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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 6 08 90 65 24 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden warns 'people may die' if transition delayed + Hurricane Iota smashes into Central America + 100,000 seek sex abuse compensation from Boy Scouts + SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS + Three arrested over daring German museum heist US-vote-Biden-transition-health WILMINGTON, Delaware US President-elect Joe Biden expresses frustration over Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process, saying "more people may die" of coronavirus without immediate coordination on fighting the surging pandemic. 500 words moved. Picture Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Iota barrels towards Honduras, weakened in strength but still threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. 750 words 1000 GMT by Julia Rios. Picture. Graphic. Video US-crime-assault-children-scouts,WRAP WASHINGTON Almost 100,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have come forward by the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims tells AFP. 600 words moved. US-space-SpaceX-ISS,WRAP WASHINGTON A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts docks with the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions ending reliance on Russian rockets. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Germany-museum-robbery-arrest,WRAP BERLIN German police arrest three suspects over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen diamond-encrusted items were snatched from a state museum in Dresden. 500 words 0930 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Hopes of overcoming the coronavirus are boosted as a second vaccine claims nearly 95 percent effectiveness, bringing much-needed optimism to a world facing surging infections and gruelling restrictions. 800 words 1330 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-Fauci,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The United States' top infectious disease scientist hails early results from Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine trial as "stunningly impressive," calling the findings an emphatic validation of experimental mRNA technology that some had doubted. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-US-Moderna WASHINGTON Moderna has long been a darling of investors but it wasn't until the coronavirus pandemic came along that the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company could prove the value of its new vaccine technology and mint some new billionaires. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine-mRNA,FACTS Health-virus-Austria VIENNA Austria enters a second coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to halt a surge in infections as hospitals say they are starting to reach capacity. 500 words 1100 GMT by Denise Hruby. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-law-politics HONG KONG A senior Chinese official backs calls to "reform" Hong Kong's judiciary, in a landmark speech signalling Beijing's determination to assert more control over the city's independent legal system. 500 words moved -- EUROPE -- US-Turkey-diplomacy-religion,WRAP ISTANBUL US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Istanbul for a fraught visit that includes no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara has dismissed as "irrelevant". 600 words 1030 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Britain-France-wine-Beaujolais,FOCUS LEDBURY, United Kingdom In years gone by, British wine merchants would race to secure Beaujolais Nouveau for their stocks. But now the UK's first young red is being made near the English border with Wales. 675 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture. Video Spain-Flamenco-music,INTERVIEW MADRID "El Yiyo", a flamenco dancer whose real name is Miguel Fernandez, honed his skills by watching YouTube videos. Now aged just 24, he made his debut at Spain's main opera house with a show he developed during the country's virus lockdown. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-politics-demonstration LIMA Peru's Congress chooses a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country's new president -- the third in a rollercoaster week of political upheaval. 700 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says military operations in the northern Tigray region will enter a "final" phase, as global pressure mounts to bring the two-week-old conflict to a swift end. 700 words 1100 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP, Sudan For Ethiopians who escaped intense fighting in their northern homeland of Tigray by fleeing into Sudan, they are now safe; but the terrifying nightmare of what they witnessed haunts them. 800 words 1000 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- China-US-Huawei-telecommunication,2ndlead SHANGHAI Chinese telecom giant Huawei announces it has sold its Honor budget phone line to a domestic consortium in a move it said was necessary to keep the brand alive amid "tremendous" supply chain pressures caused by US sanctions. 600 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-BAN-Shakib-Bangladesh-religion,lead DHAKA Star Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is forced to make a public apology after receiving Islamist threats for attending a Hindu ceremony in neighbouring India. 300 words moved. File picture afp
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