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| - Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Email: Susan.Stumme@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden campaigns for key Senate runoffs + Boko Haram claims mass student abduction + US, Europe push forward on Covid vaccines + EU takes aim at US tech giants + US soldier meets Italian children he almost shot in WWII US-vote,WRAP ATLANTA Armed with key Republican congratulations over his confirmed US election win, Joe Biden takes his first campaign trip as president-elect, supporting Georgia Democrats in twin runoffs that will determine the Senate's balance of power. 750 words 2030 GMT by Jim Watson with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video Nigeria-kidnapping-children-unrest, WRAP KANKARA, Nigeria Boko Haram claims the abduction of hundreds of students in northwestern Nigeria, in what would be its first attack in the region since it launched a jihadist uprising more than a decade ago. 850 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Nigeria-kidnapping-children-unrest, FOCUS Nigeria-kidnapping-children-unrest-Chibok,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States and the European Union push forward with approval of two leading Covid-19 candidate vaccines, as fears grow of a fresh wave of infections over the Christmas holidays. 800 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-tech-law,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union unveils tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition and even democracy. 750 words moved by Daniel Aronssohn. Picture. Video US-Italy-WWII-history-conflict ROME A former US soldier has been reunited with three Italians he almost shot as children while battling the Nazis during World War II. 350 words moved. Picture. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Moderna-vaccine WASHINGTON US regulators release new data confirming Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, a strong sign that it could receive emergency approval in days and be ready to roll out by next week. 750 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-EU-vaccine Health-virus-US-vaccine-society-minority,FOCUS NEW YORK The first Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine, live on television, were Black caregivers, optics that illustrate a daunting challenge facing the nationwide campaign: persuading skeptical African Americans to get inoculated. 650 words 2130 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. File picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-economy,FOCUS MOSCOW Russia refrained from reinstituting a strict nationwide lockdown in an effort to save its economy when the second virus wave hit. But now the Kremlin is faced not only with a rising toll from the virus, but an economic crisis too. 650 words moved by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-India-politics-diplomacy,2ndlead LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India next month in his first major bilateral visit to another country since taking power last year, his office says, as Britain eyes post-Brexit trade deals. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson with Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi. Picture. Picture. File picture. Video Russia-fire-accident,WRAP MOSCOW A fire rips through a retirement home in central Russia, killing 11 people who were trapped as the blaze swept through the small wooden building, investigators say. 500 words moved by Maria Panina. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-US-Russia-military-sanctions,ANALYSIS ISTANBUL US sanctions against Turkey over its Russian air defence system purchase were the lightest possible, sparing its economy and offering the NATO ally a chance to start afresh with President-elect Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Ezzedine Said. File picture Hungary-LGBT-law,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungarian MPs approve a package of new measures targeting the country's beleaguered LGBT community, in the government's latest salvo in defence of "traditional" values. 700 words moved by Geza Molnar Macedonia-politics-EU,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS Montenegro's new prime minister predicted Tuesday that his country would be the next to join the European Union and vowed to fight the political corruption that has tarnished its reputation. 700 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Morocco-Israel-Judaism,VIDEOESSAY CASABLANCA Morocco's Jewish community has celebrated the Hanukkah "miracle" of the normalisation of Israeli-Moroccan relations in a Casablanca ceremony held via a video streaming platform. 300 words moved. Picture. Video. -- ASIA -- Japan-crime-murder-internet-suicide,WRAP TOKYO A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" is sentenced to death by a Tokyo court for murdering and dismembering nine people he met on the social media platform. 600 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Sketch China-Xinjiang-labour-rights,lead BEIJING Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report says. 550 words moved -- AFRICA -- Somalia-Kenya-diplomacy,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia severs diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing Nairobi of interfering in its political affairs as Mogadishu prepares for long-awaited elections. 650 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. Picture. Video Guinea-politics-vote,WRAP CONAKRY Guinean President Alpha Conde appeals for national unity after taking the oath of office for a third term following violently disputed elections. 550 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Rohingya-migration-trafficking,INVESTIGATION COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords. 1,700 words moved by Sam Jahan with Haeril Halim in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia and Peter Brieger in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Rohingya-migration-trafficking-rights,FOCUS Rohingya-migration-trafficking-couple,FOCUS Mali-Algeria-migration-poverty, FOCUS KAKOLO MOUNTAN, Mali At the age of 43, Aboubacar Traore, a stonemason and former imam, is trying once again to kickstart his life after three failed attempts at migration. 650 words moved by Amaury Hauchard and Michele Cattani. Picture afp
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