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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Football world mourns legend Diego Maradona + Iran swaps jailed Australian for 3 Iranians + Trump bid to overthrow US election in chaos + France risks US ire with digital tax pledge + Meghan Markle recalls agony of miscarriage Argentina-Maradona-death,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies at the age of 60, plunging his sport and his native Argentina into mourning. 700 words 1930 GMT by Maria Lorente. File picture Iran-prisoner-Australia-Britain,WRAP TEHRAN Iran has released Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for spying, in exchange for three Iranians, state television in the Islamic republic says. 650 words moved. Picture. Video US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the US election is thrown into fresh disarray when he abruptly cancels a trip reportedly meant to showcase his grievances with an appearance at the epic Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg. 650 words 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture France-US-internet-tax,WRAP PARIS France will enforce a new digital levy for online technology giants this year, breaking a truce with Washington over the long-running tax fight that could prompt a round of punitive US tariffs on French goods. 700 words moved by Eve Szeftel and Joseph Schmid Britain-royals-Meghan-miscarriage,WRAP NEW YORK Meghan Markle reveals she suffered a miscarriage in July, writing in The New York Times of the deep grief and loss she endured with her husband Prince Harry. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: Britain-royals-Meghan,PROFILE -- DIEGO MARADONA -- fbl-ARG-Maradona,OBIT BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona was football's archetypal troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career scaled the most dazzling heights but also plumbed the darkest depths. 1,050 words moved. File picture fbl-death-Maradona-ARG,REAX LONDON Brazilian great Pele leads global tributes to the late Diego Maradona, whose death was announced on Wednesday, saying one day they would "play soccer together in the sky". 600 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture Argentina-Maradona-death,SCENE BUENOS AIRES Ordinary Argentines are plunged into grief at news of the death of Diego Maradona, a sublimely gifted sporting hero they saw as "the most human of Gods." 500 words 2030 GMT. Picture. Video fbl-Maradona-ARG-ENG-WC-1986 BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona scored more than 300 goals, many touched with genius, but the two most famous came within four minutes of each other on June 22, 1986 in Mexico: one was voted Goal of the Century, the other is even more famous. 900 words moved. File picture Also moved: fbl-Maradona-Goals-Five fbl-ARG-Maradona,QUOTES -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-diplomacy-crises,POINTS WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden's foreign policy team has spoken of restoring US leadership and values but it will also face immediate choices on whether to shift gears on a number of global hotspots. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-talks,WRAP BRUSSELS EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warns that any post-Brexit trade deal must not undermine the EU single market, as frustration with London grows. 650 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Kararbakh,WRAP CHEREKTAR, Azerbaijan Azerbaijani soldiers and military trucks roll into the district of Kalbajar, reclaiming the second of three regions Armenia is handing back under a deal that ended weeks of fighting. 700 words moved by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-deal,CHRONO Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-investigation,INTERVIEW -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-Greece-conflict-Yemen-maritime,WRAP RIYADH An explosion has rocked a Greek-operated tanker docked at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Shuqaiq, Greek officials say, in an attack that a Riyadh-led military coalition blames on Yemeni rebels. 550 words 1930 GMT Algeria-politics-trial,WRAP ALGIERS An Algerian appeals court has slashed a heavy jail sentence against activist Yacine Mebarki, convicted of "offending Islam" amid a crackdown against an opposition protest movement. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he rejects international "interference" in Ethiopia's affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-Tigray-Sudan-refugee-conflict,FOCUS Ethiopia-unrest-Sudan-refugees,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Thailand-demonstration-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of Thai democracy activists rally in Bangkok to demand the king give up control of his multibillion-dollar fortune, turning their protest movement directly on the once-untouchable monarchy's vast wealth. 700 words moved by Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Archaeology-animal-research-birds TOKYO The discovery of a creature described as resembling a "buck-toothed toucan" that lived some 68 million years ago has upended assumptions about diversity in the birds that lived alongside dinosaurs. 600 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-safety,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid-19 vaccine emergency approvals are around the corner, makers are preparing to ship millions of doses, and experts are trying to reassure the public that the breakneck speed of development hasn't compromised safety. 700 words 2100 GMT by Ivan Courrone Health-virus-Israel-literature,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM Etgar Keret, one of Israel's most popular living writers, says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought him a lot of inspiration and chides those inclined to romanticise the pre-coronavirus world. 650 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-US-court-film-entertainment-Britain-US-Depp LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp is refused permission to appeal against a UK court decision which upheld claims made by The Sun newspaper that branded him a "wife beater". 350 words moved afp
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