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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump cries foul, Biden closes in on victory + 50 dead in landslides in storm-hit Guatemala + Virus cases hit new record in US + UN alarm over Ethiopia fighting + Invisible DNA markers could replace barcodes US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump erupts in a tirade of unsubstantiated claims that he has been cheated out of winning the US election as vote counting across battleground states show Democrat Joe Biden steadily closing in on victory. 850 words 1030 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon with Peter Hutchison in Wilmington, Delaware. Pictures. Graphics. Video Weather-Centram-Eta,WRAP GUATEMALA CITY Scores of people, including 50 in Guatemala, have died as the remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashes floods and triggers landslides on its deadly march across Central America. 700 words moved by Edgar Calderon. Picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus cases hit new records in the United States as swathes of Italy return to lockdown and Greece prepares for new curbs with the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe 650 words 1100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA United Nations chief Antonio Guterres calls for the immediate de-escalation of tensions in northern Ethiopia where fighting has erupted between federal forces and troops in the Tigray region. 500 words 1100 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video. Picture. Graphic Biotechnology-DNA PARIS Easy-to-remove barcodes and QR codes used to tag everything from T-shirts to car engines may soon be replaced by a tagging system based on DNA and invisible to the naked eye, scientists say. 450 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Trump,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON As the tortuous US presidential election appears headed to a conclusion, Donald Trump addresses the nation and claims without evidence that he is being robbed of a second term. 600 words moved by Arthur MacMillan and WG Dunlop. Picture US-vote-paths,POINTS WASHINGTON The outcome of the US presidential election remains in the balance as a handful of battleground states complete their vote counts. 650 words moved. Graphic US-vote-ballots,SCENE ATLANTA, Georgia With the world watching, workers in masks and gloves stand before folding tables and stacks of paper for a task that could almost seem mundane: Counting votes that will decide the cliffhanger US election. 600 words moved by Gianrigo Marletta with Sebastien Vuagnat in Las Vegas. Pictures. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-demonstration,SCENE US-vote-count-mail,FOCUS WASHINGTON The exceedingly slow grind of counting mailed votes, many by hand, heightens the suspense over the tight race for the US presidency between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video. Live video US-vote-media-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Every four years, an American tradition is to watch the presidential election results roll in on one of several news networks, which project the winners by state. But in this year's tight battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden tightens, media "decision desks" have been caught in a storm. 550 words moved by Rob Lever and Thomas Urbain US-vote-campaign-financing,FOCUS NEW YORK America's 2020 campaigns cost some $14 billion, a record sum showing that parties are increasingly willing to spend big on races to express visceral opposition to their rivals -- even when their chances are slim. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Switzerland-hospitals,SCENE La-CHAUX-DE-FONDS, Switzerland No more room. Patients with severe Covid-19 infections fill all the 10 beds in this intensive care unit, but more keep coming and doctors say they are exhausted trying to keep up. 550 words 1200 GMT by Eloi Rouyer. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO-Taiwan-China,FOCUS GENEVA The World Health Organization is facing renewed pleas to allow Taiwan to participate in a key international meeting amid fears its exclusion could jeopardise efforts to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Nina Larson -- EUROPE -- Britain-auction-StarWars-offbeat LONDON A British couple have thanked their lucky stars after a garage full of bin bags they inherited from a dead neighbour yielded a trove of Star Wars toys worth £400,000 ($525,000). 300 words moved Germany-history-science-archaeology,FOCUS BERLIN German researchers are piecing together the life of a prehistoric woman who died more than 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic period, after her skeleton was found during excavation works for wind turbines. 400 words moved. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-EGuinea-education,FOCUS MALABO The economics teacher has to shout above the noise from a scene of educational chaos -- no fewer than 70 students are jammed into the classroom, asking questions, chatting to each other or moving around. 700 words moved by Samuel Obiang -- ASIA -- Myanmar-vote-youth,FOCUS YANGON A Naga tribesman, a satirist released from jail and a jade picker are among the five million young voters able to cast their ballot for the first time in Myanmar's election this weekend. 850 words moved by Su Myat Mon and Richard Sargent. Picture. Video India-business-discrimination-caste-US-Hinduism,FOCUS MUMBAI A winner of industry awards, Snehapoo Padavattan should have raced up India's corporate ladder. There was just one problem: She belongs to the country's lowest caste, the Dalits. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. File Picture Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,FOCUS MAIWAND, Afghanistan The dry and dusty village of Aziz Abad sits on the frontline of Afghanistan's war and is currently under government control -- but only just. 750 words moved by Elise Blanchard and Rasheed Durrani. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-vote-economy-markets-stocks-politics,FACTS WASHINGTON From the US presidential election to the state of the economy, on paper this week did not go well for Wall Street, and yet stock indices climbed ever higher. 650 words moved by Virginie Montet US-economy-rate-bank,WRAP WASHINGTON The trajectory of Covid-19 remains key to the US recovery and until it is eradicated, more emergency spending will be "essential" to support the economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture US-automobile-earnings-GM NEW YORK America's love of big autos translates into blowout results for General Motors, which also benefited from recovering sales in China following a big hit amid the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by John Biers -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-finance-aid PARIS Wealthy countries are falling short on a decade-old promise come due to ramp up climate finance for the developing world, according to a semi-official report. 750 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Manchester City's bid to regain the Premier League title faces a defining moment against leaders Liverpool this weekend, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fights to silence the critics as troubled Manchester United take on Everton. 700 words moved by Steven Griffiths -- LIFESTYLE/TECHNOLOGY -- Entertainment-tech-games-culture-gender,FOCUS HONG KONG In the 25 years since Sony launched the groundbreaking PlayStation, video games have exploded into the biggest form of entertainment in the world, and analysts say the growing diversity of billions of players is reshaping the industry. 800 words moved by Qasim Nauman. 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