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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to re-emerge after election loss + More positive vaccine news in Covid-19 fight + Saudi bomb attack on Armistice Day ceremony + Hong Kong ousts pro-democracy lawmakers + Techno is music, rules German court US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump makes his first official post-election appearance to mark Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery for what is supposed to be a moment of national unity, now marred by his refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden's win. 600 words 1530 GMT by Sarah Titterton. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP STOCKHOLM The first anti-Covid vaccinations could be available in the European Union early next year, the bloc's health agency says, as Russian developers report initial test results showing their Sputnik V vaccine to be 92 percent effective. 700 words 1530 GMT by Pia Ohlin. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Saudi-attack-WWI-memorial-France-Europe,WRAP JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia A bomb strikes a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah, leaving several people wounded amid Muslim anger over French cartoons. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture HongKong-China-politics-parliament,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers say they would all quit in protest at the ousting of four of their colleagues by the city's pro-Beijing authorities. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-court-music-tax BERLIN Fans never doubted it, but now a top German court has confirmed it: techno is music and nightclubs should benefit from the same reduced sales tax rate as concert halls. 200 words moved -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN More than 2,000 demonstrators protest in the Armenian capital as anger mounts over Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's decision to cede swathes of disputed territory to Azerbaijan under a controversial peace deal. 650 words 1530 by Herve Bar. Picture. Video Germany-crime-robbery,WRAP BERLIN German investigators launch a manhunt for suspects who made off with 6.5 million euros ($7.6 million) in cash after breaking into a customs office. 500 words moved WWI-memorial-France-Britain,PHOTOESSAY PARIS Political leaders, active duty troops, health workers and sports players in Britain and France pause to honour the sacrifice of soldiers killed in World War I on Armistice Day. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Italy-testing,FOCUS ROME A doctor in an open-air tent crouches and scrapes a swab high into his patient's nostrils. Italy has enthusiastically embraced rapid coronavirus tests, but they not have stopped a surge in cases. 600 words 1600 GMT by Joseph Boyle and Giuliana Ricozzi. Picture Poland-Germany-abortion,FOCUS WARSAW Abortion charities are reporting a sharp increase in the number of Polish women turning to them for help after a constitutional court ruling in Warsaw last month to tighten legislation. 700 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek with Isabel Guigui in Berlin. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's air force says it has bombed arms and fuel depots in the northern region of Tigray where the government is waging a controversial offensive, while army officers are rounded up for treason. 700 words 1430 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File Picture. Graphic Rwanda-genocide-court,WRAP THE HAGUE A suspected financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, makes his first appearance at a UN court in The Hague following his arrest in France. 500 words 1530 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video US-vote-Africa,ANALYSIS JOHANNESBURG After years of neglect by successive US presidents, Africans doubt Joe Biden's globally celebrated electoral victory last week will bring miracles to the continent. 700 words 1500 GMT by Gersende Rambourg and Africa bureaus -- AMERICAS -- US-Germany-NATO-diplomacy-defense,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden could reverse course -- at least partially -- on the Trump administration's move to withdraw some 12,000 US troops from Germany, according to Biden's defense advisers. 600 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Erekat-health-virus,WRAP JERICHO, Palestinian Territories Palestinians bury their veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat, who died aged 65 of coronavirus complications, amid cautious hope the stalled peace process with Israel may be revived under Joe Biden's presidency. 650 words 1500 GMT by Nasser Abu Bakr. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-employment,FOCUS NETANYA, Israel When Israeli bartender Lotem Benbenishti was mixing cocktails for a living, the beach was where she went for fun. Today she is scooping garbage from the sand as part of a pandemic-era job change. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Bahrain-politics,WRAP MANAMA Bahrain's Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world's longest-serving prime minister who had held the post since independence in 1971, dies at the age of 84. 700 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- US-vote-China-politics BEIJING Nearly two decades ago, the residents of a small Chinese village near Beijing were visited by a foreigner who is soon to become America's most powerful man: Joe Biden. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video China-economy-ecommerce-shopping-SinglesDay,2ndlead SHANGHAI Chinese consumers snap up everything from food to electronics and beauty products as retailers slashed prices for the world's largest online shopping bonanza, closely watched this year for clues on post-pandemic consumer sentiment. 600 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Also moved: China-ecommerce-internet Health-virus-travel-tourism-HongKong-Singapore,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong and Singapore will launch a "travel bubble" on November 22, their governments announce, in a rare piece of good news for the pandemic-battered airline and tourism industries. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- Cycling-NED-Groenewegen-Jakobsen,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland Dutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen will be suspended for nine months after causing a crash at the Tour of Poland that left compatriot Fabio Jakobsen in a coma, the International Cycling Union (UCI) says. 550 words 1430 GMT. File picture -- SCIENCE -- Environment-species-primate-langur-Myanmar,lead PARIS In a rare find, scientists have identified a new species of primate, a lithe tree-dweller living in the forests of central Myanmar with a mask-like face framed by a shock of unruly grey hair. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Picture. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Egypt-television,FOCUS CAIRO With killer mummies, a haunted house of horrors, slick special effects and a melancholic soundtrack, streaming giant Netflix is banking on new blockbuster Egyptian series "Paranormal" achieving worldwide success. 770 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Italy-fashion MILAN Milan's Fashion Week will go ahead early next year with shows likely to continue employing virtual catwalks because of the coronavirus, organisers announce. 300 words moved afp
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