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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italians brace for Xmas lockdown + Britain, EU wrangle over Brexit impasse + US says Russia 'clearly behind' huge cyberattack + France charges, jails Epstein associate + India crash to lowest-ever Test cricket score Health-virus,WRAP ROME Millions of Italians brace for Christmas and New Year under tough new coronavirus restrictions with Europe battling a winter surge in infections even as the continent prepares to follow the United States and Britain to start a huge vaccination campaign. 700 words 1530 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU and UK negotiators press on with talks in Brussels with no sign of them breaking an impasse over post-Brexit fishing rights in time to save a trade deal. 650 words 1500 GMT by Dave Clark and Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture US-IT-politics-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyberattack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. 800 words moved by Rob Lever Also moved: US-Russia-diplomacy-politics France-US-crime-fashion,WRAP PARIS French prosecutors charge and imprison a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, over alleged sex crimes. 500 words moved by Benjamin Legendre. File picture Cricket-AUS-IND,WRAP ADELAIDE A devastated India crash to their lowest ever score of 36 as Australia run riot to win the opening Test in Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produced a bowling masterclass. 600 words moved GMT. Picture Also moved: cricket-AUS-IND-reax,REAX -- CORONAVIRUS - Health-virus-Switzerland-vaccines,2ndlead GENEVA The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been authorised for use in Switzerland, regulators announce, with immunisation set to start within days as the country battles rising coronavirus cases and deaths. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Graphic Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India surges past 10 million coronavirus cases, official data show, the second-highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks. 650 words moved. Live video Yachting-AUS-Sydney-Hobart,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race is called off for the first time in its 76-year history because of an escalating coronavirus outbreak, organisers say. 550 words moved -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia begins three days of mourning for the victims of clashes with Azerbaijan as the opposition kept up pressure on the country's leader to resign over the handling of the conflict. 500 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Sudan-politics-protest,WRAP KHARTOUM Thousands of demonstrators march through Sudanese towns calling for change, two years since the start of a protest movement that led to the toppling of dictator Omar al-Bashir. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Leaders of the three main armed rebel groups occupying large areas of the Central African Republic announce a coalition, while the government accuses former president Francois Bozize of an "attempted coup" ahead of next week's elections. 650 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-lifestyle-Christmas-NewYork,PHOTOESSAY NEW YORK In a New York where traditional holiday performances are cancelled, Rockefeller Center tree viewings are timed and travel is ill-advised, it's beginning to feel a lot like the Covid Grinch stole Christmas. But in Brooklyn's illuminated Dyker Heights neighborhood, not even a pandemic can keep the festive spirit down. 550 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video US-politics-economy-health-virus-stimulus,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal strike a last-minute agreement to avert a midnight shutdown of the government, and extend negotiations through the weekend. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Canada-homicide-trial-internet TORONTO A Canadian man inspired by the misogynist "incel" movement to kill 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto was aware of his actions and cannot claim criminal irresponsibility, prosecutors say. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA The devastation in Fiji following Cyclone Yasa is compared to a war zone as reconnaissance flights show entire villages wiped out and authorities put the cost of the damage at hundreds of millions of dollars. 450 words moved by Leon Lord. Video. Picture Singapore-gender-social-entertainment,FOCUS SINGAPORE From vaginal warts to masturbation, taboo-breaking Singaporean podcaster Nicole Lim tackles topics that may make some squirm but has won a following in socially conservative Asian societies. 700 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video Japan-crime-murder-Internet-suicide TOKYO A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who was sentenced to death for the murders of nine people has reportedly said he will forgo an appeal against the verdict but wants to get married before his demise. 250 words moved. Singapore-food-science-environment SINGAPORE Lab-grown chicken meat makes a historic debut at a Singapore restaurant in a culinary first that its creators say could help reduce the environmental damage involved in human food production. 350 words moved. Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Reigning champions Liverpool look set to move further clear at the top of the Premier League table as they romp to a 6-0 lead over Crystal Palace in the day's early kickoff. 500 words 1430 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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