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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + UK first western nation to approve vaccine + Climate biggest threat to world heritage: UN + Ethiopia allows aid into conflict-hit Tigray + Hong Kong activist Wong jailed over protests + Singapore to sell lab-grown meat in world first Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain becomes the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledge free inoculations for all even as the Americas report a big surge in cases and the global death toll climbs towards 1.5 million. 800 words 1930 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Climate-warming-environment-heritage-threat-IUCN,WRAP GENEVA Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world heritage sites like glaciers and wetlands, and has pushed Australia's Great Barrier Reef into "critical" condition, say conservationists. 600 words moved by Nina Larson Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia grants the United Nations full access to deliver aid to the northern region of Tigray, following weeks of lobbying amid military operations there, according to an agreement seen by AFP. 750 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,Q&A HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Leading Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong is jailed alongside two other young activists for taking part in last year's huge democracy protests as the crackdown on Beijing's critics gathers pace. 800 words moved by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Also moving: HongKong-China-politics,CHRONO HongKong-China-politics,PROFILE Singapore-food-science-environment,2ndlead SINGAPORE Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants in Singapore after the country became the first to green-light meat created without slaughtering any animals. 500 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Britain-EU-Brexit-health-virus,2ndlead LONDON Britain crows that Brexit had hastened its rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine while the EU lags on its own approval, provoking criticism it is indulging in pharmaceutical nationalism. 500 words moved We have also moved: Health-virus-Britain-vaccine,FACTS France-environment-masks-virus,FOCUS PARIS A French-British duo outraged about the littering of face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic arrives in Paris after setting out on foot from Marseille to pick up every mask they spotted. 500 words moved by Guillaume Bonnet and Joseph Schmid. Video We have also moved: Health-virus-WHO-masks Health-virus-ILO-wage-labour-politics PARIS As well as hitting global economic activity amidships, the coronavirus has also dragged down wages, an International Labour Organisation reports. 450 words moved Health-virus-Morocco-vaccine,FOCUS RABAT Morocco hopes to launch a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign by year-end, but its efforts have sparked suspicion and rumours in the country, hard hit by the pandemic. 600 words moved by Sophie Pons. File Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine-Germany-BioNTech,FACTS Health-virus-ski-tourism-EU,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump -- who finds himself more and more isolated, with his quixotic quest to overturn Joe Biden's election victory squashed at every turn -- is openly musing about a second run at the US presidency in 2024. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. File picture. Video Iran-nuclear-politics-US,WRAP WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden signals he will return to a nuclear deal with Iran before embarking on intense talks on other concerns, reviving diplomacy with the longtime adversary. 650 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warns he can not guarantee he will strike a trade deal with Britain before time runs out, and that the next few days will be crucial. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman. Picture Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-funding,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's precarious coalition government takes a first step towards collapse, as lawmakers give preliminary approval to a bill dissolving parliament, raising prospects of a fourth election in less than two years. 650 words 1930 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Gulf-US-diplomacy-Qatar-Saudi,lead DOHA US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is expected to tackle the Gulf crisis and push for progress toward ending the spat during a visit to Qatar. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- China-court-assault,WRAP BEIJING A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure begins in Beijing, with his accuser calling it a major moment in the country's still-young #MeToo movement. 700 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Video. Picture Thailand-politics-court,WRAP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha survives a legal challenge over his living arrangements that could have seen him thrown out of office, in a court ruling that prompts anger among thousands of pro-democracy protesters. 650 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics,WRAP KINSHASA The UN has sounded a warning about a brewing political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long-running impasse between President Felix Tshisekedi and supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila has reached a crucial point. 700 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and Samir Tounsi Nigeria-unrest,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria For several days, the killers lived peaceably among their future victims, sharing their dormitories and eating their food. Then, on Saturday afternoon, they took out their guns, rounded up the people like cattle and slaughtered them one by one. 600 words moved by Aminu Abubakar -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- China-space,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese space probe begins drilling on the surface of the Moon hours after landing, in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. 600 words moved by Helen Roxburgh and Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: China-space-history,CHRONO UN-weather-climate,WRAP GENEVA This year is on course to be one of the three warmest ever recorded and could even top the record set in 2016, says the United Nations. 700 words moved GMT by Robin Millard. Graphic. File picture. We will also move: climate-energy-production-gap,WRAP -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-BRN-Grosjean-crash Sakhir Romain Grosjean tells AFP he 'saw death' after leaving hospital following his dramatic escape from a fiery high-speed crash in last weekend's Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: Auto-Prix-GER-Schumacher-Haas,WRAP Fbl-Eur-C1,WRAP PARIS Manchester United welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Old Trafford, hoping to qualify for the Champions League last 16 and put last season's runners-up in danger of missing out on the knock-out stage. 700 words 2300 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture. Video afp
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