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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China claiming veto over Hong Kong lawmakers + Huge quake sparks Pacific-wide tsunami alert + US virus infections lowest in five months + Security Council to meet on Myanmar violence + 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 0600 GMT by Leo Ramirez. Photo. Video. Live Video. Graphic Quake-Pacific,WRAP PORT VILA Tsunami warnings are lifted across several South Pacific islands allowing tens of thousand of evacuees to return home, as the risk from a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to ease. 550 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. 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 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 Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON The UN Security Council readies to meet on the deteriorating situation in Myanmar, where dozens of peaceful protestors have been gunned down by an increasingly aggressive and isolated military. 600 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video. 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 -- 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** 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 -- TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-music-lifestyle-Tidal-Square,WRAP WASHINGTON Digital payments firm Square buys a controlling stake in the streaming music platform Tidal from a group led by rap star Jay-Z for $297 million in cash and stock. 500 words moved by Rob Lever -- POPE IN IRAQ -- Vatican-pope-Iraq,WRAP BAGHDAD Pope Francis starts 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. 770 words moved by Sarah Benhaida with Catherine Marciano in Vatican City. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 moving: Vatican-pope-Iraq-Islam-Sistani,PROFILE -- ASIA -- China-politics-economy,2ndlead BEIJING China's leaders set a growth target "above six percent" for 2021, putting it back above pre-pandemic levels, after the virus was largely brought under control at home thanks to strict lockdowns and mass testing. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,SCENE 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. 450 words by 0700 GMT. Photo. Video. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-extremism,WRAP WASHINGTON Armed US National Guard troops patrol the US Capitol after officials warn of a new attack plot by extremists, but the feared show of force by those still angry over Donald Trump's election defeat does not materialize. 650 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video 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 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 -- 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 -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear-diplomacy-IAEA,WRAP VIENNA European nations drop a planned resolution criticising Iran at this week's meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, in an attempt to hasten the revival the 2015 nuclear deal, with Tehran hailing the move as keeping open the "path of diplomacy". 700 words moved by Jastinder Khera with Valerie Leroux in Paris. Picture. Video 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 -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-crime-kidnapping,Q&A LAGOS For the past decade, criminal gangs in northwest Nigeria have terrorised communities, attacking villages, pillaging, raping, stealing cattle, ambushing travellers and kidnapping people. 650 words moved by Camille Malplat with Louise Dewast in Abuja -- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Social-women-US-space-Spacex,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON By the end of the year, Hayley Arceneaux will be the youngest American in space and one of the first tourists to enter orbit unaccompanied by professional astronauts. 600 words moved by Amel Semmache. Picture. Video Social-women-Somalia-rights-taxi,VIDEOESSAY MOGADISHU At 19 years old, Asha Mohamed is divorced and drives a taxi in Somalia, defying conventions to support her family in one of the world's most conservative and dangerous countries. 550 words moved by Abdirazak Hussein Farah. Video Social-women-Kyrgyzstan-politics,FOCUS BISHKEK For activists preparing to mark International Women's Day in Kyrgyzstan, recalling the ambush that broke up last year's march is still traumatic. 750 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture Women-rights-China-health-virus,PROFILE BEIJING Zhang Zhan's footage of bedridden patients lining a hospital corridor in Wuhan gave a rare, unvarnished glimpse from China's coronavirus ground zero in the first months of the pandemic. 650 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Laurie Chen. File Photo Health-virus-US-women-abuse,FOCUS PATERSON, New Jersey In New Jersey, at a timber farm turned shelter for women who have suffered domestic violence, Gloria's struggles, like those of many abuse victims, have worsened with the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video Women-Chile-rights,FOCUS SANTIAGO It has been almost 50 years but Beatriz Bataszew vividly remembers the abuse she suffered under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime. Like thousands of other opponents of the dictatorship, she was detained and tortured -- a fate that for women often went hand in hand with rape or other forms of sexual torment. 800 words moved by Alberto Pena. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- 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 0530 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Switzerland-Indonesia-voting-agriculture ZURICH Switzerland votes Sunday on a free trade deal with Indonesia, but the agreement that opens up a vast potential market could slip up over the issue of palm oil imports. 650 words 0530 GMT by Nathalie Olof-Ors. Picture. Graphic -- 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. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture afp
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