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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran mulls response to top scientist's assassination + Ethiopia claim Tigray victory, hospitals face influx + Americans brace for 'surge upon a surge' in Covid-19 + Maradona doctor faces involuntary manslaughter probe + F1 safety praised after Grosjean survives huge crash Iran-nuclear-scientist-attack-Israel,WRAP TEHRAN Debate rages in Iran over how and when to respond to a top nuclear scientist's assassination, blamed on arch-foe Israel, as his body is honoured at Shiite shrines ahead of his funeral on Monday. 800 words moved by Amir Havasi. Graphic. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-Eritrea,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Hospitals in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region face an influx of trauma patients, an aid group says, a day after federal troops claim control of the city and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says fighting is over. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON America should prepare for a "surge upon a surge" in coronavirus cases as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, top US scientist Anthony Fauci warns. 750 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Graphic. Video Fbl-Argentina-Maradona-ARG-doctor,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona's surgeon responds to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he did "everything he could, up to the impossible" for an "unmanageable" patient. 600 words 0200 GMT by Daniel Merolla and Maria Lorente. File picture Auto-Prix-BRN-Haas-Grosjean-crash,WRAP MANAMA, Bahrain Race officials and drivers praise the modern safety systems developed for Formula One as Romain Grosjean says he is "okay" after surviving a high-speed crash and fireball blaze on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. 600 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Biden-appointments,lead WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden announces an all-female senior White House communications team, what his office called a first in the country's history. 500 words 0230 GMT by Mike Smith US-Biden-health,2ndlead NEWARK, Delaware, United States Joe Biden has a foot fracture, his team says after the US president-elect was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog. 400 words 0200 GMT. Picture Mexico-US-diplomacy-economy,FOCUS MEXICO CITY After years of fiery rhetoric from outgoing President Donald Trump, Mexico is bracing for more discreet but steadfast pressure from Joe Biden's administration to fulfill its trade obligations to the letter, analysts say. 650 words 0200 GMT by Sofia Miselem US-vote-Trump WASHINGTON In the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicates that he may never concede to Joe Biden or abandon his conspiracy theory about mass ballot fraud. 400 words moved Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's candidates suffer further defeats and the traditional center-right emerges stronger in municipal runoff elections seen as a gauge of where things stand in Brazilian politics ahead of presidential polls in 2022. 700 words 0130 GMT by Paula Ramon, with Joshua Howat Berger in Rio de Janeiro. Picture. Video Also moving: Brazil-vote-mayors,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-demonstration,2ndlead BANGKOK Hundreds of protesters march on a barracks of Thailand's royal guards unit hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads, a whimsical show of force by a pro-democracy movement calling for curbs to the power of the monarchy. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-police-protest-law,WRAP PARIS Four French police officers should face charges over the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer, Paris's top prosecutor says, days after the incident that intensified controversy over a new security law. 700 words moved by Guillaume Daudin and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Also moved: France-police-law-Syria-conflict-unrest-media,lead Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Stepanakert,SCENE STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan Housing, livestock, crops: they had to give up everything as they fled the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, now they return to destroyed homes and an uncertain future. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Switzerland-voting-politics-business-rights,3rdlead GENEVA Swiss voters reject a plan to impose the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules, which would have made their multinationals liable for abusive business practices worldwide. 650 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard Health-virus-Britain,FOCUS TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United Kingdom In quintessentially conservative Tunbridge Wells in southeast England, residents are living up to the town's caricatured reputation for perpetual indignation. 650 words 0230 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture Britain-inquest-air-pollution LONDON A coroner's inquest starts in London to determine whether air pollution played a role in the death of a nine-year-old girl who lived near a busy road. 570 words 0230 GMT by Pauline Froissart -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Arab-revolution-anniversary-media,SPECIAL REPORT NICOSIA Social media and smartphones briefly gave youthful Arab Spring protesters a technological edge that helped them topple ageing dictatorships a decade ago as their revolutionary spirit went viral. 1,600 words 0300 GMT by Frank Zeller with Mideast bureaus. File picture. Video -- Please see our Arab Spring special advisory -- Iran-nuclear-scientist-attack-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Questions mount in Israel following the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, with experts speculating on whether Israeli agents are responsible, and if so, how Tehran may respond. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Also moved: Iran-nuclear-attack-US-Israel,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-UN,WRAP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria At least 110 Nigerian farm workers are killed in a weekend massacre blamed on jihadists, the UN says, making it the deadliest attack on civilians this year. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Camille Malplat in Lagos. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-malaria-WHO-Africa GENEVA Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health Organization says, with more than 400,000 people once again estimated to have died from the disease last year. 600 words moved by Robin Millard Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP, Sudan The Um Raquba refugee camp in eastern Sudan once housed Ethiopians fleeing famine, but now life has flooded back into the isolated camp as refugees seek safe haven from the Tigray conflict. 550 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-Eritrea-refugee,REAX afp
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