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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Scramble for votes on US election eve + New virus curbs in Europe as cases soar + Philippines typhoon kills 16 + Verdict due in Johnny Depp libel case + 'Baby Shark' most watched YouTube video US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The US presidential campaign enters its final day with a last-minute scramble for votes by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, drawing to a close an extraordinary race that has put a pandemic-stricken country on edge. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany leads a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered anger and frustration, while the Covid-19 crisis deepens in the United States. 700 words 1100 GMT by Hui Min Neo with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Philippines-weather-typhoon,WRAP MANILA The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroys tens of thousands of homes and kills at least 16 people, officials say, as communications to the worst-hit areas remain cut off. 550 words 1100 GMT by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp is set to learn if he has won his libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for branding him a "wife-beater" in a case that laid bare his chaotic lifestyle. 600 words 1100 GMT by James Pheby. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-US-court-media-Depp,PROFILE Britain-US-court-media-Depp,POINTS SKorea-YouTube-music-entertainment-internet SEOUL The wildly infectious and relentlessly repetitive children's song "Baby Shark" becomes the most-watched YouTube video, with more than seven billion plays. 250 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON All his life, the only constant about Donald Trump has been that everything must be about Donald Trump. "I alone can fix it," the president has said -- and, on Tuesday, Americans vote in what amounts to a referendum on the 74-year-old's brazen claim. 2200 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-Biden,PROFILE WASHINGTON He has suffered profound personal tragedy and seen his earlier political ambitions thwarted, but veteran Democrat Joe Biden hopes his pledge to unify Americans will deliver him the presidency after nearly half a century in Washington. 1500 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-states,FACTS US-vote-ElectoralCollege,FACTS US-vote-Biden-politics,SCENE -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS France honours the teacher beheaded in front of his school by a suspected Islamist radical, as millions of students returned to classes after the autumn break with the country on edge after a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara looks set for re-election after a weekend vote marred by clashes and an opposition boycott to protest over his bid for a contested third term. 600 words 1130 GMT by Patrick Markey. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria is expected to announce the result of a referendum on a revised constitution after a historically low turnout in a vote that was meant to appease the anti-government protest movement. 500 words 1200 GMT Yemen-conflict-history-culture,FOCUS SHIBAM, Yemen Dubbed the "Manhattan of the desert" for its centuries-old adobe skyscrapers, Yemen's ancient city of Shibam escaped damage in the civil war -- but faces collapse from disrepair amid rains and floods. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Morocco-environment-agriculture-drought,FOCUS AGADIR, Morocco Parched fields stretch as far as the eye can see on plains overlooking Agadir in southwestern Morocco, as precious water resources are diverted from the drought-hit agricultural heartland to households. 700 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. Video Israel-UAE-diplomacy-business,FOCUS DUBAI If you had asked Israeli businessman Yehonatan Ben Hamozeg earlier this year where he'd be pitching his palm tree saving technology in October, there was no chance he would have said the United Arab Emirates. 850 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Mexico-culture,lead MEXICO CITY In Mexico death is usually a cause for celebration during the Day of the Dead festival, but this year parades have been canceled and many cemeteries were closed due to the pandemic. 550 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video Canada-crime-stabbing,WRAP QUEBEC CITY A sword-wielding attacker dressed in medieval costume who killed two people and injured five others in a Halloween rampage on Saturday night in Quebec was "not associated with a terrorist group," Canadian police say. 600 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video afp
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