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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump edges closer to accepting Biden victory + Huge Asian trade pact signed in coup for China + Ethiopia's Tigray claims rocket strikes on Eritrea + Germany warns virus measures could last months + Hamilton equals Schumacher with seventh F1 title US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appears to edge closer towards acknowledging his election defeat in a tweet, as he again rails against supposed mass fraud in the vote won by challenger Joe Biden. 600 words 1600 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video ASEAN-China-US-trade-RCEP,WRAP HANOI Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries sign the world's biggest free trade deal, seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence. 600 words moved by Alice Philipson with Martin Abbugao in Singapore. Picture. Video Also moved: RCEP-ASEAN-trade-China-US-Vietnam,Q&A Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The leader of the Tigray region of Ethiopia claims responsibility for rocket strikes on the airport in neighbouring Eritrea's capital, ratcheting up fears of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet with Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali in Hamdayit, Sudan. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,SCENE Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany warns that its reimposed measures to help slow the spread of coronavirus are likely to continue for months as Greece announces a new ban on gatherings. 600 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Auto-Prix-TUR,WRAP ISTANBUL Lewis Hamilton secures a record-equalling seventh Formula One world title after winning the Turkish Grand Prix and then warns pretenders to his crown "I'm only just getting started!" 600 words 1430 GMT. Picture Also moving: Auto-Prix-Hamilton-Schumacher,FOCUS Also moved: Auto-Prix-Hamilton,PROFILE -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP KALBAJAR Azerbaijan agrees to extend a deadline for Armenia to withdraw from a disputed district as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. 750 words 1600 by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Cyprus-politics-Turkey,WRAP NICOSIA President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says on a controversial visit to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus that talks about the divided island should aim for a settlement between "two separate states". 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Moldova-vote,WRAP CHISINAU Moldova votes in the second round of a tightly contested presidential election pitting a pro-European challenger against the country's Moscow-backed incumbent. 750 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Belarus-protest MINSK Belarusians take to the streets of the capital Minsk in a fresh demonstration against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko as anger mounted over the recent death of an opposition activist. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Romania-fire BUCHAREST A doctor badly burned in a Romanian hospital fire that left 10 dead is hailed as a hero after it emerged he tried to help Covid-19 patients to safety. 600 words 1500 GMT by Ionut Iordachescu and Syvlain Moreau. Picture. Video Britain-EU-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain head into the final stretch of post-Brexit trade negotiations after months of bickering with hopes of agreeing a blueprint for their future, but failure remains on the table. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman. File picture. File video. Graphic -- Please see our special Brexit advisory for full coverage -- -- AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-peace,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomes rebel leaders to the capital Khartoum as crowds celebrate what they hope is the end of war following a landmark peace deal. 500 words 1600 GMT Tanzania-politics-vote-Belgium,INTERVIEW TIENEN, Belgium Last month, Tundu Lissu was campaigning for the presidency of Tanzania. Today, he is back in a simple ground floor flat in the small Belgian town where he had recovered from multiple gunshot wounds the previous time he was forced to flee his homeland. 750 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Brazilians vote in municipal elections that will test the strength of the country's rightward shift under President Jair Bolsonaro, with the coronavirus pandemic looming large. 600 words 1500 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video. Live video Peru-politics-demonstration,WRAP LIMA The head of Peru's Congress calls for the "immediate resignation" of interim president Manuel Merino after a violent crackdown on protests against his new government leaves at least three dead and 13 injured. 600 words moved by Luis Jame Cisneros. Picture. Video US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON Four astronauts are poised to launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne. Graphic. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Cambodia-economy-microfinance,FOCUS SIEM REAP Trapped under a mountain of crippling debt, Cambodian farmer Roeurn Reth fears she will have to sell her land to repay microfinance loans that have ballooned due to pandemic-spurred job losses in her family. 750 words moved by Suy Se. Picture. Video Japan-HongKong-China-economy-finance,FOCUS TOKYO Tokyo is on a charm offensive, hoping to lure firms in Hong Kong spooked by protests and a controversial security law imposed by China. But wooing big business is proving a tough sell. 700 words moved by Etienne Balmer. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Leisure-Egypt-tourism-economy,FOCUS SIWA, Egypt Tucked away in Egypt's Western Desert, the Shali fortress once protected inhabitants against the incursions of wandering tribes, but now there are hopes its renovation will attract ecotourists. 650 words moved by Hager Harabech. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Golf-Masters,WRAP AUGUSTA, Georgia Dustin Johnson is in control going into the final round of the Masters after matching the 54-hole record at Augusta National to grab a four-stroke lead in quest of a second major title. 500 words 1600 GMT by Jim Slater. Picture Moto-Prix,WRAP VALENCIA Spanish rider Joan Mir wins the first MotoGP world championship of his career despite only winning one race all season. 400 words 1430 GMT Oly-2021-fencing-VEN-Poland-health-virus,INTERVIEW LODZ, Poland With a big coolbag on his back, Venezuelan Olympic fencing champion Ruben Limardo is out making deliveries in his adopted hometown in Poland -- a way for him and his teammates of making ends meet in pandemic times. 600 words 1430 GMT by Stanislaw Waszak. Picture. Video afp
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