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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain begins mass coronavirus vaccination + EU, Britain seek to rescue Brexit agreement + White House plans new $916 bn stimulus plan + Racism incident halts Champions League game + Coral can bounce back from bleaching: study Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain becomes the first Western country to start a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign, as Joe Biden pledges his administration would innoculate 100 million in the US over the first 100 days of his presidency. 850 words 0300 GMT by Phil Hazlewood with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Brussels-bound, with Britain's fading hopes for a post-Brexit trade deal hanging on crisis talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. 750 words 0200 GMT by Dave Clark with Jitendra Joshi in London. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-NIreland-Ireland,lead US-economy-politics-health-virus WASHINGTON The White House unveils a $916-billion stimulus proposal in a final dash to break a months-long logjam over new aid for the coronavirus-stricken US economy before President Donald Trump leaves office in January. 550 words moved by Chris Stein Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-TUR-PSG-Basaksehir-racism,WRAP PARIS Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir is suspended and will be completed a day late after both sets of players walked off in protest amid allegations of racism by one of the match officials, in an unprecedented incident in European football's elite club competition. 600 words moved. Picture Climate-environment-oceans PARIS Some corals can recover from bleaching even in long heatwaves as long as humans don't interfere, scientists say, raising hopes for the endangered underwater ecosystems essential to much marine life. 450 words moved by Eleanore Hughes. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Philippines-homelessness-food,FOCUS MANILA Daniel Auminto lost his job and then his home when the coronavirus pandemic sent the Philippines into lockdown. Now he and his family live on the street, relying on food handouts to survive. 700 words 0330 GMT by Allison Jackon. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-protest-royals-art,FOCUS BANGKOK With virtual reality goggles strapped on and controllers clasped in his hands, Thai artist Chalermpol Junrayab looks more like he's doing a robot dance than creating political art. 750 words 0330 GMT by Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Biden-military-Austin,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware US President-elect Joe Biden named retired army general Lloyd Austin on Tuesday to be secretary of defense, who if confirmed will become the first African-American to lead the Pentagon. 800 words moved. File picture. File video. Graphic US-IT-crime-hacking-Fireye,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Cybersecurity firm FireEye says its defenses were breached by sophisticated attackers who stole "Red Team" tools used to test customers' computer systems. 500 words 0300 GMT by Glenn Chapman Argentina-fbl-Maradona-ARG,VIDEOESSAY BUENOS AIRES Tributes to late football legend Diego Maradona have included plans to rename a stadium and a street in his honor and put his face on a banknote. Now, a giant mural has been painted in Argentina to remember the icon, who died last month. 400 words 0200 GMT. Video Brazil-US-aviation-Boeing,lead RIO DE JANEIRO Nearly 21 months after it was grounded following two deadly crashes, the Boeing 737 MAX will return to the skies Wednesday with a flight by Brazilian carrier Gol, the airline confirms. 500 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Entertainment-US-music-Lennon-guns,SCENE NEW YORK Mourners sing and lay flowers on Central Park's candlelit memorial to John Lennon on Tuesday's 40th anniversary of his murder, as Yoko Ono marks the moment with a call for gun control. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces a decree aimed at granting Americans priority access to vaccines, but faced questions over whether the White House missed an opportunity to shore up sufficient doses in the months ahead. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed 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 US-vote-business-lobbying-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden didn't go far for his choice of defense secretary: retired general Lloyd Austin came from the same inside-the-Beltway consultants as Biden's secretary of state, intelligence chief and White House communications head. 800 words moved by Paul Handley -- ASIA -- Indonesia-election-politics,lead JAKARTA Indonesia kicks off nationwide local and regional elections with more than 100 million voters expected to cast a ballot, despite warnings it will worsen the nation's Covid-19 crisis. 500 words 0400 GMT by Agnes Anya. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-religion-Islam,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron seeks his cabinet's blessing for a draft law targeting radicalisation, which some fear will stigmatise the French Muslim community, Europe's largest. 750 words 0300 GMT by Jurgen Hecker. File picture Entertainment-Britain-television-social,FOCUS LONDON The world's longest-running TV soap opera, Britain's cosy, working-class series "Coronation Street", celebrates 60 years on screen, defying social changes and the pandemic. 700 words 0200 GMT by Anna Malpas. File picture Britain-entertainment-animal-film-beasts,FOCUS LONDON London's Natural History Museum has scoured its vast collection for an exhibition to celebrate fantastic beasts in all their forms, drawing parallels between the real world and that imagined by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. 550 words 0300 GMT by Charlotte Durand. Picture Health-virus-Germany-politics-farright,FOCUS BERLIN As Germany battles a second wave of Covid-19, an interesting national pattern has begun to emerge: Many of the hardest-hit regions are those with strong support for the far right. Coincidence? 650 words 0300 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Britain-US-WikiLeaks-Assange-UN-rights-Australia GENEVA A UN rights expert urges Britain to release Julian Assange immediately following a decade of "arbitrary detention", insisting the WikiLeaks founder should await a decision on extradition to the US outside prison. 450 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Iran-Arafat,FOCUS RAFAH, Palestinian territories There is only one known Iranian in Gaza -- an ageing former bodyguard to long-time Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who dreams only of returning home, but finds himself stuck in the enclave. 650 words 0200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee and Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video Egypt-unrest-Sinai-IS CAIRO Residents of Egypt's restive North Sinai region ran for their lives when an Islamic State group affiliate occupied their villages. Now, they are returning to find their homes booby-trapped. 750 words 0300 GMT by Farid Farid with an AFP reporter in Ismailia. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics,WRAP KINSHASA A spiralling political crisis in DR Congo sees more clashes in the country's trashed parliament, after which MPs supporting President Felix Tshisekedi moved to oust the majority party loyal to his predecessor Joseph Kabila. 750 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and Samir Tounsi. File picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-UN-refugees,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Friction mounts between Ethiopia's government and the UN over access to the northern region of Tigray, as alarm grows at the plight of civilians and refugees more than a week since fighting was declared over. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-refugees-school,FOCUS Mozambique-unrest-gas,lead MAPUTO Islamist militants attack and occupy a northern Mozambican village in their closest raid yet to a giant gas project, military sources tell AFP. 450 words moved. Graphic afp
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