Five stories to know for March 29: The ship blocking the Suez Canal is partially refloating, Derek Chauvin goes on trial for George Floyd's death, people take to the streets in Myanmar after the bloodiest day since coup, Biden attacks Georgia’s new voting restrictions and England’s stay-at-home lockdown order ends.

1. A huge container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal for nearly a week has been partially refloated, raising hopes that the busy waterway will soon be reopened for a big backlog of ships.

2. A jury will gather to hear whether the deadly arrest of George Floyd, which ignited a global protest movement, amounts to murder as opening arguments commence in the trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin.

3. Myanmar security forces killed three people in the main city of Yangon on Monday, witnesses and media reported, as activists called on ethnic minority forces in the diverse nation to back their campaign against military rule.

4. Georgia’s sweeping new voting restrictions came under attack, with civil rights groups challenging them in court and President Joe Biden saying the Justice Department was examining what he called an “atrocity” of a law.

5. England’s stay-at-home lockdown order ended on Monday with people allowed to meet up outside in groups of six for the first time in nearly three months.

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