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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump U-turn after apparent admission of defeat + Asian trade pact signed in coup for Beijing + Germany's new virus restrictions to last months + Peru president resigns, after just five days + Hamilton equals Schumacher with seventh F1 title US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has yet to admit defeat in the US election. But with a word here, a slip there, he is raising the prospect ever more plainly. 600 words 2000 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Also moving: US-vote-Dominion-Trump,Q&A ASEAN-China-US-trade-RCEP,WRAP HANOI Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries sign the world's biggest free trade deal, seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence. 600 words moved by Alice Philipson with Martin Abbugao in Singapore. Picture. Video Also moved: RCEP-ASEAN-trade-China-US-Vietnam,Q&A Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany warns that its reimposed measures to help slow the spread of coronavirus are likely to continue for months as Greece announces a new ban on gatherings. 700 words 2030 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Peru-politics,WRAP LIMA Peru's President Manuel Merino resigns, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor. 600 words 2230 GMT by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-TUR,WRAP ISTANBUL Lewis Hamilton secures a record-equalling seventh Formula One world title after winning the Turkish Grand Prix and is immediately hailed as "the greatest driver of the modern era". 650 words 2030 GMT Picture Graphic -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP KALBAJAR Azerbaijan agrees to extend a deadline for Armenia to withdraw from a disputed district as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. 700 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Cyprus-politics-Turkey,WRAP NICOSIA Turkey's president says he favours a permanent "two-state" division of Cyprus, during a visit to the breakaway Turkish-held north decried as a provocation by the internationally recognised Greek-speaking south. 650 words moved by Odul Asik Ulker with Burcin Gercek in Ankara. Picture. Video Moldova-vote,WRAP CHISINAU Moldova votes in the second round of a tightly contested presidential election pitting a pro-European challenger against the country's Moscow-backed incumbent. 750 words 2100 GMT by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Belarus-protest MINSK Belarusians take to the streets of the capital Minsk in a fresh demonstration against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko as anger mounted over the recent death of an opposition activist. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Romania-fire BUCHAREST A doctor badly burned in a Romanian hospital fire that left 10 dead is hailed as a hero after it emerged he tried to help Covid-19 patients to safety. 500 words moved by Ionut Iordachescu and Syvlain Moreau. Picture. Video Britain-EU-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain head into the final stretch of post-Brexit trade negotiations after months of bickering with hopes of agreeing a blueprint for their future, but failure remains on the table. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman. File picture. File video. Graphic -- Please see our special Brexit advisory for full coverage -- France-history-royals-auction,lead PARIS A white shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France's last queen before the 1789 revolution, sells for $51,000 at auction. 350 words 1930 GMT -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The leader of the Tigray region of Ethiopia claims responsibility for rocket strikes on the airport in neighbouring Eritrea's capital, ratcheting up fears of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet with Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali in Hamdayit, Sudan. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,SCENE -- AMERICAS -- US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON Four astronauts are poised to launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne. Graphic. Picture Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP WAWA BOM, Nicaragua Hurricane Iota is forecast to strengthen to an "extremely dangerous" Category Four by the time it makes landfall in Nicaragua and Honduras on Monday, two weeks after storm Eta devastated much of Central America. 550 words 2030 GMT by Julia Rios. Picture. Video Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Brazilians vote in municipal elections that will test the strength of the country's rightward shift under President Jair Bolsonaro, with the coronavirus pandemic looming large. 600 words 2100 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Vietnam-Philippines-weather-storm,lead HANOI Storm Vamco barrels into Vietnam, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people, as the death toll in the Philippines climbed to 67. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-peace,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomes rebel leaders to the capital Khartoum, as crowds celebrated what they hope is the end of war following a landmark peace deal. 550 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Auto-Prix-Hamilton,PROFILE ISTANBUL Lewis Hamilton cements his position as one of Formula One's true greats when he equals Michael Schumacher's all-time record of seven world titles, another staggering achievement for a boy who grew up in modest circumstances. 650 words moved Also moving: Auto-Prix-Hamilton-Schumacher,FOCUS Fbl-ENG-Clemence-Liverpool-Tottenham LONDON Kenny Dalglish leads the tributes to Ray Clemence after the former Liverpool and England goalkeeper, a key member of three European Cup-winning teams, dies aged 72. 500 words moved afp
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