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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US kicks off virus vaccine drive + Massive outage hits Google services + US agencies suffer massive cyberattack + Electoral college set to confirm Biden win + Spy novelist John le Carre dies Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The United States kicks off a mass vaccine drive hoping to turn the tide on the world's biggest outbreak of Covid-19, as the nation's death toll nears a staggering 300,000. 750 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic World-computer-internet,2ndlead PARIS A massive outage knocks out Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe. 300 words 1500 GMT US-hacking-computers-government,WRAP NEW YORK The US government issues an emergency directive to federal agencies in the wake of a major cyberattack, as multiple media outlets reported at least two departments -- including the Treasury -- had been targeted by hackers with ties to Russia. 600 words 1700 GMT by Daniel Hoffman US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's White House victory -- overshadowed by President Donald Trump's frantic attempts to overturn the US election -- is to be formalized when the Electoral College meets to confirm the Democrat's win. 650 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,WRAP LONDON John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89, his agent and family says. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,OBIT Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,DATES Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,QUOTES Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre-novels,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS EU negotiator Michel Barnier signals there is a "narrow path" to a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but key sticking points remain after both sides abandoned a supposed make-or-break deadline. 750 words moved by Max Delany. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-preparations,FACTS Fbl-Euro-2016-France-Britain-Russia-trial,2ndlead AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France Two Russian men are sentenced to jail terms of three years and 10 years for a savage attack on an English football supporter at the 2016 European championships. 400 words 1500 GMT. File picture Russia-trial-history-homicide SAINT PETERSBURG Prosecutors in Saint Petersburg request a 15 year jail term for a decorated Russian historian and Napoleon enthusiast accused of murdering and dismembering his young lover last year. 400 words 1430 GMT by Maria Koreneva -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-EU-diplomact-economy-France,lead PARIS Organisers postpone a major forum on business between Iran and Europe, in the wake of an international outcry over the execution at the weekend of opposition figure Ruhollah Zam. 550 words 1530 GMT by Stuart Williams Saudi-Singapore-maritime-blast,WRAP RIYADH An explosion rocks a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, the vessel's owner says, in the latest apparent strike on energy sector targets in the kingdom. 600 words 1730 GMT by Anuj Chopra Saudi-politics-corruption,FOCUS RIYADH Hoards of cash, some of it squirrelled away in false ceilings and water tanks, have been seized in a widening anti-corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia that has evoked both awe and fear. 790 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says that power and phone connections have been partly restored in Tigray, where civilians speak of deprivation, fear and violence in the troubled region after six weeks of silence. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic ICoast-politics,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara takes the oath of office for a controversial third term, urging the opposition to help "defuse tensions" ahead of legislative polls early next year. 550 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-elderly,FOCUS UM RAQUBA, Sudan As fighting raged and bombs rained down on Ethiopia's Tigray region, 80-year-old Asafu Alamaya begged her daughters to flee with their children to Sudan, and to leave her to die at home. 700 words moved Serene Assir. Picture. Video Sahel-music-internet-virus,FOCUS DAKAR Ali Traore, dressed in black, sits down to record in his lively courtyard in Mali's capital Bamako, with children frolicking on the dirt ground between parked mopeds and stray jerrycans. 700 words 1000 GMT by Emmet Livingstone with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Wuhan-river-swimming,FOCUS WUHAN, China Standing beside a large picture of Mao Zedong, Shen Peihua recalls the moment she resumed her daily swim in the Yangtze River in Wuhan after the Chinese city's long coronavirus lockdown. 750 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Pakistan-history-tradition,FOCUS SHOGRAN, Pakistan Mohammad Naseem's eyes shine while he shares the legend of a remote, alpine lake nestled among snow-capped Himalayan peaks as a rare crowd of onlookers hears one of Pakistan's last "storytellers". 650 words moved by Joris Fioriti and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- Technology-internet-Reddit-Dubsmash-merger LOS ANGELES Reddit has acquired the Tik Tok-like app Dubsmash, as big tech moves to carve out territory in the lucrative short-form video-sharing market. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- RugbyU-WC-2023-draw,WRAP PARIS Host nation France will play three-time winners New Zealand in the most notable game of the 2023 Rugby World Cup pool stages while England face Japan and Argentina, after the draw was made in Paris. 500 words 1500 GMT by Illtud Dafydd. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-Houllier,OBIT PARIS Gerard Houllier, the French coach who set Liverpool back on the path to Premier League and European glory, dies aged 73. 600 words moved. File picture. Fbl-Eur-C1-draw,3rdlead PARIS Paris Saint-Germain, last season's beaten finalists, will face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League while 2019 winners Liverpool are paired with RB Leipzig. 400 words 1500 GMT. Picture Racing-CHN-China-Wuhan-health-virus,FOCUS WUHAN, China Blue cushions are up for grabs as masked spectators cheer horses galloping to the finish in Wuhan, ground zero for the pandemic but also a major centre for racing in China. 750 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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