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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 6 08 90 65 24 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump briefly alludes to election defeat + UK PM in virus isolation, new US curbs + SpaceX rocket blasts off with four astronauts + Power vacuum in Peru as president quits + Syrian foreign minister and regime stalwart dies US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has yet to admit defeat in the US election. But with a word here, a slip there, he is raising the prospect ever more plainly. 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-Trump-Dominion,Q&A Health-virus,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes into isolation after a contact tests positive for the coronavirus, while the United States' third-biggest city, Chicago, comes under stay-at-home orders against America's spiralling infections. 650 words 1100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON Four astronauts successfully launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne. Graphic. Picture Peru-politics-demonstration,WRAP LIMA Peru is without a president after Congress fails to agree on a successor to interim leader Manuel Merino, who resigned following days of street protests against him. 700 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Syria-politics-diplomacy,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, a stalwart of Bashar al-Assad's regime who held his job through a decade of conflict and several reshuffles, has died at the age of 79. 500 words 1000 GMT. File picture. File video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who survived intensive care after contracting Covid-19 earlier this year, insists he is as "fit as a butcher's dog" despite being forced into self-isolation after one of his MPs tested positive. 600 words 1030 GMT by James Pheby. File picture. Video US-France-diplomacy-vote PARIS France's Emmanuel Macron will be forced to walk a diplomatic tightrope when he hosts US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump, for talks while at the same time seeking to build relations with President-elect Joe Biden. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Moldova-vote,WRAP CHISINAU Pro-European challenger Maia Sandu wins Moldova's presidential election as pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon concedes defeat. 700 words 1030 GMT by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Iota has rapidly strengthened into a "dangerous" Category Four as it heads towards Central America, the US National Hurricane Center warns, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200 dead or missing. 600 words moved by Julia Rios. Picture. Graphic Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Traditional center-right and right-wing parties emerge as winners in the first round of local elections in Brazil, though far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's favorite candidates take a beating in the big cities. 750 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-Afghanistan-conflict-Islam,FOCUS AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taliban leaders, revelling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan's battlefields after graduating from Darul Uloom Haqqania, which critics have dubbed the "university of jihad". 800 words moved by David Stout and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video Vietnam-food-health-economy,FEATURE HANOI Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat. 800 words moved by Alice Philipson and Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video Japan-economy-GDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's economy exits recession in the third quarter, growing a better-than-expected 5.0 percent, government data shows, following a record contraction. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugees,FOCUS UM RAQUBA CAMP, Sudan In a dusty and sun-baked wasteland, Sudanese workers start to build huts for nearly 25,000 Ethiopian refugees who have so far fled the war in the neighbouring Tigray region. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-diplomacy-UN-Tunisia,WRAP GAMMARTH, Tunisia UN-led talks aimed at appointing an executive to help lead Libya out of a decade of conflict ended without discussing names, the world body says. 500 words moved. Video Libya-conflict-rights,FOCUS TARHUNA, Libya A year ago armed men took Mohamed al-Magri's son for questioning as fighting raged around the Libyan capital, and now he fears Haitham was killed and buried in a mass grave. 700 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UN-US,INTERVIEW GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories The worst financial crisis in the history of the UN organisation for Palestinian refugees could lead to "disaster" in the Gaza Strip and insecurity in Lebanon, the agency chief warns. 500 words 1200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories At sunrise in Gaza, the strip's coastal path begins to fill up with pedestrians, as growing numbers of Palestinians have taken up walking to relieve stress trapped inside the Israel-blockaded enclave. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Iraq-shisha-health,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq Iraq's Karbala is known as a religious pilgrimage site, visited by millions of worshippers, but shisha-smokers revere it for a different reason: its signature wooden waterpipes. 550 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Britain-Africa-government LONDON Progress in good governance has slowed across Africa as commitment to democracy and civil rights has faltered, a major report says. 600 words 1100 GMT -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Bach-IOC,WRAP TOKYO Olympic chief Thomas Bach says he is "very, very confident" spectators will attend next year's Tokyo Games, as he kicks off a visit aimed at boosting momentum for the pandemic-postponed event. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-Hamilton-people,FOCUS PARIS Lewis Hamilton joins Michael Schumacher as the most successful driver in Formula One's history - yet despite all the acclaim, the seven-time world champion divides opinion. 600 words moved by Raphaelle Peltier. Picture Golf-Masters-Johnson AUGUSTA Dustin Johnson proves to himself he can hold a last-day lead to win a major, taking the Masters title he most desired. And the world number one is just getting started. 550 words moved by Jim Slater. Picture Cricket-AUS-IND-Waugh,INTERVIEW SYDNEY Australian great Steve Waugh has long held a deep affection for India, first touring the country in 1986. But his experiences were all too often fleeting glimpses, before he got the chance to return and photograph everyday cricket in the sport's powerhouse. 700 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture Box-USA-Mayweather-Japan TOKYO Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring with a fight in Tokyo in February 2021, organisers say, but who he will fight and under what rules is left unclear. 350 words moved afp
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