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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer/BioNTech seek US vaccine approval + Walls close in on Trump over election loss + Trump's son Don Jr positive for Covid-19 + Brazilians outraged over death of black man + Djokovic eyes Federer record at ATP Finals Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech seek approval to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year. 900 words 0300 GMT by Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine,CHRONO US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON A defiant Donald Trump again falsely insists he "won" reelection in his first public appearance for a week, as the US president appears increasingly isolated over his long-shot bid to stay in power. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-politics-health-virus,2ndlead WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr tests positive for Covid-19 and is quarantining without symptoms, the latest in a long list of infections among those with links to the White House. 450 words 0200 GMT by Jerome Cartillier Brazil-crime-race,WRAP BRASILIA The death of a black man beaten by white security guards at a supermarket sparks protests across Brazil as the country celebrates Black Consciousness Day. 750 words 0230 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture Tennis-GBR-ATP-Finals,3rdlead LONDON Novak Djokovic out-battles Alexander Zverev to qualify for the last four at the ATP Finals, staying on track to match Roger Federer's record of six titles at the end-of-season event. 550 words moved by John Weaver. Picture Also moved: Tennis-GBR-ATP-Finals-Zverev -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-law-Giuliani,FOCUS WASHINGTON Once dubbed "America's Mayor," Rudy Giuliani's bizarre media campaign to reverse President Donald Trump's election defeat has wrecked his reputation -- though he seems happy just to be in the limelight. 750 words moved by Paul Handley 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 -- ASIA -- Pakistan-religion-blasphemy,WRAP ISLAMABAD In life, Pakistani hardline cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi terrorised the country's religious minorities and incited nationwide riots, all while issuing pleas for the nuclear annihilation of European nations. 700 words 0330 GMT by David Stout. Picture APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR US President Donald Trump makes a rare appearance at a virtual Asia-Pacific summit, touting his commitment to work towards "peace and prosperity" in the region, as China's Xi Jinping uses the forum to counter American protectionism. 650 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Nepal-environment-pollution-mountains KATHMANDU Traces of microplastics have been found close to the top of Mount Everest, likely originating from equipment used by the hundreds of climbers who summit the world's highest peak every year, a study shows. 500 words moved. File Picture. Graphic -- 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. 750 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Uganda-unrest-politics,WRAP KAMPALA Uganda's opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, is defiant after being released on bail following violent clashes between security forces and his supporters that left at least 37 people dead, marking a violent start to the country's election season. 650 words moved by Grace Matsiko. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-protests,FOCUS BERLIN A dancer in harem pants moves down a Berlin street next to a skinhead wearing a "Reich" flag: Germany's escalating anti-mask protests in the coronavirus pandemic draw from a wide, seemingly contradictory range of political camps. 800 words 0230 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes, David Courbet. File picture. File video France-politics-trial-Sarkozy,ADVANCER PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday on charges of trying to bribe a judge, in what could be a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal investigations. 750 words 0300 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Anne Lec'Hvien LEC'HVIEN 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. 700 words moved by Emil Guliyev and Andrey Borodulin in Nagorno-Karabakh. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- G20-summit,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 summit in a first for an Arab nation, with the downsized virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and crippling economic crisis. 700 words 0230 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. 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