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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: ben.sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Brexit trade talks extended + US starts virus vaccine rollout + Azerbaijan confirms Karabakh deaths + Workers riot at India iPhone factory + Salah rescues Liverpool in draw Britain-EU politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain order their negotiators back to work after agreeing to abandon a supposed make-or-break deadline for a post-Brexit trade pact. 700 words moved by Dave Clark with Jitendra Joshi in London. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Germany-banking,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Worst-hit United States starts deploying its first coronavirus vaccine for a massive immunization effort as an explosion of cases is forcing Germany into a partial lockdown. 700 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Russia,LEAD BAKU Azerbaijan announces four of its troops have been killed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region since a peace deal with Armenian separatists was agreed in early November. 500 words moved India-labour-unrest,lead BANGALORE Authorities vow to crack down on workers who went on a violent rampage at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory in southern India over allegations of unpaid wages and exploitation, with 100 people arrested so far. 400 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Mohamed Salah spares Liverpool's blushes as the Egyptian's late penalty rescues a 1-1 draw against struggling Fulham to keep the Premier League champions in second place behind leaders Tottenham, who are also held by Crystal Palace, on goal difference. 650 words 2000 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-rally,LEAD WASHINGTON Four people are stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud lead to clashes in major US cities. 700 words moved by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-vaccine-politics,lead RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faces scathing criticism over his government's plan -- or lack thereof, opponents say -- to vaccinate the population against Covid-19. 650 words 2000 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany,2ndlead BERLIN Germany will go into a partial lockdown from Wednesday with non-essential shops and schools to close, as Europe's biggest economy battles to halt an "exponential growth" in coronavirus infections. 700 words moved by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-travel-food,VIDEOESSAY GROEBENZELL, Germany Planes might be largely grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but at one travel agency in southern Germany, smoked fish and fine wines are flying off the shelves instead. 350 words moved by Pauline Curtet. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-demonstration-opposition MINSK Protesters in Belarus weather icy conditions and take to the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is facing down months of historic protests against his rule. 300 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-Sudan-diplomacy,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's premier says he has agreed with his counterpart in Addis Ababa to hold an urgent meeting of a bloc of east African countries to resolve the crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region. 670 words moved. Picture. Graphic Algeria-politics-Tebboune,WRAP PARIS Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says he is recovering from the Covid-19 illness, in his first televised appearance since he was hospitalised in Germany almost two months ago. 500 words 1930 GMT by AFP's Algiers bureau with Philippe Agret in Paris. File picture. File video Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,2ndlead JERUSALEM Morocco's relations with Israel are unique in the Arab world and bilateral ties were "already normal" before a normalisation deal was announced, says Morocco's foreign minister. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Video Iran-EU-diplomacy,lead TEHRAN Iran's foreign ministry summons Germany and France's envoys to protest the EU's condemnation of the execution of an opposition figure, describing it as an "unacceptable interference" in Tehran's affairs. 400 words moved. File picture -- AFRICA -- Niger-vote,WRAP NIAMEY Voters in Niger cast ballots in municipal and regional polls the day after an attack by the Boko Haram jihadist group claimed at least 27 lives according to local officials, and two weeks ahead of a landmark presidential election. 500 words 2000 GMT by Boureima Hama. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Kandahar,lead KANDAHAR Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials say. 450 words moved -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-UAE,WRAP ABU DHABI Max Verstappen claims his second win of the year and 10th of his career when he drives to a clinical victory in a pedestrian season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 650 words moved. Picture afp
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