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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + First vaccines delivered under global Covax scheme + Germany convicts Syrian in landmark torture trial + Tiger Woods 'recovering' after car crash + US regulators order more Boeing engine tests + Black Lives Matter designers make history in Milan Health-virus,WRAP ACCRA Ghana becomes the first country to receive vaccines from Covax, paving the way for poorer nations to catch up with inoculation drives in the developed world to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1530 GMT by Kent Mensah, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Syria-conflict-Germany-trial-warcrimes,WRAP KOBLENZ, Germany A former Syrian intelligence service agent is sentenced to four and a half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity in the first court case over state-sponsored torture by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government. 700 words 1430 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture. Video. Live video Golf-USPGA-Woods-accident,WRAP LOS ANGELES US golf legend Tiger Woods is recovering in a hospital after surgery for serious leg injuries sustained in a car crash that law enforcement officials said he was lucky to survive. 800 words 1700 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Golf-USPGA-Woods,PROFILE Golf-USPGA-Woods,REAX Golf-USPGA-Woods,FACTS US-aviation-Boeing-incident,WRAP NEW YORK US aviation regulators order inspections of all Pratt & Whitney engines similar to the one that broke up on a Boeing 777 passenger plane over Denver at the weekend, directing the tests be carried out before any return to service. 750 words moved by John Biers and Juliette Michel Also moved: US-aviation-investigation-Boeing,lead Italy-fashion-racism,FOCUS MILAN Last minute touches on a frilly white dress, a final coat of powder and it's showtime for the Black Lives Matter-inspired collective making history at Milan Fashion Week. 700 words moved by Brigitte Hagemann. Picture. Video Also moving: Italy-fashion-racism-designers -- SPOTLIGHT -- Brazil-gender-twins,FOCUS SAO PAULO Growing up as identical twins, Mayla and Sofia always did everything together, and their decision to undergo sex reassignment surgery is no exception. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen As the sound of gunshots and explosions grew closer, Mahfouz Ahmed knew to scoop up his children and run again, before getting caught in the line of fire between Yemen's warring sides. 750 words moved by Nabil al-Awzari with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Ukraine-vaccines,2ndlead KIEV Ukraine launches a nationwide campaign to inoculate its population against the coronavirus following several delays that sparked anger against the government in one of Europe's poorest countries. 600 words 1500 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video SAfrica-budget-health-virus CAPE TOWN South Africa announces plans to allocate more than $690 million in public funds for the purchase of vaccines, as the continent's most industrialised economy grapples to recover from coronavirus and a pre-pandemic recession. 650 words 1600 GMT. Video Health-virus-Cyprus-politics,FOCUS NICOSIA Thousands of Cypriot protesters have staged large demonstrations in past weeks, angered by months of lockdown, economic woes and a string of corruption scandals, as well as a rare police crackdown. 720 words moved by Paul Raymond. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-Lebanon-Japan-Ghosn-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL An Istanbul court sentences three Turks to four years and two months in prison for helping smuggle former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in a musical instrument case from Lebanon to Japan. 500 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Germany-IS-trial,WRAP CELLE, Germany A notorious Iraqi preacher, said to be the Islamic State jihadist group's de facto leader in Germany, is sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison by a German court. 600 words 1430 GMT by Sebastian Bronst. Picture Germany-Belgium-Netherlands-crime-drugs,WRAP BERLIN Investigators have seized 23 tonnes of cocaine in a record haul of the drug in Europe, German customs say, estimating the street value of the stash at up to 3.5 billion euros. 450 words 1430 GMT. Picture DRCongo-unrest-Italy-UN, WRAP ROME Italy asks the United Nations to launch an investigation into the killing of its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 600 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video Also moving: DRCongo-unrest-Italy,FACTS Spain-archaeology-history-Islam-architecture,VIDEOESSAY SEVILLE, Spain They had only just begun renovating the bar in Seville when they made a startling discovery: the building housed a perfectly preserved 12th-century hammam, its walls covered with beautiful paintings. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Niger-vote,WRAP NIAMEY Opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane claims he has narrowly won Niger's presidential elections, as fresh violence erupts a day after official results gave victory to his rival by a wide margin. 