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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- 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 + Ho ho, 'good to go': Fauci gives Santa vaccine 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 moved 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 Moving: Britain-NIreland-EU-Brexit-politics,FACTS Britain-NIreland-EU-Brexit-politics,FOCUS 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 Health-virus-US-vaccine-Santa-Christmas-offbeat WASHINGTON Santa Claus can safely deliver gifts to good girls and boys on Christmas after a special visitor went all the way to the North Pole to deliver a coronavirus vaccine. 200 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 0130 GMT. 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 Health-virus-Israel,2NDLEAD RAMAT GAN, Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a Covid-19 vaccine jab, kicking off a national rollout. 650 words moved by Nir Kafri in Ramat Gan and Stephen Weizman in Jerusalem. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Mideast,FACTS Health-virus-Switzerland-vaccines,3RDLEAD 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 Health-virus-Germany-vaccines,SCENE HAMBURG Spaces to queue up are already marked out on the way to the 64 miniature doctors' offices where thousands of people per day will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Hamburg. 600 words 0300 GMT. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-Germany-vaccine-syringe-production,VIDEOESSAY 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 0330 GMT. Picture -- AMERICAS -- 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 0200 GMT by Martin Silva Rey. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-art-graffiti,FOCUS NEW YORK Graffiti -- part of New York's history for over 50 years -- is flourishing during the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of decadence to some, but vitality for others. 650 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture -- ASIA -- 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 0330 GMT by Martin Abbugao. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- 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 0330 GMT. 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 0300 GMT. Picture. Video -- 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 finally leaves the stage. 830 words 0230 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Entertainment-Lebanon-politics-comedy,FOCUS BEIRUT A drug dealer hoping to move to Canada, dating and partying during the coronavirus pandemic: stand-up comedians are bringing relief to crisis-hit Lebanon and defying taboos. 750 words 0230 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. 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. 800 words 0300 GMT by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- 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. 600 words 0300 GMT by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video CAfrica-vote-unrest,WRAP BANGUI The Central African Republic's government 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. 670 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & TECH -- 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 0330 GMT 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 0330 GMT by Glenn Chapman. File picture -- 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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