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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition + Pope Francis heads to Iraq for historic trip + Security Council to meet on Myanmar violence + US virus infections lowest in five months + The mullet: It's back China-politics-HongKong,WRAP BEIJING China unveils plans to grant itself veto powers over Hong Kong's lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019. 800 words moved by Leo Ramirez. Photo. Video. Live Video. Graphic Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP BAGHDAD Pope Francis embarks on a historic trip to war-battered Iraq, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world's oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. 800 words 0930 GMT by Sarah Benhaida with Catherine Marciano in Vatican City. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A protester is shot dead in Myanmar in the latest round of bloodletting at anti-coup demonstrations, as the UN Security Council prepared to meet on the escalating crisis. 700 words by 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States records fewer than 40,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 for the first time in five months, a piece of promising news as countries across the globe struggle to hold off another infection surge before inoculations become widespread. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Lifestyle-offbeat-hair-fashion,FOCUS PARIS "Business in front, party in the back": a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century. 750 words moved by Eric Randolph. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-walls,FOCUS TARO, Japan The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic ** Please see our special advisory on 10 years since Japan's devastating tsunami** 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. Video. Picture India-demonstration-agriculture-politics-religion,SCENE SINGHU, India In an electric-blue robe, foot-high turban and wielding an antiquated sword and a walkie-talkie, Amar Singh patrols a maze of tents and tractors on a blocked highway leading into New Delhi. 550 words moved. Video. Picture -- 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 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. 900 words moved. File Picture -- EUROPE -- EU-NATO-defence-politics,INTERVIEW BRUGES, Belgium NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warns that Europe's defence depends on close transatlantic bonds and not on a quest for the continent's strategic autonomy. 750 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Italy-history-archaeology-tourism,FOCUS ROME A newly renovated, colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect. 550 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-rights-UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS UN leaders allege possible crimes against humanity in Ethiopia's Tigray region including by Eritrean troops, as they urge a pullout by the neighboring country, which denies involvement. 750 words moved by Philippe Rater with Nina Larson in Geneva -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT To feed her family, Lebanese mother Sandra al-Tawil sold her fridge and washing machine. Now she fears the cash-strapped state will scrap food subsidies, plunging them deeper into poverty. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-economy,lead WASHINGTON The US Senate finally takes up the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package but a brazen ploy by opponents -- reading the entire 628-page bill aloud on the chamber floor -- promptly gums up the action. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-US-Florida-art,PHOTOESSAY ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Florida When Cathy Tobias began tying a ribbon to a rope for each Covid-19 death in Florida, she had no idea her entire patio would end up being draped in color. 550 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video US-Britain-royals-Hollywood,FOCUS LOS ANGELES When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle headed to California in search of a sunny and glamorous new life, they probably didn't expect so much of their first year would be spent stuck at home. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-media-people-Oprah,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Quake-Pacific,WRAP PORT VILA Tsunami warnings are lifted across several South Pacific islands allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return home, as the risk from a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to ease. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,FOCUS YANGON Long sarong-like cloths strung on a clothesline may seem innocuous, but superstitions about walking under them have appeared to stop security forces intent on quelling an uprising against Myanmar's junta. 550 words by 1100 GMT. Photo. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- 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. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Switzerland-Indonesia-voting-agriculture ZURICH Switzerland votes Sunday on a free trade deal with Indonesia but the agreement, which opens up a vast potential market, could slip up over the issue of palm oil imports. 650 words moved by Nathalie Olof-Ors. Picture. Graphic -- CLIMATE -- Britain-economy-environment-climate,ANALYSIS LONDON Britain, host of this year's COP26 climate summit, drew harsh criticism from experts after its annual budget put energy transition on the back burner while a new coal mine was greenlit. 700 words moved GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-festival-Germany,WRAP BERLIN The 71st Berlin film festival wraps up after a pandemic-era edition unlike any before, with the awarding of its Golden Bear best picture prize and its first "gender neutral" acting gongs. 600 words 1300 GMT by Deborah Cole. File picture Also moving: 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. 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