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A handout portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, dominates UK newspapers for a second day after the 42-year-old British royal apologised for editing the image which was pulled by global photo agencies. The Daily Mirror calls it a 'Picture of Chaos', The Daily Mail refers to a 'PR Disaster', while The Sun demands 'Lay Off Kate'. The princess has not been seen in public since attending a Christmas Day church service, and underwent abdominal surgery in January. IMAGES
President Joe Biden is closely "monitoring" rare unrest in China by protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns, the White House says. "He's monitoring this. We all are. So yes, the president is, is certainly staying mindful," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
In downtown Shanghai, people gathered in the streets on Sunday night to protest against the country's zero-Covid policy. In China's biggest metropolis, police tried to move people away from the site of an earlier demonstration on Wulumuqi street, named after the Mandarin for Urumqi, the capital of northwestern Xinjiang region. A deadly fire there last week has become a catalyst for public anger. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden has been briefed and will be updated throughout the day on the concerning news out of the United Kingdom about Queen Elizabeth's health. "His and the first lady's thoughts are with the queen and the family today," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's emerging diseases lead, says that monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries can be contained and human-to-human transmission of the virus stopped. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden says the United States will "never just accept living with Covid," as he uses his State of the Union address to rally weary Americans facing their third year of the pandemic. SOUNDBITE
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