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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe resumes AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots + US, China enter second day of tense talks + BBC reporter detained in Myanmar crackdown + Tanzania's first female leader urges unity + Bayern draw PSG in Champions League quarters Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Some European countries resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after an all-clear from EU regulators and the WHO, as US President Joe Biden is set to meet his goal of having 100 million Americans inoculated weeks ahead of schedule. 750 words 2030 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS Health-virus,FACTS US-China-diplomacy,WRAP ANCHORAGE American and Chinese diplomats meet for a second day after a fiery opening clash that laid out the two rival superpowers' competing views of the world. 750 words 2200 GMT by by Frederic J. Brown with Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video. File Picture Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A Burmese journalist with the BBC's Myanmar language news service is detained, as civilians flee the coup-hit country's largest city after the junta's deadly crackdown on dissent. 800 words moved. Picture. Graphic. File picture. File video Tanzania-politics-Hassan,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan calls for unity as she becomes the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Tanzania-politics-Hassan,PROFILE fbl-Eur-C1-draw,WRAP PARIS Holders Bayern Munich will face last year's beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, while the draw for the last eight also throws up a clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid. 650 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-cases,2ndlead BERLIN Coronavirus cases in Germany are rising at a "very clearly exponential rate", the country's top public health institute says, as the EU's biggest country debates tightening a shutdown. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nordics-vaccine,FOCUS HELSINKI The Nordic countries were among the first to suspend the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine amid fears of possible severe side effects and, unlike most of Europe, they're holding off before resuming jabs. 550 words moved by Sam Kingsley Health-virus-Spain-economy-poverty,FOCUS MADRID Even though her face is covered by a black mask, Rita Carrasco still wears bright red lipstick. But her easy smile faltered when she had to join Madrid's "hunger lines" for food aid. 650 words moved by Emmanuelle Michel. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Canada-China-diplomacy-trial,WRAP OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacted angrily Friday to the closed-door trial of a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges, dismissing it as "completely unacceptable." 650 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture. Video US-crime-shooting-racism-Asian,WRAP ATLANTA US President Joe Biden visits Atlanta on a mission to comfort Asian Americans plunged into grief and fear after attacks left six women of Asian descent dead and a nation alarmed by pandemic-era hate crimes. 750 words 2030 GMT by Eric Baradat. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-shooting-crime-racism-gender,FOCUS US-China-diplomacy-Biden,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden is not mincing his words: he called Vladimir Putin a "killer" and his diplomatic team pelted a Chinese delegation with tough accusations in their first talks -- revealing a not-so-diplomatic style aimed at staring down Washington's fiercest foes. 600 words 2130 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-energy-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH A drone strike sparks a fire at a Riyadh oil refinery in an attack claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels, as the Iran-backed insurgents made major advances on the embattled Yemeni city of Marib. 700 words 1930 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. File picture. File video. Graphic. Video Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Campaigning in Israel nears an end, with incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu seeking the majority that eluded him in three recent votes by highlighting the country's robust vaccination drive and his "real" right-wing credentials. 700 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. File picture. Video Also moved: Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,FACTS -- ASIA -- NKorea-Malaysia-US-diplomacy-extradition,WRAP SEOUL North Korea severs diplomatic ties with Malaysia, abruptly ending a once-close relationship that soured following the assassination of Kim Jong Un's half-brother in a Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-UN,WRAP GENEVA Nearly 200 people have been killed and 40,000 displaced since January following a surge of attacks by the ADF militia in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says, as protests against the massacres bring three cities to a standstill. 600 words moved by Nina Larson. File picture. Graphic Congo-vote,WRAP BRAZZAVILLE The Republic of Congo votes in a presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso aiming to extend his decades-long hold on power in the central African state. 650 words moved by Samir Tounsi and Laudes Martial Mbon Also moved: Congo-vote,CHRONO, Congo-vote,FACTS, Congo-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-Kurds,lead ANKARA Turkish police detain dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials and a prominent human rights activist, as prosecutors step up pressure on the country's third-largest party. 450 words moved by Raziye Akkoc Turkey-economy-defence-drones,FOCUS ANKARA Whether in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of the aerial vehicles. 900 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- US-economy-real-estate-mortgage-rate-credit,FOCUS WASHINGTON Mortgage rates are finally ticking up in the United States, one year after the Federal Reserve cut its lending rate to boost the economy as the Covid-19 pandemic arrived, but that's not expected to cool the hot housing market. 550 words moved by Julie Chabanas. File picture US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO An internet spin on talk radio, the new invitation-only social network Clubhouse has become a sandbox for people tinkering with ways to win fans and make money with audio. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse-talk,POINTS US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse,FOCUS afp
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