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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Eight killed in Atlanta spa shootings + WHO says AstraZeneca jabs should continue + Intense clashes in Myanmar's biggest city + Biden agrees that Putin is a 'killer' + Colourful farewell for Zulu king US-shootings-spa,WRAP ATLANTA Six Asian women are among eight people shot and killed at spas around the US city of Atlanta, throwing the spotlight on an escalating wave of hate crime nationwide against people of Asian descent. 700 words 1630 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA World Health Organization experts recommend countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but say they are looking into the jab's safety after a slew of nations suspended its use over health fears. 750 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Plumes of smoke rise above a part of Myanmar's biggest city under martial law which has turned into a battle zone, with burning barricades and security forces firing at unarmed anti-coup protesters. 850 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-unrest US-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden says he agrees that Vladimir Putin is a "killer" and vows that his Russian counterpart will "pay the price" for interference in US elections -- immediately provoking a crisis with Moscow. 500 words 1600 GMT by Chris Lefkow SAfrica-royals,WRAP NONGOMA, South Africa Clad in leopard skins and colourful beads, hundreds of mourners pay their respects to the king of the Zulus, South Africa's largest ethnic group, who died last week. 550 words 1500 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- NMacedonia-law-drugs-cannabis,FEATURE SKOPJE After receiving a suspended sentence for possession of cannabis last year, Filip Dostovski walked out of the Skopje courthouse and lit a joint outside as cameras rolled. 1,000 words moved by Sally Mairs and Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video France-Britain-history-tourism,FOCUS BAYEUX, France It has stood for over nine centuries as the most celebrated record of the 1066 Norman Conquest of England. But the Bayeux Tapestry is in need of restoration as the fragile work suffers from growing wear-and-tear including thousands of holes. 700 words moved by Chloe Coupeau. File picture. Video ICoast-animals-environment-bats,FOCUS ABIDJAN At twilight, the skies over Abidjan's business quarter are darkened by clouds of bats that leave their daytime roosts and hunt for insects -- a time-honoured ritual that faces an uncertain future as the population of the flying mammals declines. 700 words moved by David Esnault and Mariam Kone. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-Johnson,2ndlead GENEVA The WHO's expert vaccine advisers recommend Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 jab for use in countries where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating. 600 words 1430 GMT by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories As Israel pushes on with one of the world's most intense Covid vaccination campaigns, Palestinians without access to the jabs are flooding hospitals already at breaking point. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-vaccines NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for increased testing and local restrictions to halt an "emerging second peak" in the coronavirus pandemic, as fresh daily cases hit a three-month high. 350 words 1430 GMT Health-virus-UN-India-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Bangladesh NEW DELHI The coronavirus pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, 11,000 maternal fatalities and 3.5 million unwanted pregnancies in South Asia, the UN says in a report. 350 words moved Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Gone are the days when Covid-19 was a "little flu": Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has changed his pandemic-skeptic tune lately, sacking his widely criticized health minister, ordering millions of vaccines and even wearing a mask. 800 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture. File video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-justice-Sarkozy,WRAP PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial again over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just two weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. 600 words 1530 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video Netherlands-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE Dutch people vote at bike-through polling stations and museums in an election that Prime Minister Mark Rutte cast as a choice of the best leader to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic France-court-assault,WRAP PARIS France's top appeals court will rule on whether three firefighters accused of assaulting a teenage girl more than a decade ago should have been charged with rape instead of sexual abuse, in a case that has ignited a national debate on consent. 600 words 1530 GMT by Clara Wright and Clare Byrne Germany-finance-debt-politics-bank-fraud,FOCUS FRANKFURT In Emmerich, a small German town on the banks of the Rhine, Mayor Peter Hinze fears that his town is about to lose six million euros ($7.1 million) almost overnight. 600 words 1530 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour -- AMERICAS -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden warns that meeting a deadline to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as agreed with the Taliban in a deal secured under Donald Trump, would be "tough." 500 words 1500 GMT by Ben Sheppard US-Ireland-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will express support for the Northern Ireland peace agreement in the face of Brexit-related tensions when he meets Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin for virtual Saint Patrick's Day celebrations. 500 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-politics-immigration,FOCUS BROWNSVILLE, Texas In a gusty, open-air bus depot in Brownsville, Texas, Febe Carillo-Ramos speaks easily after a journey of hundreds of miles from her home in Guatemala: for the first time in 20 days on the road, she can now move without worry. 900 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-conflict-attack,WRAP BAMAKO At least 31 soldiers are killed in northern Mali, bringing the death toll from attacks by suspected jihadists in the Sahel to 89 since Monday. 500 words 1500 GMT by Serge Daniel Germany-Gambia-crime,lead BERLIN A Gambian man has been remanded in custody in Germany on suspicion he was part of an army hit squad under the orders of ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh, prosecutors say, with an AFP correspondent among the victims. 500 words 1630 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture Congo-vote,WRAP DOLISIE, Congo Security forces in the Republic of Congo cast their ballots ahead of presidential elections in which veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso is frontrunner. 500 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote-US-politics,FOCUS TEL AVIV As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces his fourth election in less than two years, he's missing an ally he could rely on through three previous votes: Donald Trump. 700 words 1530 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. File Picture. File video Also moved: Israel-vote-Michaeli,PROFILE Yemen-conflict-migrants SANAA Yemen's Huthis express "deep regret" over the deaths of dozens of migrants in a fire which Human Rights Watch said started when the rebels fired projectiles into a detention centre. 550 words moved Lebanon-politics-economy,Q&A BEIRUT Lebanon's worst economic downturn in decades has pushed a battered population to the brink with no solution in sight as the country's barons wrangle over forming a new government. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. File Picture Also moved: Lebanon-politics-economy,FACTS -- SPORT -- Yachting-AmCup,2ndlead AUCKLAND Team New Zealand beat Italy's Luna Rossa to win their fourth America's Cup and strengthen their hold on the world's oldest international sporting trophy. 500 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Yachting-AmCup,SCENE Yachting-AmCup-NZL,FOCUS Yachting-AmCup-NZL-winners,FACTS -- LIFESTYLE/TECHNOLOGY -- France-US-internet-privacy-Clubhouse,WRAP PARIS France's data privacy watchdog says that it had opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit. 500 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy Lifestyle-Libya-auto-sport,VIDEOESSAY BENGHAZI, Libya Burning rubber in eastern Libya's Benghazi, drivers from across the country take part in a drifting championship, a rare unifying event as the country seeks to end years of conflict. 400 words moved by Mohammed Elshaiky. Picture. Video Music-streaming-technology-Sweden-Britain-US,FOCUS PARIS At a time when musicians are struggling to live off streaming, a Swedish tech entrepreneur says his app can boost royalties by curbing the illegal use of music by millions of businesses. 650 words moved by Eric Randolph. Picture -- CLIMATE -- Climate-science-sealevel-Greenland PARIS The kilometres-thick ice sheet atop Greenland -- holding enough frozen water to swamp coastal cities worldwide -- has melted to the ground at least once in the last million years despite CO2 levels far lower than today, stunned scientists report. 600 words 1500 GMT by Marlowe Hood -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-Syria-film,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Shamima Begum, the teenage "ISIS bride" who left Britain for Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State group, is part of a documentary premiering at the online Texas-based South By Southwest festival. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal afp
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