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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged after coup + WHO team inspects Chinese virus lab + US extends New START treaty with Russia + 'Mank' leads Golden Globe nominations + First double hand, face transplant in US Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is formally charged two days after she was detained in a military coup, as calls for civil disobedience to oppose the putsch gather pace. 900 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic. Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China World Health Organization experts inspect a lab in Wuhan that some US officials have claimed was the source of the coronavirus, as countries tracked the latest research on rival vaccines. 900 words 2100 GMT by Hector Retamal with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Russia-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration extends the New START nuclear treaty with Russia by five years, saying it hoped to prevent an arms race despite rising tensions with Moscow including over its imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 600 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES Netflix's "Mank," a black-and-white drama that dives into Hollywood's Golden Age with the making of "Citizen Kane," tops the nominations for the pandemic-delayed Golden Globes, as female directors finally break through with multiple nods. 750 word moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-nominees,FACTS US-health-face-hands-transplant WASHINGTON A 22-year-old man from New Jersey who suffered horrific injuries in a car accident has become the world's first person to undergo a successful face and double hand transplant, his medical team announces. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-IT-Amazon-Bezos-wealth,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bill Gates set out to heal the world. His Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought sports teams. Ted Turner raced yachts. And Donald Trump went into politics. Jeff Bezos, the latest corporate titan to step away from his day job, plans to build rockets and save the planet. 600 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture Austria-security-religion-extremism,FOCUS VIENNA The fallout from a mass shooting last November in Austria's capital has shone a light on Europe's dilemma in dealing with jihadists, particularly the continent's struggles to deradicalise such individuals. 700 words 2000 GMT by Denise Hruby and Anne Beade with AFP's European bureaus Yemen-conflict-women-crime,FOCUS SANAA Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in Yemen, a society beset by war and poverty. 700 words moved by Mohammed Huwais with Mohamed Hasni in Dubai. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-WHO,INTERVIEW BEIJING There will be no quick answers into the origins of the coronavirus, one of the World Health Organization experts on a mission to central China where the outbreak first emerged tells AFP. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen. Video Health-virus-Britain-EU-France-politics,FOCUS LONDON Leaders in Europe are recklessly endangering their own public's health by using self-serving point-scoring to attack Britain's coronavirus vaccine rollout, UK health experts say. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-Switzerland-AstraZeneca,2ndlead Health-virus-politics-Germany-Russia,FOCUS FRANKFURT Germany has become an unlikely champion of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, offering support and possible production sites in the hopes of speeding up the European Union's troubled inoculation drive. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture Health-virus-vaccines-Covax,lead GENEVA The Covax global programme for Covid-19 vaccines publishes its first distribution list, with enough doses for countries to immunise more than three percent of their populations by mid-2021. 600 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-protests-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russia defends its crackdown on protesters demanding the release of opposition figure Alexei Navalny as his allies vow to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin. 650 words 2000 GMT by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-politics-protests-Navalny-Poland-Walesa,INTERVIEW Britain-EU-Brexit-NIreland-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Boris Johnson doubles down on his criticism of the European Union's role in post-Brexit problems in Northern Ireland, as London and Brussels hold high-level talks over the sensitive situation. 600 words 2100 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-politics-security-Ibrahim,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanon's spy chief Abbas Ibrahim has emerged as a master deal-broker, from securing the return of hostages and prisoners held abroad to mediating seemingly intractable political feuds at home. 800 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-cancer,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories For cancer patients in Gaza, already struggling under an Israeli-enforced blockade, pandemic restrictions mean they are unable to access lifesaving treatment. 700 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest, WRAP BAMAKO Ten troops are killed in central Mali when their camp is attacked by suspected jihadists, adding to a mounting toll this year in the deeply troubled region. 400 words moved. File picture SAfrica-animal-conservation, SCENE CAPE TOWN Sardines, sardines... and more sardines! Hundreds of baby cormorants left starving and abandoned by their parents at Cape Town's Robben Island get some tender loving care at an animal shelter. 500 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-politics-agriculture-protest-Twitter-Rihanna,2ndlead NEW DELHI Indian celebrities hit back at pop superstar Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg for making social media comments about mass farmers' protests which have become the biggest challenge to Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he took power in 2014. 550 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Lifestyle-sex-virus-economy,FOCUS PARIS Makers of sex toys say their sales have exploded as millions around the world seek to spice up lockdown and Western societies shake off the last taboos around female pleasure. 600 words 2100 GMT by Carole Guirado and Alexandra Del Peral. -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-ATP-WTA-virus-pandemic MELBOURNE Preparations for the Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam tournament, are thrown into chaos as up to 600 players and officials are told to isolate and get tested after a hotel staff member tests positive for coronavirus. 600 words moved by Martin Parry afp
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