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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 6 08 90 65 24 -- TOP STORIES -- + UN sees humanitarian crisis in war-hit Ethiopia + Moderna boss warns Europe over vaccine delays + Three arrested over German museum heist + Twitter to roll out ephemeral tweets + Medieval Europe smells to be recreated Ethiopia-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The UN says a full-blown humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern Ethiopia, where thousands of people each day are fleeing the conflict in the Tigray region. 750 words 1600 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Moderna,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The head of the US biotech company Moderna warns Europeans that prolonging negotiations to buy doses of its Covid-19 vaccine could slow deliveries, with countries that signed up months ago getting priority. 600 words 1530 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Video Germany-museum-robbery-arrest,WRAP BERLIN German police arrest three suspects and raid properties over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen diamond-encrusted jewellery were snatched from a state museum in Dresden. 650 words 1430 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-Twitter,lead SAN FRANCISCO Twitter says it is rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages. 550 words 1500 GMT by Julie Jammot with Rob Lever in Washington Britain-history-smell-research,lead LONDON From stinky streets to the stench of the Battle of Waterloo, a multi-skilled team of experts is attempting to recreate the smells of Medieval Europe which will be shared with museums across the continent. 500 words 1500 GMT by Callum Paton -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Governments around the world plan for the rollout of vaccines against the coronavirus following recent medical breakthroughs, even as surging caseloads prompt gruelling new restrictions, with Austria taking the unpopular step of closing schools and shops. 750 words 1700 GMT by AFP bureaus Health-virus-US-trial,FOCUS MIAMI A key facet of the global scramble by Pfizer, Moderna and other pharma groups to develop a viable coronavirus vaccine is the recruitment of tens of thousands of volunteers willing to participate in clinical trials. 600 words 1700 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture Health-virus-vaccine-Fauci,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The United States' top infectious disease scientist hails early results from Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine trial as "stunningly impressive," calling the findings an emphatic validation of experimental mRNA technology that some had doubted. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-Austria,SCENE VIENNA In front of Vienna's City Hall, preparations for one of the Austrian capital's famous Christmas markets are on ice and the wooden stalls shuttered as the country begins a second coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Denise Hruby. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-politics-media-police,WRAP PARIS Filming French police officers and posting the images online without blurring their faces could soon become illegal under controversial legislation being debated in parliament. 650 words 1530 GMT by Gregory Danel. File picture US-Turkey-diplomacy-religion,WRAP ISTANBUL US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pays a fraught visit to Istanbul that includes no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara dismissed as "irrelevant". 600 words 1430 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-assault-children-scouts,WRAP WASHINGTON Almost 100,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have come forward by the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims tells AFP. 600 words moved Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Iota barrels through Central America after making landfall as the strongest Atlantic storm this year along a stretch of Nicaraguan coast devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. 750 words 1600 GMT by Julia Rios. Picture. Graphic. Video US-Mideast-diplomacy-Obama WASHINGTON Former US president Barack Obama writes in a new memoir that he is still torn by his choices in the Arab Spring, acknowledging he was inconsistent in which leaders to nudge out of power. 600 words 1600 GMT We will also move: US-diplomacy-Obama,QUOTES -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Thai police fire water cannon and tear gas on pro-democracy protesters trying to reach parliament, where lawmakers were debating possible changes to the military-scripted constitution. 500 words 1500 GMT by Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video. Live video HongKong-China-law-politics HONG KONG A senior Chinese official backs calls to "reform" Hong Kong's judiciary, in a landmark speech signalling Beijing's determination to assert more control over the city's independent legal system. 500 words moved China-UK-diplomacy BEIJING Beijing praises a British diplomat who was filmed diving into a river in southern China to save a drowning student, a rare warm moment between two countries at loggerheads over human rights. 250 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP, Sudan For Ethiopians who escaped intense fighting in their northern homeland of Tigray by fleeing into Sudan, they are now safe, but the terrifying nightmare of what they witnessed haunts them. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Burkina-vote-unrest, ADVANCER OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso's worsening jihadist insurgency has dominated campaigning for Sunday's elections, with some candidates arguing that the time has come to explore the idea of dialogue with armed groups. 550 words 1600 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. Graphic. File picture -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- US-retail-earnings-Walmart,WRAP NEW YORK Walmart reports another strong quarter boosted by good US sales as it retreats from some international markets as part of a push towards e-commerce. 550 words 1530 GMT by John Biers China-US-Huawei-telecommunication,2ndlead SHANGHAI Chinese telecom giant Huawei announces it has sold its Honor budget phone line to a domestic consortium in a move it said was necessary to keep the brand alive amid "tremendous" supply chain pressures caused by US sanctions. 600 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-music-US-Swift NEW YORK Taylor Swift confirms that the rights to her first six albums have been sold to a private equity firm without her knowledge, in the latest dispute over the pop megastar's lucrative back catalog. 300 words moved afp
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