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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Protesters in Myanmar defy junta, return to streets + No overseas fans at Tokyo Olympics over virus fears + Thousands protest Turkey's withdrawal from women's treaty + Icelandic volcano subsiding after first eruption in 900 years Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Protesters return to the streets across Myanmar, defying a junta-led campaign of fear as regional powers Indonesia and Malaysia condemn the violence deployed by security forces against anti-coup demonstrators. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Oly-Japan-2020-2021-virus-health,WRAP TOKYO Overseas fans will be banned from this summer's virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers say, calling the decision disappointing but "unavoidable" as they try to hold the Games safely during the pandemic. 850 words moved by Sarah Hussein, Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Turkey-politics-women-rights,WRAP ISTANBUL Thousands protest in Turkey calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to withdraw from the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. 750 words 2000 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Iceland-volcano,WRAP REYKJAVIK A volcano that spewed glowing red lava near Iceland's capital Reykjavik after awakening for the first time in 900 years appears to be subsiding, posing no danger to people, experts say. 750 words moved by Jeremie Richard. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Several European countries introduce new lockdown measures as they battle surging coronavirus infections, while Tokyo Olympics organisers are forced to announce an "unavoidable" ban on overseas fans to keep the Games safe. 750 words 2100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus,FACTS Health-virus-Germany-protest,4thlead KASSEL, Germany German police clash with protesters at a mass demonstration against coronavirus restrictions in the city of Kassel, using water cannon, batons and pepper spray to disperse crowds. 550 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-hospital,FOCUS SAO PAULO There are fewer wrinkles and less gray hair among patients in Brazil's intensive care units as the country reels from a surge in Covid-19 that is increasingly hitting people under 60. 600 words moved by Rodrigo Almondacid. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Brussels-attacks-anniversary-survivor,FOCUS TERVUREN, Belgium Four months in hospital, 13 operations, a dead leg but still alive: For Sebastien Bellin, seriously injured in the jihadist attacks of 2016 in Brussels, "rebuilding" is still an ordeal. 650 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Also moved: Belgium-attacks-politics-anniversary,INTERVIEW -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-vote-protest,WRAP JERUSALEM Thousands of Israelis rally outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence to call for his resignation, days before a general election that could see the long-standing leader removed from power. 500 words 1930 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-Saudi,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it has launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening advance by Iran-backed Huthi rebels on the northern city of Marib. 600 words moved. File Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Pakistan-Khan,WRAP ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tests positive for Covid-19, officials say, just two days after his first dose of vaccine against the disease. 400 words moved. File picture. File video India-US-politics-defence-diplomacy,2nd lead NEW DELHI Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin praises India's growing ties with "like-minded partners" as he holds talks in New Delhi dominated by shared alarm about China. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. Picture. Video Thailand-politics,2nd lead BANGKOK Thai police use water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok's Grand Palace after demonstrators break through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the kingdom's unassailable monarchy. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video Myanmar-politics-military,FOCUS YANGON Makeshift barricades of bamboo, brick and burning rubber tyres have lent the streets of Myanmar's largest city the look of an urban warzone, and now the military are forcing civilians to dismantle them, piece by piece... at gunpoint. 600 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Finland-happiness-lifestyle-tourism-economy,FOCUS HELSINKI Once notorious for its bland food and long, harsh winters, Finland's repeated success in the annual happiness rankings has helped transform the country's global reputation, boosting tourism and business. 750 words moved by Sam Kingsley. File video Germany-property-referendum,FOCUS BERLIN In Berlin's fashionable Kreuzberg district, Jannick, 29, is waiting in line to sign a petition for a referendum on expropriating large property developers, a drastic and unprecedented move in the fight against the German capital's spiralling housing crisis. 650 words moved by Florian Cazeres. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-China-Biden,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Two months after taking office, US President Joe Biden is revealing his diplomatic style -- and he certainly has not minced words in the first dealings of his term with Washington's top rivals. 650 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-death-Magufuli-Hassan,lead DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan leads mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- RugbyU-6Nations-FRA-WAL PARIS Wales are 80 minutes away from a Six Nations Grand Slam, but up against a talented France side in Paris with title aspirations of their own. 500 words 2200 GMT by Illtud Dafydd. Picture Fbl-ENG-FACup LONDON Manchester City face Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals, the latest step in their bid for an unprecedented quadruple. 500 words 2000 GMT. Picture Ski-world-SUI,WRAP LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland The last World Cup trophies of the season are decided as Petra Vlhova wins her first women's overall title, Katharina Liensberger claims the slalom crown while Alexis Pinturault, on his 30th birthday, clinches the men's overall and giant slalom titles. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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