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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer vaccine raises hopes for end of pandemic + Thousands march on Thai police HQ after clashes + US regulators clear Boeing 737 MAX to fly again + Iran offers Biden commitment to nuclear accords + BBC launches probe into 1995 Diana TV interview Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Pharma giant Pfizer boosts hopes of a possible end to the coronavirus pandemic by announcing improved results for its vaccine, even as the death rate in Europe surges and protests against restrictions turn violent. 800 words 2030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Thailand-politics-protest-royals,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of democracy activists march on Thailand's police headquarters in downtown Bangkok on a second day of protest, after six people were shot during violent clashes. 650 words moved by Sophie Deviller and Lisa Martin. Picture. Video US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK US regulators clear the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis. 750 words 2000 GMT by John Biers Iran-nuclear-policy-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it will "automatically" return to its nuclear commitments if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions, as the outgoing administration doubles down with more pressure. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi with Shaun Tandon in Washington Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC LONDON The BBC announces the immediate start of an investigation into how it obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana that lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles. 400 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Pfizer-vaccine WASHINGTON Pfizer and BioNTech say a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine found it protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announced they were applying for US emergency approval "within days." 700 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture. Graphic We will also move: Health-virus-vaccines-trials,Q&A Moved: Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS Health-virus-WHO Health-virus-Germany-demo,3rdlead BERLIN German police use water cannon and pepper spray to disperse thousands of unmasked protesters at a demonstration in central Berlin against government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. 700 words moved by David Courbet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO After struggling for months to get its spiraling Covid-19 death toll under control, Brazil is now threatened by the nightmare scenario that has already shaken the United States and Europe: a second wave. 650 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- US TROOP WITHDRAWAL -- US-politics-military-Afghanistan-Iraq,WRAP WASHINGTON The US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest in nearly 20 years, the Pentagon says, prompting security worries among allies and fear on Kabul's streets after President Donald Trump pledged to end conflicts abroad. 850 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks Afghanistan-US-Taliban-conflict-region,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON In withdrawing thousands of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, President Donald Trump is meeting the mood of the United States but also leaving a vacuum that US adversaries could be eager to fill. 700 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon Afghanistan-US-Taliban-conflict,WRAP KABUL The Taliban welcomes the Pentagon's announcement it will soon pull about 2,000 US troops from Afghanistan as a "good step" that will help end the country's long-running conflict, as Afghan citizens express alarm. 600 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Graphic Iraq-US-Iran-Trump-troops,FOCUS BAGHDAD Eyeing Washington's withdrawal of 500 more troops from Iraq, pro-Iran factions have boldly resumed attacks on the US embassy there despite suspicions outgoing President Donald Trump could strike back. 700 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-security,FOCUS WASHINGTON Firing the election security czar and pressuring local officals to throw out valid votes, President Donald Trump and his Republicans are making desperate -- but likely futile -- attempts to invalidate Democrat Joe Biden's election win. 600 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture US-aviation-Boeing-families,FOCUS NEW YORK Brittney Riffel was seven months pregnant when her husband died on a Boeing 737 MAX plane crash. The plane's imminent return to the skies worries her. 700 words moved by John Biers Also moved: US-aviation-Boeing,DATES US-aviation-Boeing,Q&A -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-terror-Birmingham-arrest,WRAP LONDON A 65-year-old man is arrested in connection with one of Britain's worst terror attacks, the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings which killed 21 and left 182 others injured. 580 words moved by James Pheby -- MIDEAST -- Israel-US-Bahrain-diplomacy-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Bahrain's foreign minister calls for fresh Israeli-Palestinian peace talks during a landmark meeting in Israel with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 800 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-conflict-Syria-Iran,WRAP Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,FACTS Iraq-Saudi-diplomacy-trade,WRAP ARAR BORDER CROSSING, Iraq Iraq and Saudi Arabia reopen their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh's rival, Tehran. 650 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Both sides in Ethiopia's raging internal conflict claim military successes, creating a muddied picture of fighting even as the government promised it would soon be over. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphics. DRCongo-health-epidemic-Ebola,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo declares the end of its latest Ebola epidemic, closing the file on an outbreak in the northwestern province of Equateur that claimed 55 lives in nearly six months. 700 words moved by Samir Tounsi -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Three former lawmakers from Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition are arrested for protests held earlier this year in the city's legislature as it passed a law criminalising insults to China's national anthem. 400 words moved -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-science-species-WWF PARIS The populations of most wild animals with a backbone -- mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and fish -- are stable, scientists say in a finding sharply at odds with a benchmark report issued every two years by environmental group WWF. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORTS -- Cricket-ENG-PAK-tour-Pakistan,WRAP LONDON England will tour Pakistan next year for the first time since a 2009 attack by gunmen on the visiting Sri Lankan team in a move hailed by the English cricket authorities as "a significant moment". 600 words moved by Pirate Irwin Fbl-Eur-Nations-GER-Loew,WRAP BERLIN Joachim Loew faces the biggest crisis of his 14-year reign as Germany coach after his side's a historic 6-0 thumping by Spain, with questions as to whether he should lead the team into next year's European championships. 680 words moved by Ryland James. 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