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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + UK rolls out mass Covid vaccinations + EU, Britain bid to salvage Brexit deal + New study reveals Amazon deforestation + Police quell parliament clashes in DR Congo + Everest 'grows' by 86 cm in new measurement Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain becomes the first Western country to start a mass coronavirus vaccine campaign with a pensioner receiving the initial jab, as the number of cases in Europe hits 20 million. 750 words 1630 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain and the European Union announce a pact to regulate complex arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit as both sides ready for a face-to-face showdown to try to salvage a wider trade deal. 710 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Dave Clark. Picture. Video Brazil-environment-Amazon,WRAP SAO PAULO Deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area the size of Spain from 2000 to 2018, wiping out eight percent of the world's biggest rainforest, according to a new study. 550 words 1600 GMT by Paula Ramon. File picture DRCongo-politics, WRAP KINSHASA Police deploy in DR Congo's parliament on the second day of clashes sparked by a crisis between President Felix Tshisekedi and supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila. 600 words 1700 GMT Nepal-China-mountaineering-geology-Everest,2ndlead KATHMANDU The highest point on Earth gets a bit higher as China and Nepal finally agree on a precise elevation for Mount Everest after years of debate. 550 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain,4thlead COVENTRY, United Kingdom Nurses cheer as a 90-year-old grandmother in Britain becomes the first person in the Western world to receive an approved vaccine against Covid-19, at the start of a marathon campaign health officials hope heralds a fight-back against the pandemic. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood, Stuart Graham and Paul Barker. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine WASHINGTON Donald Trump is to issue a decree aimed at giving Americans priority access to US vaccines, with inoculation to begin within days but questions remain whether the United States has enough supplies for the population. 600 words 1600 GMT by Michael Smith with Sebastian Smith in Wilmington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport,FOCUS Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport-timetable,FACTS Health-virus-Germany-vaccine-ethics,FOCUS BERLIN As Germany gears up to inoculate its population against the coronavirus, ethics experts have been given a prominent say over who goes first in a country still scarred by memories of the Nazi or communist dictatorships deciding who gets to live or die. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-UN-refugees,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Northern Ethiopia's Tigray region remains inaccessible more than a week after the declared end of a month of fighting, triggering increasing alarm among aid agencies and the UN, fearful for the plight of civilians and refugees. 650 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic We have also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-refugees-school,FOCUS Senegal-migrants DAKAR In a high-profile cases that turned the spotlight on poverty and parental pressure, a Senegalese court hands down jail terms to three fathers accused of pushing their sons to migrate to Europe by sea, sending them on a trip that left one dead. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-military-space-aviation-Yeager,OBIT WASHINGTON Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than sound and whose gutsy test pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book "The Right Stuff," has died at the age of 97. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-vote-justice-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Humiliation in the courts, witnesses who provide more farce than facts and a chief lawyer battling coronavirus -- Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election are not going well. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-protest-US,WRAP BEIJING China reacts with fury to new US sanctions targeting Chinese officials over the clampdown on Hong Kong, calling the steps "crazy and vile" in a further worsening of relations between the world's superpowers. 650 words 1500 GMT India-politics-farmers,WRAP NEW DELHI Railway tracks and highways are blocked across India as farmers launch a national day of action Tuesday against reforms deregulating the agriculture sector, upping the stakes after 10 days blockading the capital. 600 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video NZealand-mosques-attacks-inquiry,lead WELLINGTON New Zealand police and intelligence services made a string of errors ahead of last year's Christchurch mosques attack, but may not have been able to prevent the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, an inquiry finds. 700 words moved by Neil Sands Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-lifestyle-stock-IPO,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Airbnb and DoorDash make their stock market debut this week, part of a "unicorn parade" capping a busy year for hot startups going public. 650 words 1600 GMT by Glenn Chapman Germany-environment-automobile-Tesla FRANKFURT US automaker Tesla has been forced to suspend forest clearing for a new German plant after environmentalists won an injunction over threats to the habitats of resident lizards and snakes. 400 words moved Lifestyle-Poland-games-Cyberpunk2077,ADVANCER WARSAW The developer of Cyberpunk 2077, the much-delayed video game reported to be one of the most expensive ever made, has promised a "new quality" of experience for users when it finally launches worldwide on Thursday. 650 words moved by Bernard Osser. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-UN-summit,ADVANCER PARIS Five years ago countries agreed a plan to chart humanity's path away from climate catastrophe, with the landmark Paris deal paving the way to a greener, healthier future. Yet things have not gone to plan. 850 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. Graphic Also moved: Climate-UN-summit-emissions,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-energy-disasters,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-youth,FOCUS Climate-UN-summit-economy,FOCUS Colombia-environment-Amazon-animals-Peru,FOCUS -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-RealMadrid-Zidane,lead MADRID Real Madrid value success in the Champions League above all else, but the 13-time champions head into Wednesday's final group game against Borussia Moenchengladbach with their qualification hopes hanging by a thread. 650 words 1500 GMT. Picture Fbl-Eur-C1-AUT-Salzburg-ZAM-Daka,INTERVIEW PARIS It is impossible to talk to Patson Daka of Red Bull Salzburg without mentioning Erling Braut Haaland, but the prolific striker from Zambia doesn't mind the comparisons, and his own record speaks for itself. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture Cricket-AUS-IND,lead SYDNEY Virat Kohli blasted 85 but it wasn't enough to prevent Australia from fighting off a T20 series sweep with a thrilling 12-run victory in the final match in Sydney. 600 words moved. Picture afp
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