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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden begins transition, Trump refuses to concede + Biden pledges science-based action on coronavirus + Suu Kyi forecast to triumph in Myanmar's election + Azerbaijan says it has captured key Karabakh town + The wrong Four Seasons: Trump briefing goes viral US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden begins the transfer of power that Americans hope will turn the page on four years of divisiveness as Donald Trump shows no signs of being ready to admit defeat and continues to sow doubt about the election results. 800 words 1930 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware President-elect Joe Biden vows immediate action to contain the United States' coronavirus crisis, signaling science will dominate the national response once Donald Trump leaves the White House. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-vote,WRAP YANGON Vote counting continues late into the night in Myanmar after an election that is expected to return to power the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains a hero at home in spite of a reputation abroad shattered by the Rohingya crisis. 750 words moved by Su Myat Mon and Richard Sargent. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan says its forces have captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insists that fighting continues for the strategic area. 800 words moved by Emil Guliyev with Herve Bar in Yerevan. Picture. Video US-vote-Trump-offbeat WASHINGTON It was billed as a major press event at Philadelphia's Four Seasons but a briefing by Donald Trump's lawyers is mercilessly mocked when it emerges the venue is not the plush hotel but a suburban garden center next to a sex shop. 350 words moved. Picture -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Biden-Senate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's ambitious presidential plans -- including Covid-19 relief and climate action, not to mention naming a cabinet -- rest largely on Congress, where a Senate under potential Republican control could throw a political spanner in the works. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-vote-diplomacy-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON US allies waste no time in congratulating Joe Biden on his projected victory, as the president-elect vows to restore America's global role following President Donald Trump's chaotic four years in power. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Francesco Fontemaggi. File picture Also moved: US-vote-Phoenix,SCENE US-vote-Trump-future,FOCUS US-politics-internet-Twitter-Trump,FOCUS US-vote-politics-celebration,SCENE US-politics-vote-Biden-celebration-Wilmington,SCENE US-vote-Trump-court,FOCUS US-vote-Brazil-Bolsonaro RIO DE JANEIRO US President-elect Joe Biden's victory is a loss for the man known as the "Tropical Trump," Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose fervent endorsement of the Republican incumbent leaves him isolated abroad and vulnerable at home, analysts say. 750 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture US-vote-Ireland,SCENE BALLINA, Ireland In Joe Biden's Irish ancestral hometown, distant relatives and well-wishers nurse happy hangovers after a night spent toasting the success of the new president-elect -- and claimed credit for having "saved the world". 600 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video US-vote-Britain-politics-diplomacy-climate,FOCUS LONDON From his "racist comments" to populist image, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is viewed with disdain by some in Joe Biden's camp. But Britain hopes climate action could be a trump card to salvage its "special relationship" with the United States. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture US-vote-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS JERUSALEM Joe Biden's US election victory marks a setback for Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, a strong ally of President Donald Trump -- but it could spur engagement between Washington and the Palestinians, experts say. 850 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video US-vote-Mideast-politics,FOCUS DUBAI Contrary to Donald Trump's impulsive policies in the Middle East, Joe Biden is expected to shift back to a more conventional US stance and re-engage with Iran, redrawing regional geopolitics. 700 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi US-vote-politics-Iran,REAX TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the next US administration has an opportunity to "compensate for its previous mistakes" following Joe Biden's victory. 500 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video US-vote-India-Harris,lead THULASENDRAPURAM, India Residents set off firecrackers in the ancestral home of Kamala Harris as India celebrates the vice president-elect's victory in the US election, with her uncle hailing her achievement as historic and an inspiration to women and girls. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-Afghanistan-politics - AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP SANJA, Ethiopia Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaces his army chief, as scores of soldiers were reportedly wounded in a five-day-old conflict in the country's northern Tigray region. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Police in Belarus detain more than 500 people during the latest in weeks of unprecedented demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, as the opposition reaches out to US President-elect Joe Biden. 700 words moved. Picture Georgia-vote-parliament-protest,WRAP TBILISI Police in ex-Soviet Georgia fire water cannons and tear gas on thousands of protesters demanding snap polls after the opposition accused the ruling party of rigging tightly-contested legislative elections. 650 words 1930 GMT by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Egypt-France-diplomacy-politics,2ndlead CAIRO French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian seeks to ease tensions on a visit to Egypt, after furore in the Arab world surrounding the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-pollution,FOCUS NEW DELHI A steady stream of patients is coming out of New Delhi's brownish atmosphere for treatment at the Breathe Better clinic, where lung specialist Davinder Kundra is confronting what he calls the "double whammy" of deadly smog and the coronavirus. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines-tradition-Christmas,FOCUS MANILA The Philippines boasts one of the world's longest Christmas seasons, kicking off in September with fairy lights and artificial trees decorating malls, festive tunes on the radio and party-packed calendars. 600 words moved by Cecil Morella. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Kevin De Bruyne misses a penalty as Manchester City squander the chance to close the gap on Liverpool while Tottenham's Harry Kane celebrates joining the Premier League's 150 club. 650 words 2030 GMT by John Weaver. Picture RugbyU-NZL-weight,FOCUS WELLINGTON The tackles still crunch and the dark arts of the front row remain, but don't expect to see the big men fly in New Zealand's weight-restricted rugby competition. 700 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video afp
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