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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Stuck Suez ship on the move: tracking sites + Dozens killed in Mozambique Islamist attack + Biden leads global outrage over Myanmar bloodshed + George Floyd trial to start in US + Hamilton wins thrilling season-opening Grand Prix Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP SUEZ, Egypt The massive container ship that has been blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week started to move, according to maritime traffic tracking sites, raising hopes the vital global trade route could soon be clear. 500 words 0630 GMT by Mohamed Abouelenen. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Egypt-shipping-Suez-goods,FOCUS Mozambique-unrest,WRAP MAPUTO Dozens of people were killed in coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government says, four days after the raid was launched and forced the evacuation of thousands of survivors to safety in the provincial capital Pemba. 800 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File Picture. Graphic Already moved: Mozambique-unrest,FACTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON US President Joe Biden leads global condemnation of an "absolutely outrageous" crackdown by Myanmar's junta that killed more than 100 people -- including several children -- as funerals are held for the victims of a bloody weekend. 750 words 0600 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video US-racism-police-trial-Floyd MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world. 700 words 0530 GMT by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. File picture Auto-Prix-BRN,WRAP SAKHIR, Bahrain Lewis Hamilton produces another stunning demonstration of his supreme racing talent to resist a charging Max Verstappen and win a thrilling season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. 650 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP LONDON England begins to further ease its coronavirus lockdown, spurred by rapid vaccinations, but governments in the rest of Europe are still struggling to contain Covid-19 surges. 700 words. Picture. Video. Graphic. Britain-health-virus-politics LONDON England enters the second phase of its lockdown easing thanks to a successful vaccination drive, but the government is urging vigilance as another wave of coronavirus sweeps Europe. 450 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Germany,2nd lead Health-virus-France Health-virus-Cuba-vaccines,FOCUS HAVANA Maria Ruiz admitted she was "afraid" but the 48-year-old nurse was determined to play her part in helping Cuba's ambitious drive to produce its own Covid-19 vaccine. 600 words 0130 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS NEW YORK Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, "everything tasted like cardboard," recalls 38-year-old Elizabeth Medina, who lost her sense of taste and smell at the start of the pandemic. A year later, she fears she will never get them back. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture Health-virus-Britain-heritage-culture-history,FOCUS BURY ST EDMUNDS, England The sprawling redbrick house and grounds of Kentwell Hall, built up in the time when the Tudors ruled England, have, like so many of Britain's stately homes, faced an existential threat during the pandemic. 750 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-labor-Amazon BESSEMER, Alabama Votes are set to be counted on the creation of the first Amazon union in the United States, at a warehouse in Alabama, after a historic, five months-long David vs Goliath campaign. 600 words 0600 GMT US-Mexico-immigration-children,SCENE ROMA, Texas Oscar is 12 years old and has just crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to Texas in a small, inflatable boat piloted by human traffickers. He is tearful, hungry and alone after a dangerous month-long journey from Guatemala as part of migrant surge at the United States border. 800 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia politics sexism,2ndlead SYDNEY Two Australian ministers are demoted from top cabinet posts as the ruling conservative party tries to draw a line under dual rape scandals that have convulsed national politics. 550 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Also moving: Australia-China-politics-defence,PROFILE UN-China-diplomacy-rights-Canada MONTREAL The UN is in negotiations with Beijing for a visit "without restrictions" to Xinjiang to see how the Uyghur minority is being treated, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a broadcaster. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- France-pharmaceutical-court-health,WRAP PARIS A French court will rule whether pharma giant Servier deliberately ignored warnings over a diabetes and weight-loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths, in one of France's worst health scandals. 550 words moved by Caroline Taix and Eleonore Hughes Armenia-politics-vote,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia's embattled Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces a snap election in a bid to defuse a political crisis that has shaken the country following last year's military defeat to Azerbaijan. 450 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. File picture Syria-conflict-Belgium-attacks-children,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS The children of European jihadists trapped in Syrian camps after the Islamic State group's battlefield defeat are at risk of radicalisation and should be repatriated soon, a Belgian NGO leader warns. 600 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-IS-Kurds,WRAP BEIRUT Kurdish forces make dozens of arrests in a security operation in a camp for suspected family members of Islamic State group militants in northeast Syria, a war monitor and Kurdish officials say. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Qatar-animal-rights,FOCUS DOHA Freya the dog was found with "half her face blown off", Bernie was stabbed and badly burnt, Diana is struggling to raise her puppies after being riddled with pellets: strays in Qatar are facing a spike in abuse. 650 words moved by Anne Levasseur and Gregory Walton. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Madagascar-politics-Ratsiraka,lead ANTANANARIVO Madagascar's longtime former leader Didier Ratsiraka, a naval officer and instigator of a socialist revolution on the Indian Ocean island, dies aged 84. 450 words moved. File picture -- SPORT AND LIFESTYLE -- Fbl-WC-2022-Eur,WRAP PARIS Dani Olmo's injury-time strike saves Spain in a 2-1 win against Georgia, while France also rebounds from an opening draw in World Cup qualifying by beating Kazakhstan. 650 words moved by Peter Berlin. Picture Bodybuilding-MAS-health-Malaysia,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Working out with ageing equipment in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy bench-presses two dumbbells and then flexes his muscular arms. 500 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video afp
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