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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden to unveil $2 trillion infrastructure plan + China jabs 'safe' say WHO experts + NYC police arrest suspect over assault of Asian woman + Niger 'coup bid' ahead of president's swearing-in + Britney 'cried for weeks' over documentary US-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is set to unveil a $2 trillion infrastructure plan aimed at modernizing the United States' crumbling transport network, creating millions of jobs and enabling the country to "out-compete" China. 700 words 1530 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Two Chinese coronavirus jabs are safe and effective, WHO experts say after reviewing partial data, providing a potential boost to countries from Australia to Europe struggling to roll out vaccines fast enough. 800 words 1600 GMT by Nina Larson and Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-crime-racism-Asian,WRAP NEW YORK New York police arrest a man accused of repeatedly kicking a 65-year-old Asian-American woman after the brutal assault captured on CCTV footage sparked outrage, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. 550 words 1430 GMT by Peter Hutchison Niger-politics-unrest,WRAP NIAMEY An "attempted coup" has taken place in Niger, a security source says, just two days before the inauguration of newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum -- an event that had been hailed as a democratic watershed in the country's troubled history. 600 words moved by Boureima Hama. File picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Niger-politics-unrest,FACTS Entertainment-celebrity-music-court-health PARIS Britney Spears says she was "embarrassed" and "cried for two weeks" over her portrayal in a recent documentary about her career and mental health problems 250 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- EU-media-Netflix-internet,FOCUS BRUSSELS "Lupin", a French reboot set in postcard Paris, has made Omar Sy a global star and fulfilled a long lost dream for Europeans: the confidence to take on Hollywood. 750 words moved by Alex Pigman. File picture India-culture-sport-athletics,FEATURE JAMBUR, India Rohit Majgul has weathered racism and rejection in India as part of a marginalised community tracing its roots back to Africa -- but he still dreams of bringing sporting glory to his country. 700 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-economy-bread,VIDEOESSAY BEIRUT Scattering spinach and chilli onto flatbread in Beirut, Abu Shadi bemoans better times, before Lebanon's economic crisis, when everyone could afford his simple meal. 600 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Morocco-women-cartoon-books,FOCUS CASABLANCA Young Moroccan cartoonist Zainab Fasiki draws on a whiteboard in a Casablanca studio where she is holding a workshop that mixes art with a homegrown illustrated #MeToo campaign. 650 words moved by Sophie Pons. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-France-politics,4thlead PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron makes a prime-time television address under pressure to stem soaring Covid-19 cases and respond to criticism that he has allowed the pandemic to run out of control. 700 words 1830 GMT by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video Health-virus-France,FOCUS PARIS As Covid-19 rips through the impoverished Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, doctors are struggling to find beds for critical patients and teachers are walking out over a spike in infections in schools. 600 words moved by Alexandre Marchand. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Yemen-conflict ADEN, Yemen War-torn Yemen receives the first shipment of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, a week after a local committee called for a public health "state of emergency". 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota A firefighter returns to the stand in the trial of sacked police officer Derek Chauvin over the killing of George Floyd -- a day after testifying that police rebuffed her offers to help the handcuffed African American. 600 words 1700 GMT by Joy Powell with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,WRAP PEMBA, Mozambique Over 5,300 displaced people have safely reached districts near the northern Mozambique of Palma one week after it was besieged by jihadists, as thousands remain stranded around the area. 700 words 1500 GMT. Picture. CAfrica-conflict-Russia-rights,WRAP GENEVA UN experts express concern over reports of "grave human rights abuses" by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic, where they have supported the embattled government's military. 500 words 1500 GMT France-Rwanda-Algeria-history-politics,FOCUS PARIS From France's role in the Rwandan genocides to its colonial-era crimes in Algeria and looting of indigenous art, President Emmanuel Macron has gone further than his predecessors in recognising some of the darker chapters of his country's past in Africa. 700 words moved by Valerie Leroux and Clare Byrne. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-Russia-espionage,WRAP ROME Italy expels two Russian officials after police said they caught an Italian navy captain selling secret documents to a Russian military officer. 650 words moved by Alvise Armellini EU-poland-court-judiciary,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Commission launches legal action against Poland in the European Court of Justice over a reform it says undermines judicial independence. 500 words moved by Anne-Laure Mondesert with Dario Thuburn in Warsaw. Video Britain-racism-politics,lead LONDON Prejudice persists in Britain but the country is not "institutionally racist", according to a much-anticipated study by a government commission which triggers a fierce outcry from equality campaigners. 700 words 1430 GMT by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. File picture Greece-EU-migration,SCENE LESBOS ISLAND With memories of the squalid camp of Moria still fresh, residents of the Greek island of Lesbos are exasperated by plans for a new EU-funded permanent facility. 500 words 1700 GMT by Chantal Valery. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-prisoners,WRAP ZAWIYAH, Libya Authorities in western Libya release 120 fighters from a rival eastern force, the latest sign of rapprochement in a UN-backed peace process following a decade of war and chaos. 400 words 1700 GMT. Picture Egypt-shipping-Suez-transport,FOCUS CAIRO The near week-long shutdown of the Suez Canal threw Egypt under an uncomfortable global spotlight, but experts see limited overall fallout for its commercial shipping reputation. 800 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team says, as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramps up. 750 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-wounded,lead MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand Some 50 Myanmar refugees who fled air strikes to neighbouring Thailand have "voluntarily" returned across the border, Thai authorities say, despite reports of continued bombings in their home state. 500 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Thanaporn Promyamyai. Picture. Video. Live video Indonesia-accident-aviation,lead JAKARTA Indonesian investigators find a crashed jet's cockpit voice recorder, which could offer more clues as to why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into the sea more than two months ago just minutes after takeoff, killing all 62 passengers and crew. 450 words moved. Picture. Video China-US-politics-diplomacy,ANALYSIS BEIJING It only took one meeting for hopes of a reset in US-China relations under a Biden presidency to evaporate. Instead, alliances are fast coagulating on either side of an old dividing line: democracy. 750 words moved by Patrick Baert -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Sweden-China-rights-clothing-Uyghurs,3rdlead STOCKHOLM Sweden's H&M says it wants to regain the trust of people in China after a boycott over its decision to stop sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, but it comes under renewed fire on Chinese social media. 500 words moved by Helene Dauschy Russia-retail-e-commerce,FOCUS MOSCOW Kristina draws closed the purple curtain of the changing room at her nearest Wildberries location, emerging moments later to twirl in a black dress with the label still attached. 700 words moved by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-music-Glastonbury-livestream,lead LONDON The Glastonbury Festival announces a livestreamed concert featuring Coldplay in May at its famous farm site in England, after the pandemic led to the blockbuster event's cancellation for the second consecutive summer. 550 words 1530 GMT by Callum Paton. File picture afp
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