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| - Duty Editor: Joshua Melvin Email: joshua.melvin@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Maradona doctor investigated for manslaughter + US faces 'surge upon a surge' of Covid cases + Iran weighs response to assassination + Wounded stream into Tigray hospitals + Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies at 85 Fbl-Argentina-Maradona-ARG-doctor,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona's surgeon responds to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he did "everything he could, up to the impossible" for an "unmanageable" patient. 500 words 1930 GMT. File picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON America should brace for a "surge upon a surge" in coronavirus cases as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, top US scientist Anthony Fauci warns. 700 words 2100 GMT by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-nuclear-scientist-attack-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Debate rages in Iran over how and when to respond to a top nuclear scientist's assassination, blamed on arch-foe Israel, as his body is honoured at Shiite shrines ahead of his funeral on Monday. 800 words moved by Amir Havasi. Graphic. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Wounded people stream into hospitals in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, an aid group says, a day after federal troops claimed victory. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-film-culture-Starwars,WRAP LONDON Dave Prowse, the British actor behind the menacing black mask of Star Wars villain Darth Vader, dies at the age of 85. 600 words moved by James Pheby. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-police-protest-law,WRAP PARIS Paris's top prosecutor calls for four French police officers to be charged for beating a black music producer, an incident that intensified controversy over a new security law. 650 words moved by Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Also moved: France-police-law-Syria-conflict-unrest-media,lead Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Stepanakert,SCENE STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan Housing, livestock, crops: they had to give up everything as they fled the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, now they return to destroyed homes and an uncertain future. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Switzerland-voting-politics-business-rights,3rdlead GENEVA Swiss voters reject a plan to impose the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules, which would have made their multinationals liable for abusive business practices worldwide. 650 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-scientist-attack-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Questions mount in Israel following the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, with experts speculating on whether Israeli agents are responsible, and if so, how Tehran may respond. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Also moved: Iran-nuclear-attack-US-Israel,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump WASHINGTON In the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicates that he may never concede to Joe Biden or abandon his conspiracy theory about mass ballot fraud. 400 words moved Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Brazil's biggest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, choose their next mayors as the country holds municipal runoffs, the last polls before far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is up for reelection in 2022. 700 words 2100 GMT by Florence Goisnard. Picture. Video US-arts-offbeat,lead LOS ANGELES A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials say. 450 words moved Health-virus-US-art,FOCUS NEW YORK Artists are taking over New York storefronts made empty by the coronavirus pandemic, receiving invaluable free exposure and breathing life into depressed shopping streets. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-toll,WRAP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria At least 110 Nigerian farm workers are killed in a weekend massacre blamed on jihadists, the UN says, making it the deadliest attack on civilians this year. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Camille Malplat in Lagos. Picture. Graphic. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP, Sudan The Um Raquba refugee camp in eastern Sudan once housed Ethiopians fleeing famine, but now life has flooded back into the isolated camp as refugees seek safe haven from the Tigray conflict. 550 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-Eritrea-refugee,REAX -- ASIA PACIFIC -- Pakistan-Cher-animal-wildlife-zoo,WRAP ISLAMABAD Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the "world's loneliest elephant" embarks on a mammoth move from Pakistan to retirement in a Cambodian sanctuary. 650 words moved by David Sout. Picture. Video Australia-weather-climate SYDNEY Sydney records its hottest November night as Australia's largest city suffered through a weekend heatwave that saw daytime temperatures peak above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). 400 words moved Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP GHAZNI, Afghanistan A suicide car bomber strikes an army base in Afghanistan killing at least 30 security personnel, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks targeting government forces in months. 700 words moved by Zakeria Hashimi with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic Thailand-politics-royals-demonstration,2ndlead BANGKOK Hundreds of protesters march on a barracks of Thailand's royal guards unit hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads, a whimsical show of force by a pro-democracy movement calling for curbs to the power of the monarchy. 600 words moved. Picture Nepal-gender-arts-lifestyle-elderly,INTERVIEW KATHMANDU Every winter Lorina Sthapit would warm her feet in woollen socks freshly knitted by her grandmother. Now she has co-founded a crafts venture that not only sells such handmade products but also delves into the seldom-told stories of its mostly elderly female creators. 750 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Auto-Prix-BRN,WRAP SAKHIR Lewis Hamilton powers to his record-increasing 95th victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix in a race overshadowed by a horrific crash for Romain Grosjean, from which the Frenchman escaped relatively unscathed. 700 words moved. Picture Auto-Prix-BRN-Haas-Grosjean-crash,WRAP SAKHIR Race officials and drivers praise the modern safety systems developed for Formula One after Romain Grosjean survives a high-speed crash and fireball blaze on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. 600 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Tottenham move to the top of the Premier League with a goalless draw against title rivals Chelsea, while Edinson Cavani inspires Manchester United's thrilling 3-2 win at Southampton. 550 words moved by Steve Griffiths. Picture afp
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