across the country demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 700 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Graphic India-glacier-flood-climate,WRAP NEW DELHI Fourteen people are confirmed dead and at least 170 others are still missing after a chunk of glacier broke off and unleashed a devastating flash flood in India. 500 words 1100 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: India-climate-flood-glacier,SCENE Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA South Africa suspends the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation programme over concerns the shot does not work on a new variant, with WHO experts due to meet Monday to discuss the vaccine already facing questions about its efficacy for over-65s. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Somalia-unrest-politics-vote,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's opposition leaders announce that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on a path toward elections to replace him. 650 words 1200 GMT by Mustafa Haji Abdinur Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,WRAP TAMPA Tom Brady seals his place in the pantheon of America's greatest sporting icons, winning a record seventh Super Bowl as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rout the error-strewn Kansas City Chiefs 31-9. 800 words moved Also moved: Amfoot-NFL-Super-Buccaneers-Brady,FACTS Amfoot-poetry-music-US -- SPOTLIGHT -- Sudan-unrest-Darfur,FOCUS HAMADA VILLAGE, Sudan Farmer Abbas Abdullah was among hundreds who had trickled back to his remote village in South Darfur nearly a decade after fleeing war there. Now, he thinks he rushed the decision. 500 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Serbia-arts-music-war-veterans,VIDEOESSAY NOVI SAD, Serbia Picking through discarded rifles, helmets and missiles, Nikola Macura taps, blows and raps his knuckles on the decommissioned weapons to find pieces he can bring back to his studio and turn into musical instruments. 350 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Tanzania-politics,FOCUS DAR ES SALAAM For more than six months, Tanzania has tried to convince the world it has been cured of the coronavirus, through prayer, while refusing to take measures to curb its spread. 800 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Lebanon-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT With Lebanon's economy in a tailspin and the coronavirus pandemic wreaking chaos, panic-buying has gripped pharmacies, creating shortages and a flourishing black market. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-education-children,FOCUS NEW YORK Anxiety, depression, self-harm and even suicide: a growing number of children in the United States are struggling with their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic, doctors, teachers, parents and the government are all warning. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Video. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics-corruption-trial,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies all corruption charges against him as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before he faces re-election. 650 words 1030 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moving: Israel-politics-corruption-charges,FACTS US-Iran-sanction-nuclear,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden warns he would not take the first step toward Iran by lifting American sanctions, as Tehran has demanded before returning to its nuclear deal commitments. 600 words moved -- ASIA -- China-Australia-politics-media,3rdlead SYDNEY An Australian journalist who disappeared from Chinese state television's airwaves six months ago and was detained by Beijing authorities has been formally arrested for "supplying state secrets overseas", Canberra says. 500 words moved. File video -- AMERICAS -- Ecuador-vote,WRAP QUITO Leftist economist Andres Arauz leads the field with over 80 percent of results declared in Ecuador's election, but who he will face in the run-off vote is still uncertain as two candidates fight it out for second place. 600 words moved by Florence Panoussian. Video. Picture Haiti-politics-unrest,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE Haitian authorities say they have foiled an attempt to murder President Jovenel Moise and overthrow the government, as a dispute rages over when his term ends. 500 words moved by Amelie Baron Also moving: Haiti-opposition-politics-president US-diplomacy-economy-Shultz,OBIT WASHINGTON George Shultz, Ronald Reagan's genial secretary of state who identified a diplomatic opening that helped end the Cold War but contributed to a new brand of conflict by advocating preemptive strikes, has died. He was 100. 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-politics-impeachment-trial,ADVANCER WASHINGTON One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-trial-figures,POINTS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,INTERVIEW -- EUROPE -- Europe-Netherlands-weather-snow,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands is blanketed by the first major snowstorm to hit the country in 10 years as a wave of freezing weather in northern Europe disrupts planes, trains and road traffic. 550 words moved by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Catalonia-vote,FOCUS BARCELONA As has happened every night for over a year, dozens of protesters demanding independence from Spain sit down in the middle of a wide Barcelona avenue, bringing traffic to a standstill. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video France-police-rights-Amnesty,FOCUS PARIS A slate of detentions carried out during a Paris protest by tens of thousands of people against France's controversial security bill in December were "arbitrary", Amnesty International France says. 500 words moved -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka waste little time breezing into the second round as the Australian Open begins, three weeks later than originally scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool,FOCUS LONDON Liverpool's Premier League title defence is in tatters after a 4-1 humbling at home by Manchester City, with Jurgen Klopp facing an uphill task to stop their season imploding. 600 words 1100 GMT by John Weaver. Picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but he admits if they were being held elsewhere, he'd probably back a cancellation. 700 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein -- TECHNOLOGY -- China-computers-internet,PROFILE BEIJING On Lu Kaigang's feed, sheets of tarp are transformed into haute couture as China's mountainous backdrop becomes his catwalk, a 22-year-old villager sashaying to fame via China's video-sharing app for the poor -- Kuaishou. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow China-HongKong-technology-Clubhouse BEIJING Chinese internet users are flocking to a rare uncensored app to breach the "Great Firewall" and freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence. 550 words moved afp
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