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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ethiopia orders assault on regional capital + Trump pardons former adviser Flynn + Turkey jails dozens over coup attempt + Tributes pour in after death of Maradona + Hit TV show sparks chess frenzy Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed orders Ethiopia's army to launch a final offensive against Tigray's leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the window for their surrender had expired. 650 words 1230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Trump-Flynn,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces he has pardoned Michael Flynn, the former security adviser whose lies about his Russian contacts spurred the troubling investigation into Trump campaign collusion with Moscow. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File Picture Turkey-coup-trial,WRAP ANKARA A Turkish court jails 27 former pilots and other suspects for life in one of the largest trials stemming from the bloody 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 600 words 0930 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Fbl-ARG-Argentina-Maradona-death,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Millions of fans pay tribute and Argentina plunges into mourning as Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies aged 60 after years of problems with drugs and alcohol. 750 words 1030 GMT by Maria Lorente. Picture. File Picture. Video. Graphic. Entertainment-television-chess-internet,FOCUS SYDNEY Hit miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" has led to a surge of interest in chess, with one popular website registering millions of new players and academies reporting unprecedented demand. 750 words moved by Andrew Beatty -- MARADONA -- Fbl-ARG-Maradona,OBIT BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona was football's archetypal troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career scaled the most dazzling heights but also plumbed the darkest depths. 1,000 words moved. File picture Fbl-ARG-Argentina-Maradona-death-Napoli-Naples,SCENE NAPLES Posters of Diego Maradona spring up across Naples, lit with candles and adorned with flowers in makeshift altars to the footballer who brought glory to this run-down Italian city. 600 words 1200 GMT by Kelly Valasquez. Picture. Video. Fbl-ARG-Maradona-coach,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES The defining moment in Diego Maradona's playing career came in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup, and the high point in his markedly less distinguished career as a coach possibly came in the same country more than three decades later. 650 words 1000 GMT. File picture Also moved: Fbl-death-Maradona-ARG,REAX Argentina-Maradona-death,SCENE Fbl-ARG-Maradona-ITA-SerieA-Napoli-Italy,REAX Fbl-Maradona-ARG-ENG-WC-1986 Fbl-Maradona-Pele,FOCUS Fbl-Maradona-Goals-Five Fbl-ARG-Maradona,QUOTES -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans prepare for a subdued a Thanksgiving holiday under the pall of the world's worsening coronavirus crisis, with death tolls hitting new heights as infections multiply to surpass more than 60 million globally. 750 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Year2020-vaccines PARIS Less than a year after an unknown coronavirus that has claimed 1.4 million lives to date began spreading across the globe, a number of highly promising Covid-19 vaccines are on the cusp of release. 1600 words moved by Paul Ricard Please see our special advisory for full filing plan on the coming anniversary of the discovery of the novel coronavirus -- -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-Israel-aviation-diplomacy,WRAP TEL AVIV Budget airline flydubai launches direct flights to Tel Aviv, the first scheduled commercial service between the two cities after the UAE and Israel agreed to normalise ties. 500 words 1200 GMT by Jack Guez with Sarah Stewart in Dubai. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-Judaism-social,FOCUS JERUSALEM For many the pandemic has been a time of devastating isolation, but it has also pushed some ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews to integrate in the world outside their narrow communities. 700 words moved by Michael Blum. File picture. -- ASIA -- Iran-prisoner-Australia-Britain,WRAP SYDNEY An Australian-British lecturer jailed for spying by Iran has been released after two "traumatic" years, part of a swap for three Iranian prisoners reportedly linked to a botched Bangkok bomb plot. 700 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture. Video Iran-prisoner-Australia-Britain-Thailand,2ndlead BANGKOK Thailand confirms it has returned three Iranians jailed over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok, in an announcement that came after Tehran freed an Australian-British lecturer imprisoned for spying. 550 words 1030 GMT SKorea-social-digital-crime-abuse SEOUL The mastermind of a notorious online sex abuse ring is jailed for 40 years in South Korea. 400 words moved India-weather-cyclone,WRAP PUDUCHERRY, India Accurate forecasting and the evacuation of several hundred thousand people helped avert any loss of life after a cyclone clobbered southeast India, authorities say, as rescuers work to restore power and clear fallen trees. 500 words moved by Arun Sankar. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden says that Americans "won't stand" for attempts to derail the US election outcome, as Donald Trump calls for the results to be overturned. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-misinformation-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The US presidential election is finished: votes cast, the transition -- though delayed -- begun. But on Facebook, the fight against election misinformation continues. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot -- SPORTS -- Cricket-PAK-NZL-health-virus WELLINGTON Pakistan's cricket tour of New Zealand is in the balance after six squad members test positive for Covid-19 and the team receives a "final warning" for flouting quarantine rules. 500 words moved by Neil Sands afp
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