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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar security forces kill 24 protesters + Tech, human error may be behind Suez blockage + France, other EU nations tighten virus curbs + Dozens evacuated after Mozambique attack Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar security forces kill at least 24 protesters, one of the bloodiest days since the military seized power in a coup, as the junta stage a major show of might for its annual Armed Forces Day. 900 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief says that "technical or human errors" could be behind the grounding of a cargo vessel that is blocking hundreds of ships in the crucial waterway. 700 words 1500 GMT by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France, Belgium and Poland tighten curbs as coronavirus cases surge in Europe despite vaccinations while the Philippines prepares for a giant lockdown and Chile confines more than 80 percent of its population to their homes. 750 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Mozambique-unrest-jihadists,WRAP MAPUTO About 180 people, including expatriate gas workers trapped for three days in a northern Mozambique hotel after an insurgent attack are evacuated overnight but some die in an ambush after they left, a security source says. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joaquim Nhamirre and Susan Njanji. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Chile-vaccines,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is a world leader in its coronavirus vaccination program and has already given at least one dose to almost a third of its population. And yet, the country this week put more than 80 percent of the country's 19 million people in lockdown. 700 words moved by Paula Bustamante and Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines,WRAP MANILA The Philippines announces that more than 24 million people in and around Manila will go into lockdown next week, as hospitals in the capital struggle to cope with a surge in coronavirus infections. 550 words moved. File picture Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-travel,FOCUS WASHINGTON Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfil a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves -- in virtual reality. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Poland-health-politics-abortion,FOCUS WARSAW In the wake of Poland's near-total ban on abortions, the need for support for pregnant women with severe foetal defects is greater than ever but few know there are specialised clinics they can turn to for help. 700 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP TAHTA, Egypt Egypt buries the dead from a train collision that killed at least 19 people and injured 185, according to a revised toll, as investigators probe the country's latest deadly rail crash. 750 words moved by Hager Harabech. Picture. Video. Iran-China-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran and China sign a 25-year cooperation agreement in the latest expansion of Beijing's flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer together. 550 words 1430 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-education-university-students,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG When South African student Itumeleng Chalele left his home town of Qwaqwa -- once a tribal "bantustan" where blacks were contained during apartheid -- he was bursting with hope. 650 words moved by Hillary Orinde. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-China-climate-diplomacy-environment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden has invited his counterparts Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit he is hosting in April, the White House announces. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi US-IT-politics-labor-Amazon,WRAP BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Senator Bernie Sanders joins the drive to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama as clashes intensify between lawmakers and the e-commerce giant ahead of a deadline for a vote that could lead to the first union on US soil at the massive tech company. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot -- ASIA -- India-vote,2ndlead KOLKATA One person is killed and bombs are thrown at a polling station as India's hotbed of political violence West Bengal holds elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to unseat one of his fiercest opponents. 600 words moved by Sailendra Sil. Picture. Video Bangladesh-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP DHAKA Hundreds of people demonstrate outside a key mosque in the Bangladesh capital as the country braces for violence a day after deadly protests by hardline Islamists against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the Muslim majority nation. 800 words moved. Picture. Video NKorea-US-military-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea threatens a further military build-up in response to Joe Biden's condemnation of this week's missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang's first substantive provocation since the US president took office. 800 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-enterprises-stock-IT-WeWork-lifestyle,WRAP NEW YORK WeWork announces it plans to enter public markets through a merger transaction that raises $1.3 billion, valuing the office-sharing firm at a fraction of the sum discussed in its unsuccessful pre-pandemic effort to go public. 600 words moved by John Biers and Rob Lever -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-BRN-Pole SAKHIR Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton faces a battle for his 99th pole from Max Verstappen based on the Red Bull driver's speed in practice ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix season curtain-raiser. 600 words 1615 GMT. Picture FSkate-world STOCKHOLM Nathan Chen claimed his third figure skating world championship title with a spectacular free programme in Stockholm to deny Japan's two-time Olympic gold medallist Yuzuru Hanyu ahead of next year's Beijing Olympics. 500 words at 1430 GMT. Picture MOTO-PRIX-QAT DOHA Defending world champion Joan Mir looks to have a struggle on his hands after a lacklustre performance in practice ahead of qualifying under floodlights for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP at the Losail International circuit. 600 words 1800 GMT by Gregory Walton. Picture afp
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