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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO warns vaccines will not end pandemic + Trump to appear in Georgia in Senate gamble + Britain, EU try to break Brexit deadlock + Japan probe brings asteroid dust to Earth + Man City in top four as Premier League fans return Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The World Health Organization warns that vaccines will be no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis as Russia starts vaccinating its high-risk workers and other countries gear up for similar programmes. 750 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ventures out of Washington for his first political appearance since his election defeat to Joe Biden, campaigning in Georgia where two run-offs will decide the fate of the US Senate. 650 words 1600 GMT by Brian Knowlton Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Britain and the European Union will reconvene post-Brexit trade negotiations in Brussels after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hold inconclusive talks, as time runs short to seal a deal. 700 words 2300 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Space-Japan-science-asteroid-Australia TOKYO In a streak of light across the night sky, samples collected from a distant asteroid arrived on Earth on after being dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2. 650 words 2000 GMT by Sara Hussein and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Graphic. Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester City climb into the Premier League's top four after easing past Fulham 2-0 as fans return to the English top-flight for the first time in nine months. 700 words 1930 GMT by John Weaver. Picture -- EUROPE -- 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 2000 GMT by Nicolas Kienast. Pictures. Video. 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. 450 words 2030 GMT France-Egypt-diplomacy-rights,ADVANCER PARIS President Emmanuel Macron hosts Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for a three-day state visit with France facing calls from rights activists that Egypt should not be "indulged" despite the close alliance between Cairo and Paris. 600 words moved by Jerome Rivet and Francoise Kadri -- 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 Iraq-conflict-economy-market,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq Mountains of kitchen supplies, back-to-back butchers: the historic wholesale market in Iraq's Mosul is battling the odds -- from extremists to epidemic -- to revive the city's reputation as a trading hub. 700 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-Ghana-US-agriculture-cocoa-chocolate,lead ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's cocoa producers have ended their row with Hershey's after the US chocolate giant committed to paying a premium above the market price under an initiative to help lift the incomes of poor farmers. 600 words moved by David Esnault. Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The United Nations says fighting is continuing in many parts of Ethiopia's Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting the UN access to territory under federal control. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video 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 -- ASIA -- Thailand-ceremony-royals BANGKOK Some ten thousand 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 Health-virus-Malaysia-economy-gold,FOCUS KOTA BHARU, Malaysia In a backroom workshop in Malaysia, goldsmiths sit at wooden desks to melt and mould the precious metal as business booms, driven by soaring demand for the commodity during the pandemic. 500 words moved by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video -- 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. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture RugbyU-Tri-2020-AUS-ARG,2NDLEAD SYDNEY, Australia Reece Hodge misses a last-gasp penalty as 14-man Australia draws with Argentina for the second straight game to confirm New Zealand as Tri Nations champions. 700 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture afp
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