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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US approves Pfizer vaccine as virus infections soar + UK navy to protect fishing waters as no-deal Brexit looms + US Supreme Court dismisses Texas suit on election + Iran executes former opposition figure + Global summit to present 'ambitious' climate goals Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States approves the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world's hardest-hit country. 700 words 1130 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain readies Royal Navy ships to patrol its fishing waters in the event of tensions from a "no-deal" Brexit, as the clock ticks to a deadline to strike an agreement. 650 words 1000 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Texas-SupremeCourt-Republican,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court dismisses a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Iran-trial-execution,WRAP TEHRAN Iran executes Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, days after his sentence was upheld. 600 words 1100 GMT. File Picture Britain-UN-France-climate-summit,WRAP LONDON Global leaders were due to announce more ambitious plans to combat global warming, on the fifth anniversary of the signing of the landmark Paris Agreement. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture. File video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-Eritrea-Sudan,FOCUS HAMDAYIT, Sudan Among the thousands of people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are a few dozen men, women and children who have now become refugees for a second time, having escaped one of the world's most authoritarian regimes in Eritrea. 1250 words 0930 GMT by Serene Assir. Picture. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,aid,refugees ADDIS ABABA The United Nations and rights groups express growing alarm over the plight of Eritrean refugees caught in the conflict in Ethiopia, warning their safety and survival was at great risk. 550 words by 1000 GMT. Picture. Graphic Mozambique-unrest-displaced-camp,SCENE METUGE, Mozambique Sinamangue Tamu is still just a teenager, but now has the responsibility of parenting her three little brothers after they fled a brutal Islamist insurgency that seized their northern Mozambican town. 650 words 0930 GMT by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,FOCUS CASABLANCA Casablanca's "Madame Fhal" bakery is famed for its delicious kosher bread, but in its busy queue there was only one thing on people's lips -- a deal between Morocco and Israel. 750 words 1000 GMT by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-unrest-Iran-Hashed,FOCUS NAJAF, Iraq Around the corner from Iraq's holiest shrines, a years-long struggle over resources and reputations is coming to a head -- threatening a dangerous schism within a powerful state-sponsored security force. 800 words 1030 GMT by Qassim al-Kaabi. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Spain-royals-corruption,FOCUS MADRID By settling a back tax bill, Spain's former king Juan Carlos I is trying to avoid an embarrassing lawsuit, but he has further dented the image of the monarchy and deepened tensions within the leftist coalition government. 700 words 0930 GMT by Alvaro Villalobos Europe-migrants-Spain-Canaries,FOCUS ARGUINEGUIN, Spain After a three-day boat trip from Western Sahara, Mohceine Ait Lamadane reached the Canaries and from there travelled to Italy, taking advantage of a system swamped by arrivals and slowed by the virus. 700 words 0930 GMT by Pablo Melian with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime LOS ANGELES A team of cryptography enthusiasts announce they have successfully cracked one of the coded messages sent over 50 years ago by the "Zodiac Killer," who terrorized northern California in the late 1960s and remains unidentified. 400 words moved Peru-vaccines-China-health-pandemic-Sinopharm LIMA Peru temporarily suspends clinical trials of a Covid vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm after detecting neurological problems in a test volunteer. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai appears in court to face a charge under the national security law that could put him in jail for life. 450 words moved. Picture India-politics-farmers-agriculture-demonstration,Q&A NEW DELHI As an army of resolute Indian farmers keep up their blockade of New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces potentially the trickiest challenge yet to his authority and reform agenda. AFP looks at the background to new farm laws, why they are sparking such opposition and what Modi's limited options are. 700 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- US-trade-politics-economy-Tai,PROFILE WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head US trade policy brings extensive experience in dealing with a key point of tension: China. Katherine Tai is also the rare political appointee who has the full-throated backing of business groups, politicians and labor leaders alike. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Chile-science-astronomy-eclipse,ADVANCER SANTIAGO Chileans will turn their eyes to the sky on Monday to admire a total eclipse of the sun, but unlike last year's phenomenon their numbers will be severely reduced by coronavirus restrictions. 600 words moved by Alberto Pena. Graphic. Video. Videographics -- SPORTS -- Fbl-EUR-C1-ROM-CRO-SRB-racism-BUL-discrimination,FOCUS BUCHAREST As the dust still rises on football's night of racist accusations in Paris, the battlelines are being drawn in Romania after a player walk-off during Basaksehir's Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain. 800 words moved by Mihaela Rodina with Diana Simeonova in Sofia and Lajla Veselica in Zagreb. File picture Britain-sport-triathlon-Ironman-McAvoy-crime,INTERVIEW LONDON Former armed robber John McAvoy is acutely aware he could have become just another statistic -- a criminal shot dead by police on the streets of London after a failed heist. Instead, he turned his life around. 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin. Picture Colombia-conflict-sport-Paralympics,FOCUS GRANADA, Colombia Maimed in a horrific bombing, Colombian athlete Juan Jose Florian emerged from South America's longest conflict with three missing limbs and one clear goal -- to win gold at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 550 words moved by Florence Panoussian. Picture. Video afp
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