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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + EU summit confronts vaccine rollout woes + Thousands rally after Armenia 'coup attempt' + Britain slaps new sanctions on Myanmar army + Sex crimes charge for ex-Olympics gymnastics coach + Teenage T-Rexes edged out smaller dinos: study Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders meet under the spectre of Europe's sluggish vaccine drive as the coronavirus death toll tops 2.5 million worldwide. 700 words 2000 GMT by Marc Burleigh with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-EU-summit Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-pharmaceutical Armenia-politics-army,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan defies calls to resign and accuses the military of an attempted coup, as divisions over his handling of last year's war with Azerbaijan brought thousands to the streets. 800 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Britain slaps further sanctions on Myanmar's generals for "overseeing human rights violations" since toppling civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as clashes break out between pro-junta supporters and anti-coup residents. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-coup-politics-military-Facebook,lead Myanmar-coup,CHRONO US-Oly-gymnastics-justice,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US Olympics women's gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged with human trafficking and criminal sexual conduct, prosecutors say. 600 words 2030 GMT. File picture US-science-paleontology WASHINGTON A team of US scientists has demonstrated that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, who grew from the size of house cats to towering monsters, reshaped their ecosystems by outcompeting smaller rival species. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Philippines-internet-rights,FOCUS MANILA Philippine lawmaker Sarah Elago faces a daily barrage of Facebook posts linking her to communist rebels trying to overthrow the government. She says the claims are false, but they could get her killed anyway. 1,000 words moved by Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano. Picture. Video Cuba-music-politics,FOCUS HAVANA In Cuba, where music and revolution are intertwined, a song by rappers boldly denouncing the communist government has found viral appeal online but angered a regime that seeks to control culture. 700 words 2000 GMT by Leticia Pineda. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-oxygen-WHO-UNITAID GENEVA The Covid-19 pandemic has left an already strained medical oxygen supply gasping for breath, with the UN and its partners warning that $1.6 billion is needed to address the global emergency. 400 words moved Health-virus-Switzerland-music GENEVA With Swiss concert halls shut due to the coronavirus crisis, musicians from one orchestra have taken a unique approach to lifting the spirits of the nation's music lovers. 550 words moved by Eloi Rouyer. Video Health-virus-world-passport,FACTS PARIS The idea of vaccine passports, which would allow people who have been inoculated the freedom to travel, is gaining traction. 650 words moved Health-virus-Czech-hospital,SCENE STOD, Czech Republic Nurse Drahoslava Letakova runs a hand through her hair, leans against the wall and her eyes moisten as she thinks before answering a question about her working life. 600 words moved by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK New York prosecutors investigating former president Donald Trump's finances have finally received his tax returns following a marathon legal battle, a spokesman says. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Peru-euthanasia-justice,lead LIMA A Peruvian court orders the government to respect the wishes of a polio-stricken woman to be allowed to die, a rare allowance for euthanasia in largely Catholic Latin America. 400 words 1930 GMT by Carlos Mandujano -- EUROPE -- Germany-Russia-crime-espionage-prosecute,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors say they have filed espionage charges against a man suspected of passing floor plans of parliament to Russian secret services, in a case that risks further inflaming tensions between Berlin and Moscow. 600 words moved by Hui Min Neo. File Picture Belarus-politics-UN-rights,lead GENEVA The UN rights chief accuses Belarus of systematically repressing protests, and calls for independent investigations into widespread torture allegations, in comments slammed by Minsk as "highly subjective". 600 words moved by Nina Larson. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-politics,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December. 600 words 2100 GMT by Rim Taher. Picture Iran-politics-vote,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran will vote in June for a successor to President Hassan Rouhani and his moderate-reformist government, but politics in the country is dominated by the nuclear issue and no frontrunner has emerged. 800 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Niger-unrest-vote,WRAP NIAMEY Two people die in Niger and hundreds are arrested following disputed presidential elections, the government says, accusing a prominent opposition figure of stoking the unrest. 600 words moved by Boureima Hama. Picture. Graphic. Video Mozambique-politics,FOCUS MAPUTO The death this week of an opposition leader has inflicted a heavy blow to Mozambique's fragile democracy after the loss of Afonso Dhlakama, a charismatic former guerrilla fighter, analysts say. 450 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File Picture Zambia-debt-politics,FOCUS LUSAKA Debt-ridden Zambia and the International Monetary Fund are negotiating conditions for a possible bailout, laying the foundation for debt relief under a new framework designed to help the world's poorest nations tackle unsustainable arrears 650 words moved by Obert Simwanza and Sofia Christensen. File Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-US-IT-politics-media,WRAP SYDNEY Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. 700 words moved by Andrew Beatty Also moved: Australia-Britain-Canada-EU-US-technology-internet-media,FACTS India-internet-politics,lead NEW DELHI India imposes tough new rules on social media platforms as it accuses US tech giants of "double standards" in taking down disputed content. 550 words moved. Video. File picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-ENG-win,2ndlead AHMEDABAD, India India crushes England by 10 wickets in a rare two day Test triumph that winning captain Virat Kohli said had been "bizarre". 550 words moved by Faisal Kamal Also moved: Cricket-IND-ENG-Root,lead Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan-relay,2ndlead TOKYO Spectators will be allowed to line the route when the Olympic flame begins its delayed relay across Japan next month, organisers say, but cheering will be strictly banned. 650 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video afp
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