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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + UK starts mass Covid vaccination programme + Biden to name first Black defense secretary + Johnson: UK, EU still far apart on deal + Indian farmers launch nationwide strike + First pilot to break sound barrier, Chuck Yeager, dies Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain becomes the first Western country to start a mass coronavirus vaccine campaign with a pensioner receiving the initial jab as across the Atlantic millions of Californians go into lockdown to stop surging US infections. 750 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Biden-military-Austin,WRAP WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American secretary of defense. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Britain-EU-Brexit-politics LONDON Britain and the EU are far from agreement in post-Brexit trade talks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, as he prepares to head to Brussels to try to salvage a deal. 450 words 1000 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Picture. Video India-politics-farmers,WRAP NEW DELHI Indian farmers launch a one-day nationwide general strike, upping the ante following 10 days blockading New Delhi, in protest against reforms they fear will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. 600 words 1100 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video US-military-space-aviation-Yeager,OBIT WASHINGTON Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than sound and whose gutsy test pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book "The Right Stuff," has died at the age of 97. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead COVENTRY, United Kingdom A 90-year-old grandmother becomes the first person in Britain to receive Pfizer-BioNTech's new Covid vaccine, as the country began the biggest vaccination campaign in its history. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-vaccine,FOCUS MOSCOW Russia has sought to assert itself on the world stage through arms sales and energy exports, but the coronavirus pandemic has given Moscow another tool to win influence abroad: a vaccine. 750 words moved by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-vaccine-ethics,FOCUS BERLIN As Germany gears up to inoculate its population against the coronavirus, ethics experts have been given a prominent say over who goes first in a country still scarred by memories of the Nazi or communist dictatorships deciding who gets to live or die. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport,FOCUS WASHINGTON Trucks and cargo planes are at the ready to distribute millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine across the United States, a complex task led by a four-star general that will ultimately proceed more slowly than initially expected. 750 words moved by Ivan Couronne Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport-timetable,FACTS -- BREXIT -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-future,FOCUS BRUSSELS British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels' shackles, but does the divorce also free Europe to go its own way? 700 words moved by Dave Clark and Francoise Michel. Picture Britain-EU-politics-Germany-Poland-labour-lifestyle,FOCUS GOERLITZ, Germany Poles living in Britain may receive a surprise package in the post this Christmas of dried mushrooms, candied fruit and spice cake -- but not from Santa. The delicacies are being sent by the city of Goerlitz in Germany's former communist East, as part of efforts to attract Poles who are tempted to return to the continent because of Brexit. 700 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Picture Also moved: Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-summit,POINTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-citizens-rights,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-economy,FOCUS Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-citizens,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-UN-health-virus-Gaiman,INTERVIEW PARIS The world can't forget the plight of Syrian refugees this winter despite the global upheaval caused by Covid-19, fantasy author Neil Gaiman tells AFP as he helps launch the UN refugee programme's cold weather appeal. 600 words 1100 GMT by Patrick Galey. Graphic Lifestyle-Iraq-paragliding-sports,FOCUS RAWANDUZ, Iraq Hazem Amin inhales deeply and runs toward the cliff edge. His parachute sweeps up smoothly, floating him above the scrubby plains, jagged mountains and quaint villages of northern Iraq. 650 words moved by Khalil Jalil. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Liberia-politics-referendum,WRAP MONROVIA Liberians vote on whether to reduce presidential terms and lift a ban on dual nationality, which some hope could boost the faltering economy. 500 words 1200 GMT by Zoom Dosso. Picture. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-refugees-school,FOCUS UM RAQUBA, Sudan "Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do!" an Ethiopian girl sings to her classmates in a refugee camp in Sudan. Shielded from the hot mid-afternoon sun by a makeshift classroom built from wood and straw, the children sing the octave back in unison. 800 words 1100 GMT by Serene Assir. Picture. Video CAfrica-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAMBARI, Central African Republic In the crowded alleys of Bambari's Kidjigira market, customers of all faiths brush together as steam rises from hanging cooking pots and flies swarm around them. At last, people are not afraid. 750 words moved by Camille Lafont -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-justice-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Humiliation in the courts, witnesses who provide more farce than facts and a chief lawyer battling coronavirus -- Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election are not going well. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-Germany-court-Nazis-treasure,WRAP WASHINGTON The fate of an important medieval art collection that Nazi Germany bought from Jewish dealers was in the balance in a US Supreme Court hearing. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture -- ASIA -- NZealand-mosques-attacks-inquiry,lead WELLINGTON New Zealand police and intelligence services made a string of errors ahead of last year's Christchurch mosques attack, but may not have been able to prevent the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, an inquiry finds. 700 words moved by Neil Sands Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-protest-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes new sanctions on Chinese officials over the clampdown on Hong Kong and takes a step toward welcoming in residents of the city, as US leaders across the political spectrum voice outrage at Beijing. 650 words moved Shaun Tandon with Su Xinqi in Hong Kong -- BUSINESS -- US-auto-lifestyle-merger-Uber-Aurora,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Uber agrees to sell its autonomous car division to Aurora in a deal that gives the ride-hailing giant a stake in the startup developing self-driving technology, the companies say. 500 words moved by Glenn Chapman HongKong-China-business-health-IPO-JDHealth,WRAP HONG KONG The medical arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com soared 75 percent on its debut in Hong Kong, valuing the company at $50 billion, as investors bank on the pandemic boom in digital health services. 700 words moved by Jack Moore. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Japan-Australia-space-science-asteroid TOKYO Analysis has begun on a space capsule sent back to Earth by a probe, scientists in Japan say. They are hoping it contains asteroid material unchanged since the formation of the universe 4.6 billion years ago. 450 words 1000 GMT -- ENTERTAINMENT -- India-music-economy-Bollywood,FOCUS MUMBAI Bollywood movie songs normally dominate India's music charts, but when the coronavirus epidemic put paid to new film releases it also created a huge opportunity for independent musicians to make a name for themselves -- sometimes from their bedrooms. 650 words moved by Vishal Manve. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-UN-summit,ADVANCER PARIS Five years ago countries agreed a plan to chart humanity's path away from climate catastrophe, with the landmark Paris deal paving the way to a greener, healthier future. Yet things have not gone to plan. 850 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. Graphic Also moved: Climate-UN-summit-emissions,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-energy-disasters,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-youth,FOCUS Climate-UN-summit-economy,FOCUS Colombia-environment-Amazon-animals-Peru,FOCUS AMAZONAS,Peru Far from the rifle cracks that occasionally rip through the rainforest as local tribesmen hunt mature primates for their meat and soft pelts, a sanctuary in a corner of the Colombian Amazon is offering new life to the orphaned monkeys left behind. 700 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video China-environment-mountain,SCENE BEIJING Dangling 400 metres over a void, suspended only by a cord, Yang Feiyue is not your average litter-picker. His job is to abseil down cliffs on central China's Tianmen mountain -- an area famed for its natural beauty but plagued by plastic and other waste. 400 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video afp
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