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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1.40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist + Heavy shellling rocks Tigray capital + US court rejects Trump vote lawsuit + Virus deaths top 400,000 in Europe + Mike Tyson back in the ring at 54 Iran-nuclear-attack-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accuses arch-foe Israel of acting as a "mercenary" for the United States and seeking to create chaos, vowing Tehran would avenge the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist. 800 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Heavy shelling rocks the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region as the city of half a million people braces for an all-out offensive by government forces against its dissident leaders. 800 words 1700 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. File video. Graphic US-vote-court-Pennsylvania-Trump WASHINGTON A US federal appeals court flatly dismisses President Donald Trump's claim that the election was unfair and refuses to freeze Joe Biden's win in the key state of Pennsylvania. 400 words moved Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Coronavirus deaths top 400,000 in Europe, the world's second worst-hit region, as parts of the continent begin to reopen shops for the holiday season 800 words 1600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Box-heavy-Tyson-Jones LOS ANGELES Mike Tyson says he never imagined as a heavyweight boxing champion that he would climb into the ring with Roy Jones Jr. at age 54 as he does on Saturday. 600 words moved -- EUROPE -- France-police-protest-law,WRAP PARIS Thousands of people take to the streets across France to demand the government abandon a contentious new security law, in a controversy intensfied by the beating and racial abuse of a black man by police officers that shocked the country. 700 words 1500 GMT by Roman Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Berdashen,SCENE BERDASHEN, Azerbaijan Pomegranate harvest is in full swing on the field Zhorik Grigoryan nearly lost before a ceasefire line between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces was drawn just 50 metres away from his land. 650 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-US-politics-banking HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she has "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped sanctions on her in response to a draconian security law China imposed on the city. 250 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Palestinians-Yarmuk,FOCUS YARMUK When Syrian authorities said they would allow returns to the war-ravaged Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Damascus, Issa al-Loubani rushed to sign up and quickly started fixing his home. 700 words moved by Maher Al Mounes. Picture. Video. WSahara-conflict-Morocco-border-economy,FOCUS GUERGUERAT A dusty truck stop that locals dub Morocco's "gateway to Africa", Guerguerat suddenly finds itself at the heart of tensions in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-vote,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore says he has received the congratulations of the leader of the opposition, after official results show he was re-elected by a landslide. 550 words moved Sudan-Ethiopia-refugee,FOCUS HAMDAYIT A shack covered by plastic in Sudan's Hamdayit refugee centre has become a source of smiles, sighs and tears for Ethiopian refugees, thanks to a hotline set up to trace relatives. 600 words 1430 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video. -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-US-migration-politics,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mauricio Lopez was deported to Mexico after spending most of his life in the United States. Now he hopes against the odds that Joe Biden's administration will let him return. 600 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-pharmaceutical-vaccines,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's announcement in May of plans to develop a Covid-19 vaccine by year's end is near realization -- despite a setback among one of the six candidates that the US supported. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Germany-AfD,WRAP BERLIN Around 600 delegates from Germany's far right AfD gather for a congress that the authorities have warned could become a coronavirus hotspot, as the party increasingly aligns itself with militants protesting anti-Covid restrictions. 600 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture Health-virus-Germany-vaccines-aviation,FOCUS FRANKFURT As a string of Covid-19 vaccines near approval, Frankfurt Airport staff are gearing up to handle the unprecedented logistical challenge of transporting millions of life-saving doses worldwide. 600 words moved by Ed Frankl and Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Hungary-Russia-vaccine,FOCUS BUDAPEST An Aeroflot delivery of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to EU member Hungary last week has sparked new criticism at home and abroad of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's go-it-alone policies. 700 words moved by Peter Murphy -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Champions Liverpool are at Brighton seeking to regain temporary control of the Premier League table with players wearing black armbands and holding a minute's applause in tribute to Diego Maradona. 500 words 1430 GMT. Picture Auto-Prix-BRN MANAMA Newly-crowned seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton seeks his 98th career pole in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix as he targets win number 11 for the season at the Sakhir Circuit. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture afp
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