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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Georgia recount set to confirm Trump loss + Australian troops 'unlawfully killed' 39 Afghans + Denmark says mink virus mutation eradicated + Pompeo to visit Golan Heights, Jewish settlement + Guardiola re-commits to Man City US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Election officials in Georgia are due to release the results of a hand recount of the presidential election -- with President-elect Joe Biden expected to be reaffirmed as the first Democrat to win the southern US state in almost three decades. 500 words 1800 GMT by Michael Mathes Australia-Afghanistan-conflict-justice-crime,WRAP CANBERRA Australia's elite special forces "unlawfully killed" 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners, including in summary executions as part of initiation rituals, according to evidence in a searing military inquiry now being referred to a special war crimes prosecutor. 700 words moved by Max Blenkin with Andrew Beatty in Sydney. Picture. Video Health-virus-Denmark-minks,WRAP COPENHAGEN Two weeks after sounding the alarm about a mutated variant of the new coronavirus in minks that could threaten the effectiveness of a future vaccine, Denmark concludes that the strain has probably been eradicated. 600 words 1600 GMT by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File picture. Israel-US-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM Mike Pompeo becomes the first US secretary of state to visit a West Bank Jewish settlement and is headed for the occupied Golan Heights after labelling the pro-Palestinian BDS movement an anti-Semitic "cancer". 700 words 1600 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManCity-Guardiola,2ndlead LONDON Pep Guardiola has ended speculation over his Manchester City future after signing a new two-year contract extension. 600 words moved -- EUROPE -- EU-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS European leaders confront Hungary and Poland over their veto of the EU coronavirus recovery plan, as the bloc faces a new crisis threatening joint efforts to fight the epidemic. 700 words 1800 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Britain-defence-funding,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows "to end the era of retreat" as he unveils Britain's biggest programme of military investment since the end of the Cold War, as the country positions itself for a post-EU future. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. File picture. Video France-climate-warming-court,WRAP PARIS In a ruling hailed as "historic" by environmental activists, France's top administrative court gives the government a three-month deadline to show it is taking action to meet its commitments on global warming. 600 words moved by Clare Byrne. File picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE NOR MARAGHA The Armenians heave freshly-slaughtered pigs into the back of a van as they rush to pack every single one of their possessions before Azerbaijani forces arrive. 500 words 1430 GMT by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR President Xi Jinping hails China as the pivot point for global free trade, vowing to keep its "super-sized" economy open for business and warning against protectionism as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,FOCUS KABUL Donald Trump's plan to slash US troop numbers in Afghanistan could unleash a fresh wave of violence by an emboldened Taliban, analysts say, but a more measured approach to America's longest war under Joe Biden might take the sting out of the insurgent group's bid to capture power. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-ElPaso,FOCUS EL PASO, Texas Prisoners wearing gloves, masks and safety goggles have been recruited to move bodies from an overwhelmed morgue to refrigerated trucks in El Paso, Texas -- one of many Covid-19 hot spots as the pandemic rages in America. 600 words 1530 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP SAN SALVADOR Iota's death toll rises to 38 after the year's biggest Atlantic storm unleashes mudslides, tears apart buildings and leaves thousands homeless across Central America, revisiting areas devastated by another hurricane just two weeks ago. 500 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday. If he were to run and be reelected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029. Washington insiders are already asking: will he be a one-term president? 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-wine,SCENE PSAGOT WINERY, Palestinian Territories Israeli winemaker Yaakov Berg captured attention by naming his red blend after US Secretary Mike Pompeo, but he said the tag on the label's top right corner -- #madeinlegality -- is as important as the name. 550 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Fbl-WC-2022-QAT-tourism,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has marketed its opulent skyscraper hotels as jewels in its World Cup 2022 crown but coronavirus curbs and a glut in new properties are jeopardising the industry. 650 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-army-WHO,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's army chief accused WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -- the country's highest-profile Tigrayan abroad -- of lobbying for and seeking to arm leaders in the conflict-torn dissident region. 650 words 1530 GMT. Pictures. Video Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-conflict, FACTS Uganda-unrest-politics-vote, WRAP KAMPALA Seven people die in violent protests in Kampala after police arrest popular singer and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who is running against President Yoweri Museveni in January's elections. 500 words 1530 GMT. Pictures Burkina-vote-unrest-displaced,FOCUS KAYA, Burkina Faso When Abdoulaye Sawadogo welcomed people onto his small farm who were fleeing the spreading violence in Burkina Faso's lawless north, he thought they would be staying for a few weeks. That was more than a year ago. 750 words 1700 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Turkey-economy-bank-rate,2ndlead ANKARA Turkey's central bank aggressively raises its main interest rate after a major economic team shake-up that included President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law giving up his finance ministry brief. 650 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Video Germany-finance-fraud-politics-Wirecard,WRAP BERLIN Markus Braun, the former chief executive of disgraced payments giant Wirecard, refuses to answer questions from German lawmakers over the massive accounting fraud that brought down his firm.. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jan Mueller. Picture. Video Germany-steel-Thyssenkrupp-results,2ndlead BERLIN Troubled German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp says it is slashing 5,000 more jobs than expected, bringing total cuts to 11,000 as the coronavirus pandemic takes a massive toll. 450 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA-draft LOS ANGELES The Minnesota Timberwolves made University of Georgia standout Anthony Edwards the first overall selection in the pandemic-delayed 2020 NBA draft. 750 words moved Cricket-ENG-PAK-tour-Pakistan,FOCUS ISLAMABAD England's announcement of a cricket tour of Pakistan next year, their first since the deadly 2009 attack on Sri Lanka's team, is a vote of confidence in the country's improved security -- but challenges remain, analysts say. 550 words moved by Zain Janjua. Picture. afp
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