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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US presidential vote on knife edge + Ethiopia orders military to 'liberate' north + US formally quits Paris climate deal + Maradona brain clot surgery a 'success' + Chink found in coral-eating starfish armour US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans wake up not knowing who the next US president will be as votes are still being counted in six key states that could swing the bitterly contested election to Republican incumbent Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden. 900 words 1430 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-results,POINTS US-vote-results,FACTS Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia orders the military to "liberate" the restive northern Tigray region after accusing its ruling party of staging a deadly attack on a camp housing federal troops. 850 words 1500 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video. Graphic US-climate-politics WASHINGTON The United States formally leaves the Paris accord, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact as the fate of its presidential election hangs in the balance 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed Fbl-Maradona-ARG-health,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentine football great Diego Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic in Buenos Aires, his doctor says. 550 words 1600 GMT. File picture. Picture Climate-environment-corals PARIS The discovery that coral-eating starfish are late risers and feed mostly at night could help slow the decline of the Great Barrier Reef and other shallow-water corals already ravaged by global warming, scientists report. 500 words moved by Eleonore Hughes and Marlowe Hood -- US ELECTION -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON World stocks push higher despite the US election outcome being clouded by huge uncertainty and the possibility the result may be disputed in court. 650 words 1500 GMT by Ben Perry US-vote-Congress,FOCUS WASHINGTON Despite retaining the House of Representatives, the path for Democrats to flip control of the US Senate narrows sharply after two key Republicans facing tough reelection battles claim victory. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes US-vote-Biden-Wilmington-politics,SCENE WILMINGTON, Delaware Joe Biden's supporters turned up hoping for a victory party. They left none the wiser as Biden told them he was confident of defeating Donald Trump -- but urged patience, with the nail-biting contest hanging in the balance. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-WhiteHouse,SCENE US-vote-polls,SCENE US-vote-IT-internet,FOCUS US-climate-politics,FOCUS Also moving: US-vote-Bush-Gore,FACTS -- VIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy prepares for an overnight curfew, joining a host of other European nations in imposing new restrictions to try to halt a dramatic upsurge of coronavirus cases across the continent. 650 words 1600 GMT Joseph Boyle. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Belgium-police,SCENE BRUSSELS Cruising the streets of Brussels in the dead of night, police patrols are looking for shops or clandestine parties that are violating the city's antivirus curfew. 550 words moved by Julien Girault. Video. Picture Health-virus-Spain,FOCUS MADRID With coronavirus infections rising, Spain's central government is under pressure to follow the example of other European nations and impose a new national shutdown. 600 words 1530 GMT by Daniel Silva. File picture Health-virus-France-books,FOCUS PARIS First, bookstores across literature-obsessed France were ordered to close in a fresh lockdown seeking to curb a rapid rise in coronavirus cases. A few days later, bibliophiles were dealt a further blow as the government banned supermarkets, too, from selling books in a bid to parry claims of unfair competition. 700 words 1500 GMT by Joelle Garrus. Picture -- EUROPE -- Austria-attack,WRAP VIENNA Questions mount in Austria about how a convicted Islamic State sympathiser was able to carry out the deadly gun rampage in the heart of the capital Vienna. 700 words 1700 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Also moving: Austria-attack-religion-Judaism,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,lead TUBAS, Palestinian Territories Israel's army demolishes the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank, officials and witnesses say, in a rare operation targeting an entire community at once. 500 words 1500 GMT by Jaafar Ashtiyeh. Picture Saudi-labour-rights,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia says it will ease key restrictions on millions of foreign workers, as part of plans to reform its long-criticised labour policy. 650 words 1400 GMT. File picture -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Two Ivory Coast government supporters are killed and a minister's convoy hit by gunfire as tensions build over President Alassane Ouattara's contested reelection. 600 words 1430 GMT by Patrick Fort. Picture Sudan-fashion-gender,VIDEOESSAY KHARTOUM In a move that would have been almost unthinkable under ousted Islamist president Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese designers organise a series of mixed-gender fashion shows to present their new lines. 400 words moved. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-drugs LOS ANGELES Oregon becomes the first US state to decriminalize hard drugs, including the possession of small amounts of heroin and cocaine, and to legalize access to "magic mushrooms" for therapeutic use. 500 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Eta slowed to tropical storm speeds as it pummeled Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighboring Honduras while unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours. 700 words moved by Inti Ocon. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- US-vote-IT-transport-labor,FOCUS WASHINGTON The gig economy and ride-hailing firms like Uber survive a key test as California voters approve a referendum preserving their use of contractor-drivers and opening the door to a wider adoption of that labor model. 700 words 1530 GMT China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,WRAP SHANGHAI China's shock, last-minute decision to suspend the record-breaking IPO of fintech giant Ant Group hammers the share price of founder Jack Ma's e-commerce titan Alibaba and leaves investors reeling. 700 words moved by Dan Martin with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong. Picture. Graphic Also moved: China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,FACTS China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO-investors,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's "mom and pop" investors had been looking forward to an instant jackpot via Ant Group's record-busting $34 billion IPO. Instead, China's shock suspension of the listing has left them baffled and angry. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO-Ma,PROFILE BEIJING Jack Ma, the ebullient and unconventional billionaire founder of tech giant Alibaba, now finds himself battling the ignominy of having the world's biggest ever IPO halted days before its launch by Chinese regulators. 600 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. File picture. File video Germany-automobile-earnings-BMW,lead FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker BMW warns that new pandemic restrictions will "severely" hit business in the months ahead, even as it reports better than expected third quarter profits. 500 words moved by Ed Frankl -- ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH -- Health-climate-pregnancy PARIS Women exposed to high temperatures and heatwaves during pregnancy are more likely to have premature or stillborn babies, researchers say. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood afp
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