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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump fights on after new election loss setback + US approves virus therapy, G20 vows fair vaccine rollout + Ethiopia warns of all-out assault on rebel region + Protesters burn Guatemala Congress in budget fight US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urges Republicans to "fight hard" as he seeks to overturn his election loss, despite a damaging legal defeat in the crucial state of Pennsylvania. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US drug regulators give emergency approval to a Covid-19 antibody therapy and G20 nations push for global access to vaccines as the pandemic leads to further closures in parts of the world. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's military threatens an all-out assault on Mekele, capital of the dissident Tigray region and seat of the local government it is seeking to dislodge, warning civilians to flee while they still can. 600 words moved. Video. Picture. Graphic. Guatemala-politics-budget-demo,WRAP GUATEMALA CITY Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burn the Congress building in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics MINSK Tens of thousands of Belarus opposition protesters take to the streets, the latest large-scale rally against President Alexandre Lukashenko's contested re-election. 450 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Serbia-church BELGRADE Thousands of mourners pay homage to Patriarch Irinej, leader of Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), who died of Covid-19 during the country's record surge in coronavirus cases. 550 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-history-politics,lead FRANKFURT German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas lashes out at anti-mask protesters comparing themselves to Nazi victims, accusing them of trivialising the Holocaust and "making a mockery" of the courage shown by resistance fighters. 450 words 1430 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Russia,SCENE ASKERAN, Azerbaijan Following a peace deal separating fighters from Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vardges Harutyunyan's pomegranate orchard is on the wrong side of the border and he is worried he will not be able to take in the harvest. 550 words moved by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- G20-summit,WRAP RIYADH G20 leaders will pledge to "spare no effort" in ensuring fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide, and reaffirm support for debt-laden poor countries, according to a draft communique seen by AFP. 700 words 1500 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video US-diplomacy-Iran,FOCUS ABU DHABI US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is taking advantage of what is likely his last Middle East tour to hammer home the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran that he hopes won't let up under President-elect Joe Biden. 500 words 1630 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi Iraq-IS-attack,WRAP SAMARRA, Iraq The Islamic State jihadist group claims an attack that killed 10 people in Iraq, fuelling criticism the government is doing too little to fight the militants. 650 words 1530 GMT WSahara-conflict-Morocco,ANALYSIS ALGIERS Clashes between Morocco and the Polisario Front reflect the movement's frustration with a three-decade ceasefire that has done little for its dreams of independence in the Western Sahara, analysts say. 650 words 1700 GMT by Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis Israel-Palestinians-conflict-boxing-women,VIDEOESSAY GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories The bell rings in a gloomy basement and two teenage girls wearing helmets and gloves start circling each other in the ring in Gaza's first female-only boxing tournament. 400 words 1700 GMT. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-vote,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso votes in a general election in the shadow of a growing jihadist insurgency, and with opposition candidates warning of a "massive fraud" at the polls. 550 words 1630 GMT by Amaury Hauchard and Armel Bailly. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP, Sudan Like all mothers-to-be, Berekhti Burro dreamt of bringing new life into the world in a safe place. Instead she was forced to flee fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, trekking for hours in the blazing sun to safety in Sudan. 690 words 1600 GMT by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-democracy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States has long championed democracy around the world, but President Donald Trump is now establishing a new American model -- refusing to concede, making unsubstantiated claims of fraud and seeking the intervention of courts. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-women-prisoners,FOCUS KABUL Female assassins who lured an Afghan security official to his death with promises of sex before shooting him and dumping his body at a cemetery are among thousands of Taliban criminals freed as part of a fragile peace plan. 600 words moved by Elise Blanchard. Picture afp
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