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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 01 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump: 'Time will tell' on US election result + Homes burned ahead of Karabakh handover + NY shuts bars amid WHO warning on vaccines + Iran denies secret Al-Qaeda killing in Tehran + Argentina stun All Blacks in rugby shock US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump says "time will tell" if he remains president, in a momentary slip of his unprecedented refusal to concede his election defeat and help Democrat Joe Biden prepare to take power. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh CHAREKTAR, Azerbaijan Villagers in Nagorno-Karabakh set their houses on fire before fleeing to Armenia, which is due to start handing over disputed territory to Azerbaijan as part of a peace agreement ending weeks of intense fighting between the longstanding rivals. 500 words 1030 GMT Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK New York races to cut off a second wave of coronavirus infections as a top WHO expert warns growing public distrust about vaccines risks rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus Iran-US-attacks-Qaeda, WRAP TEHRAN Iran denies a report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command has been secretly killed in Tehran by two Israeli operatives on a motorcycle at the behest of the United States. 650 words 1000 GMT RugbyU-Tri-2020-ARG-NZL SYDNEY A gutsy Argentina stun the All Blacks 25-15 to pull off one of rugby's biggest upsets, consigning an embarrassed New Zealand to their first back-to-back defeats in almost a decade. 500 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-hospital,FOCUS AACHEN, Germany No matter if a viable vaccine is coming on the market soon or not, Germany's Aachen hospital already knows there will still be a marathon to run when it comes to treating patients worst hit by the coronavirus. 700 words 1130 GMT by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-WHO,INTERVIEW GENEVA As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel coronavirus, a top WHO expert warns in an interview with AFP that public distrust risks rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic. 600 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Health-virus-Britain-cinema,FOCUS LONDON Far from being wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's film and television industry is enjoying a blockbuster run thanks in large part to a surge in online streaming. 750 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. File picture Health-virus-Czech-death,FOCUS PRAGUE Crematoriums in the Czech Republic are bursting at the seams as the coronavirus death toll soars, placing the country at the top of Europe's grim statistics. 550 words moved by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- NMacedonia-Bulgaria-politics,FOCUS SKOPJE After changing its name last year to settle a decades-old battle with Greece, the small Balkan state of North Macedonia was finally on a path to join the European Union. Until Bulgaria stepped in. 750 words 1000 GMT by Darko Duridanski with Vessela Sergueva. Picture France-train-attack-US,ADVANCER PARIS A Moroccan man is to go on trial in France accused of an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago which was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. 700 words moved by Marie Dhumieres -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says forces loyal to the ruling party in Tigray have fired into neighbouring Amhara region, raising fears the conflict will draw in other parts of the country as the UN struggles to secure access for aid workers. 750 words 0930 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. Graphic Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,SCENE GEDAREF DISTRICT, Sudan Barefoot and nearing collapse, 10-year-old Tediest Gezriel is among the thousands of Ethiopians fleeing into Sudan from intense fighting reporting artillery bombardments and air strikes in their homeland of Tigray. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Mali-unrest-France-jihadist,WRAP PARIS France announces that its anti-jihadist force in Mali has killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region, as well as around 30 militants in a separate operation. 750 words moved by Didier Lauras with Amuary Hauchard in Ouagadougou. Graphic -- ASIA -- US-vote-India-Biden CHENNAI, India Already bursting with pride at Kamala Harris's ancestry, India has now started digging up potential local roots for US President-elect Joe Biden. 600 words moved by Arun Sankar in Chennai and Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture. Video India-health-virus-pollution-Diwali NEW DELHI The coronavirus pandemic and pollution spoil the party for hundreds of millions of Indians marking the main Hindu festival of the year Diwali. 500 words 1000 GMT by Archana Thiyagarajan. Picture. Video US-politics-military-Afghanistan,FOCUS WASHINGTON With little more than two months left in office, President Donald Trump appears to be pushing ahead with plans to pull out of Afghanistan as he stacks the Pentagon with loyalists. 750 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-France-Turkey-Mideast-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faces an elephant in the room as he heads on a seven-nation trip to US allies -- they have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on his victory and he most certainly has not. 650 words 1030 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi Peru-politics-protest,WRAP LIMA A Peruvian judge bans ousted president Martin Vizcarra from leaving the country days after his dismissal by Congress as the nation's political crisis spills over into street clashes between protesters and police. 650 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Brazil-vote,FOCUS SAO PAULO After losing eight elections, Regina Bento Sequeira came up with a plan to win a city council seat in Brazil: she reinvented herself as a superhero, "Captain Chloroquine". 550 words moved by Rodrigo Almonacid. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- WSahara-conflict-Morocco-Mauritania,Q&A RABAT For three decades, a UN-monitored ceasefire has kept the peace in the disputed Western Sahara. Now a row over a remote desert truck stop is prompting talk of a return to war. 600 words 1030 GMT by Sophie Pons with Amal Belalloufi in Algiers. File picture Libya-conflict-diplomacy-UN,INTERVIEW TUNIS The UN's former envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, says he has higher hopes than ever of seeing an end to a decade of violence in the North African country. 750 words moved by Paul Raymond. File Picture. Video -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-vote-economy-politics-markets,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is mounting an unprecedented, and thus far unsuccessful, challenge to last week's presidential election, but that hasn't shaken Wall Street's forward momentum. 550 words moved by Virginie Montet US-economy-employment-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid-19 has come roaring back and is likely to inflict further damage on the American economy, which will take years to recover to its robust pre-pandemic status. 750 words moved by Julie Chabanas afp
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