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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + England, Italy brace for Christmas lockdowns + Path to post-Brexit deal blocked by fish dispute + Trump downplays Russian role in massive cyberattack + Tensions in Armenia as thousands mourn Karabakh victims + Lab-grown meat makes historic debut in Singapore Health-virus, WRAP LONDON Millions of people in England and Italy will celebrate Christmas under tough new coronavirus restrictions, as Europe battles a winter surge including a more infectious new strain. 850 words 1930GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Intense haggling over EU fishing rights in UK waters threatens to sink negotiations on a post-Brexit deal and plunge cross-Channel trade into chaos. 650 words moved by Dave Clark and Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture. US-IT-politics-hacking-Russia,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump downplays a massive cyberattack on US government agencies, declaring it "under control" and undercutting the assessment by his own administration that Russia was to blame. 750 words 2000 GMT by Brian Knowlton Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia begins three days of mourning for the victims of clashes with Azerbaijan as the opposition kept up pressure on the country's leader to resign over the handling of the conflict. 500 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Singapore-food-science-environment SINGAPORE Lab-grown chicken meat makes a historic debut at a Singapore restaurant in a culinary first that its creators say could help reduce the environmental damage involved in human food production. 350 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Israel,2ndlead RAMAT GAN, Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a Covid-19 vaccine jab, kicking off a national rollout. 550 words 1930 GMT by Nir Kafri in Ramat Gan and Stephen Weizman in Jerusalem. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Mideast,FACTS Health-virus-Switzerland-vaccines,3rdlead GENEVA The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been authorised for use in Switzerland, regulators announce, with immunisation set to start within days as the country battles rising coronavirus cases and deaths. 550 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard. Graphic. Also moved: US-virus-vaccine-Moderna Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a "stay at home" order for London and southeast England to slow a new coronavirus strain that is significantly more infectious. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-virus-stimulus,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal strike a last-minute agreement to avert a midnight shutdown of the government, and extend negotiations through the weekend. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-US-crime-fashion,WRAP PARIS French prosecutors charge and imprison a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, over alleged sex crimes. 500 words moved by Benjamin Legendre. File picture France-record-ice-cancer WATTRELOS Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe beats the world record for the longest time immersed in ice cubes, enduring the chilly challenge to raise money for childhood cancers. 300 words 2000 GMT. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-protest,WRAP KHARTOUM Thousands of demonstrators march through Sudanese towns calling for change, two years since the start of a protest movement that led to the toppling of dictator Omar al-Bashir. 580 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,lead SUVA The devastation in Fiji following Cyclone Yasa is compared to a war zone as reconnaissance flights reveal entire villages wiped out and authorities put the cost at hundreds of millions of dollars. 500 words moved by Leon Lord. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote-unrest,WRAP BANGUI The government of the perennially unstable Central African Republic accuses former president Francois Bozize of an attempted coup ahead of next week's elections, after three main rebel groups merged and threatened to march on the capital Bangui 600 words moved. File Picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool send a chilling warning to the rest of the Premier League, smashing seven goals past Crystal Palace. 650 words by John Weaver 2030GMT Picture Fbl-ESP-Liga,WRAP MADRID Lionel Messi scores his 643rd goal for Barcelona to equal Pele's record of goals for a single club as the Spanish giants are held 2-2 by Valencia. 650 words 2030GMT Picture Cricket-AUS-IND,WRAP ADELAIDE, Australia A devastated India crash to their lowest ever score of 36 as Australia run riot to win the opening Test in Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produce a bowling master class. 600 words moved. Picture. Also moved: Cricket-AUS-IND,REAX Yachting-AUS-Sydney-Hobart,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race is called off for the first time in its 76-year history because of an escalating coronavirus outbreak, organisers say. 550 words moved afp
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