600 words moved by Boureima Hama and Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Graphic. Video Nigeria-unrest-attack,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Boko Haram jihadists attack the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 16 people, including nine children who were playing football in a field, local defence militias say. 450 words moved CAfrica-unrest-Bossangoa,WRAP BANGUI In their latest advance, pro-government forces in the Central African Republic seize a stronghold of former president Francois Bozize, who was accused in December of plotting a coup, the authorities say. 500 words 1500 GMT. File picture. Graphic Mozambique-unrest-migration, SCENE CHIURE, Mozambique It's been six months since Idrisse Saha Cachimo fled his Macomia village in terror-stricken northern Mozambique. Now, safely resettled miles away, the homesick 61-year-old vows he is dying to return home. 600 words 1600 GMT by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- UN-rights-UN-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA The United States is seeking a return to the UN Human Rights Council, three years after former president Donald Trump's administration withdrew, the US top diplomat tells the rights body. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP BANGKOK The Myanmar junta's foreign minister visits Thailand as regional powers try to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a military coup. 650 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-economics-banking,FOCUS YANGON Early-bird customers of a military-owned bank queue up anxiously as dawn light creeps over Yangon, hoping to withdraw the daily limit from their accounts as rumours fan out of a money shortage in post-coup Myanmar. 750 words moved. Picture. Video China-rights-Uighurs,lead BEIJING China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such as "picking quarrels" and giving gifts to overseas relatives, a rights group says. 450 words moved. Video. Graphic China-social-divorce-marriage BEIJING A Chinese man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife almost $8,000 for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark divorce case that has sparked furious debate in China. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics-media-rights,INTERVIEW ALGIERS Prominent Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni, freed after almost a year in prison following a presidential pardon, vows to keep up the fight for the "sacred, untouchable" freedom of the press. 500 words 1700 GMT. Picture. Video Iraq-conflict-rockets-Iran-US,FOCUS BAGHDAD Renewed rocket attacks on US targets in Iraq show Iran-aligned factions are heaping pressure on the government while Tehran may be seeking leverage over America's new administration, analysts say. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily. File Picture Saudi-rights-politics,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul basks outdoors in a desert camp after nearly three years in jail but, like other released detainees, she endures imprisonment in another form -- a travel ban. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-SCO-Pr-Celtic-Lennon,WRAP Glasgow Neil Lennon resigns as Celtic manager with the Scottish Premiership club 18 points behind bitter rivals Rangers in their bid to win a historic 10th consecutive league title. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture Cricket-IND-ENG,WRAP AHMEDABAD India take on England on the opening day of the third Test, the first to be played at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, with the series locked at 1-1. 600 words by Faisal Kamal 1630 GMT Virus-health-cricket-India,SCENE AHMEDABAD, India Excited fans in facepaint and Virat Kohli T-shirts gather for the inaugural match at the world's biggest cricket stadium between India and England, in what could be the biggest sporting event since the pandemic with 55,000 tickets on sale. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture. Video Fbl-Asia-CHN-Jiangsu,FOCUS SHANGHAI China's Super League champions who nearly signed Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale are in disarray and fighting for their future, just three months after winning the domestic title for the first time. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- SCIENCE -- Dogs-humans-anthropology-genetics PARIS Scientists say they have discovered the oldest remains of a domestic dog in the Americas dating back more than 10,000 years, suggesting the animals accompanied the first waves of human settlers. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-court-Springsteen,WRAP NEW YORK Rocker Bruce Springsteen is due to face a judge in a virtual hearing after being arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. 450 words 1800 GMT by Maggy Donaldson Entertainment-US-music-film-Biggie,FOCUS NEW YORK The Notorious B.I.G., the slain rapper whose deep-bellied delivery made him one of the all-time greats, is the subject of an intimate new Netflix documentary. 750 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture afp
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