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| - Duty Editor: Becca Milfeld Email: becca.milfeld@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + At least two killed in Myanmar protests + Russian judge upholds jailing of Navalny + UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Iran + Pakistan zoo that housed 'world's loneliest elephant' gets makeover Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON, Myanmar At least two people are killed in Myanmar's second largest city as security forces open fire with live rounds -- the latest show of force from authorities under a junta regime that has faced two straight weeks of anti-coup demonstrations. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Russia-politics-trial-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW A Moscow judge upholds a ruling to jail top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as he loses two court cases in one day and is headed for more than two years in a penal colony. 700 words 1930 GMT by Maria Panina and Victoria Loguinova. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-politics-IAEA,WRAP TEHRAN UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi arrives in Iran for talks on the eve of Tehran's deadline for US sanctions to be lifted, as President Joe Biden called for "careful diplomacy". 650 words moved. Picture Pakistan-wildlife-zoo,FOCUS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A rundown Pakistan zoo once home to what was dubbed the "world's loneliest elephant" and notorious for housing animals in cramped concrete enclosures has launched an ambitious $7.5 million makeover plan. 500 words moved by Nasir Jaffry. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered worldwide passes 200 million, an AFP count shows, as wealthy G7 countries pledge to more than double aid to support access for the less well-off. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-animals,4thlead MOSCOW Russia says its scientists have detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and have alerted the World Health Organization. 650 words moved by Anna Smolchenko and Amelie Baubeau Spain-rights-music-protests,WRAP MADRID Thousands rally across Spain for a fifth day of protests over the jailing of a controversial rapper, with police out en masse to head off violence that has marred earlier rallies. 500 words 2100 GMT by Noemi Gragera with Daniel Bosque in Barcelona. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-UN-rights GENEVA Democracy in Belarus will be some time coming, the country's exiled opposition leader tells Swiss daily Le Temps in an interview, acknowledging that they have lost the battle on the streets for the moment. 450 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Britain-royals-health-Philip,lead LONDON Britain's Prince Charles visits his father Philip in hospital as the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II receives precautionary treatment after falling ill this week. 400 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Germany-Nazi-immigration-justice,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States deports a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard back to Germany. 500 words moved. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Sudan-Ethiopia-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA, Sudan In remote eastern Sudan, refugee activists are keeping the flame burning for the former rebels who once dominated Ethiopian politics but were ousted from their regional stronghold last year. 550 words moved by Hussein Ery. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-unrest-jihadists,WRAP TARMIYAH, Iraq Four rockets hit the Al-Balad airbase north of the Iraqi capital, the military says, with a security source telling AFP they wounded a local contractor for a US company managing Iraq's F-16s. 600 words moved. Video. Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Everton aim to pile on the Premier League misery for champions and city rivals Liverpool by winning at Anfield for the first time since 1999. 650 words 2030 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Japan's Naomi Osaka dismisses Jennifer Brady in straight sets to win her fourth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and underline her new status as the dominant force in women's tennis. 650 words moved. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Slams,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-women-stats,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka,PROFILE afp
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