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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US virus death toll hits 250,000 + Australian troops 'unlawfully killed' 39 Afghans + Five Eyes accuse Beijing of violating Hong Kong deal + Iran to meet nuclear commitments if Biden lifts sanctions + Gabon footballers held at Gambia airport to 'weaken' them Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK US coronavirus deaths pass a quarter of a million people as New York announces it will close schools to battle a rise in infections and anti-restriction protests in Europe turn violent. 800 words 0300 GMT by Peter Hutchison with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-Afghanistan-conflict-justice-crime,WRAP CANBERRA Australia's top military officer admits there is credible evidence his special forces unlawfully killed at least 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners, recommending the matter be taken up by a prosecutor investigating alleged war crimes. 600 words 0330 GMT by Max Blenkin. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-policy-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it will "automatically" return to its nuclear commitments if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions, as the outgoing administration doubles down with more pressure. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi with Shaun Tandon in Washington HongKong-China-politics-US-Britain,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand jointly accuse China of violating its commitments by ousting pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong's legislature. 500 words 0400 GMT Fbl-Afr-2021-GAM-GAB-pandemic-health-virus LIBREVILLE The Gabonese Football Federation accuses Gambia of detaining its players for eight hours at an airport in an attempt to "weaken" them ahead of a crucial qualification match for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. 300 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Pfizer-vaccine WASHINGTON Pfizer and BioNTech say a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine found it protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announce they are applying for US emergency approval "within days." 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture. Graphic Moved: Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS Health-virus-WHO Health-virus-vaccines-trials,Q&A Health-virus-Belgium-nurses BRUSSELS One is a pastry-cook. Another dreams of becoming a bookseller. All have slammed the door on the hospitals where they used to work, exhausted by wave after wave of Covid-19 patients. 650 words 0330 GMT by Emeline Henry and Francois Michel -- AMERICAS -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK US regulators clear the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis. 750 words moved by John Biers Also moved: US-aviation-Boeing-families,FOCUS US-aviation-Boeing,DATES US-aviation-Boeing,Q&A Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP SAN SALVADOR The death toll from Storm Iota rises to 25 after leaving a trail of landslides, floods and smashed infrastructure across Central America, revisiting areas devastated by Hurricane Eta just two weeks ago, authorities said. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-politics-security,FOCUS WASHINGTON Firing the election security czar and pressuring local officials to throw out valid votes, President Donald Trump and his Republicans are making desperate -- but likely futile -- attempts to invalidate Democrat Joe Biden's election win. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-environment-technology-LosAngeles LOS ANGELES The City of Los Angeles and Google strike a partnership to track the canopy density of the huge metropolis in order to determine which neighborhoods need more trees to fight extreme temperatures. 500 words 0230 GMT by Laurent Banguet Afghanistan-US-Taliban-conflict-region,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON In announcing thousands of troops will be pulled out of Afghanistan, President Donald Trump is meeting the mood of the United States but also opening the door to growing, if still limited, influence by US adversaries, experts say. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday. If he were to run and be reelected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029. Washington insiders are already asking: will he be a one-term president? 750 words 0130 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture Mexico-US-drugs-justice,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexico has vowed "no impunity" for its former defense minister accused of drug trafficking, but experts say political interests and the military's power put the chances of a trial in doubt. 650 words 0130 GMT by Sofia Miselem -- EUROPE -- Britain-literature-award-Booker LONDON Britain's Booker Prize this year pits four debut novelists against a pair of established writers for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. 500 words 0230 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture EU-summit BRUSSELS Hungary and Poland force their opposition to Brussels' oversight of the rule of law to the top of the EU summit agenda, sidelining efforts to tackle the coronavirus epidemic. 600 words 0300 GMT by Julien Girault Britain-media-royals-Diana-BBC LONDON The BBC announces the immediate start of an investigation into how it obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana that lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-US-Bahrain-diplomacy-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Bahrain's foreign minister calls for fresh Israeli-Palestinian peace talks during a landmark meeting in Israel with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 800 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-conflict-Syria-Iran,WRAP Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,FACTS Iraq-Saudi-diplomacy-trade,WRAP ARAR BORDER CROSSING, Iraq Iraq and Saudi Arabia reopen their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh's rival, Tehran. 650 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Iran-protest-justice-rights PARIS One year after protests that were harshly suppressed by the Iranian authorities, grief over the hundreds of mainly young lives lost is matched by anger over the lack of accountability for a crackdown whose scale is only now beginning to emerge. 700 words 0230 GMT by Stuart Williams. File picture Iraq-Yazidi-minority-religion LALISH, Iraq Yazidis crowned a new spiritual leader at their holiest site of Lalish in northern Iraq, nearly two months after the death of the minority's top cleric. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Fbl-WC-2022-QAT-tourism,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has marketed its opulent skyscraper hotels as jewels in its World Cup 2022 crown but coronavirus curbs and a glut in new properties are jeopardising the industry. 650 words 0330 GMT by Gregory Walton. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Both sides in Ethiopia's raging internal conflict claim military successes, creating a muddied picture of fighting even as the government promised it would soon be over. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphics. DRCongo-health-epidemic-Ebola,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo declares the end of its latest Ebola epidemic, closing the file on an outbreak in the northwestern province of Equateur that claimed 55 lives in nearly six months. 700 words moved by Samir Tounsi Gabon-circus LIBREVILLE Wiltrid Mabiala climbs to the top of a human pyramid -- backwards -- with the lithe agility of a cat. Six metres (20 feet) below, a thin mat offers little protection if he puts a foot wrong. 650 words 0300 GMT by Adrien Marotte. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-HKG-PHI-HongKong-Philippines,FOCUS HONG KONG After a long week cooking and cleaning in the cramped households of Hong Kong, a group of Filipino domestic helpers are using their Sunday off for an unlikely hobby: cricket. And they're proving rather good at it. 750 words 0400 GMT by Talek Harris. Picture. Video Tennis-AUS-Open-health-virus,2ndlead LONDON Playing the Australian Open with no preparation time would be "very dangerous", Brazilian doubles specialist Bruno Soares warns after lead-up events to the Grand Slam were thrown into further doubt. 600 words moved by John Weaver afp
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