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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer to apply for early vaccine green light + 'Numbers don't lie': Walls close in on Trump + Airline industry warns $80 bln bailout needed + Azerbaijan enters zone handed over by Armenia + Latest BTS album racks up millions of listens Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech say they will seek approval to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early as surging infections force New York to shut schools and California braces for nighttime curfews. 800 words 2100 GMT by Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump faces growing pushback from fellow Republicans for resisting Joe Biden's election victory, as the increasingly isolated president pursued his crusade against defeat in an angry stream of tweets. 600 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-aviation-IATA,2ndlead PARIS Airlines need up to another $80 billion to survive, the head of the industry's trade association warns, as many countries tighten restrictions to confront another wave of coronavirus infections. 400 words moved by Sonia Wolf Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-ceasefire,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan says its troops entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of brutal fighting in the region. 700 words 2000 GMT by Emil Guliyev and Andrey Borodulin in Nagorno-Karabakh. Picture. Video. Graphic SKorea-music-BTS,WRAP SEOUL Tens of millions of fans around the world race to listen to the latest offering from BTS, as the K-pop sensation drop their highly anticipated new album to a deluge of excitement. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine,CHRONO WASHINGTON The next steps in the approval process after US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech applied for an emergency use authorization request in the United States for their coronavirus vaccine. 500 words 2000 GMT by Ivan Couronne. File picture Cuba-tourism-economy,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba is reopening its doors to foreign tourists after an eight-month shutdown due to the pandemic, but the cash-strapped communist-run country faces an uphill struggle to woo them back. 600 words 1600 GMT by Katell Abiven. Pictures by Yamil Lage. Video by Maylin Alonso Entertainment-US-television-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK With coronavirus upending every aspect of viewers' lives, some TV shows -- from the obvious medical dramas to sitcoms -- have woven the pandemic into their latest seasons' storylines, but a handful have avoided it altogether. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain with Aurelie Carabin in Paris Health-virus-Italy-offbeat ROME The message is clear from the hand-written poster above the counter -- all talk of coronavirus, lockdowns or virology in this Rome bar is strictly forbidden. 450 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video. Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-immunity,lead Health-virus-Denmark-agriculture-minks,FOCUS Health-virus-superspreading-transmission,FOCUS Health-virus-treatment-remdesivir-WHO,lead Health-virus-treatments,FACT Health-virus-India,3rdlead Health-virus-Germany-politics-farright -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-law-Giuliani,FOCUS WASHINGTON Once dubbed "America's Mayor," Rudy Giuliani's bizarre media campaign to reverse President Donald Trump's election defeat has wrecked his reputation -- though he seems happy just to be in the limelight. 750 words 2200 GMT by Paul Handley -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Patel LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by his interior minister, a hardline ally in the Brexiteer government, resisting calls for her resignation after an official finding that she may have bullied staff. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Phil Hazlewood. File picture Germany-crime-cannibalism,WRAP BERLIN German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found human bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb. 500 words moved by Felix Hoffmann. Picture. Video WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial,WRAP BERLIN Seventy-five years after the Nuremberg trials, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges the world to honour "the legacy" of the landmark proceedings that gave birth to international criminal law -- calling out the US in particular. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Also moved: WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial,SCENE WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial-history,FACTS -- ASIA -- APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR US President Donald Trump makes a rare appearance at a virtual Asia-Pacific summit, touting his commitment to work towards "peace and prosperity" in the region, as China's Xi Jinping uses the forum to counter American protectionism. 650 words 2000 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Nepal-environment-pollution-mountains KATHMANDU Traces of microplastics have been found close to the top of Mount Everest, likely originating from equipment used by the hundreds of climbers who summit the world's highest peak every year, a study shows. 500 words moved. File Picture. Graphic -- MIDEAST -- G20-summit-Saudi-diplomacy-economy-rights-US WASHINGTON Relatives of imprisoned Saudi activists say that world pressure offers their only hope as they hold a "counter-summit" ahead of Group of 20 talks led by the ultra-conservative kingdom. 500 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File picture UAE-politics-social,FOCUS DUBAI The United Arab Emirates, a Gulf powerhouse home to millions of foreign residents, has revamped an array of laws in a social liberalisation drive designed to burnish its progressive brand. 650 words moved by Dana Moukhallati -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP BAHIR DAR Tigray forces fire rockets at a neighbouring state heightening fears the internal conflict could spread to other parts of the country a day after Ethiopia said its forces are closing in on the dissident region's capital Mekele. 750 words 2030 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. France-Africa-Russia-Turkey-media,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia and Turkey of seeking to promote anti-French sentiment in Africa by funding people who whip up resentment against France in the media. 550 words moved by Stuart Williams -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Tottenham's title credentials face a thorough examination when they host Manchester City as the Premier League returns on Saturday after the international break. 750 words moved by Kieran Canning -- ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE -- Brazil-fashion-race,FOCUS SAO PAULO Afro-Brazilian models Shirley Pitta and Gloria Maria Fonseca Siqueira had dreamed of the catwalk since they were girls, but in a Brazilian fashion world much whiter than the country itself, it remained a far-away fantasy until recently. 600 words 1930 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Latin-Grammys,WRAP MIAMI Mexican pop-rock folk singer Natalia Lafourcade takes home the coveted Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, at a socially distanced gala where high hopes for reggaeton fell short. 500 words 0530 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video afp
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