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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump reels off baseless claims at rally + Britain, EU try to break Brexit deadlock + Violence hits Paris over new security law + Japan probe brings asteroid dust to Earth + Chelsea top Premier League as fans return US-vote,WRAP VALDOSTA, Georgia Donald Trump launches into another litany of baseless claims that the US presidential election was stolen from him at his first post-poll rally, telling the crowd he will still end up winning. 850 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture Britain-EU-Brexit-politics BRUSSELS The EU and Britain's chief Brexit negotiators make a last-ditch bid to break months of deadlock, as trade talks limp back to Brussels, surviving on borrowed time. 700 words 0300 GMT by Alex Pigman with Joe Jackson in London. Picture. Video France-security-law-demonstration-unrest,WRAP PARIS Violence erupts in Paris for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new security law, with demonstrators clashing with police, vehicles set alight and shop windows smashed. 650 words moved by Nicolas Kienast. Picture. Video Space-Japan-science-asteroid,WRAP TOKYO Samples collected from a distant asteroid arrive on Earth after beind dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2, with cheering scientists hoping the precious material will help shed light on the origin of life. 650 words 0300 GMT by Sara Hussein and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Animated graphic. Graphic Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester United roar back to beat West Ham 3-1, while Chelsea move top of the Premier League by the same scoreline over Leeds as fans return to the English top-flight for the first time in nine months. 650 words moved by John Weaver. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-food-health-virus,FOCUS COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland Before the pandemic closed her school and US immigration agents deported her father to El Salvador, Kimberly Orellana did not fear going hungry. But with her mother now alone and cleaning houses for low pay, the 14-year-old treks to a nearby school for a handout of groceries organized by a non-profit. 825 words 0130 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture US-health-virus-hospital-Texas,SCENE HOUSTON Through multiple masks, a face shield and a protective suit he likens to those worn by astronauts, Dr Joseph Varon bends over his Covid-19 patient and waves into the phone she is holding up. 750 words 0130 GMT by Mark Felix with Sarah Titterton in Washington. Picture US-economy-family-health-pandemic,FOCUS POTOMAC, Maryland After separating from her husband in 2007, Katie Marcoux and her two young daughters moved in with her parents for financial reasons. She expected to stay a year at most. Thirteen years later, Marcoux -- now remarried -- still lives in the house, along with her parents and one of her daughters. 650 words 0130 GMT by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-ceremony-royals BANGKOK Thousands of royalists turn out in Bangkok for a drone show honouring the Thai king's late father, in a show of force by a monarchy under pressure following months of pro-democracy protests. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-EU-US-Russia-energy-gas,lead BERLIN Work looks set to resume on the controversial NordStream 2 pipeline that will bring Russian gas to Germany despite a fresh protest from the United States. 500 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes with Andrea Palasciano in Moscow Romania-politics-vote,WRAP BUCHAREST Romanians vote in parliamentary elections, with the governing pro-European liberals tipped to win despite criticism for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0400 GMT by Mihaela Rodina. File picture Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-university-students,FOCUS LONDON Despite the prestige of Oxford and Cambridge and other top universities, EU students warn Britain will be less attractive after Brexit, with fees set to soar and legal tangles still not ironed out. 750 words 0200 GMT by Anna Malpas. File picture Also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-university-students,FACTS Italy-trees-disease,FOCUS ROME Rome's majestic umbrella pines are as much part of the landscape as the ruins and cobbled streets, but they are under threat from a tiny insect invader -- the pine tortoise scale. 600 words 0400 GMT by Catherine Marciano. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-Gulf-diplomacy,INTERVIEW MANAMA A resolution of the Gulf diplomatic crisis is in sight, with all nations involved "on board" and final agreement expected soon, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan tells AFP. 850 words moved by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video Also moved: Saudi-Iran-US-diplomacy,FOCUS Kuwait-vote,WRAP KUWAIT CITY Kuwaitis hoping for reform go to the polls in a parliamentary election overshadowed by Covid-19, with facilities laid on for citizens infected with the disease to vote in special polling stations. 750 words moved by Salima Lebel. Picture. Video Also moved: Kuwait-vote,FACTFILE -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's interim legislature chooses Colonel Malick Diaw, a leading player in an August coup, as its president despite anger over the military's increasing clout in politics. 570 words moved. File picture. Video Liberia-politics-election-referendum,ADVANCER MONROVIA Liberians vote Tuesday in a referendum on shortening presidential terms, a change some members of the opposition fear President George Weah will exploit to extend his stay in office. 750 words 0230 GMT by Zoom Dosso -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-Sakhir-BRN-Sakhir-qualifying,WRAP MANAMA Valtteri Bottas claims pole position for Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, edging out Mercedes teammate George Russell in qualifying in the absence of coronavirus-hit world champion Lewis Hamilton. 550 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-ECB-eurozone-rate,ADVANCER FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is set to unleash more stimulus for the eurozone at its last meeting of the year on Thursday, as the region's battered economy grapples with a second coronavirus wave. 650 words 0300 GMT by Ed Frankl Netherlands-Britain-food-Unilever-VegetarianButcher-environment,FOCUS ETTEN-LEUR, Netherlands When Dutch farmer Jaap Korteweg turned vegetarian and set up a shop selling meat-free products, his friends thought he was joking. But the founder of "The Vegetarian Butcher" has had the last laugh after his company was gobbled up by British-Dutch consumer giant Unilever. 700 words 0300 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video. File picture afp
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