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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Joe Biden on cusp of White House victory + Europe virus 'explosion,' England locks down + Ethiopia escalates fight against northern region + Kosovo leader quits to face war crimes court + Whale sculpture saves runaway Dutch train US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The nail-biting US election is on the cusp of finally producing a winner, with Democrat Joe Biden solidifying his lead over President Donald Trump and the decisive state of Pennsylvania set to release results. 850 words 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP LONDON England is the latest European country to enter a second coronavirus lockdown as the continent becomes the region with the most infections and the WHO talks of an "explosion" of cases. 750 words 1930 GMT by Jitendra Joshi with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's military says it is at "war" with the ruling party of the country's northern Tigray region, as troops reportedly amass at the region's borders. 700 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Pictures. Video. Graphic Kosovo-politics-warcrimes-court-Thaci,WRAP PRISTINA Kosovo president and former guerilla leader Hashim Thaci resigns to face a war crimes court in The Hague, a dramatic downfall for a man who has loomed over the former Serbian province for more than a decade. 500 words moved by Zana Cimili. Picture. Video Also moved: Kosovo-politcs-warcrimes-court-Thaci,PROFILE Kosovo-politics-warcrimes-court-Thaci-Serbia-conflict,FACTS Netherlands-transport-accident-art-offbeat SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail. 500 words moved by Sara Magniette. Picture. Video -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-paths,POINTS WASHINGTON The US presidential election could be settled Thursday as a handful of battleground states complete their vote counts. 650 words moved US-vote-ballots,SCENE ATLANTA, Georgia With the world watching, workers in masks and gloves stand before folding tables and stacks of paper for a task that could almost seem mundane: Counting votes that will decide the cliffhanger US election. 600 words 2030 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta with Sebastien Vuagnat in Las Vegas. Pictures. Video. Graphic US-vote-count-mail,FOCUS WASHINGTON The exceedingly slow grind of counting mailed votes, many by hand, heightens the suspense over the tight race for the US presidency between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. 650 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video. Live video US-vote-media-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Every four years, an American tradition is to watch the presidential election results roll in on one of several news networks, which project the winners by state. But in this year's tight battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden tightens, media "decision desks" have been caught in a storm. 550 words 2030 GMT by Rob Lever and Thomas Urbain US-vote-campaign-financing,FOCUS NEW YORK America's 2020 campaigns cost some $14 billion, a record sum showing that parties are increasingly willing to spend big on races to express visceral opposition to their rivals -- even when their chances are slim. 700 words 2000 GMT by Catherine Triomphe US-vote-fraud,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON Allegations of fraud and foul play in the 2020 election spread across the internet as officials count ballots in battleground states that will determine the outcome of the closely fought vote between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. 650 words moved Also moved: US-vote-Trump,FACTCHECK -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-EU-eurozone-economy,2ndlead BRUSSELS A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a nascent recovery in Europe, the EU says, warning that the economy will not return to pre-virus normality before 2023. 450 words moved by Alex Pigman. Video. Picture. Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-politics,2ndlead Health-virus-Britain-rate-economy-BoE Health-virus-Britain-politics-employment Health-virus-Britain-business,FOCUS Health-virus-France-government PARIS Paris will order food shops to close at 10:00 pm and outlaw nighttime food deliveries and alcohol sales, officials say, hoping to prevent people gathering at some restaurants and grocery stores despite a new coronavirus lockdown. 550 word moved by Mariette Le Roux and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Weather-Centram-Eta,WRAP TEGUCIGALPA The death toll from hurricane Eta rises to at least eight as it spins itself out into a tropical depression in Central America, while rising floodwaters and a wake of destruction in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala left thousands without shelter. 600 words 2000 GMT by Noe Leiva. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Vatican-religion-pope-finance VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has blunted the powers of the Vatican department involved in a controversial London property deal and ordered all ties cut with a suspect investment fund, his spokesman says. 350 words moved -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote-unrest ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's ruling party dismisses as a "non-event" a call by an exiled ex-rebel chief for the army to disobey President Alassane Ouattara and join the opposition after a disputed election. 600 words moved by David Esnault and Patrick Fort Tanzania-vote DODOMA John Magufuli is sworn in for his second term as president of Tanzania after a landslide election victory dismissed by the political opposition as a sham. 400 words moved. Pictures -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA France-attack-Tunisia-jihadists,FOCUS TUNIS The killing of three people at a church in France has focused attention on extremism in the suspected attacker's native Tunisia, where political instability has hobbled efforts to tackle radicalisation. 650 words moved by Kaouther Larbi -- ASIA -- Myanmar-vote-Rohingya-army-rights,FOCUS NAYPYIDAW As Aung San Suu Kyi is vilified internationally for denying genocide against the Rohingya, her opponents in this week's election in Myanmar are ramping up the rhetoric against the Muslim minority. 650 words moved by Hla-Hla Htay and Richard Sargent. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-economy-bank-rate-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON With America's knife-edge election yet to be called, the US Federal Reserve restates its pledge to use all its tools to help the economy recovery from the hit from the coronavirus pandemic, but does not announce any new measures. 650 words 2130 GMT by Heather Scott US-automobile-earnings-GM, WRAP NEW YORK America's love of big autos translate into blowout quarterly results for General Motors, which also benefited from recovering sales in China following a big hit amid the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 2200 GMT by John Biers China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,FOCUS SHANGHAI China's last-minute abandonment of Ant Group's record-breaking IPO is part of an intensifying battle for the soul of the nation's financial system that the fintech giant and its charismatic leader Jack Ma helped ignite. 800 words moved by Dan Martin with Beiyi Seow in Beijing Japan-technology-gaming-Nintendo-earnings,WRAP TOKYO Japanese gaming giant Nintendo says its first-half net profit soared 243.6 percent on-year as it upgraded its full-year sales and profit forecasts, with coronavirus lockdowns driving extraordinary demand. 600 words moved. 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