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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer/BioNTech seek US vaccine approval + Eight dead as rockets hit Kabul + Walls close in on defiant Trump + Saudi Arabia hosts G20 summit + Donald Trump Jr positive for Covid-19 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. 850 words moved by Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine,CHRONO Afghanistan-conflict-explosions,WRAP KABUL At least eight people are killed when a barrage of rockets strikes densely populated parts of Kabul, marking the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital. 600 words 1000 GMT by Emal Haidary and Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video 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. 850 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video G20-summit,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 summit in a first for an Arab nation, the downsized virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and crippling economic crisis. 700 words 1000 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Already moved: G20-summit-Saudi-diplomacy-economy-rights-US 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 moved by Jerome Cartillier -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Fears of a humanitarian disaster grow as tens of thousands flee fighting in northern Ethiopia, where government forces are continuing their offensive against the dissident Tigray region. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. 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 0930 GMT by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video Zimbabwe-politics-coup-Mugabe,Q&A HARARE Three years after Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down following nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule, hopes for change have dissipated into disaffection. 650 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-US,WRAP DOHA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet negotiators from the Afghan government and Taliban in the Qatari capital amid signs of progress in their talks as the United States speeds up its withdrawal. 600 words 1000 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Pakistan-religion-blasphemy,WRAP LAHORE Tens of thousands of maskless mourners cram into Lahore for the funeral of hardline Pakistani cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi after his sudden death this week. 750 words 1000 GMT by Kaneez Fatima with David Stout in Islamabad. 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 moved by Mathieu Foulkes, David Courbet. File picture. File video 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-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 moved by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Anne Lec'Hvien -- AMERICAS -- US-Mideast-diplomacy-Pompeo,WRAP 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 0930 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi 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. 800 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture US-vote-law-Giuliani,PROFILE WASHINGTON The hair coloring melting down the sides of his face while he declared long-dead Venezuelan caudillo Hugo Chavez caused President Donald Trump's election defeat made one thing clear -- Rudy Giuliani is no longer "America's Mayor". 850 words moved afp
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