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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar military in form control after coup + Huge snowstorm hits US east coast + EU seeks to boost vaccine rollout + Moscow court to hear Navalny case + Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse Myanmar-politics-armyMWRAP YANGON Myanmar's generals appear in firm control a day after a surgical coup in which democracy heroine Aug San Suu Kyi was detained, as they offer no response to a barrage of international condemnation. 600 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-weather-storm,WRAP NEW YORK A huge snowstorm brings chaos to the United States east coast, canceling thousands of flights, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations as New York steels itself for possibly one of its heaviest snowfalls ever. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union puts on a brave face, defending its troubled vaccination programme and insisting that renewed pledges of vaccine deliveries would make up for a production shortfall. 800 words 0400 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-rollout,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Russia-politics-protests-Navalny-economy,WRAP MOSCOW A Moscow court is due to begin a hearing into whether jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose arrest has triggered mass anti-Kremlin protests, should face up to 2.5 years in prison. 500 words 0230 GMT by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-politics-Navalny-trial,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,PROFILE Entertainment-US-abuse-EvanRachelWood-MarilynManson,WRAP NEW YORK "Westworld" star Evan Rachel Wood accuses goth industrial rock icon Marilyn Manson of being a "dangerous man" who subjected her to years of abuse starting when she was a teenager. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden meets a group of Republican senators who have proposed an alternative to his massive Covid-19 relief plan, but their measure excludes key programs Democrats consider essential. 650 words 0300 GMT by Chris Stein US-politics-impeachment-attorney,FOCUS WASHINGTON The two lawyers former president Donald Trump has hired to defend him in his Senate impeachment trial are confident, tough and media-honed criminal case experts who could liven up what is already set to be a nationally televised spectacle. 650 words moved by Paul Handley -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-refugee-conflict,FOCUS MAI AINI REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia They've survived gun battles, attempted abductions, attacks by angry militiamen and days-long treks to safety with nothing to eat but moringa leaves. But Eritrean refugees caught up in Ethiopia's northern conflict fear their suffering may not be over. 950 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Peru-oxygen,PHOTOESSAY LIMA While loved ones are fighting for breath at home, hundreds of Peruvians have taken to sleeping on the street, sometimes for days on end, in lines of people desperate for oxygen amid a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 0200 GMT by Ernesto Tovar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,FOCUS MUNICH, Germany A year after Germany's first Covid-19 patient was admitted to a Munich hospital, exhausted doctors at the establishment say the fight against the disease is far from over, despite a recent decline in cases. 650 words 0300 GMT by Pauline Curtet. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-vaccine,FOCUS Health-virus-hospital Health-virus-WHO-LongCovid,INTERVIEW Health-virus-hospital -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-army-coup-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Myanmar's military coup marks an early test case of President Joe Biden's determination to advocate for democracy but, unlike a decade ago when the United States nurtured a transition there, he has limited options. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Afghanistan-US-Iran-conflict-diplomacy TEHRAN The Taliban says in Tehran that it will continue its "fight and jihad" if foreign troops do not withdraw from Afghanistan by May 2021, as agreed with the US. 450 words moved. Video -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Syria-conflict-women,FOCUS KOZYN, Ukraine Six years after she left Ukraine, following her husband and false promises of a dignified life under the Islamic State group in Syria, Alime Abbasova arrived home on New Year's Day hopeful for a fresh start. 700 words 0330 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-fashion-trade LONDON Britain's fashion industry is "at real risk of decimation" by the post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union and current government policy, a leading forum warns. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-justice-rights-France,FOCUS PARIS In October 2019, Iranian dissident Ruhollah Zam was running a widely followed news site based in France. But just over a year later he was hanged in Iran. How did Zam go from relative comfort to the hangman's noose? 1,000 words 0330 GMT by Stuart Williams and Cecile Feuillatre. File Picture. Video Turkey-politics-LGBT,2ndLead ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Turkey's LGBT movement, accusing it of "vandalism" following an outbreak of student protests. 450 words moved Health-virus-Israel-marriage-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM The advertisement posted on an app that lists meet-up spots for single Orthodox Jews might, before the pandemic, have seemed bizarre. 600 words 0400 GMT by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture Israel-Kosovo-diplomacy-Serbia,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic ties, with the Muslim-majority territory recognising Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital, putting it at odds with the rest of the Islamic world. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest,WRAP MOGADISHU At least five people, including a prominent former general, were killed in an hours-long Al-Shabaab attack on a Mogadishu hotel, which ended around midnight on Sunday, Somali police say. 450 words moved. Video. Picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-Musk-market-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK With his social media prognostications about bitcoin or Gamestop, Elon Musk has been venturing further away from his own businesses and becoming more like a Wall Street heavyweight who can move markets with just a few words. 600 words 0200 GMT by Juliette Michel. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The unveiling of the Golden Globes nominations on Wednesday will jumpstart a Hollywood awards season like no other, with pandemic-related theater closures and blockbuster delays expected to boost smaller, stay-at-home movies like Netflix's "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Mank." 750 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture Entertainment-France-US-film,FOCUS LOS ANGELES An elderly lesbian romance with an Italian first-time director and a veteran German star, "Two of Us" is certainly a daring choice for France's entry to this year's Oscars. 600 words 0200 GMT by Laurent Banguet -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl LOS ANGELES The final countdown to the Super Bowl gets off to a low-key start with a pared-down virtual media launch as the spectre of Covid-19 hovered over the biggest event in the US sporting calendar. 650 words 0130 GMT by Rob Woollard Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Buccaneers-diversity,FOCUS LOS ANGELES If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers upset the odds and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, it will be a victory for diversity as well as Tom Brady. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard We have also moved: Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Buccaneers-Brady afp
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