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| - Duty Editor: Joseph Boyle Tel: +33 641 97 98 13 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tense Brexit talks to go on + US set for vaccine rollout + Azerbaijan confirms Karabakh deaths + Stabbings, shooting at US protest + F1 set for season finale Britain-EU politics-Brrexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and European negotiators are sent back to work after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen agree to abandon their supposed make-or-break deadline. 700 words 1600 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Germany-banking,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine are set to leave a Michigan factory, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans, as the global death toll approaches 1.6 million. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-Germany,2ndlead Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Russia,LEAD BAKU Azerbaijan announces four of its troops have been killed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region since a peace deal with Armenian separatists was agreed in early November. 500 words moved. US-vote-Trump-rally,LEAD WASHINGTON Four people are stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud lead to clashes in major US cities. 700 words moved by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-UAE YAS MARINA (United Arab Emirates) Lewis Hamilton races for the first time since winning the championship and after contracting coronavirus, starting in third for the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 600 words 1430 GMT. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-music-Pride-health-virus,OBIT LOS ANGELES US country music star Charley Pride, a pioneering Black singer who racked up 29 number one hits, dies of Covid-19 complications. He was 86. 250 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Germany-travel-food,VIDEOESSAY GROEBENZELL, Germany Planes might be largely grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but at one travel agency in southern Germany, smoked fish and fine wines are flying off the shelves instead. 350 words moved by Pauline Curtet. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-demonstration-opposition MINSK Protesters in Belarus weather icy conditions and take to the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is facing down months of historic protests against his rule. 300 words moved. Picture Ukraine-Chernobyl-tourism-culture,FOCUS CHERNOBYL, Ukraine More than three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster forced thousands to evacuate, there is an influx of visitors to the area that has officials eyeing UNESCO status to boost tourism and aid preservation efforts. 600 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova and Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,2ndlead JERUSALEM Morocco's relations with Israel are unique in the Arab world and bilateral ties were "already normal" before a normalisation deal was announced, says Morocco's foreign minister. 600 words 1600 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Morocco-Israel-diplomacy-education-Judaism,FOCUS US-Mideast-Morocco-diplomacy-Kushner,FOCUS Iran-Germany-EU-diplomacy TEHRAN Iran's foreign ministry summons Germany's envoy to protest the EU's condemnation of the execution of an opposition figure, describing it as an "unacceptable interference" in Tehran's affairs. 400 words moved. File picture Algeria-politics-Tebboune,FOCUS PARIS A year after Algeria elected Abdelmadjid Tebboune president, the 75-year-old has vanished from sight for over a month while recovering overseas from Covid-19, leaving a power vacuum. 500 words 1600 GMT by Philippe Agret. File picture. File video Libya-tourism-travel,FOCUS Al QARYAH AL GHARBIYAH, Libya A road trip through Libya's desert may sound like a holiday in hell but two months into a ceasefire adventurous travellers are exploring the Sahara by four-wheel drive. 550 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-diplomacy,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discusses the conflict in Ethiopia with his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok, whose country borders the fighting and is hosting 50,000 refugees who escaped the violence. 650 words by Robbie Corey-Boulet 1700 GMT Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's false claims to have won the White House race have been rejected by the courts but have deepened the wounds in a bitterly divided nation and risk leaving long-lasting scars on American democracy. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Kandahar,lead KANDAHAR Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials say. 450 words moved Malaysia-health-virus-economy-gloves,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Bangladeshi migrant worker Sheikh Kibria recalls with horror the filthy, overcrowded dormitory where he was housed by the world's biggest rubber glove manufacturer when a coronavirus outbreak erupted and infected thousands. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves with Sam Jahan in Dhaka. File picture India-labour-unrest,lead BANGALORE Authorities vow to crack down on workers who went on a violent rampage at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory in southern India over allegations of unpaid wages and exploitation, with 100 people arrested so far. 400 words moved. Picture afp
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