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| - Duty Editor: Joseph Boyle Tel: +33 641 97 98 13 -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain readies ships for no-deal Brexit + Big pledges at climate summit + US holds breath on vaccine rollout + Iran executes dissident + Emotional farewell for Italy legend Rossi Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain readies armed Royal Navy ships to patrol its fishing waters in case tempers flare after a "no-deal" Brexit as a make-or-break deadline approaches for talks with the European Union. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Britain-UN-France-climate-summit,WRAP LONDON Global leaders line up to announce more ambitious climate plans five years since the landmark Paris Agreement was signed, after the UN warned of a "catastrophic" fate for humanity without action now. 700 words 1430 GMT by Jitendra Joshi and Anna Malpas with Patrick Galey in Paris. File picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans enduring the world's worst pandemic outbreak with nearly 300,000 dead await word on when Covid-19 shots will start now the FDA has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. 600 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS 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. 650 words 1430 GMT. File Picture Fbl-Ita-Rossi VICENZA, Italy Hundreds gather to bid farewell to Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi, who died aged 64 after a long illness, during an emotional funeral ceremony in the cathedral at the northeastern city of Vicenza. 650 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-aid-refugee,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The first international aid convoy arrives in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster. 850 words moved. 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 moved by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-security-law-demonstration, WRAP PARIS France braces for further violence on the third weekend of protests over a controversial security law that would limit scrutiny of the police. 450 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video 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 moved by Pablo Melian with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid. 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. 700 words moved by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Israel-diplomacy-Morocco-WSahara-Algeria,REAX ALGIERS Algeria's prime minister criticises "foreign manoeuvres" he says are aimed to destabilise it, after Washington recognised Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat normalising ties with Israel. 600 words moved 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. 850 words moved by Qassim al-Kaabi. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- 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 moved by Serene Assir. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai,lead HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai appears in court to face a charge under a sweeping new national security law that could see him jailed for life. 550 words moved. Picture India-politics-farmers-agriculture-demonstration,Q&A NEW DELHI As resolute Indian farmers keep up their blockade of New Delhi over new farm laws, AFP looks at the legislation that is sparking such opposition and weights up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's limited options. 700 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video afp
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