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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Support grows to waive Covid jab patent + Ugandan LRA commander 'White Ant' jailed + French boats leave Jersey after UK fishing row + Blinken urges Russia to ease off Ukraine + Pfizer/BioNTech to supply Olympic jabs Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON International support grows for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines, as India posts record deaths and infections from a catastrophic wave swamping the country. 800 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic ICC-Uganda-warcrimes-Ongwen-LRA,WRAP THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court sentences Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army, to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 700 words moved by Charlotte van Ouwerkerk. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: ICC-Uganda-warcrimes-Ongwen LRA, FACTS France-Brexit-Jersey-Britain-protest-fishing,WRAP SAINT HELIER, Jersey French trawlers withdraw from waters around Jersey after a protest over post-Brexit fishing rights that led to a brief standoff between British and French navy and coastal patrol boats. 800 words 1430 GMT by Sameer Al Doumi with Adam Plowright in Paris and Joe Jackson in London. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-Britain-fishing-politics,FACTS Also moving: France-Jersey-Britain-fishing-diplomacy,FACTS Ukraine-US-diplomacy-Russia-conflict,WRAP KIEV US Secretary of State Antony Blinken presses Russia to pull troops and end its "aggressive" actions in Ukraine on a visit to Kiev in which he vows to expand US support. 750 words 1430 GMT by Shaun Tandon and Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-vaccine-Pfizer,2ndlead BRUSSELS US drugs giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announce a deal with the International Olympic Committee to provide vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo Games. 500 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-crime-drugs,FOCUS NAIROBI Esther Wanjiru started using heroin at 16 to dull the pain after her baby died, first smoking, and now injecting the opioid which has become increasingly cheap and abundant in Kenya. 650 words moved by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Kosovo-rights-women,FOCUS PRISTINA The rape of Vasfije Krasniqi was one of thousands during Kosovo's 1990s war, but she is still the only victim to have spoken out publicly and now she is at the forefront of a movement pushing for change in a patriarchal society. 900 words moved by Ismet Hajdari. Picture. Video Jordan-drought-climate-Israel,FOCUS GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan Ahmad Daoud surveys his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world's most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. 700 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-toll,3rdlead NEW DELHI India sees record new jumps in Covid-19 cases and deaths, dashing tentative hopes that a catastrophic recent surge that has stretched hospitals to the limit might be easing. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-Russia-vaccines,2ndlead MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports the idea of a waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines as Russia registers its fourth virus jab called Sputnik Light. 500 words moved Health-virus-lifestyle-cafes,FOCUS PARIS A return to sharing drinks with friends on a cafe terrace, eagerly anticipated after seemingly interminable closures because of the Covid-19 pandemic, still poses the risk of contagion, experts warn. 700 words 1600 GMT by Paul Ricard. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-vote,WRAP LONDON Voters go to the polls for "Super Thursday" elections that could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in Scotland bid to break away, in the first major electoral test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic France-crime-police,WRAP AVIGNON, France French politicians and police unions voice their indignation over an officer's killing at a known drug-dealing site in the southern city of Avignon, which has reignited a debate over President Emmanuel Macron's record on fighting crime. 550 words moved by Fabien Novial with Clare Byrne in Paris -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,Q&A JERUSALEM Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid hopes to forge a coalition that ends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive rule. But doing so will require walking a tightrope unrivalled in Israeli political history. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-court JERUSALEM Twenty-two Palestinians were wounded in fresh clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent says, with tensions inflamed by a controversial land rights case. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Saudi-Iran-Yemen-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS RIYADH After years of proxy warfare, Saudi Arabia's secret talks with arch-rival Iran signal a high-wire diplomatic act as it scrambles to rein in Tehran-backed Yemeni rebels, although prospects of a breakthrough look remote. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Malawi-DRCongo-Burundi-Rwanda-refugee,FOCUS LILONGWE The Malawian government has ordered thousands of long-integrated refugees to return to its sole but badly overcrowded refugee camp, in a controversial move that many have vowed to resist. 700 words moved by Jack McBrams. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong is handed an additional 10-month sentence after pleading guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor China-Australia-diplomacy-politics,WRAP BEIJING China suspends an economic agreement with Australia, worsening an already-troubled relationship fractured by spats over the Covid-19 pandemic and human rights abuses. 550 words moved by Beiyi Seow China-G7-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China "strongly condemns" a statement by the Group of Seven nations accusing Beijing of rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong as the schism with western democracies widens. 500 words moved. Video -- BUSINESS/TECH -- EU-US-computers-Microsoft,WRAP PARIS US tech giant Microsoft pledges to process and store all European cloud-based client data in the European Union amid unease in the region over the reach of US legislation on personal data collection. 500 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy US-economy-indicator-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON New applications for jobless aid in the United States drop below 500,000 last week for the first time since the pandemic began as Covid-19 vaccines help businesses rehire. 450 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Lions-GBR-IRL-RSA,WRAP LONDON Veteran Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will lead the 2021 British and Irish Lions in South Africa but there is no place for several big names including Johnny Sexton and Billy Vunipola in the 37-man squad. 550 words moved by Julian Guyer Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG,FOCUS PARIS For the second time in three years the Champions League final will be an all-English affair, with the financial might of the Premier League and the backing of mega-rich owners helping clear the path to Istanbul for Chelsea and Manchester City. 650 words 1500 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-weightlifting-NZL-Hubbard-gender,lead WELLINGTON New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, in a move that will reignite debate over the ethics of trans sport. 600 words moved by Neil Sands. File picture -- SPACE -- US-space-SpaceX-Starship,2ndlead WASHINGTON SpaceX manages to land its prototype Starship rocket at its Texas base without blowing it up, the first time it has succeeded in doing so in five attempts. 500 words moved Issam Ahmed afp
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