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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Impeachment prosecutors to wrap up case against Trump + Myanmar general issues ultimatum to anti-coup protesters + AstraZeneca profits soar as global vaccine drive gains momentum + Tokyo Olympics chief 'to resign' over sexist comments + French nun turns 117 after surviving Covid US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Impeachment prosecutors are set to wrap up their case for the Senate to convict Donald Trump, after delivering chilling new footage of the assault on Congress they argue was deliberately incited by the former president. 750 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's ruling general signals waning patience with nationwide protests over the military's takeover, ordering demonstrators to return to work or face "effective actions". 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP LONDON AstraZeneca says its profits doubled in 2020, as the World Health Organization approves the pharma giant's jab for over-65s and global immunisation efforts gain momentum. 750 words 1730 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-Mori TOKYO Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is to resign after he sparked outrage in Japan and abroad by claiming that women talk too much in meetings, reports say. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture France-senior-citizens-nun-health-virus,lead TOULON, France Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, turns 117 after surviving Covid-19 last month and living through two world wars, with a special birthday feast including her favourite dessert -- Baked Alaska. 450 words moved by Fabien Novial and Sandra Laffont. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-digital,FOCUS WASHINGTON The tradition-bound US Senate has sat in judgment of US presidents before including Donald Trump just last year -- but this week's process, with its hours of chilling video footage aired before stunned lawmaker-jurors, marks a first: an impeachment trial for the digital age. 500 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,FEATURE HONG KONG As the clock counts down to her finally leaving Hong Kong, Judy is riddled with self-doubt and guilt over the gut-wrenching decision to move her family to the other side of the world for a new life in Britain. 850 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi with Mathilde Bellenger in Chelmsford, United Kingdom. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-Britain-politics-migration,PROFILE Health-virus-Lebanon-Oly-2020-2021,VIDEO ESSAY JOUNIEH, Lebanon Lebanon may be under coronavirus lockdown, but that has not stopped Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil from training for the Olympics this summer -- between parked cars in her underground garage. 400 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- LunarNewYear-health-virus-China,FOCUS BEIJING China's migrant workers face a difficult choice this Lunar New Year holiday: long journeys home fraught with coronavirus restrictions, or financial incentives enticing them to stay put. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Health-virus-Dubai,INTERVIEW DUBAI Dubai has had to implement a "surge" in its healthcare capacity, recruiting workers from abroad and increasing beds for coronavirus patients, as infections surge despite a vaccination rush, a senior official tells AFP. 600 words 1700 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States' Covid vaccination drive enters a new phase as thousands of pharmacies begin administering shots, as cases continue to plummet but the threat of dangerous variants looms large. 500 words 1530 GMT Health-virus-Germany-CzechRepublic-Austria,lead BERLIN German leaders warn they could not rule out shutting Germany's borders with its neighbours because of troublingly high coronavirus infections fuelled by more contagious variants in countries like Austria and the Czech Republic. 550 words 1600 GMT by Hui Min Neo -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko says his country has defeated foreign attempts to overthrow his government, showing no signs of heeding the embattled opposition's calls for him to resign. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-politics-unrest-Lukashenko,PROFILE Russia-politics-protests,SCENE SAINT PETERSBURG Time in prison has done little to quench Ruslan Krasnikov's thirst for change at the helm of Russia's government -- and a determination to fight for it through street protests. 580 words moved by Marina Koreneva. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-rights-politics,FACTS RIYADH Over the past three years Saudi Arabia detained hundreds it sees as dissenters, including activists like Loujain al-Hathloul, but it has begun provisionally releasing some as it comes under US pressure. 500 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-UN-Qaeda-AQAP DUBAI The head of Al-Qaeda in Yemen appears to be at large despite a UN report which claimed he was arrested months ago, the SITE Intelligence Group and tribal leaders say after he was seen in a video released by the jihadist group. 480 words moved Lebanon-blast-Germany,INTERVIEW BEIRUT After a blast of historic proportions at Beirut's port last year, Lebanon only escaped a second chemical inferno by chance, the German company clearing the dockside says. 600 words moved by Hashem Osseiran Saudi-Yemen-conflict DUBAI Saudi forces intercepted an armed drone fired by Huthi rebels in Yemen, the Riyadh-led coalition says, a day after a rebel strike on an airport in the kingdom. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-unrest-rights,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian forces shelled heavily populated areas in the first weeks of the conflict in the Tigray region, killing at least 83 civilians and displacing thousands, according to Human Rights Watch. 600 words 1430 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden challenges Chinese leader Xi Jinping on human rights, trade and regional muscle-flexing in their first call since the new US president took office. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Paul Handley -- ASIA -- India-climate-flood-glacier TAPOVAN, India Indian rescuers begin drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier. 450 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video Also moved: India-climate-flood-glacier-rescue,SCENE Myanmar-politics-military-shooter YANGON As a young female anti-coup protester fights for her life after being shot in Myanmar's capital this week, a potentially dangerous hunt to find the shooter launches on social media. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-FIFA-Infantino,WRAP DOHA FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells AFP in an interview that he believes an expanded Club World Cup tournament will boost international competition between clubs, as leading sides in Europe are believed to be drawing up plans for a breakaway Super League. 600 words 1430 GMT by Gregory Walton. Picture. Video Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Rafael Nadal laughs off a gesticulating heckler as he brushes aside Michael Mmoh and continues his quest for history at the Australian Open. 600 words moved. Picture Yachting-AmCup,PREVIEW AUCKLAND There will be no room for emotion when British sailing legend Ben Ainslie confronts former teammate Jimmy Spithill in the final of the America's Cup challenger series this weekend. 600 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-pornography-Flynt,WRAP LOS ANGELES US porn mogul Larry Flynt, best known as the publisher of Hustler Magazine and a self-styled free-speech champion, died in Los Angeles Wednesday aged 78, according to media reports. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Carlos Hamann in Washington. File Picture Health-virus-Germany-film-festival BERLIN Berlin's international film festival next month will feature 15 movies made under the pandemic in competition for its Golden Bear top prize. 500 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. afp
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