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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Australian troops 'unlawfully killed' 39 Afghans + US virus death toll hits 250,000 + Pompeo to visit Golan Heights, Jewish settlement + Timberwolves pick Edwards in NBA virtual draft + Robot reminds Japan shoppers to wear masks Australia-Afghanistan-conflict-justice-crime,WRAP CANBERRA Australia's elite special forces "unlawfully killed" 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners, including summary executions as part of initiation rituals, according to evidence in a searing military inquiry now being referred to a special war crimes prosecutor. 700 words moved by Max Blenkin with Andrew Beatty in Sydney. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK US coronavirus deaths pass a quarter of a million people as New York announces it will close schools to battle a rise in infections and anti-restriction protests in Europe turn violent. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-US-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM Mike Pompeo plans to make the first visit by a US secretary of state to the occupied Golan Heights and is also expected to tour a Jewish settlement in the West Bank after labelling the pro-Palestinian BDS movement an anti-Semitic "cancer". 600 words 1100 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video. Live Video Basket-NBA-draft LOS ANGELES The Minnesota Timberwolves made University of Georgia standout Anthony Edwards the first overall selection in the pandemic-delayed 2020 NBA draft. 750 words moved Japan-health-virus-robot-offbeat TOKYO Asking someone to put on a mask is a touchy subject, so one shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to make sure its customers wear them during the pandemic. 200 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Pfizer-vaccine WASHINGTON Pfizer and BioNTech say a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine found it protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announce they are applying for US emergency approval "within days." 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture. Graphic Moved: Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS Health-virus-WHO Health-virus-vaccines-trials,Q&A -- EUROPE -- Britain-defence-funding,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the country's biggest investment in the armed forces since the end of the Cold War, to reverse years of under-funding in the face of new global threats. 600 words 1230 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Britain-literature-award-Booker LONDON Britain's Booker Prize, whose winner is set to be unveiled, this year pits four debut novelists against a pair of established writers for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. 500 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture We will also move: Britain-literature-award-Booker,FACTS Britain-transport-bridge,FOCUS LONDON The shutdown of a key arterial bridge in southwest London, forcing residents to take lengthy detours to get from one side of the River Thames to the other, has become a symbol of the problems facing Britain's ageing infrastructure. 750 words moved by Callum Paton. Picture Germany-finance-fraud-politics-Wirecard,WRAP FRANKFURT Markus Braun, the former chief executive of disgraced payments giant Wirecard, faces a public grilling by German lawmakers over the massive accounting fraud that brought down his firm. 650 words 1300 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. File picture. Video EU-summit BRUSSELS Hungary and Poland force their opposition to Brussels' oversight of the rule of law to the top of the EU summit agenda, sidelining efforts to tackle the coronavirus epidemic. 600 words moved by Julien Girault -- ASIA -- APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR President Xi Jinping hails China as the pivot point for global free trade, vowing to keep its "super-sized" economy open for business and warning against protectionism as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,FOCUS KABUL Donald Trump's plan to slash US troop numbers in Afghanistan could unleash a fresh wave of violence by an emboldened Taliban, analysts say, but a more measured approach to America's longest war under Joe Biden might take the sting out of the insurgent group's bid to capture power. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK US regulators clear the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis. 750 words moved by John Biers Also moved: US-aviation-Boeing-families,FOCUS US-aviation-Boeing,DATES US-aviation-Boeing,Q&A Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP SAN SALVADOR Iota's death toll rises to 38 after the year's biggest Atlantic storm unleashes mudslides, tears apart buildings and leaves thousands homeless across Central America, revisiting areas devastated by another hurricane just two weeks ago. 500 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday. If he were to run and be reelected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029. Washington insiders are already asking: will he be a one-term president? 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture Mexico-US-drugs-justice,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexico has vowed "no impunity" for its former defense minister accused of drug trafficking, but experts say political interests and the military's power put the chances of a trial in doubt. 650 words moved by Sofia Miselem -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Fbl-WC-2022-QAT-tourism,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has marketed its opulent skyscraper hotels as jewels in its World Cup 2022 crown but coronavirus curbs and a glut in new properties are jeopardising the industry. 650 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's army chief accuses WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -- the country's highest-profile Tigrayan abroad -- of lobbying in favour of the dissident region and helping them get weapons. 700 words 1000 GMT. File Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Tri-2020-AUS-ARG,PREVIEW SYDNEY Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika could come back to haunt his old team as he tries to help Argentina pull off their second straight upset after last week's stunning win over New Zealand. 650 words moved by Martin Parry Cricket-ENG-PAK-tour-Pakistan,FOCUS ISLAMABAD England's announcement of a cricket tour of Pakistan next year, their first since the deadly 2009 attack on Sri Lanka's team, is a vote of confidence in the country's improved security - but challenges remain, analysts say. 550 words 0830 GMT by Zain Janjua. Picture. Cricket-HKG-PHI-HongKong-Philippines,FOCUS HONG KONG After a long week cooking and cleaning in the cramped households of Hong Kong, a group of Filipino domestic helpers are using their Sunday off for an unlikely hobby: cricket. And they're proving rather good at it. 750 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture. Video afp
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