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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar army stages coup, detains Suu Kyi + Russia looks to jail Navalny for years + Snow storm blankets US east coast + EU secures extra vaccines after row + Five killed in Somalia hotel attack Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military stages a coup, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it has taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. 750 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Myanmar-politics,CHRONO Myanmar-politics-army-democracy,Q&A Myanmar-democracy-politics-coup,PROFILE Myanmar-politics-army-emergency-coup,REAX Russia-politics-protests-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors back a request to imprison opposition leader Alexei Navalny for several years on old embezzlement charges, after police detained a record number of anti-Kremlin protesters across the country. 600 words 1600 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video. Graphic US-weather-storm,WRAP NEW YORK A huge snowstorm brings chaos to the United States East Coast, canceling flights, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations as cities prepare for up to 20 inches of snow. 500 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS European Union efforts to secure Covid-19 vaccines receive a much-needed boost after pharmaceutical giants ramp up their production and deliveries as countries scramble to vaccinate their populations in the face of new more infectious coronavirus variants. 750 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-rollout,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Somalia-unrest,WRAP MOGADISHU At least five people, including a prominent former general, are killed in an hours-long Al-Shabaab attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-refugee-conflict,FOCUS MAI AINI REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia They've survived gun battles, attempted abductions, attacks by angry militiamen and days-long treks to safety with nothing to eat but moringa leaves. But Eritrean refugees caught up in Ethiopia's northern conflict fear their suffering may not be over. 950 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-vaccine BERLIN Pharmaceutical giants scramble to announce ramped-up production and deliveries of vaccines hours ahead of talks called by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as fury grows in the EU over a sluggish inoculation campaign. 650 words 1500 GMT by Deborah Cole. Picture Health-virus-WHO-LongCovid,INTERVIEW GENEVA It is time to start solving the mystery of Long Covid, an aspect of the pandemic blighting millions of lives, the World Health Organization's leader on post-Covid conditions tells AFP. 750 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM Israel extends a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus which has continued to spread rapidly as the country has pushed on with an aggressive vaccination campaign. 450 words moved by Ben Simon Also moved: Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel-conflict-vaccines Health-virus-France-travel,lead CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT, France French border police turn away some passengers bound for non-EU destinations as new rules come into force banning flights to and from countries outside the bloc. 550 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-restaurants,2ndlead PARIS French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warns restaurant owners they risk losing Covid-19 financial aid if they open in defiance of the pandemic shutdown, following protests and reports that some are secretly serving customers. 550 words 1530 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-protests-Navalny-EU-France-diplomacy,FOCUS PARIS The jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is further corroding ties between Europe and Russia, but EU leaders are unwilling to break all contact with President Vladimir Putin and want to press cooperation in specific areas. 650 words moved by Valerie Leroux and Stuart Williams France-police,lead PARIS The French government begins a public consultation aimed at devising ways to increase public confidence in the police that has been eroded by repeated scandals over racism and brutality. 600 words moved by Alexandre Hielard and Adam Plowright. File picture Climate-temperature-projections-France PARIS That dream house in southern France may get uncomfortably hot during summers, according to climate change projections by France's national weather service. 550 words 1600 GMT by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden is to meet with a group of Republican senators who have proposed an alternative to his massive Covid-19 relief plan amid rising concerns that the economic recovery is faltering. 500 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein US-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Donald Trump announces he has picked two lawyers to head his defense team days before his historic second impeachment trial, as Republicans brace for a battle over the future of their party. 700 words moved by Ben Sheppard. File picture US-police-crime,2ndlead NEW YORK A nine-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage shows, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country's law enforcement. 400 words 1500 GMT. Video -- NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-politics-UN,WRAP GENEVA Libyan delegates gather in Geneva to choose new temporary leaders for the war-scarred country, with the UN stressing the importance of respecting their commitment to hold elections next December. 650 words moved by Nina Larson with Hamza Mekouar in Rabat. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Uganda-vote-court,WRAP KAMPALA Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine file a challenge in the Supreme Court against President Yoweri Museveni's victory in last month's election, claiming the poll was rigged. 600 words moved by Michael O'Hagan. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai tries to win bail in the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture China-environment-carbon-energy BEIJING China launches a carbon trading system designed to drive down emissions, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Sundance,FOCUS LOS ANGELES When Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald created documentary "Life in a Day" a decade ago, their goal was to construct a video portrait of a typical 24 hours on Earth, as filmed by tens of thousands of amateurs around the world. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture afp
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