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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Setbacks for several virus vaccines + Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon arrested + Argentine lower house approves abortion bill + Fears grow for 'No deal' Brexit + Woman killed in Caribbean shark attack Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Two vaccine candidates stumble in the global race among researchers to combat Covid-19, while the Pfizer-BioNTech jab nears approval in the US which is gearing up for a mass immunization campaign. 750 words 1530 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic HongKong-China-politics-media-law-Lai,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and fierce Beijing critic Jimmy Lai is charged under a new national security law, the latest pro-democracy figure targeted under the widely criticised legislation. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao. File picture. File video Argentina-politics-abortion,WRAP BUENOS AIRES The lower house of Argentina's congress votes to legalize abortion, sending the bill to the Senate where it faces tough odds as the issue continues to bitterly divide the traditionally Catholic nation. 600 words 1600 GMT by Nina Negron. Picture. Video. Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Chances of a Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union look to be fading, after leaders on both sides of the Channel gave a gloomy assessment of progress in last-gasp talks. 650 words 1500 GMT by Phil Hazlewood and Max Delany. Picture. Video We have also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-transport,FOCUS France-Caribbean-shark-Netherlands MARIGOT, Saint Martin A woman aged 39 has died of her injuries after she was attacked by a shark while bathing off the French portion of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin, local officials say. 230 words moved -- EUROPE -- Turkey-diplomacy-EU-sanctions-politics-US,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey dismisses as 'biased' and 'unlawful' a European Union plan for sanctions over its maritime disputes with the bloc's members Greece and Cyprus in the Mediterranean as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to appease tensions. 700 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan and Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Russia-environment-animal-seals MOSCOW Russian authorities say they are investigating the mysterious death of nearly 300 endangered seals that have been discovered washed up on the shores of the Caspian Sea. 250 words moved Germany-Syria-conflict-EU-migrants-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany says it will allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive refugee influx. 700 words moved by Deborah Cole. Video, File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-justice-executions,WRAP WASHINGTON A convicted murderer dies by lethal injection as the administration of President Donald Trump carries out a series of federal executions in its waning days in power, ignoring calls for clemency and Covid-19 outbreaks behind bars. 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. File Picture Canada-US-pornography-assault,FOCUS MONTREAL Adult content giant Pornhub is in turmoil over claims it let videos of child abuse, rape and revenge porn run rampant, promoting Mastercard and Visa to cut payments to the site as lawmakers in Canada, where it is based, seek to hold it accountable. 600 words 1700 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. File picture Cuba-economy-currency,WRAP HAVANA Cuba will unify its two currencies, the Cuban peso and convertible peso, as of January 1, ending a unique system that has existed for nearly three decades, President Miguel Diaz-Canel says. 550 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri-politics,WRAP LEIDSCHENDAM A fugitive Hezbollah member receives five life jail terms from an international court for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 other people. 600 words 1700 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,WRAP RABAT Morocco savours its diplomatic success after President Donald Trump's surprise announcement that the United States was recognising the kingdom's sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara in return for it normalising relations with Israel. 650 words moved. File Picture. Video Iran-justice-rights,FOCUS PARIS Western governments face a growing dilemma over how to secure the release of their citizens and dual nationals detained in Iran, with activists accusing Tehran of engaging in "hostage diplomacy" by seeking exchanges. 900 words moved by Stuart Williams. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-aid-refugee,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insists that his government will take the lead in delivering aid to Tigray, where his troops have been fighting forces loyal to the regional government. 750 words by 1700 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic France-EGuinea-diplomacy-court-UN-law,WRAP THE HAGUE The UN's top court is set to rule in a bitter row centred on a swanky Paris house seized by France as part of a corruption probe into Equatorial Guinea's vice-president. 500 words 1630 GMT by Jan Hennop. Video. DRCongo-politics, ANALYSIS KINSHASA With a string of tactical victories, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has defied the doomsters who saw him as a weak man who lived in the shadow of his famous father, but the future of his volatile country remains unclear. 650 words 1600 GMT by Samir Tounsi. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- China-US-media-Bloomberg BEIJING China has detained a Bloomberg News employee on suspicion of endangering national security, the US news agency says. 250 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-music,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The year was 1956, and the founding fathers of bossa nova, Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, had just met at a Rio de Janeiro bar called the Casa Villarino. But 64 years on, the iconic bar has closed, the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1600 GMT by Eugenia Logiuratto. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-France-Italy-Spain-restaurants-gastronomy,FOCUS MADRID An elegant Madrid institution known for exquisite soufflé potatoes, Zalacain closed its doors last month, the latest top European restaurant to have its fate sealed by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Thomas Perroteau with AFP bureaus London, Paris and Rome. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- EU-politics-diplomacy-budgets-Brexit-climate,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders agree an ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after unlocking the bloc's landmark budget and coronavirus recovery fund at a marathon summit. 750 words moved by Max Delany. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-diplomacy-Turkey-Greece-sanction,3rdlead Climate-environment-carbon-pollution-2020 PARIS Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns and restrictions on movement during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Carbon Project says in its annual assessment. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-StarWars,lead LOS ANGELES Disney announces a new "Star Wars" film from the director of "Wonder Woman" and several new TV series within the sci-fi franchise, including two spin-offs from the creators of smash hit "The Mandalorian." 500 words moved Entertainment-US-film-Gunda,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Joaquin Phoenix's latest film "Gunda" isn't an easy watch -- and given its stark anti-meat agenda, it isn't meant to be. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Manchester United's early Champions League exit means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's position is back under scrutiny ahead of Manchester City's visit to Old Trafford for a game neither side can afford to lose. 700 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur,PREVIEW Hungary-chess-Polgar,INTERVIEW BUDAPEST Watching the hit Netflix show "The Queen's Gambit" sparked deja-vu for Hungarian chess great Judit Polgar, regarded as the game's best-ever female player. 650 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture Nepal-Fbl-social-women-equality-gender-pay KATHMANDU Nepal's football governing body is to give the national women's football team a 150 percent pay hike so that their wages are equal with men -- even though their world ranking is way ahead. 200 words afp
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