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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + UK's Johnson scrambles to save Brexit trade talks + Californians locked down as UK plans vaccinations + Venezuela's Maduro hails boycott-hit poll victory + Universal Music buys Dylan's entire back catalog + Breakdancing gets green light for Paris Olympics Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will head to Brussels in an 11th hour bid to win a post-Brexit trade deal as the latest round of talks between EU and UK negotiators fails to close a deal. 700 words 2000 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP LOS ANGELES Southern California goes under lockdown putting 20 million people under stay-at-home orders as the United States battles record Covid deaths and Britain readies to vaccinate the elderly and frontline staff. 800 words 2300 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Venezuela-parliament-vote,WRAP CARACAS President Nicolas Maduro hails a "new dawn" in Venezuela as he celebrates his now total grip on power following a predictable triumph in polls boycotted by the opposition and slammed as a farce by international powers. 700 words 2030 GMT by Javier Tovar and Esteban Rojas. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Dylan,WRAP NEW YORK Universal Music buys the entire back catalog of Bob Dylan's songs for a purported nine-figure deal in one of the most prized rights' collections in music history. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Oly-2024-breakdancing-IOC,4thlead LAUSANNE Breakdancing is one of four new sports along with skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing to get the Olympic green light for inclusion at the 2024 Paris Games. 600 words moved by Coralie Febvre. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport,FOCUS WASHINGTON Trucks and cargo planes are at the ready to distribute millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine across the United States, a complex task led by a four-star general that will ultimately proceed more slowly than initially expected. 750 words 2000 GMT by Ivan Couronne Also moving: Health-virus-US-vaccine-transport-timetable,FACTS US-vote-justice-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Humiliation in the courts, witnesses who provide more farce than facts and a chief lawyer battling coronavirus -- Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election are not going well. 800 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture HongKong-China-politics-protest-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on 14 senior Chinese officials over the growing clampdown in Hong Kong, with President Donald Trump's administration using its waning days to ramp up pressure on Beijing. 650 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Su Xinqi in Hong Kong US-Germany-court-Nazis-treasure,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court hears a case involving an important medieval art collection that Nazi Germany acquired from Jewish dealers with works that are now on exhibit in a Berlin museum. 650 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture -- EUROPE -- Romania-politics-vote,WRAP BUCHAREST Romania's liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban resigns after a disappointing election result for his pro-European National Liberal Party -- but the PNL still seems to be on track to lead the next government at the head of a centre-right coalition. 700 words 2000 GMT by Mihaela Rodina and Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO-vaccines,lead GENEVA The World Health Organization says persuading people on the merits of a Covid-19 vaccine is far better than trying to make the jabs mandatory. 550 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard. Video Switzerland-health-virus-vaccines,INTERVIEW GENEVA While other countries gear up for rapid roll-outs of Covid-19 vaccines, Switzerland is staking out a slower path, prizing caution over speed, according to a leading vaccine expert. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Vatican-pope-religion-Iraq,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Iraq in March, the Vatican says, the first ever by a pontiff with a programme that includes a trip to Mosul. 600 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Graphic. File picture Iran-nuclear-politics-Saudi-Qatar TEHRAN Iran flatly dismisses a call by Saudi Arabia for Gulf states to be consulted on any potential negotiations with the Islamic republic on its nuclear programme. 500 words moved Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights-army,FOCUS MUGHAYIR, Palestinian Territories After waking up on Friday, the day he turned 15, Palestinian Ali Ayman Nasr Abu Aliya told his mother he was hoping for a birthday surprise. But in the early afternoon, Aliya was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli troops. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ghana-vote,WRAP ACCRA Ghanaians vote in an election seen as a close fight between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his longtime rival John Mahama, vying to lead the country long viewed as a beacon of stability in a troubled region. 750 words 2000 GMT by Kent Mensah and Louise Dewast. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says efforts are underway to restore order in Tigray, where fighting and lawlessness are hindering aid delivery to desperate civilians. 700 words by moved. File picture. File video DRCongo-politics,WRAP KINSHASA A political crisis in the perenially restive Democratic Republic of Congo deepens as lawmakers trash parliament after President Felix Tshisekedi moved to scrap the shaky ruling coalition. 600 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. File picture -- ASIA -- India-agriculture-demonstration-farms-politics,SCENE KUNDLI, India Behind concertina wire and trucks blockading a major highway into India's capital, tens of thousands of farmers are camping out in the bitter winter cold as they protest against agriculture reforms they fear could destroy their livelihood. 550 words moved by Jalees Andrabi with Money Sharma. Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Davos-summit-economy-Singapore-Switzerland,WRAP GENEVA The World Economic Forum says the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to move next year's summit from Switzerland to Singapore, where it will be held in person from May 13-16. 600 words moved by Robin Millard afp
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