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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Armenia PM takes to streets after 'coup attempt' + EU leaders meet for vaccine push + UK slaps fresh sanctions on Myanmar army + Australia to force tech firms to pay for news + Six Nations match scrapped over French Covid cases Armenia-politics-army,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accuses the military of an attempted coup and brings supporters to the streets, as months of tensions over its defeat in last year's war with Azerbaijan come to a head. 800 words 1530 GMT Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-politics-Pashinyan,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders meet under the spectre of Europe's sluggish vaccine drive as Pfizer says its Covid jab has proved 94 percent effective, raising hopes for mass immunisation campaigns to help end the pandemic. 650 words 1600 GMT by Marc Burleigh, with AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Britain announces further sanctions on Myanmar's generals for "overseeing human rights violations" since toppling Aung San Suu Kyi, as clashes break out in Yangon between pro-junta supporters and anti-coup residents. 700 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-coup-politics-military-Facebook,lead Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Australia-US-IT-politics-media,WRAP SYDNEY Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. 650 words moved by Andrew Beatty RugbyU-6Nations-FRA-SCO-health-virus,WRAP PARIS France's Six Nations match against Scotland is postponed after another Les Bleus player tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the fixture, taking the tally of confirmed cases among the French squad to 16. 500 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-US-plastic-surgery,FOCUS WASHINGTON Like a growing number of Americans, Hudson Young decided the right time to undergo plastic surgery was in the middle of a pandemic. 500 words moved by Agnes Bun. Picture. Video Philippines-internet-rights,FOCUS MANILA Philippine lawmaker Sarah Elago faces a daily barrage of Facebook posts linking her to communist rebels trying to overthrow the government. She says the claims are false, but they could get her killed anyway. 1,000 words moved by Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano. Picture. Video Germany-animal-hunting-food,FOCUS ASPISHEIM, Germany With her dreadlocks and nose piercing, Shanna Reis doesn't exactly look the part of the camouflage-clad hunter tracking game in the forest. 650 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-summit BRUSSELS EU leaders meet under pressure to speed up Europe's coronavirus vaccine rollout and facing demands from some capitals for a continent-wide vaccine passport. 660 words 1500 GMT by Marc Burleigh. Pictures. Video Health-virus-Europe,2ndlead COPENHAGEN The World Health Organization's European branch urges national authorities to make understanding the consequences of long-term coronavirus infections a priority to help those suffering from worrying symptoms after many months. 400 words moved. Video Switzerland-health-virus-music GENEVA A Swiss orchestra's musicians have been keeping themselves attuned to live performance during the Covid-19 shutdown by playing solo concerts for a single audience member sat just metres away. 400 words 1600 GMT by Eloi Rouyer. Video. -- EUROPE -- Germany-Russia-crime-espionage,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors say they have filed espionage charges against a man suspected of passing floor plans of parliament to Russian secret services, in a case that risks further inflaming tensions between Berlin and Moscow. 650 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo Belarus-politics-UN-rights GENEVA The United Nations' human rights chief Michelle Bachelet presents her report on the situation in Belarus in the wake of unprecedented anti-government protests. 550 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson. Video Britain-Scotland-politics-SNP-Salmond,Q&A EDINBURGH A simmering feud between Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her predecessor and mentor Alex Salmond boils over, with bombshell accusations that could have serious implications for the country's independence ambitions. 650 words 1500 GMT. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-politics,FOCUS TRIPOLI Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December. 600 words 1700 GMT by Rim Taher Iran-politics-vote,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran will vote in June for a successor to President Hassan Rouhani and his moderate-reformist government, but politics in the country is dominated by the nuclear issue and no frontrunner has emerged. 800 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. File Picture Egypt-prisoners-politics,FOCUS CAIRO Already faced with the prospect of spending several years in overcrowded and often violent jails, Egypt's political prisoners are often charged with crimes they allegedly committed while behind bars. 650 words moved by Farid Farid. File Picture Gulf-technology-Huawei-China-security,FOCUS DUBAI Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is enjoying an extended honeymoon with oil-rich Gulf nations, despite being criticised in the United States and Europe as a potential security threat. 600 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture -- AFRICA -- Niger-unrest-vote,WRAP NIAMEY Two people die in Niger and hundreds are arrested following disputed presidential elections, the government says, accusing a prominent opposition figure of stoking the unrest. 600 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic Mozambique-politics,FOCUS MAPUTO The death this week of an opposition leader has inflicted a heavy blow to Mozambique's fragile democracy after the loss of Afonso Dhlakama, a charismatic former guerrilla fighter, analysts say. 450 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File Picture Zambia-debt-politics,FOCUS LUSAKA Debt-ridden Zambia and the International Monetary Fund are negotiating conditions for a possible bailout, laying the foundation for debt relief under a new framework designed to help the world's poorest nations tackle unsustainable arrears 650 words moved by Obert Simwanza and Sofia Christensen. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Nicaragua-election-rights-UN GENEVA The rule of law is deteriorating in Nicaragua ahead of November's general elections, warns UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, demanding swift reforms to ensure a free and fair vote. 450 words moved. Video Ecuador-prison-riots,WRAP CUENCA, Ecuador The body count from simultaneous riots at four prisons in Ecuador rises as family members claim the remains of loved ones lost in hours of full-out gang warfare. 650 words moved by Rodrigo Matute. Picture. Video. Graphic Venezuela-EU-politics-diplomacy-sanctions,WRAP CARACAS Venezuela expels the European Union's ambassador in response to new sanctions, giving the Portuguese envoy 72 hours to leave the country and raising the bloc's renewed ire. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-internet-politics,lead NEW DELHI India imposes tough new rules on social media platforms as it accuses US tech giants of "double standards" in taking down disputed content. 550 words moved. Video. File picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan-relay,2ndlead TOKYO Spectators will be allowed to line the route when the Olympic flame begins its delayed relay across Japan next month, organisers say, but cheering will be strictly banned. 650 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video afp
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