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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer to apply for early vaccine approval + Trump faces growing Republican pushback + Airlines 'need $80 bln bailout' + Arrest in Berlin over suspected cannibalism + Rome bar shuts out virus chat Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech say they will seek approval to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early as surging infections force New York to shut schools and California braces for nighttime curfews. 800 words 1430 GMT by Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump faces growing pushback from fellow Republicans for resisting Joe Biden's election victory, as the US president meets with Michigan lawmakers in what may be an unprecedented bid to overturn the will of voters. 600 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-aviation-IATA,2ndlead PARIS Airlines need up to another $80 billion to survive, the head of the industry's trade association warns, as many countries tighten restrictions to confront another wave of coronavirus infections. 400 words 1430 GMT by Sonia Wolf Germany-crime-cannibalism BERLIN German police arrest a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found a pile of bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb. 300 words moved Health-virus-Italy-offbeat ROME The message is clear from the hand-written poster above the counter -- all talk of coronavirus, lockdowns or virology in this Rome bar is strictly forbidden. 450 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Denmark-agriculture-minks,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark's mink farmers are mourning what they say is the death of their industry after a government order to cull all of their stocks over a mutated variant of the new coronavirus. 800 words moved. File picture. Cuba-tourism-economy,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba is reopening its doors to foreign tourists after an eight-month shutdown due to the pandemic, but the cash-strapped communist-run country faces an uphill struggle to woo them back. 600 words 1600 GMT by Katell Abiven. Pictures by Yamil Lage. Video by Maylin Alonso Entertainment-US-television-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK With coronavirus upending every aspect of viewers' lives, some TV shows -- from the obvious medical dramas to sitcoms -- have woven the pandemic into their latest seasons' storylines, but a handful have avoided it altogether. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain with Aurelie Carabin in Paris Also moved: Health-virus-superspreading-transmission,FOCUS Health-virus-treatment-remdesivir-WHO,lead Health-virus-treatments,FACT -- EUROPE -- WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial-history,FACTS NUREMBERG, Germany On November 20, 1945, the first international trial in history opened in Nuremberg, Germany, forcing 21 senior Nazi officials to face justice for the first time. 750 words moved. File picture Also moving: WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-ceasefire,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan says its troops entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of brutal fighting in the region. 800 words 1500 by Emil Guliyev and Andrey Borodulin in Nagorno-Karabakh. Picture. Video. Graphic UE-fishing-France-Britain,FOCUS ROSCOFF, France French fishermen who depend on the riches of UK waters fear for their livelihoods from Brexit, but so do their British counterparts who land their catch in the Brittany port of Roscoff for sale in the European market. 500 words 1600 GMT by Sandra Ferrer. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-lifestyle-privacy-Apple,lead SAN FRANCISCO Apple says it will press ahead with mobile software changes that limit tracking for targeted advertising -- a move that has prompted complaints from Facebook and others. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR US President Donald Trump takes part in an Asia-Pacific summit as he pushes on with challenges to his election loss, a day after Xi Jinping used the forum to hail China's growing economic clout. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-education-protest,FOCUS BANGKOK A mild-mannered teenage girl with owl glasses, a bob haircut and daisies painted on her fingernails is not your typical school troublemaker. But in the eyes of Thailand's ultra-conservative school system, Benjamaporn "Ploy" Nivas is cast as a rebel for daring to show a whiff of individuality. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin and Tossapol Chaisamritpol. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict-US-aid,FOCUS DUBAI Indications that the US is considering declaring Yemen's Huthi rebels a "terrorist organisation" have alarmed humanitarian groups who say it could cripple aid delivery and tip the country into famine. 800 words moved by Sarah Stewart UAE-politics-social,FOCUS DUBAI The United Arab Emirates, a Gulf powerhouse home to millions of foreign residents, has revamped an array of laws in a social liberalisation drive designed to burnish its progressive brand. 650 words moved by Dana Moukhallati -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP BAHIR DAR Tigray forces fire rockets at a neighbouring state heightening fears the internal conflict could spread to other parts of the country a day after Ethiopia said its forces are closing in on the dissident region's capital Mekele. 700 words 1630 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Uganda-unrest-politics,WRAP KAMPALA At least thirty-seven people die in violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, marking a particularly violent start to the country's presidential election season. 600 words moved by Grace Matsiko. Picture. Video. France-Africa-Russia-Turkey-media,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia and Turkey of seeking to promote anti-French sentiment in Africa by funding people who whip up resentment against France in the media. 550 words 1600 GMT -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Tottenham's title credentials face a thorough examination when they host Manchester City as the Premier League returns on Saturday after the international break. 750 words moved by Kieran Canning Fbl-ENG-dementia-Rooney LONDON England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney says children should be banned from heading the ball, following the example of the United States, to reduce the chances of getting dementia later in life. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-music-BTS,WRAP SEOUL Tens of millions of fans around the world race to listen to the latest offering from BTS, as the K-pop sensation drop their highly anticipated new album to a deluge of excitement. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video France-Mali-music-celebrity-culture,INTERVIEW PARIS The most listened to French artist in the world, 25-year-old Aya Nakamura has released her third album with dizzying success. 400 words moved. Picture. Video. Entertainment-US-music-Latin-Grammys,WRAP MIAMI Mexican pop-rock folk singer Natalia Lafourcade takes home the coveted Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, at a socially distanced gala where high hopes for reggaeton fell short. 500 words 0530 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- CAfrica-crime-belief,FOCUS BANGUI In the reeds on the banks of the Ubangui River, fishermen are finding grossly mutilated corpses wrapped in sackcloth, the results, some say, of rough justice dispensed by "talimbi" crocodile men. 750 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video afp
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