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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Americans urged to stay home at Thanksgiving + Georgia recount confirms Biden win: official + Trump, unmoved on vote loss, to address APEC + WHO chief denies backing Ethiopia dissidents + Booker prize goes to debut Scottish novelist Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US authorities urge Americans not to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday as virus cases soar in the worst-hit nation and California announces a night-time curfew aimed at curbing the pandemic. 750 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Melvin with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic We have also moved: Health-virus-vaccine-BioNTech-US,lead US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Georgia says results of a hand recount of votes reaffirm President-elect Joe Biden as the state's winner, as Donald Trump and his legal team push increasingly eyebrow-raising claims of widespread fraud. 700 words 0230 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR US President Donald Trump will take part in an Asia-Pacific summit as he continues to reject his election loss, a day after President Xi Jinping used the forum to showcase China's growing economic clout. 550 words 0200 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-army-WHO,WRAP ADDIS ABABA WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the world's highest-profile Tigrayan, denies accusations by Ethiopia's army chief that he was lobbying for and seeking to arm leaders in the conflict-torn dissident region. 750 words moved. File picture. Video Also moved: Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-conflict,FACTS Britain-literature-award-Booker,WRAP LONDON Scottish author Douglas Stuart is awarded the 2020 Booker Prize for his acclaimed debut novel "Shuggie Bain," set in his home city of Glasgow. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Republicans-Giuliani,FOCUS WASHINGTON With hair dye streaming down his temples and Donald Trump likely watching on television, the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani unleashes eyebrow-raising claims that Venezuela and George Soros conspired with Democratic "crooks" to hand the US election to Joe Biden. 550 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Weather-climate-hurricane,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Rescue workers dig through thick mud in the grim search for bodies as Central American countries count the cost of Hurricane Iota, which has so far claimed 41 lives and left vast areas underwater, affecting some 4.6 million people. 500 words 0230 GMT by Julia Rios. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-ElPaso,FOCUS EL PASO, Texas Prisoners in safety gear have been recruited to move bodies from an overcrowded morgue to refrigerated trucks in El Paso -- as one of America's safest cities in more normal times is overwhelmed by death in one of the country's worst Covid-19 outbreaks. 750 words moved by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video US-politics-crime-execution WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to put to death a convicted murderer whose case was marred by issues of racism, rejecting a tradition of governments who lost elections refraining from executions. 450 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Brazil-vote-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO The election of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in 2018 looked to some like a death blow for the Brazilian left after the spectacular fall of its 13-year rule. But the heart monitor may have just emitted a blip in local elections. 650 words 0130 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-education-protest,FOCUS BANGKOK A mild-mannered teenage girl with owl glasses, a bob haircut and daisies painted on her fingernails is not your typical school troublemaker. But in the eyes of Thailand's ultra-conservative school system, Benjamaporn "Ploy" Nivas is cast as a rebel for daring to show a whiff of individuality. 650 words 0330 GMT by Lisa Martin and Tossapol Chaisamritpol. 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 that is under threat from government plans to build on it. 650 words 0330 GMT by Joris Fioriti and Ashraf Khan. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict-US-aid,FOCUS DUBAI Indications that the US is considering declaring Yemen's Huthi rebels a "terrorist organisation" have alarmed humanitarian groups who say it could cripple aid delivery and tip the country into famine. 800 words 0230 GMT by Sarah Stewart Israel-US-diplomacy-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GOLAN HEIGHTS US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo becomes the first top American diplomat to visit a West Bank Jewish settlement and the disputed Golan Heights, cementing Donald Trump's strongly pro-Israel legacy. 750 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-wine,SCENE -- EUROPE -- EU-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders say they will intensify efforts to convince Hungary's Viktor Orban and Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki to drop their veto of the EU coronavirus economic recovery plan. 700 words moved by Julien Girault and Christian Spillmann. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-ceasefire AGHDAM, Azerbaijan Armenia is due to hand over disputed territory to Azerbaijan as part of a contentious Russian-brokered peace accord that ended weeks of brutal fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. 750 words 0230 GMT by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- 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 moved. Picture CAfrica-crime-belief,FOCUS BANGUI In the reeds on the banks of the Ubangui River, fishermen are finding grossly mutilated corpses wrapped in sackcloth, the results, some say, of rough justice dispensed by "talimbi" crocodile men. 750 words 0300 GMT by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK With Covid upending every aspect of viewers' lives, some TV shows -- from the obvious medical dramas to sitcoms -- have woven the pandemic into their latest seasons' storylines, but a handful have avoided it altogether. 650 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain with Aurelie Carabin in Paris Entertainment-US-music-Latin-Grammys,WRAP MIAMI The kings of reggaeton including Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Ozuna are looking to win big at Thursday's Latin Grammys, with a new category honoring the booming genre after years of protest that it wasn't getting its due. 500 words 0300 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video US-Britain-film-history-racism-McQueen,FOCUS NEW YORK With "Small Axe" -- a five-episode anthology covering Britain's Black history -- Oscar-winner Steve McQueen covers some 20 years of history largely left out of the official record. 500 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Tottenham's title credentials face a thorough examination when they host Manchester City as the Premier League returns on Saturday after the international break. 750 words 0230 GMT by Kieran Canning tennis-GBR-ATP-Finals,lead LONDON Rafael Nadal keeps alive his hopes of a first ATP Finals title, beating defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in London to qualify for the last four. 450 words moved by John Weaver. Picture afp
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