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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Anti-sexual assault rallies rock Australia + Merkel's party in crisis after election losses + Bloody day takes Myanmar protest toll to 100 + Tehran charges British-Iranian with propaganda + Rapper Megan Thee Stallion wins big at Grammys Australia-women-assault-politics CANBERRA Women protest across Australia demanding an end to sexual violence and gender inequality, hitting the streets amid outrage over rape and sexual assault allegations that have convulsed the conservative government. 500 words by 0200 GMT. Photo and Video. Already moved: Australia-women-feminism-assault-politics,FOCUS Germany-vote-health-virus FRANKFURT German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party is in crisis mode after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, seen as a rebuke of its pandemic management six months before a general election. 650 words 0300 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON An increasingly violent crackdown on anti-coup protestors in Myanmar has now claimed around 100 lives, after one of the bloodiest days so far in the six weeks since the military seized power 700 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-Britain-trial-rights,WRAP TEHRAN British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is back in a Tehran court, charged with "propaganda against the system", a week after she finished serving a five-year term in the Islamic republic. 700 words moved. File picture Also moved: Iran-Britain-trial,INTERVIEW Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,WRAP NEW YORK / LOS ANGELES Rapper Megan Thee Stallion wins big at the socially distanced Grammys, seizing two trophies including the coveted Best New Artist prize as the music industry stages a celebration chock full of performances after a pandemic-scarred year. 800 words 0330 GMT by Maggy Donaldson and Laurent Banguet. Picture. Also moving: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-fashion Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Kanye -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland and the Netherlands became the latest countries to suspend their rollout of AstraZeneca jabs over concerns about post-jab blood clots despite the firm insisting there was no risk, as most Italians were bracing for a new round of restrictions. 650 words 0200 GMT by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-WHO-China-report,ADVANCER GENEVA The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19's origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents. 800 words 0300 GMT by Robin Millard, Agnes Pedrero. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Philippines-education,FOCUS MANILA Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school's online lessons. 850 words 0300 GMT by Allison Jackson. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Bolivia-politics-prosecution,WRAP LA PAZ Bolivian prosecutors seek six months of pre-trial detention for ex-president Jeanine Anez as opposition groups call for protests against her arrest on charges widely denounced as political score-settling. 800 words 0200 GMT by Jose Arturo Cardenas. Picture. Video Also moved: Bolivia-politics-prosecution,CHRONO Bolivia-politics-Anez,PROFILE US-environment-nature-animal,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting -- before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. The cicadas are coming, and their unnerving arrival is as spectacular as it is rare. 750 words 0130 GMT by Ines Bel Aiba. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-protest-crime-women-safety,WRAP LONDON Britain's prime minister vows to take action to better protect women after a national outpouring of grief and outrage over the death of a woman who went missing after setting out to walk home in London earlier this month. 500 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Netherlands-politics-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands begins three days of voting Monday in a primary test of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte set to win another term in office. 650 words 0230 GMT by Danny Kemp and Sara Madniette. Video. Graphic Finland-environment-climate-trees-charity,FOCUS JOENSUU, Finland It's an environmental policy embraced by heads of state, multinational businesses and even leading climate sceptic Donald Trump: plant more trees to help the planet and slow global warming. 600 words 0430 GMT by Sam Kingsley. Video. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-vote-opposition-Lapid,PROFILE JERUSALEM He's a former prime-time news anchor once known largely for his chiseled good looks, but Israel's Yair Lapid has emerged as one of the strongest challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 550 words by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. File picture. Israel-vote-protest,FOCUS JERUSALEM For nearly a year Erez Yalon, a disabled Israeli, has dedicated his life to protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home almost round the clock to demand his departure from office. 750 words by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote,WRAP BANGUI The Central African Republic voted in the second round of a legislative election as it battles back against a rebel insurgency the government has called an attempted coup. 600 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars LOS ANGELES Streaming films like "Mank" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7" will battle with frontrunner "Nomadland" for this Monday's coveted Oscar nominations, setting up the grand finale to an awards season transformed by the pandemic. 700 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Arsenal bounce back from Erik Lamela's stunning Rabona to open the scoring in the north London derby to beat Tottenham 2-1, as Manchester United and Leicester tighten their grip on a top-four finish in the Premier League. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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