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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump agrees to post-election Biden transition + France prepares to ease virus curbs + Pressure mounts to end Ethiopia fighting + China launches Moon probe for lunar rocks + New York's first black mayor Dinkins dies US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump comes his closest yet to admitting election defeat after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden's transition into the White House lifts its unprecedented block on assistance. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Pictures. Video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France is expected to loosen its coronavirus restrictions as the chief executive of a major airline warns proof of vaccination will likely become the only way people can fly in a post-pandemic world. 750 words 1330 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP GONDAR, Ethiopia International pressure mounts for mediation and the protection of civilians in conflict-torn northern Ethiopia, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given the leaders of a dissident region an ultimatum to surrender. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic China-space,WRAP BEIJING A rocket heading for the Moon to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades blasts off from China, in the latest milestone for Beijing's spacefaring ambitions. 550 words moved. Picture. Video US-NewYork-politics WASHINGTON David Dinkins, New York City's first Black mayor, has died, US media reported late Monday. He was 93. 400 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-Scotland-Libya-court-Lockerbie-appeal,WRAP EDINBURGH, Scotland The family of a Libyan man who was the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing say they hope a posthumous appeal can overturn his conviction. 600 words 1000 GMT by Stuart Graham. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-pharmaceutical-vaccines-AstraZeneca,FOCUS LONDON British drugs manufacturer AstraZeneca and its partner the University of Oxford hail their coronavirus vaccine as cheaper and more accessible than its rivals in fighting the global pandemic. 650 words moved by Ben Perry. File picture. File video Also moved: Health-coronavirus-epidemic-Covid-vaccines-pharmaceutical,FACTS Europe-migrants-Greece-health-virus,SCENE LESBOS, Greece The new migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was supposed to be a temporary solution for the thousands who fled a fire that destroyed the infamous Moria camp over two months ago. But now many will have to stay on through the winter. 750 words 1030 GMT by Natasa Papanilaou and Anthi Pazianou. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-Yemen-Aramco-energy-attack,WRAP JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia Energy giant Saudi Aramco says a strike by Yemen's Huthi rebels on one of its oil tanks, the latest attack targeting the wealthy kingdom, sparked an explosion and fire but no casualties. 500 words 1100 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video. Live video -- AFRICA -- Sudan-Ethiopia-Tigray-refugees,FOCUS HAMDAYIT, Sudan Ethiopian refugee Sejmara didn't know what to expect when she and her husband waded across a river to Sudan, certainly not the welcome they received from local residents. 580 words moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video Zimbabwe-rights-internet-media-journalist, PROFILE HARARE The ruling party in his native Zimbabwe has declared him an enemy of the state, he has been arrested twice this year, but journalist Hopewell Chin'ono vows not to stop exposing state corruption. 650 words 1000 GMT by Fanuel Jongwe. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-climate-Kerry,PROFILE WASHINGTON Ex-secretary of state John Kerry is set to be President-elect Joe Biden's climate czar, in a clear sign of the upcoming administration's renewed commitment to fighting global warming. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File Picture. Also moved: US-vote-security-immigration-Mayorkas,PROFILE US-vote-diplomacy-Blinken,PROFILE US-vote-politics-economy-government,PROFILE US-vote-economy-business,FOCUS NEW YORK US President Donald Trump may still be trying to overturn Joe Biden's election win, but the business world -- including some Trump backers -- is looking ahead towards the new Democratic administration. 650 words moved by Juliette Michel. File picture Guatemala-politics-protests-budget,WRAP GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala's legislature backs away from approving a business-friendly 2021 budget after demonstrators in the Central American nation torched the Congress building and demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei in weekend protests. 700 words moved by Edgar Calderon. Pictures. Video US-IT-politics-unrest-Facebook,FOCUS NEW YORK A fatal shooting during a demonstration in Wisconsin in August has highlighted concerns that social networks such as Facebook are being used to foment real-world violence with little or no control by the platforms. 650 words moved by Daniel Hoffman with Rob Lever in Washington -- ASIA -- Health-virus-travel-aviation-Australia,3rdlead SYDNEY Australia will likely require international arrivals to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or face a prolonged quarantine, as officials sketch out what "new normal" virus restrictions may look like. 500 words moved. Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA -GER-PSG-Leipzig-Tuchel-Mbappe PARIS Paris Saint-Germain are plagued by injuries but coach Thomas Tuchel is optimistic the fit-again Kylian Mbappe can make the difference as last year's beaten finalists face RB Leipzig in a vital Champions League encounter. 400 words moved. Picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-AUT-Bayern-Salzburg-Mueller,FOCUS Health-virus-politics-Britain-sports-entertainment,3rdlead LONDON Premier League clubs can look forward to welcoming back spectators in highly limited numbers next month for the first time since March, following an announcement by the British government. 650 words moved. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Iran-transport-cycling-environment,FOCUS TEHRAN One sunny day, Tehran's mayor and foreign diplomats rode bicycles through the Iranian capital to promote cycling -- no mean feat in a city of steep roads, heavy traffic and toxic fumes. 690 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-displaced,VIDEOESSAY ATME, Syria Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks the strings of an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants. 500 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video afp
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