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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump briefly alludes to election defeat + UK PM in virus isolation, Chicago told to stay home + SpaceX rocket blasts off with four astronauts + Merino quits as Peru president after five days + Hamilton wins record-equalling 7th world title US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has yet to admit defeat in the US election. But with a word here, a slip there, he is raising the prospect ever more plainly. 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-Trump-Dominion,Q&A Health-virus,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes into isolation after a contact tests positive for the coronavirus, as stay-at-home orders were set to be imposed on the United States' third-biggest city. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON Four astronauts successfully launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne. Graphic. Picture Peru-politics-demonstration,WRAP LIMA Peru's President Manuel Merino resigns just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor. 650 words 0600 GMT by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-TUR,WRAP ISTANBUL Lewis Hamilton secures a record-equalling seventh Formula One world title after winning the Turkish Grand Prix and is immediately hailed as "the greatest driver of the modern era". 650 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Iota is forecast to strengthen to an "extremely dangerous" Category Four by the time it makes landfall in Central America on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center warns, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200 people dead or missing. 600 words moved by Julia Rios. Picture Brazil-vote,WRAP SAO PAULO Traditional center-right and right-wing parties emerge as winners in the first round of local elections in Brazil, though far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's favorite candidates take a beating in the country's biggest cities. 750 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-Afghanistan-conflict-Islam,FOCUS AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taliban leaders, revelling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan's battlefields after graduating from Darul Uloom Haqqania, which critics have dubbed the "university of jihad". 800 words 0630 GMT by David Stout and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video Vietnam-food-health-economy,FEATURE HANOI Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat. 800 words moved by Alice Philipson and Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video Japan-economy-GDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's economy exits recession in the third quarter, growing a better-than-expected 5.0 percent, government data shows, following a record contraction. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito -- EUROPE -- US-France-diplomacy-vote PARIS France's Emmanuel Macron will be forced to walk a diplomatic tightrope when he hosts US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump, for talks while at the same time seeking to build relations with President-elect Joe Biden. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP KALBAJAR Azerbaijan agrees to extend a deadline for Armenia to withdraw from a disputed district as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. 700 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Cyprus-politics-Turkey,WRAP NICOSIA Turkey's president says he favours a permanent "two-state" division of Cyprus, during a visit to the breakaway Turkish-held north decried as a provocation by the internationally recognised Greek-speaking south. 650 words moved by Odul Asik Ulker with Burcin Gercek in Ankara. Picture. Video Moldova-vote,WRAP CHISINAU Pro-European challenger Maia Sandu was ahead in Moldova's presidential election, with over 90 percent of the ballots counted, according to official figures. 750 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Belarus-protest MINSK Belarusians take to the streets of the capital Minsk in a fresh demonstration against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko as anger mounted over the recent death of an opposition activist. 450 words moved. Picture. Video France-history-royals-auction,LEAD PARIS A white shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France's last queen before the 1789 revolution, sold for 43,750 euros ($51,780), the auctioneers said. 300 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-rights,FOCUS TARHUNA, Libya A year ago armed men took Mohamed al-Magri's son for questioning as fighting raged around the Libyan capital, and now he fears Haitham was killed and buried in a mass grave. 700 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Iraq-shisha-health,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq Iraq's Karbala is known as a religious pilgrimage site, visited by millions of worshippers, but shisha-smokers revere it for a different reason: its signature wooden waterpipes. 550 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories At sunrise in Gaza, the strip's coastal path begins to fill up with pedestrians, as growing numbers of Palestinians have taken up walking to relieve stress trapped inside the Israel-blockaded enclave. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The leader of the Tigray region of Ethiopia claims responsibility for rocket strikes on the airport in neighbouring Eritrea's capital, ratcheting up fears of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet with Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali in Hamdayit, Sudan. File picture. Video. Graphic -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-Bach-IOC,WRAP TOKYO Olympic chief Thomas Bach says he is "very, very confident" spectators will attend next year's Tokyo Games, as he kicks off a visit aimed at boosting momentum for the pandemic-postponed event. 650 words 0630 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Cricket-AUS-IND-Waugh,INTERVIEW SYDNEY Australian great Steve Waugh has long held a deep affection for India, first touring the country in 1986. But his experiences were all too often fleeting glimpses, before he got the chance to return and photograph everyday cricket in the sport's powerhouse. 700 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture afp
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