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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Rocket attack kills eight in Afghan capital + G20 stresses global Covid-19 vaccine access + Ethiopia claims advances in Tigray region + Twitter to hand presidential account to Biden Afghanistan-conflict-explosions,WRAP KABUL At least eight people are killed when a barrage of rockets strikes densely populated parts of Kabul, the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital. 700 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi and Emal Haidary. Picture. Video. Graphic G20-summit,WRAP RIYADH G20 nations emphasise the need for global access to coronavirus vaccines at the start of a Saudi-hosted virtual summit dominated by efforts to tackle the pandemic and the worst global recession in decades. 750 words 1930 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Also moved: G20-summit-Saudi-diplomacy-economy-rights-US Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's government claims advances in its battle against the dissident Tigray region, while showing no signs of bowing to international pressure for a halt to the conflict that has caused tens of thousands to flee and raised fears of a humanitarian disaster. 750 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video US-vote-Twitter-Biden-Trump,lead WASHINGTON Twitter confirms it will hand over the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump has not conceded defeat. 300 words moved -- G20 Summit -- G20-summit-media,SCENE RIYADH Mask-clad reporters file into a Riyadh ballroom-turned-media centre after mandatory temperature checks, to cover physically a virtual G20 summit originally conceived as a grand coming-out party for host Saudi Arabia. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video. G20-summit-diplomacy,POINTS RIYADH "The whole world is watching," a voice tells Saudi King Salman as he opens the G20 summit, in what might be the year's highest-stakes video call. 650 words moved. -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-ceasefire,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calls for greater military cooperation with Russia, a day after Azerbaijani troops began moving into disputed territory previously held by Armenian separatist forces. 600 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-Johnson,FOCUS LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson's brinkmanship has brought UK-EU talks down to the wire and his choice boils down now to a barebones deal or serious economic disruption in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Germany-politics-Merkel,PROFILE BERLIN In power so long she has been dubbed Germany's "eternal chancellor", Angela Merkel marks 15 years at the helm of Europe's top economic power Sunday with her popularity and public trust scaling new heights as her remaining time in office ticks down. 800 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. File video France-crime,2ndlead Vesoul, France A French court sentences Jonathann Daval to 25 years in prison for killing his wife and then burning her body, in a case that shocked the country. Moved 500 words -- ASIA -- Pakistan-religion-blasphemy,WRAP LAHORE Massive crowds of maskless mourners gather in Lahore for the funeral of hardline Pakistani cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who for years terrorised the country's religious minorities, incited riots and advocated the destruction of European nations in the name of fighting blasphemy. 800 words moved by Kaneez Fatima with David Stout in Islamabad. Picture. Video Taiwan-China-entertainment-film-GoldenHorse TAIPEI Two Hong Kong films that cast an uncomfortable spotlight on China win accolades at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, as the island stages its largest film festival after successfully containing the coronavirus. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-protest-royals-education BANGKOK Thousands of high school students upset about Thailand's lacklustre education system rally alongside protestors dressed as dancing dinosaurs in Bangkok. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-US,WRAP DOHA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, but there is no announcement of any breakthrough as Washington accelerates its military withdrawal. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video US-Israel-espionage-politics-crime,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday welcomes the US' termination of strict parole conditions on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the US in 1985 for spying for Israel. 400 words moved. US-Mideast-diplomacy-Pompeo,FOCUS ABU DHABI What's Donald Trump's top diplomat to do when allies have turned the page and are waiting for Joe Biden but the president refuses to concede? 800 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,SCENE GEDAREF, Sudan At a sprawling refugee reception centre in Sudan, Ethiopians who fled the deadly Tigray conflict queue haphazardly outside a school-turned-relief facility to receive handouts of food, water and clothing. 650 words moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. Vide -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Chelsea climb to the top of the Premier League for the first time in more than two years with a convincing 2-0 win at Newcastle, while Brighton survived late penalty controversy to secure their first ever victory at Aston Villa. 600 words by Steve Griffiths moved Tennis-ATP-GBR-Finals LONDON Dominic Thiem ends world number one Novak Djokovic's hopes of equalling Roger Federer's record of six titles at the ATP Finals with a dramatic three-set win in the last-four. 600 words by John Weaver 2000GMT Picture afp
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