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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar army stages coup, detains Suu Kyi + Russia looks to jail Navalny for years + Blizzard brings chaos to eastern US + EU secures extra vaccines amid supply crunch + 'Westworld' star accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military seizes power in a bloodless coup, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency -- moves that spark global outrage and calls for the generals to immediately backtrack. 900 words 2130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Myanmar-politics-army-coup,REAX Also moved: Myanmar-politics-army-democracy,Q&A Myanmar-politics-army,COUNTRYFACTFILE Myanmar-politics-army-coup,FACTS Russia-politics-protests-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian prosecutors back a request to imprison opposition leader Alexei Navalny for several years on old embezzlement charges, after police detained a record number of anti-Kremlin protesters across the country. 600 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-protests-Navalny-EU-France-diplomacy,FOCUS US-weather-storm NEW YORK A huge snowstorm brings chaos to the United States east coast, canceling thousands of flights, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations as New York steels itself for possibly one of its heaviest snowfalls ever. 550 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union defends its troubled vaccination programme, insisting that renewed pledges for deliveries of jabs will make up for a production shortfall. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-rollout,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Entertainment-US-abuse-EvanRachelWood-MarilynManson,lead NEW YORK "Westworld" star Evan Rachel Wood accuses goth industrial rock icon Marilyn Manson of being a "dangerous man" who subjected her to years of abuse starting when she was a teenager. 600 words 1930 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture -- MYANMAR COUP -- Myanmar-army-coup,SCENE YANGON There was panic-buying of food, military roadblocks in the capital Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro-army rally in Yangon in the hours after a coup in Myanmar. But there was also quiet anger simmering among those whose hopes for the country's democratic future have been stolen. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Live Video. Myanmar-politics-army-general,PROFILE YANGON After taking credit for restoring Myanmar's democracy but then watching the military get smashed in elections, the country's top general Min Aung Hlaing has seized power just months away from official retirement. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-army-coup-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Myanmar's military coup has reversed what President Joe Biden saw as a key diplomatic achievement when he was last in government -- and this time the options available are even more limited. 650 words 2200 GMT by Shaun Tandon -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-China GENEVA The World Health Organization blasts critics of its Covid-19 pandemic origins investigation and challenges those claiming to know better to come forward with the smoking gun. 600 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-SAfrica,3rdlead PRETORIA South Africa takes delivery of its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines as President Cyril Ramaphosa declares the country has "passed the peak" of its second coronavirus wave. 500 words 2000 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Health-virus-Germany-vaccine,FOCUS BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts high-stakes talks with EU officials and Covid-19 vaccine makers as fury grows over the continent's sluggish inoculation campaign. 650 words 2000 GMT by Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-hospital Health-virus-WHO-LongCovid,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden will meet a group of Republican senators who have proposed an alternative to his massive Covid-19 relief plan, but their measure excludes key programs Democrats consider essential. 650 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein US-politics-impeachment-attorney,FOCUS WASHINGTON Former US president Donald Trump has recruited two new lawyers honed in high-profile criminal cases for his impeachment defense one week before he goes on trial in the US Senate for incitement to insurrection. 650 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley US-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Donald Trump announces he has picked two lawyers to head his defense team days before his historic second impeachment trial, as Republicans brace for a battle over the future of their party. 700 words moved by Ben Sheppard. File picture US-police-crime,2ndlead NEW YORK A nine-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage shows, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country's law enforcement. 400 words moved. Video -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Kosovo-diplomacy-Serbia,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic ties, with the Muslim-majority territory recognising Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital, putting it at odds with the rest of the Islamic world. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Afghanistan-US-Iran-conflict-diplomacy TEHRAN The Taliban says in Tehran that it will continue its "fight and jihad" if foreign troops do not withdraw from Afghanistan by May 2021, as agreed with the US. 450 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest, WRAP MOGADISHU At least five people are killed in an hours-long attack by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants on a Mogadishu hotel, in which a top military general was killed, Somali police say. 450 words moved. Video. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-refugee-conflict,FOCUS MAI AINI REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia They've survived gun battles, attempted abductions, attacks by angry militiamen and days-long treks to safety with nothing to eat but moringa leaves. But Eritrean refugees caught up in Ethiopia's northern conflict fear their suffering may not be over. 950 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG Detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is ordered to remain in jail while judges consider his fresh bail application, the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- China-environment-carbon-energy BEIJING China launches a carbon trading system designed to drive down emissions, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS AND TECH -- Japan-technology-gaming-Nintendo-earnings,WRAP TOKYO Japanese gaming giant Nintendo reports bumper results, with unprecedented demand soaring as virus lockdowns boost the sector. 550 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Sundance,FOCUS LOS ANGELES When Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald created documentary "Life in a Day" a decade ago, their goal was to construct a video portrait of a typical 24 hours on Earth, as filmed by tens of thousands of amateurs around the world. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPORTS -- fbl-Eng-Pr-transfers,WRAP London Liverpool are closing on defensive reinforcements as the clock ticks down to the end of a quiet Premier League transfer window, clubs hamstrung by the coronavirus and new Brexit rules. 700 words moved by John Weaver afp
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