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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump dismisses 'fake' polls on election eve + Germany tightens curbs as coronavirus spreads + Gunmen kill 22 in Kabul attack claimed by IS + Two children rescued days after Turkey quake + Depp loses libel case on 'wife beater' claim US-vote,WRAP SCRANTON, Pennsylvania President Donald Trump enters his final day of campaigning for reelection dismissing polls that show him headed for a humiliating loss, while Democrat Joe Biden urges Americans to draw a line under the "chaos" of the last four years. 750 words 2000 GMT by Brendan Smialowski, with Jim Watson in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Despite sporadic popular protests, Germany leads a tightening of coronavirus curbs in much of Europe while the Covid-19 crisis deepens in the United States on election eve. 750 words 1930 GMT by Hui Min Neo with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university,WRAP KABUL At least 22 people are killed when attackers storm one of Afghanistan's main universities, detonating a suicide bomb and spraying classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group. 750 words 2000 GMT by Jay Deshmukh with Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers pull two children from the rubble in a town in Turkey, delivering hope nearly three days after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean, killing 93 people and destroying dozens of homes. 500 words moved by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp loses a libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for branding him a "wife beater" in a case that laid bare his chaotic battle with drink and drugs, and shattered his global reputation. 650 words moved by James Pheby. File picture. File video -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-obituaries,FOCUS CHICAGO A few days after Barry Kreiter died, his obituary showed up online, containing two signs of the times: a link for mourners to watch the funeral online and an appeal to mourners over their choice of president in the US election. In the era of Donald Trump, even obituaries are taking on a political hew. 500 words moved by Bob Chiarito US-vote-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON All his life, the only constant about Donald Trump has been that everything must be about Donald Trump. "I alone can fix it," the president has said -- and, on Tuesday, Americans vote in what amounts to a referendum on the 74-year-old's brazen claim. 2,200 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-Biden,PROFILE WASHINGTON He has suffered profound personal tragedy and seen his earlier political ambitions thwarted, but veteran Democrat Joe Biden hopes his pledge to unify Americans will deliver him the presidency after nearly half a century in Washington. 1,500 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moving: US-vote-Pennsylvania,FACTS US-vote-campaign,CHRONO -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Europe PARIS Europe risks being hit with further waves of coronavirus infections next year, France's scientific council warns, as the continent scrambles to cope with a second deadly spike in Covid-19 cases. 500 words moved by Paul Ricard and Eleonore Hughes Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defends his belated decision to impose a second coronavirus lockdown as critics claim he could have saved "thousands" of lives by acting sooner. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-Merkel,2ndlead BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel pleads with Germans to comply with new restrictions to achieve a "turnaround" in the fight against the pandemic, holding out hope that families will be able to spend Christmas together. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics-vote-parliament,WRAP CARACAS Campaigning for next month's parliamentary election begins in Venezuela on Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro looking to take back control of the National Assembly, whose speaker and opposition leader Juan Guaido is demanding a boycott. 750 words 1930 GMT by Esteban Rojas. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS France honours the teacher beheaded near his school by a suspected Islamist radical as millions of students returned to class after a spate of attacks that have put the country on edge. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Netherlands-transport-accident-art-offbeat,lead SPIJKENISSE A runaway Dutch metro train is saved from disaster after it smashes through a stop barrier but then comes to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail. 500 words moved by Sara Magniette. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-election-opposition-vote,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian police briefly arrest defeated presidential candidate Tundu Lissu after rounding up other top opposition leaders who have called mass protests against an election they say was riddled with fraud. 600 words moved. Ethiopia-unrest-minorities, WRAP ADDIS ABABA An armed group active in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region has killed at least 32 civilians in a weekend "massacre", the national rights body said Monday, adding that the true toll could be higher. 500 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. ICoast-vote ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's opposition leaders say they will create a 'transitional government' after boycotting a weekend election in protest over President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a contested third term. 700 words 2000 GMT by Patrick Markey and David Esnault. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics,WRAP ALGIERS Algerians approve a revised version of the North African country's constitution with two thirds of votes cast, the electoral commission says, after record low turnout in the previous day's referendum. 550 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Iraq-palms-agriculture-heritage,VIDEOESSAY JALIHA, Iraq Under the Iraqi sun, Abbas Abbud scrambles up a palm tree to pick dates overhead, one of the last of several generations of "palm climbers" left. 500 words moved by Hayder Indhar. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-weather-typhoon,WRAP MANILA The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroys tens of thousands of homes and kills at least 20 people, officials say, as communications to the worst-hit areas remained cut off. 550 words moved by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-vote-IT-politics-Facebook,FOCUS WASHINGTON Despite a concerted effort by Facebook to stem political misinformation ahead of the US elections, false and misleading ads are still circulating as a result of glitches and loopholes -- and what critics claim is weak enforcement of the social giant's own policies. 800 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-Britain-retail-Christmas,FOCUS LONDON A scattering of shoppers rush to buy festive goodies as England prepares to close all "non-essential" stores for four weeks -- just as stores gear up for the pre-Christmas rush. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-YouTube-music-entertainment-internet SEOUL The wildly infectious and relentlessly repetitive children's song "Baby Shark" becomes the most-watched YouTube video, with more than seven billion plays. 250 words moved afp
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