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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO experts visit Wuhan's virus-linked market + Russia detains 3,000 over Navalny protests + Britain opens visa scheme for Hong Kongers + Trump impeachment trial lawyers leave team + Barcelona to sue after Messi contract revealed Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China WHO experts visit the market in central China linked to the first known Covid-19 cluster, seeking clues about the outbreak of the pandemic as a number of nations further tighten restrictions to stop the coronavirus. 750 words 1530 GMT Leo Ramirez and Hector Retamal, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Russia-politics-protests-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Police detain more than 3,000 people across Russia and block off the centre of Moscow in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 800 words 1530 GMT by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-opposition-protests,FACTS HongKong-Britain-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship goes live as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown on dissent. 800 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Trump-impeachment WASHINGTON Several of former US president Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers have left his team a little over a week before his trial, US media reports. 400 words moved fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-Messi MADRID Barcelona will take legal action after the Spanish newspaper El Mundo published details of Lionel Messi's contract, claiming the Argentinian earns 555 million euros over four years. 450 words 1430 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-WHO,5thlead WUHAN, China A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday go to a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago, with one member tweeting the visit was "critical" to understanding the virus. 670 words moved by Hector Retamal and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-lockdown-Australia Health-virus-US-vaccine-protests LOS ANGELES Anti-lockdown protesters briefly disrupt a coronavirus vaccination distribution center at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. 250 words moved Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vaccines JERUSALEM Israel's defence ministry says it will send 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority to inoculate medical personnel, following global calls for Israel to ensure Palestinians are vaccinated. 450 words 1530 GMT Health-virus-Israel-Judaism JERUSALEM Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews, many not wearing masks, defy Israel's coronavirus lockdown to attend the funeral of a prominent rabbi, with Defence Minister Benny Gantz insisting the community's safety violations must end. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-politics-Macron,FOCUS PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron has gambled by not imposing a third national lockdown to contain Covid-19 -- against expectations and the advice of his most senior scientific advisers. 650 words moved by Adam Plowright -- EUROPE -- Britain-trade-government-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Britain will apply to join Pacific free-trade area the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government announces as part of its post-Brexit plans. 550 words moved by Callum Paton Sweden-cinema-virus,FOCUS MARSTRAND, Sweden A front-line Swedish nurse is getting some Covid downtime with a week of private screenings of the Gothenburg film festival, in a former lighthouse off the country's west coast. 600 words moved by Tom Little. Picture. Video -- NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-tradition,FOCUS TAWERGHA, Libya In an abandoned school in troubled Libya, Halima Mohamad uses traditional skills handed down over the generations -- reconnecting her to a way of life nearly destroyed by the chaos of conflict. 550 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray ADDIS ABABA A Tigrayan media outlet has released a recording of what it said is the ousted leader of Ethiopia's conflict-hit region, in which he issues a fresh call to arms in what would be his first public statement in nearly two months. 500 words moved. File Picture Gambia-politics-election BANJUL Gambian president Adama Barrow says a new political party he set up just over a year ago was prepared to represent all Gambians in an election scheduled for December. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-debt,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion plan to revive the US economy has been met with howls from the Republican opposition in Washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full of money-wasting programs at a time when the country doesn't need any more debt. 650 words moved by Julie Chabanas. Picture Also moved: US-politics-economy-wage,FOCUS US-politics-economy-wage,Q&A US-IT-lifestyle-charity-Scott-Bezos,FOCUS WASHINGTON Food banks, immigrant rights groups and struggling colleges across the United States discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture US-politics-internet-fashion WASHINGTON A Vermont schoolteacher whose homemade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves. 350 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Vietnam-politics-rights,lead HANOI Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong is re-elected -- a victory that makes him the most powerful leader in decades -- but his win is overshadowed by a serious coronavirus outbreak in the country. 650 words moved. Picture. File picture India-agriculture-demonstration-politics-Modi NEW DELHI India will push on with sweeping agriculture reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, as he criticises last week's deadly riot in the capital following a long-running protest campaign by farmers. 425 words moved. File Picture Pakistan-US-crime-Pearl ISLAMABAD The family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl will challenge an order by Pakistan's top court to release a British-born militant acquitted of masterminding his kidnapping and brutal murder in 2002. 400 words moved -- SPORT -- fbl-FRA-Ligue1-Marseille,WRAP MARSEILLE Olympique Marseille's American owner Frank McCourt strongly condemns "thugs" who attacked the club's training ground, comparing the violent protest to the deadly January 6 assault on the US Congress. 500 words 1430 GMT. Picture tennis-AUS-WTA-Osaka-Oly-2021,2ndlead MELBOURNE Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal say they remain keen to compete in the delayed Tokyo Olympics, and would be guided by what the health experts tell them. 500 words moved. Picture. -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-entertainment-music-death-celebrity LONDON Hilton Valentine, a founding member and original guitarist for the British 60s pop group The Animals, dies at the age of 77, the band's record label says. 250 words moved Entertainment-US-film-Sundance,WRAP LOS ANGELES British actress Rebecca Hall describes how she drew on her own biracial identity to direct her first film "Passing", as it premiered at this year's online Sundance Film Festival. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture afp
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