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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Boeing grounds 777s after engine fire + Myanmar protesters defy military threat + Biden to mark 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths + Italian ambassador killed in DRC attack + French dance superstars Daft Punk split US-aviation-Boeing-incident, WRAP NEW YORK Boeing confirms that dozens of its 777 aircraft were grounded worldwide, while Britain announces a temporary ban on those jets following a weekend scare involving a United Airlines plane in Colorado. 800 words 2200 GMT by John Biers and Juliette Michel Also moving: US-aviation-Boeing,Q&A Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Hundreds of thousands of anti-coup protesters defiantly rally across Myanmar despite a clear threat from the junta that it was prepared to use lethal force to crush what it branded as "anarchy". 750 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Myanmar-coup,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden will lead a remembrance ceremony marking the dark milestone of 500,000 American Covid-19 deaths, but plans for easing the lockdown in Britain and a surge in vaccinations worldwide prompt optimism. 800 words 2100 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic DRCongo-unrest-Italy,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo is among three people killed in an ambush of a UN convoy in the country's troubled east -- an attack that the DRC blames on a notorious Rwandan Hutu rebel group. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: DRCongo-unrest-Italy-east,FACTS Entertainment-France-music-dance,WRAP PARIS One of the era's defining dancefloor acts hangs up their helmets, as electronic music stars Daft Punk announce their retirement in typically enigmatic fashion with a video showing one of them exploding in a desert. 700 words 2030 GMT by Eric Randolph. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-France-music-dance -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sets out a four-step plan to ease coronavirus restrictions, expressing hope that life could get back to normal by the end of June. 750 words moved by Joe Jackson and James Pheby. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-minorities,FOCUS Health-virus-rights-UN,lead GENEVA The United Nations harshly criticises countries that are using the pandemic to justify cracking down on dissent and suppressing criticism. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Also moved: Health-virus-WHO-vaccines -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK The US Supreme Court allows the release of Donald Trump's tax records to prosecutors, rejecting a last-ditch bid by the former president's lawyers to keep them secret. 600 words 2000 GMT by Peter Hutchison US-politics-justice-Garland,Lead WASHINGTON Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland calls the January 6 attack by Trump supporters on the US Capitol "heinous" and says fighting domestic extremism will be his "first priority." 700 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture -- EUROPE -- EU-diplomacy-Russia-Myanmar-Venezuela-US-sanctions,WRAP BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers agree to impose sanctions on Russian officials for the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and to target Myanmar's military over its seizure of power, the bloc's top envoy says. 800 words moved by Max Delany. Video. Picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear-politics-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the Islamic republic could boost uranium enrichment to 60 percent if needed, defiantly vowing to "not back down on the nuclear issue". 750 words moved. Picture. Video Algeria-politics-protest,WRAP ALGIERS Thousands march in Algeria's capital and other cities to mark the second anniversary of the "Hirak" protest movement that forced long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. 600 words moved by Abdelhafid Daamache with Philippe Agret in Paris. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-UN-rights BEIJING Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet is a "shining example" of China's human rights progress, Foreign Minister Wang Yi says,as other countries mull actions over its repression of Uighurs. 650 words moved. Video. HongKong-China-politics,lead HONG KONG A top Chinese official outlines plans to ensure only "patriots" run Hong Kong as Beijing seeks to neuter any remaining democratic opposition and take a more direct role in how the business hub is run. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Australia-animal-shark,FOCUS CROWDY BAY NATIONAL PARK, New South Wales The first rule of Bite Club is you talk to Dave Pearson, a shark attack survivor who connects hundreds of people from around the world to support each other "beyond the bite". 850 words moved by Andrew Leeson. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- Australia-US-Internet-Media-Facebook-NewsCorp,FOCUS SYDNEY Australia's push to regulate tech giants has become a power struggle between two of the world's most powerful men, with Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg locked in a generational battle for media dominance. 750 words moved by Andrew Beatty Brazil-economy-oil-politics,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Shares in Brazilian state oil company Petrobras plummet after President Jair Bolsonaro changed the company's chief executive, fueling fears he will try to block further energy price hikes as he eyes re-election next year. 550 words 2000 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Norway-art-museum OSLO A mysterious inscription on Edvard Munch's famed painting 'The Scream' has baffled the art world for years, but Norwegian experts have now concluded it was written by none other than the artist himself. 300 words moved Lifestyle-France-theatre-history PALACE OF VERSAILLES, France Pandemic or not, it's a theatre space that very rarely sees an audience: Marie-Antoinette's personal playhouse in the grounds of Versailles is a fragile historical gem in need of delicate care. 400 words moved by Rana Massaoui. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic MELBOURNE Not content with challenging Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the men's Grand Slams record, Novak Djokovic has Serena Williams and Margaret Court in his sights after claiming an astonishing ninth Australian Open title. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-five,POINTS afp
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