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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0683 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU agency: AstraZeneca clot risk 'very rare' + King tells Jordanians palace turmoil is over + US agrees withdrawal of Iraq combat troops + Study reveals ancient European immigration + Bayern host PSG minus star hitman Lewandowski Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE The EU's medicines regulator says blood clots should be listed as a rare side effect of the AstraZeneca jab but the benefits continue to outweigh risks, as several countries battle fresh virus surges amid vaccine shortfalls. 850 words 2100 GMT by Danny Kemp with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca,FACTS Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's King Abdullah breaks his silence to tell his nation that the worst political crisis in decades sparked by an alleged plot involving his half-brother Prince Hamzah was over. 750 words moved. Picture. File picture. Video US-Iraq-diplomacy-military,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States agrees in talks with Iraq to remove all remaining combat forces deployed to fight Islamic State extremists, crossing another milestone nearly two decades after the US invasion. 550 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon Archaeology-history-research-genetics TOKYO Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has revealed a previously unknown migration into Europe and showed intermixing with Neanderthals in that period was more common than previously thought. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Picture. Graphic Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-FRA-Bayern-PSG MUNICH, Germany Holders Bayern Munich, without the injured Robert Lewandowski, host Paris Saint-Germain in a repeat of last season's final in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Allianz Arena. 600 words 2100 GMT. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lebanon-politics-economy-education,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanese medical student Mohammad Sleiman travelled to Belarus to become the first doctor in his family, but he now fears his country's economic crisis -- and bans on overseas cash transfers -- will get him expelled. 750 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- World-health-virus-rights-Amnesty LONDON Richer countries are failing a "rudimentary" test of global solidarity by hoarding Covid vaccines, Amnesty International says as it accuses China and others of exploiting the pandemic to undermine human rights. 650 words moved by Martine Pauwels Also moved: Britain-France-rights-Amnesty,PROFILE Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-health-virus-spectators,WRAP PARIS Euro 2020 matches in Dublin are in doubt after Irish football chiefs say they are unable to give assurances on minimum spectator levels, as UEFA extends to April 28 a deadline for host cities to submit fan number estimates. 600 words moved. File picture Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-relay-Osaka,lead Health-virus-Britain-vaccines,4thlead Health-virus-ICoast-attacks-tourism,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-Palestinian-aid-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States says it will restore aid to the Palestinians severed under former president Donald Trump, announcing $235 million to the dismay of ally Israel. 550 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon IMF-economy-tax,WRAP WASHINGTON Raising taxes on wealthy firms that have done well during the pandemic is increasingly viewed as a source for revenues to finance pandemic recovery efforts, an idea pushed by the IMF and the United States. 600 words 2000 GMT by Heather Scott Oly-2022-USOPC-boycott-China-USA,WRAP WASHINGTON The White House says that it is not in talks with its allies over a joint boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, amid Western concerns over Chinese human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith with Robert Woolard in Los Angeles. File picture US-politics-Republicans-Gaetz,FOCUS WASHINGTON Firebrand congressman Matt Gaetz was a rising Republican star loyal to Donald Trump but now finds himself in an extraordinary imbroglio: under investigation for sex with a minor, amid claims he faced blackmail over an American missing in Iran. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,WRAP MAPUTO Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says Islamic State-linked insurgents have been forced out of Palma, a key northern town that the rebels hit in a brazen raid last month, killing dozens of people and sending thousands fleeing. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic Rwanda-genocide-France-history,WRAP PARIS Rwandan President Paul Kagame signals he is ready for a new phase in ties with France after a landmark report acknowledged French responsibility over the 1994 genocide, as Paris orders the opening of key archives. 700 words moved by Cecile Feuillatre and Pierre Donadieu. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Commission hits out after its chief Ursula von der Leyen is left without a chair as Turkey's president sits down for talks with her male counterpart. 650 words moved by Max Delany. Video. Picture. Russia-politics-opposition,WRAP MOSCOW The health of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deteriorating as he keeps up his hunger strike in prison with a new numbness in his hands, according to his lawyers, and the White House says it is "disturbed" by the reports. 550 words 2000 GMT -- MIDEAST -- Sudan-unrest-Darfur-toll,lead KHARTOUM Five days of fighting in Sudan's West Darfur region leaves at least 87 people dead, medics say, with thousands fleeing the latest outbreak of violence. 400 words moved Iran-shipping-blast,WRAP TEHRAN An Iranian freighter was hit by an "explosion" in the Red Sea, Tehran says, after US media reported Israel had struck the ship in retaliation for past Iranian strikes on its own vessels. 400 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Indonesia-ETimor-disaster-flood-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Indonesia's navy readies hospital ships to help treat injured survivors of a cyclone that has killed about 160 in the archipelago and neighbouring East Timor, as fears grow over coronavirus outbreaks in cramped evacuation shelters. 600 words moved by Handrianus Emanuel. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Indonesia-ETimor-disaster,SCENE Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A group representing Myanmar's ousted civilian government says it has gathered 180,000 pieces of evidence showing rights abuses by the junta including torture and extrajudicial killings. 800 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Ethiopia-Sudan-Egypt-water-diplomacy,lead ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says it will not be deterred from impounding water at its Nile mega-dam, sparking new warnings from downstream countries Sudan and Egypt, which are worried about their water supply. 600 words moved -- SCIENCE -- Space-astronomy-Lofar-telescope PARIS The images capture drama billions of years ago in the early Universe -- glinting galaxies, glowing with stars that have exploded into supernovas and blazing jets fired from black holes. 450 words moved. Picture -- 60th ANNIVERSARY OF GAGARIN LAUNCH -- Russia-space-Gagarin-aerospace,FOCUS MOSCOW Sixty years after the Soviet Union made history by launching Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961, Russia continues to have lofty extraterrestrial ambitions, but its ability to realise them is more down to earth. 800 words moved by Victoria Loguinova-Yakovleva. Picture. Video Russia-space-Gagarin-legend,FOCUS MOSCOW Sixty years after he became the first person in space, there are few figures more universally admired in Russia today than Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, whose legend lives on as a source of national pride. 650 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video. File Picture. File Video Also moved: Russia-space-Gagarin-history,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-science-history,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-US-Germany,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-US-China,CHRONO afp
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