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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US hopes to start virus vaccination December + Biden to start naming cabinet picks Tuesday + Ethiopia sets surrender deadline for Tigray + Hong Kong dissident to plead guilty at trial + Medvedev downs Thiem for ATP Finals victory Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hopes to begin coronavirus vaccinations in early December, a top government health official says, the latest positive news to emerge even as cases surge across the worst-hit nation and elsewhere around the globe. 800 words 0300 GMT. Pictures. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks on Tuesday, his chief of staff says, even as Donald Trump continues to evoke unsubstantiated fraud despite growing dissent from within his own party. 800 words 0230 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Pictures. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives the leaders of a dissident northern region 72 hours to surrender ahead of a threatened all-out assault on Tigray's capital, Mekele. 700 words moved. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-Sudan-refugee,FOCUS HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Prominent democracy dissident Joshua Wong announces he will plead guilty at the opening of a trial over his involvement in last year's protests, adding he expects to be jailed. 450 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Tennis-GBR-ATP-Finals,WRAP LONDON Daniil Medvedev comes from behind to beat US Open champion Dominic Thiem in a gripping encounter and win the biggest title of his career at the ATP Finals in London. 500 words moved by John Weaver. Picture Also moving: Tennis-ATP-WTA-2020 Tennis-GBR-ATP-Finals-stars,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-democracy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States has long championed democracy around the world, but President Donald Trump is now establishing a new American model -- refusing to concede, making unsubstantiated claims of fraud and seeking the intervention of courts. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-LGBTQ,FOCUS BANGKOK It takes Siraphob Attohi three hours to transform from a harried student into his drag persona Masala Bold -- a wisecracking microphone queen who raises calls for gender equality during Thailand's protests for democratic reforms. 750 words 0330 GMT. Picture. Video Pakistan-environment-politics-government,FOCUS KARACHI A short boat ride from the shores of Karachi, mangrove trees sprout along the quiet inlets of an uninhabited island that environmentalists say provides vital coastal protection to Pakistan's largest city. But government plans to build there put that all at risk. 700 words 0330 GMT by Joris Fioriti and Ashraf Khan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-vote,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Hundreds of thousands of Burkina Faso voters were unable to cast ballots in Sunday's general election because of security threats, officials say, as the West African nation grapples with a growing jihadist insurgency. 750 words moved by Amaury Hauchard and Armel Bailly. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- G20-summit,WRAP RIYADH G20 leaders say they will "spare no effort" to ensure fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines, but the united front is punctured by Germany's Angela Merkel who says progress is too slow. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Also moved: G20-summit-Saudi-diplomacy,QUOTES G20-summit-economy-debt,FOCUS US-diplomacy-Iran,FOCUS ABU DHABI US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is taking advantage of what is likely his last Middle East tour to hammer home the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran that he hopes won't let up under President-elect Joe Biden. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi WSahara-conflict-Morocco-Algeria,FOCUS ALGIERS Armed clashes between Morocco and the Polisario Front reflect the movement's frustration with a three-decade status quo that has frozen its dreams of independence in the Western Sahara, analysts say. 700 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis -- EUROPE -- Britain-Syria-court-appeal LONDON Britain's Supreme Court will hear the case of a woman stripped of her UK citizenship after joining the Islamic State in Syria, who wants to return to appeal the ruling. 400 words 0200 GMT France-politics-trial-Sarkozy,WRAP PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal woes. 650 words 0200 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Anne Lec'hvien Also moving: France-politics-Sarkozy,PROFILE Belarus-politics MINSK Tens of thousands of Belarus opposition protesters take to the streets, the latest large-scale rally against President Alexandre Lukashenko's contested re-election. 450 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Germany-history,WRAP BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas lashes out at anti-mask protesters comparing themselves to Nazi victims, accusing them of trivialising the Holocaust and "making a mockery" of the courage shown by resistance fighters. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool shrugg off an injury crisis to move level on points with Tottenham at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Leicester, while 10-man Arsenal are left to cling on for a 0-0 draw at Leeds by Nicolas Pepe's red card. 600 words moved by Steven Griffiths. Picture Also moved: fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-Leicester,lead fbl-ENG-Pr-Three afp
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