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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump challenges counts in knife-edge race + Italy curfew as Europe battles virus surge + US formally quits Paris climate deal + Maradona brain clot surgery a 'success' + Chink found in coral-eating starfish armor US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Tension spiral in the still undecided US election as President Donald Trump makes unprecedented claims of fraud and demands a recount in Wisconsin where Democrat Joe Biden notches up another win, inching him closer to overall victory. 850 words 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon, with Peter Hutchison in Wilmington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-polls,FOCUS Also moved: US-vote-results,POINTS US-vote-results,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italian officials agree to impose a night-time curfew, joining a slew of European nations in ramping up restrictions to reverse a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. 800 words moved by Joseph Boyle with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-climate-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States leaves the Paris accord, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact as the fate of its presidential election hangs in the balance. 750 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed Fbl-Maradona-ARG-health,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentine football great Diego Maradona is recovering "without complications" from successful brain surgery for a blood clot, his personal doctor says. 650 words moved by Daniel Merolla and Sonia Avalos. File picture. Picture. Video Climate-environment-Antarctica-icebergs-penguins PARIS The world's biggest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote South Atlantic island that is home to thousands of penguins and seals, and could impede their ability to gather food, scientists tell AFP. 600 words moved by Eleonore Hughes. Picture -- US ELECTION -- US-politics-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK The US presidential election is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain: the movement created by Donald Trump is alive and well, and more solid than pundits expected. No matter if he wins or loses, Trumpism looks set to live on. 650 words 2130 GMT by Thomas Urbain. US-vote-Trump,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON In an address from the White House, after polls had closed but while ballots are still being counted in battleground states, US President Donald Trump falsely declares that he has won reelection. AFP fact checks his remarks. 650 words 2000 GMT by Arthur MacMillan US-vote-IT-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON Twitter and Facebook limit the reach of President Donald Trump's misleading comments about vote counting as a battle over the knife-edge US election spills into social media. 600 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever Also moved: US-climate-politics,FOCUS US-vote-Bush-Gore,FACTS -- VIRUS -- Health-virus-children-school,FOCUS PARIS Are children a major source of contagion for Covid-19? Ten months into a pandemic that has claimed 1.2 million lives experts are still divided on the question, even as governments must decide whether to keep classrooms open or shut. 800 words moved by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Spain,FOCUS MADRID With coronavirus infections rising, Spain's central government is under pressure to follow the example of other European nations and impose a new national shutdown. 600 words moved by Daniel Silva. File picture Health-virus-France-books,FOCUS PARIS First, bookstores across literature-obsessed France were ordered to close in a fresh lockdown seeking to curb a rapid rise in coronavirus cases. A few days later, bibliophiles were dealt a further blow as the government banned supermarkets, too, from selling books in a bid to parry claims of unfair competition. 700 words moved by Joelle Garrus. Picture -- EUROPE -- Austria-attack,WRAP VIENNA Questions mount in Austria about how a convicted Islamic State sympathiser was able to carry out the deadly gun rampage in the heart of the capital Vienna. 700 words 2000 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Also moved: Austria-attack-religion-Judaism,FOCUS Austria-attack-gunman,PROFILE Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Two weeks of intensive talks between the EU and UK have failed to break an impasse towards an accord on post-Brexit ties, with chief negotiators from both sides saying major "divergences" remain. 600 words 2000 GMT by Marc Burleigh and Clement Zampa -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,lead TUBAS, Palestinian Territories Israel's army demolishes the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank, officials and witnesses say, in a rare operation targeting an entire community at once. 500 words moved by Jaafar Ashtiyeh. Picture Sudan-fashion-gender,VIDEOESSAY KHARTOUM In a move that would have been almost unthinkable under ousted Islamist president Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese designers organise a series of mixed-gender fashion shows to present their new lines. 400 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Two Ivory Coast government supporters are killed and a minister's convoy hit by gunfire with the country caught in a standoff over President Alassane Ouattara's contested reelection. 700 words moved by Patrick Fort and Patrick Markey. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-drugs LOS ANGELES Oregon becomes the first US state to decriminalize hard drugs, including the possession of small amounts of heroin and cocaine, and to legalize access to "magic mushrooms" for therapeutic use. 500 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Hurricane Eta slowed to tropical storm speeds as it pummeled Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighboring Honduras while unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours. 700 words moved by Inti Ocon. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,WRAP SHANGHAI China's shock, last-minute decision to suspend the record-breaking IPO of fintech giant Ant Group hammers the share price of founder Jack Ma's e-commerce titan Alibaba and leaves investors reeling. 700 words moved by Dan Martin with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong. Picture. Graphic Also moved: China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,FACTS China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO-investors,FOCUS China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO-Ma,PROFILE US-vote-IT-transport-labor,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The so-called "gig economy" survives a key test as California voters approve a referendum backed by ride-hailing giants such as Uber which preserves the use of contractor-drivers and potentially opens the door to wider adoption of that model. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot and Rob Lever -- SCIENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT -- Space-astronomy PARIS Astrophysicists have detected a burst of cosmic radio waves within our solar system for the first time and identified its source, shedding new light on one of the mysteries of the Universe. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture Science-animal-research TOKYO The discovery of a five-eyed shrimp-like creature that lived about 520 million years ago may end a long-running debate about the evolution of Earth's most common animals. 450 words moved by Sara Hussein. Picture afp
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