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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + US to release 60 mn Covid vaccine doses + 'Nomadland' wins big at Oscars, Zhao makes history + Somali opposition fighters hold parts of capital + Nuclear security urged on Chernobyl anniversary + Kanye West shoes sell for record $1.8 million Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI The United States commits to releasing up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, as India grapples with a catastrophic new surge in infections and severe medical shortages. 800 words 2200 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-Oscars-film,WRAP HOLLYWOOD US road movie "Nomadland" emerges as the big winner at the Oscars with three major prizes, including a history-making award for director Chloe Zhao, as Hollywood celebrates its most glamorous night with a unique pandemic-era gala. 900 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-China-US-film-Oscars-Zhao Somalia-unrest-politics,WRAP MOGADISHU Heavily-armed Somali opposition fighters hold positions in parts of Mogadishu, a day after clashes with government troops erupted over the president's bid to extend his mandate, in the country's worst political violence in years. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Ukraine-nuclear-environment-Chernobyl,WRAP CHERNOBYL, Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges the international community to work together to ensure nuclear security and prevent a repeat of the Chernobyl disaster on the 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident. 650 words moved by Andriy Perun. Picture. Video Entertainment-fashion-shoes-auction-Yeezys,WRAP NEW YORK A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sell for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby's says. 500 words 2000 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Video -- OSCARS -- Entertainment-US-Oscars-film-ratings,lead LOS ANGELES The audience for this year's Oscars plummeted by more than half to a new record low average of 9.85 million domestic viewers, according to broadcaster ABC. 450 words 2030 GMT by Andy Marszal Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-Nomadland-campers,FOCUS WOODBINE, Maryland For Kathy Wardell, a 56-year-old who decided to live full-time in her camper van beginning in October, the lifestyle depicted in "Nomadland" -- which won three Oscars on Sunday -- is familiar territory. 700 words moved by Becca Milfeld. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-fashion,lead HOLLYWOOD For the past year, Hollywood's brightest stars have either been forced to wear ball gowns in their living rooms to accept awards -- or they have worn fancy pajamas. They arrived on the Oscars red carpet with flair. 600 words moved. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-McDormand,PROFILE HOLLYWOOD "Nomadland" star Frances McDormand joins Hollywood's most elite tier with her third acting Oscar -- for a characteristically unglamorous portrayal of a grieving widow living in an old van. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-picture-Nomadland,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-director-Zhao,PROFILE HOLLYWOOD Chloe Zhao, the Beijing-born filmmaker whose indie movies chronicle life in the US heartland, becomes only the second woman ever to win best director in the Oscars' 93-year history. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-France-Zeller,INTERVIEW HOLLYWOOD French writer Florian Zeller spoke of his "great joy" after winning the best adapted screenplay Oscar for "The Father" but is already focused on his next project, "The Son", a new take on one of his plays. 600 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-suppactor-Britain-Kaluuya,PROFILE Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-moments,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-animated-Soul,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-foreign-Denmark,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-suppactress-SKorea-Youn,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Argentina-fbl-ARG-Newells-disabled,VIDEOESSAY ROSARIO, Argentina Stefano may be just a kid, but he feels like a champion when he dribbles and scores like his beloved Lionel Messi. The boy is one of nine children who just enrolled at the new football school for kids with learning disabilities, created by the Argentine great's childhood club Newell's Old Boys. 450 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Sudan-religion-economy-Ramadan,FOCUS WAD MADANI, Sudan As night falls in Sudan, villagers rush to pull over travellers to celebrate Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan with them, traditions enduring despite dire economic troubles. 600 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Cricket-IND-IPL-health-virus,3rdlead NEW DELHI Two Australian cricketers become the latest stars to pull out of the Indian Premier League as top bowler Pat Cummins says he was told the competition is being kept going to provide "a few hours of joy and respite" during India's growing coronavirus crisis. 600 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Britain-Scotland-pub,SCENE GLASGOW, Scotland On a chilly, grey Monday morning in Glasgow, drinkers sit out at tables and enjoyed pints -- and cocktails -- as pubs are allowed to reopen for the first time this year. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead ROME Italians flock to bars, restaurants and cinemas following an easing of coronavirus restrictions, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi unveil a massive EU-funded plan he says will shape the crisis-hit country's future 750 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Live Video. Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-EU,FOCUS Health-virus-Yemen,FOCUS Health-virus-Thailand-Cambodia-Laos,WRAP -- EUROPE -- Europe-migration-Spain,WRAP MADRID Seventeen people are found dead on a boat off El Hierro in Spain's Canary Islands, as migrant arrivals to the archipelago surge despite the deadly dangers of the crossing. 400 words 1930 GMT Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors suspend the activities of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, in a move his team said would essentially shut down the jailed opposition figure's decade-long movement against President Vladimir Putin. 750 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Britain-politics-Johnson-Cummings,3rdlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denies airily dismissing the prospect of thousands dying from Covid-19, as a row over government "sleaze" escalates with a call for his resignation. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Callum Paton. Picture -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-army-unrest,WRAP KANO, Nigeria At least 31 Nigerian soldiers are killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambush a military convoy escorting weapons and overrun a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources say, in the deadliest attack against the army this year. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Graphic Chad-politics-unrest,WRAP N'DJAMENA, Chad Chad's new military junta appoints a transitional prime minister, who calls for a nationwide effort to speed the return to civilian rule, suspended after the shock battlefield death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno. 700 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche Also moved: Chad-politics-unrest-rebels,FACTS -- MIDEAST -- Iran-justice-Britain,WRAP TEHRAN British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in Iran since 2016, is jailed for a year and banned from leaving the country for a further 12 months, her lawyer says. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi with James Pheby in London. File picture. Video Also moved: Iran-diplomacy-rights-justice-Britain,BACKGROUND Britain-Iran-trial-rights-politics,CHRONO -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's junta again postpones court proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyers say, as they fight for permission to visit her 12 weeks after she was detained. 800 words moved. Picture. Video China-television-media BEIJING The reality TV ordeal of a Russian who joined a Chinese boy band show by accident -- and made it to the finals despite urging fans to vote him off -- has finally ended after nearly three months. 450 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-FRA-ESP-ManCity-Chelsea-PSG-RealMadrid,PREVIEW LONDON The cloud of a collapsed Super League project hangs over this week's Champions League semi-finals with three of the four clubs involved -- Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea -- among the breakaway 12 that shook European football. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning. 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