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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran weighs response to nuclear scientist assassination + Tigray targets Eritrea as Ethiopia PM declares victory + French police risk charges over black man's beating + 110 Nigerian farmers killed in Boko Haram attack: UN + Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies at 85 Iran-nuclear-scientist-attack-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Iran weighs how to respond to the killing of a top nuclear scientist, which it blames on arch foe Israel, as his remains are taken to Shiite shrines ahead of his funeral Monday. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Rockets are launched from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region targeting the capital of Eritrea several hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declares military operations in the region are over, diplomats tell AFP. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-politics-Abiy,PROFILE Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,CHRONO France-police-protest-law,WRAP PARIS Four French police risk being charged over the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer that shocked France and intensified controversy over new security legislation. 650 words 1530 GMT by Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Also moved: France-police-protest-law,2ndlead Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-toll,WRAP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill at least 110 farmers in a weekend attack on rice fields in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations says. 400 words 1530 GMT 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. 500 words 1700 GMT by James Pheby. File picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- 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 -- EUROPE -- Switzerland-voting-politics-business-rights,2ndlead GENEVA Swiss voters reject a plan to impose the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules, which would have made multinationals headquartered in the country liable for abusive business practices worldwide. 550 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard Belarus-politics-unrest,lead MINSK Opposition protesters in Belarus take to the streets of capital Minsk in the latest of three months of demonstrations against the re-election of strongman president Alexander Lukashenko. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture Britain-France-Channel-migration-politics,lead LONDON Increased patrols and technology will be deployed along France's beaches under a new agreement between Paris and London aimed at stopping illegal migration across the Channel. 300 words moved. Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Stepanakert,SCENE STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan Housing, livestock, crops: they had to give up everything. In Stepanakert, the main city of disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenians displaced by the conflict with Azerbaijan return to destroyed homes and an uncertain future. 600 words 1700 GMT by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Poland-politics-abortion,INTERVIEW WARSAW For Klementyna Suchanow, one of the leaders of Poland's protest movement, mass demonstrations against a tightening of abortion laws have turned into "a real revolution" against the current government. 450 words moved. Picture Also moved: Poland-politics-abortion,FOCUS Cyprus-agriculture-climate-environment,FOCUS AKAKI, Cyprus Standing in her olive grove in Cyprus, Elena Simpson sighs at the sight of hundreds of barren trees and vows to stand up to climate change after another scorching year. 500 words moved by Valentine Graveleau. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- 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 1600 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. 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 1700 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Brazil's biggest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, elect their next mayors as the country holds municipal runoffs, the last polls before far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is up for reelection in 2022. 550 words 1500 GMT by Florence Goisnard. Picture. Video. Live video Iran-nuclear-attack-US-Israel,FOCUS WASHINGTON The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, which Tehran has blamed on Israel, risks not only sharpening tensions across the region but also severely complicating plans by US President-elect Joe Biden to resume dialogue with the Islamic republic, analysts say. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture 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 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 -- ASIA PACIFIC -- 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. 650 words 1500 GMT by Zakeria Hashimi with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic 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. 600 words moved by David Stout. 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 -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Maradona-ARG-ESP-ITA PARIS Two of Diego Maradona's former clubs pay their respects to the Argentine legend with Barcelona, now led by his country's heir as number 10, Lionel Messi, remembering the star as they face Osasuna in La Liga, while Napoli plan an emotional and elaborate commemoration in Italy. 450 words 1700 GMT. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Jose Mourinho's Tottenham are at his former club Chelsea hoping to spoil their London rivals' anniversary marking the 1,000th game since Roman Abramovich became the owner and in the process displace champions Liverpool at the top of the Premier League 600 words by 1830 GMT. Picture Box-heavy-Tyson-Jones LOS ANGELES Mike Tyson's return to boxing at age 54 ends in a draw with 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr in an eight-round exhibition battle of former heavyweight champions. 600 words moved Also moved: Box-USA-heavy-Tyson-Jones,REAX Auto-Prix-BRN MANAMA Lewis Hamilton is on pole as the freshly crowned seven-time champion goes in pursuit of his 11th win of the season under floodlights at the Bahrain Grand Prix. 600 words 1630 GMT. Picture afp
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