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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Tel: + jonny.jacobsen@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + England and Italy brace for Christmas lockdown + EU, UK dig in heels in post-Brexit trade talks + Trump plays down Russia role in US cyberattack + Alvarez beats Smith for world titles 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 1030 GMT by AFP bureaux. Picture. Graphic. Video. Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Negotiations for a post-Brexit trade deal are deadlocked and threatened by failure, as both sides dig in their heels over access to the UK's rich fishing waters. 700 words 1100 GMT by Marc Burleigh and Clement Zampa. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 moved by Brian Knowlton Box-world-WBA-WBC-supermiddle-GBR-MEX-Smith-Alvarez,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Mexican pound-for-pound champ Saul Alvarez ends the longest layoff of his career, brutally overpowering the previously unbeaten Callum Smith to capture two super middleweight titles with a unanimous decision in Texas. 600 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-Japan-Takeda,INTERVIEW TOKYO Pharmaceutical firms must be "very transparent" about the risks and benefits of vaccines to help efforts to eradicate the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Asia's largest drugmaker says. 700 words moved. Picture Singapore-economy-pharmaceutical-health-virus,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists in protective clothing work in a high-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand. 650 words moved by Martin Abbugao. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-family-minorities,VIDEOESSAY WASHINGTON When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered restaurants in California, Aleida Ramirez lost her job as a waitress, plunging her -- along with many other single mothers -- into a vicious cycle of poverty, unpaid bills and reliance on food banks. 550 words moved. Video Health-virus-Mexico-parties,SCENE ECATEPEC, Mexico Police in one suburb of Mexico City are playing cat and mouse with revelers at underground parties that flout coronavirus restrictions. 400 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Kabul-blast,WRAP KABUL A car bomb kills eight people and wounds more than 15 others in Kabul, the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital. 400 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi -- EUROPE -- Britain-N.Ireland-EU-Brexit-politics,FOCUS WARRENPOINT, Northern Ireland As the UK braces for the end of the Brexit transition period, the Northern Irish town of Warrenpoint reflects on four years at the heart of Britain's turbulent departure from the EU. 750 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Germany-architecture-church,FEATURE STIEGE, Germany Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm "no". Yet he and others in the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church by moving it from the middle of a forest into the centre of town. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Greece-agriculture,FOCUS KALAMATA, Greece Nikos Argirakis' estate in Greece's main olive growing region usually has dozens of foreign workers toiling around his 1,000 olive trees. But this year, the 40-year-old had to ask his sister and elderly mother to lend a hand because of labour shortages brought about by coronavirus restrictions. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Congress-Fed,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers agree on pandemic spending powers for the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reports, clearing the way for a vote on a roughly $900-billion Covid-19 relief package for millions of Americans. 450 words moved Uruguay-racism,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Athlete Deborah Rodriguez sprinted down a track that shimmered under a downpour; running is a refuge for the athlete in Uruguay, where her dark skin makes life difficult outside of sport. 750 words moved by Martin Silva Rey. Picture. Video Year2020-US-stocks-markets,POINTS NEW YORK Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial, does not hold back in describing 2020 on Wall Street: "a year of extreme extremes." 750 words moved by Daniel Hoffman. File picture US-IT-politics-SiliconValley SAN FRANCISCO Silicon Valley is seeing departures of some of its high-profile stars as a pandemic-linked shift to remote work and political polarization have dulled the allure of the key tech industry hub. 800 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Palestinians-politics-weapons-UAE,FOCUS BALATA CAMP, Palestinian Territories In Palestinian refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, some residents are preparing weapons for a potential power struggle when president Mahmud Abbas, 85, finally leaves the stage. 830 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Libya-conflict-displaced,FOCUS TAWERGHA, Libya When Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled, people took revenge on those they saw as his supporters -- including the entire town of Tawergha, whose 40,000 residents were forced to flee. Now they are coming home. 600 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video Jordan-Iraq-refugee-Christmas,FOCUS AMMAN Saad Polus Qiryaqoz bitterly remembers the festive Christmas season in his Iraqi hometown of Bartella before he was forced to flee to neighbouring Jordan when jihadists took it over. 750 words moved by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video Entertainment-Lebanon-politics-comedy,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanese comedians are bringing relief and defying taboos with jokes about dating and partying during the pandemic, and how even drug dealers are considering leaving the crisis-hit country. 740 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Africa-AU-trade-politics JOHANNESBURG Touted as the world's largest single market in terms of the number of member nations, Africa's ambitious blueprint for free trade kicks into gear on January 1, bringing together more than 50 economies from Algeria to South Africa. 600 words moved. Video -- SPORT -- 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 moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool send a chilling warning to the rest of the Premier League, smashing seven goals past Crystal Palace as Arsenal's crisis deepens with defeat at Everton. 650 words moved by John Weaver. Picture afp
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