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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden calls for assault weapon ban after Colorado shooting + Israeli voters in fourth shot at deciding Netanyahu's fate + US AstraZeneca trials cast into doubt after promising data + 'Catastrophic' Australian floods prompt helicopter rescues + Painting by street artist Banksy sells for record £16.8 mn US-shooting-crime,WRAP BOULDER, Colorado President Joe Biden calls for a US ban on assault weapons, after the country's second mass shooting in a week left 10 people dead in Colorado and sparked urgent new calls for gun control. 700 words 2100 GMT by Jason Connolly with Sarah Titterton in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-shooting-crime,FACTS Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israelis wait for initial projections following their fourth election in less than two years, which could end an unprecedented era of political gridlock and clarify Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fate. 750 words 2030 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moved: Israel-vote,SCENE Israel-vote-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-vote-Lapid,PROFILE Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON A US health agency raises concerns that AstraZeneca may have included out-of-date information during trials of its Covid-19 vaccine as European nations tighten restrictions while warning of a new wave of infections. 700 words 2100 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-flood-weather,WRAP WINDSOR, Australia Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats are deployed to reach people stranded by "catastrophic" floods along Australia's populous east coast, with thousands of homes damaged. 650 words moved by Andrew Leeson and Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-flood-weather,SCENE Britain-Banksy-auction-virus,WRAP LONDON A painting by the elusive street artist Banksy sells for a record £16.75 million ($23.08 million, 19.44 million euros) at Christie's, with proceeds going to staff at Britain's state-run National Health Service. 500 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Venezuela-death-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Dragging a dead rat by a string, 11-year-old Jendry scoots on a single roller skate amongst the tombs and graves at a massive cemetery in the south of Caracas. He has lived there for two years and he is not alone. 650 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video France-cabaret-virus,FOCUS PARIS The feathers may be gathering dust, but a year into its longest shutdown in more than a century, at least the windmill is still turning atop the Moulin Rouge. 550 words moved by Jean-Francois Guyot. Picture. Video China-society-culture-marriage,FOCUS SHANGHAI From a small office in Shanghai, marriage counsellor Zhu Shenyong live-streams advice over several phones simultaneously to an attentive audience keen to save their relationships. 800 words moved by Hector Retamal with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-AstraZeneca-vaccine,POINTS WASHINGTON The United States was among the biggest backers of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, but a series of blunders by the company eroded American authorities' confidence and have delayed rollout in the world's hardest-hit country. 700 words 2030 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Britain-anniversary,4thlead LONDON Britain marks the anniversary of its first coronavirus lockdown with a minute's silence in tribute to the more than 126,000 people who have died -- one of the world's worst tolls. 700 words moved by James Pheby and Jitendra Joshi. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-EU-UK-vaccines-pharmaceutical-exports -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota A jury is seated for the high-profile trial of the white police officer facing murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man whose last breaths were captured on video. 600 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell with Chris Lefkow in Washington. File picture. Graphic. Video EU-US-diplomacy-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS President Joe Biden will join the European Union summit by video link on Thursday, as the new US leader looks to "revitalise" ties with the bloc strained by predecessor Donald Trump. 550 words 1930 GMT by Max Delany -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-diplomacy-Tigray-Sudan,WRAP ADDIS ABABA After months of denials by both countries, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits that troops from neighbouring Eritrea are present in conflict-torn Tigray and suggests they may have been involved in abuses. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic Also moving: Sudan-Ethiopia-border,Q&A Congo-vote,WRAP BRAZZAVILLE Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for 36 of his 77 years, is re-elected with 88.57 percent of the vote -- a result that many had expected after a ballot boycotted by the main opposition and overshadowed by the death from Covid of his main rival. 550 words moved -- EUROPE -- China-diplomacy-EU-Uyghurs-sanctions,WRAP PARIS France, Germany and other EU nations call in Chinese ambassadors to protest at sanctions imposed by Beijing targeting their citizens, as China and Europe face off over claims of rights abuses against China's Muslim Uyghur minority. 700 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture Hungary-medicine-Holocaust-survivor,INTERVIEW BUDAPEST Hungarian family doctor and Holocaust survivor Istvan Kormendi, widely considered the oldest in his profession, is still practising his "passion" of healing patients at the age of 97. 500 words 2000 GMT by Peter Murphy and Balazs Wizner. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Saudi-conflict-Yemen,Q&A RIYADH Saudi Arabia's plan for a "comprehensive" ceasefire in Yemen is unlikely to pause hostilities, observers say, as the conflict between the Riyadh-backed government and the Huthi rebels enters its seventh year. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Syria-IS-anniversary,WRAP AL-OMAR BASE, Syria Islamic State group jihadists remain as dangerous today as when they were ousted from their last Syrian bastion two years ago, Kurdish forces warn as they mark the anniversary. 750 words moved by Delil Soleiman. Pictures. Video -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-fire-refugees-Myanmar-Rohingya,WRAP COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Fifteen people die and 400 are missing after a huge fire destroys the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya in the world's biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the UN says. 700 words moved by Suzauddin Rubel. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-politics-sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Leaked videos of staff from Australia's conservative government performing sex acts in parliament, including one man masturbating over a female MP's desk, have left Scott Morrison's administration facing yet another major scandal. 550 words moved -- ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- US-economy-politics-taxation-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signals President Joe Biden is willing to hike corporate taxes to pay for his administration's priorities, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell downplays inflation fears. 550 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein Music-internet-business,WRAP PARIS The global recorded music business grew by 7.4 percent last year, an industry body says, as streaming continued to drive a fast-paced recovery from the doldrums of the piracy era. 550 words moved by Eric Randolph -- SPORTS -- Cricket-IND-ENG,WRAP PUNE, India India skipper Virat Kohli said Tuesday's 66-run win over England was "one of the sweetest" after his bowlers hit back following a batting onslaught in the first one-day international. 600 words moved. 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