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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope urges end to violence on historic Iraq trip + China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition + UN urged to hear Myanmar's 'desperate pleas' + 'Fresh start' with US-EU truce in planemaker feud + Prince Philip moves to private hospital to recover Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP BAGHDAD Pope Francis calls for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by coronavirus. 900 words moved by Laure Al Khoury with Catherine Marciano. Picture. Video. Graphic China-politics-HongKong,WRAP BEIJING China moves to grant itself veto powers over selecting Hong Kong's lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a "patriotic" government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019. 750 words 2030 GMT by Leo Ramirez. Picture. Graphic. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Another anti-coup protester is shot dead in Myanmar as a UN envoy urges the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy. 700 words 2130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-US-trade-dispute-Boeing-Airbus,WRAP WASHINGTON Washington and Brussels hail an opportunity to restore frayed ties Friday as US President Joe Biden and EU leader Ursula von der Leyen suspend tit-for-tat trade tariffs. 650 words 2000 GMT by Chris Stein with Dave Clark in Brussels Britain-US-royals,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband, Prince Philip, is moved back to a private London hospital after a successful heart procedure, Buckingham Palace says, raising hopes for his recovery. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood with Joshua Melvin in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic -- POPE IN IRAQ -- Vatican-pope-Iraq-gift,FOCUS QARAQOSH, Iraq Pulling golden thread with her frail fingers, elderly Christian Karjiya Baqtar has embroidered a precious prayer shawl to gift the most cherished visitor to her Iraqi hometown -- Pope Francis. 500 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video Also moved: Vatican-pope-Iraq-health-virus,SCENE Vatican-pope-Iraq-art,SCENE Vatican-pope-Iraq-Islam-Sistani,PROFILE BAGHDAD Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest religious authority for Iraq's Shiite Muslims, has wielded subtle but unprecedented power for a cleric, guiding his followers through decades of dictatorship, occupation and conflict. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- SAfrica-tourism-luxury-leisure,SCENE ON BOARD THE BLUE TRAIN Waiters in grey waistcoats bearing dainty platters of canapes circle the private lounge at Cape Town's main train station. Welcome aboard the fabled Blue Train -- a luxurious locomotive offering two-night treks across South Africa -- for Covid negative passengers only. 900 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video Denmark-EU-Nigeria-France-diplomacy-transport-pirates,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Fed up with pirate attacks on its fleet off the West African coast, global shipping giant Maersk is clamouring for a major naval mission to police the vital but treacherous maritime route. 600 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO GENEVA Covax will distribute 14.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO says as it warns people not to waste, through complacency, the hope vaccines bring. 450 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-WHO-China-report,lead GENEVA The international investigation into the Covid-19 pandemic's origins in China will publish its hotly-anticipated report in the week of March 15, the World Health Organization says. 550 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-film-cinema,SCENE NEW YORK Movie buff Cindy B was among the first in the door at the AMC Empire 25 off Times Square as New York City's cinemas reopened a year after they were abruptly closed by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture US-politics-immigration-Mexico,FOCUS NEW YORK Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US border with Mexico, presenting President Joe Biden with a potentially major crisis in one of America's most politically sensitive regions. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Russia-conflict,WRAP KIEV Ukraine says renewed fighting with Russian-backed separatists is undermining a fragile ceasefire in the east of the country, and urges Western backers to intervene. 600 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov. File picture Spain-royals-politics-government,FOCUS MADRID Families are frequently a source of embarrassment, but the recent troubles caused by Spanish King Felipe VI's relatives belong to an entirely different realm. 700 words moved by Mathieu Gorse. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-ICC-warcrimes,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel faces a dilemma: should it argue its case to International Criminal Court investigators looking into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, or refuse to cooperate? 750 words moved GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Video -- AFRICA -- Senegal-politics-unrest,WRAP DAKAR Senegal's worst violence in years enters a third consecutive day as clashes erupt in Dakar over the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. 650 words 2000 GMT by Malick Rokhy Ba and Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Senegal-politics-unrest-Sonko,PROFILE Somalia-unrest-bombings,lead MOGADISHU More than 10 people are killed when a car bomb detonated by Al-Shabaab Islamists hits a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, according to a security official. 200 words moved -- ASIA & PACIFIC -- China-politics-economy,3rdlead BEIJING China's leaders say they have set a target for GDP to grow more than six percent this year, as the world's second largest economy surges out of a pandemic-induced slump. 450 words moved. Picture. Video. Also moved: China-politics-environment -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy see better-than-expected hiring in February as businesses battered by the Covid-19 pandemic begin recruiting employees again, while Congress moves forward with President Joe Biden's massive stimulus proposal despite Republican opposition. 750 words 2000 GMT by Chris Stein -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-festival-Germany,WRAP BERLIN The 71st Berlin film festival awards its Golden Bear top prize to "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" by Romania's Radu Jude, a satire skewering pandemic-era social hypocrisy with the story of a teacher whose sex tape winds up on the internet. 700 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-film-festival-Germany-awards,FACTS -- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Social-women-Kyrgyzstan-politics,FOCUS BISHKEK For activists preparing to mark International Women's Day in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, recalling the ambush that broke up last year's march is still traumatic. 700 words by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Also moved: Social-women-US-space-Spacex,INTERVIEW Social-women-Somalia-rights-taxi,VIDEOESSAY Social-women-Kyrgyzstan-politics,FOCUS Women-rights-China-health-virus Health-virus-US-women-abuse,FOCUS afp
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