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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain, EU break off Brexit trade talks + Trump orders troop pull-out from Somalia + US House votes to decriminalise cannabis + Tigray fighting hampering aid effort: UN + Enigma machine discovered in fishing net Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and European negotiators break off their talks on a post-Brexit trade deal without agreement and hand off the task of clearing the logjam to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman with Jitendra Joshi in London. Picture. Video Also moved: Ireland-Britain-EU-Britain-politics-trade-potatoes,FOCUS US-Somalia-conflict-military,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon says. 600 words moved by Paul Handley US-politics-drugs-cannabis,WRAP WASHINGTON US House legislators vote for the first time to decriminalize cannabis, a key step towards bringing federal laws in line with states and other countries that have freed up use of the drug. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The United Nations says fighting is continuing in many parts of Ethiopia's Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting the UN access to territory under federal control. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Germany-history-WWII BERLIN German divers have fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, and have handed their rare find over to a museum for restoration. 300 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Global coronavirus infections pass 65 million and countries double down on restrictions, even as plans to roll out vaccines gather pace. 700 words moved by Richard Lein. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Malaysia-economy-gold,FOCUS KOTA BHARU, Malaysia In a backroom workshop in Malaysia, goldsmiths sit at wooden desks as they melt and mould the precious metal as business booms, driven by soaring demand for the commodity during the pandemic. 500 words 0230 GMT by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-Africa,FOCUS BRAZZAVILLE The struggle to get a Covid vaccine to the world's population has often been likened to a race -- in which case, Africa finds itself hobbled by an array of financial, technical and cultural problems. 750 words moved by AFP bureaus in Africa. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-employment-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy shows more signs that its recovery is stalling as hiring slowed amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, ramping up pressure on politicians to agree on a new relief package to help struggling businesses and families. 700 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Video Cuba-politics-US-culture,WRAP HAVANA Dialogue over freedom of expression between Cuba's government and artists who organized a rare protest last week hit an impasse as communist authorities accuse some of them of being financed by the United States. 500 words 0200 GMT by Katell Abiven and Rigoberto Diaz. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest-rights-UN,2ndlead GENEVA The human rights situation in crisis-wracked Belarus is deteriorating, the UN rights chief says, highlighting mass arrests, including of journalists, and numerous allegations of torture. 550 words moved by Nina Larson Austria-corruption-politics-trial,lead VIENNA A court sentences a flamboyant, jet-setting former Austrian finance minister to eight years in prison at the end of a long and keenly-watched corruption trial. 500 words moved by Denise Hruby. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Qatar-Gulf-diplomacy,WRAP DOHA Rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia, along with neutral Oman and Kuwait, say progress has been made towards resolving the Gulf crisis which has pitted a regional group of nations against Doha. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton in Doha with Sarah Stewart in Manama Kuwait-vote,WRAP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait holds parliamentary elections under the shadow of coronavirus, with facilities laid on for citizens infected with the disease to vote in special polling stations. 500 words 0200 GMT by Salima Lebel Also moving: Kuwait-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics,WRAP ABIDJAN Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who was forced from power after losing elections 10 years ago, has obtained a new passport and plans to return home this month, his lawyer says. 550 words moved by Christophe Koffi and David Esnault -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-Britain-music-Lennon,FOCUS PARIS Late on a mild December evening in 1980, a young man with a revolver shot John Lennon four times in the back as the singer arrived home from a recording studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. 650 words 0230 GMT. File picture Also moving: US-Britain-music-Lennon-legacy,FOCUS US-Britain-music-Lennon-McCartney-Starr,FOCUS Entertainment-US-music-activism-Lennon-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK On December 8, 1980 the filigree gates of New York's Dakota residence across from Central Park went down in history as the spot John Lennon was shot dead. But for nearly a decade prior to his shock murder, the former Beatle's adopted hometown was where he rediscovered life. 950 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. File picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-RSA-ENG-health-virus,2ndlead CAPE TOWN South Africa's team doctor says he is concerned about a possible breach of the team's bio-secure "bubble" after the first one-day international against England was postponed an hour before it was due to start because a South African player tested positive for Covid-19. 600 words moved. Picture -- OFFBEAT -- World-offbeat,FACTS PARIS From a koala stuck up a Christmas tree to George Clooney's clippers and the world's most lovelorn elephant, we look back on the weird and wacky stories of the week. 500 words moved. File picture afp
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