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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Countries ban flights over UK virus variant + Fisheries dispute threatens to sink post-Brexit trade deal + US set to vote on $900 billion Covid relief + Man Utd blitz Leeds in Premier League warning Health-virus,WRAP LONDON European countries ban flights from the UK and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warns that a highly infectious new strain of the virus was "out of control". 850 words 1930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Negotiations for a post-Brexit trade deal teeter on the brink of failure, overshadowed by the coronavirus crisis and deadlocked over the issue of fishing rights. 750 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Congress-Fed,WRAP WASHINGTON US lawmakers appear on track to pass a roughly $900 billion Covid-19 relief package for millions of Americans, after Democrats and Republicans reached a compromise on the future spending powers of the Federal Reserve. 650 words 2100 GMT. File picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester United blitz Leeds 6-2 to climb to third in the Premier League as Leicester put a major dent in Tottenham's title challenge. 600 words by John Weaver 2030GMT Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine-Britain WASHINGTON US authorities are looking "very carefully" into the virus variant spreading in the United Kingdom, top health officials say, while indicating that a ban on UK travel was not currently in the cards. 550 words 2130 GMT Health-virus-vaccine-Japan-Takeda,INTERVIEW TOKYO Pharmaceutical firms must be "very transparent" about the risks and benefits of vaccines to help efforts to eradicate the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Asia's largest drugmaker says. 700 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture Singapore-economy-pharmaceutical-health-virus,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists in protective clothing work in a high-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand. 750 words moved by Martin Abbugao. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-cyberattack-Trump-Russia-lawmakers WASHINGTON US lawmakers call for President Donald Trump to address a huge cyberattack on government agencies and criticize his unwillingness to point the finger at Russia, which has been widely blamed for the hack. 450 words 1930 GMT US-vote-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With one month to go until Joe Biden takes office, Donald Trump remains fixated on his failed bid to overturn the 2020 election -- with his advisors reportedly floating the idea of invoking martial law, triggering outrage and disbelief in Washington. 650 words moved by Brian Knowlton -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote-unrest-opposition,WRAP BANGUI Rebel forces advancing on the Central African Republic's capital Bangui are pushed back and the situation is "under control", a spokesman for UN peacekeeping forces says, as tensions mount a week before key elections. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic Nigeria-unrest,WRAP KANO Five Nigerian soldiers are killed by Islamic State-aligned jihadists and dozens of civilians kidnapped in a separate attack, military sources say, in the latest violence to grip the north of the country. 650 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-US-rockets BAGHDAD A volley of rockets explode near the US embassy in Baghdad, as tensions mount ahead of the anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil. 350 words moved. Video Saudi-Christmas-religion RIYADH Christmas trees and glittery ornaments are for sale at a Saudi gift shop, a once unthinkable sight in the cradle of Islam where all public non-Muslim worship is banned. 480 words moved. Picture. Video Syria-heritage-conflict-pottery,PHOTOESSAY QAMISHLI, Syria Inside a dusty and dark workshop on the banks of the Jaghjagh river in northeast Syria, Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to throw different shapes from clay. 300 words moved. Picture Libya-conflict-displaced,FOCUS TAWERGHA, Libya When Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled, people took revenge on those they saw as his supporters -- including the entire town of Tawergha, whose 40,000 residents were forced to flee. 600 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Kabul-blast,WRAP KABUL A car bomb targeting an Afghan lawmaker kills nine people and wounds more than a dozen in Kabul, officials say, the latest attack to rock the capital. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Thailand-Myanmar,lead BANGKOK Thailand will test more than 10,000 people for coronavirus after an outbreak linked to its biggest seafood market, officials say. 400 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-ITA-SerieA MILAN AC Milan forward Rafael Leao scores the fastest-ever goal in Serie A history when he nets after just six seconds in a 2-1 win at Sassuolo which keeps his side top of table ahead of city rivals Inter Milan. 600 words by Emmeline Moore 2030 GMT. Picture Box-world-WBA-WBC-supermiddle-GBR-MEX-Smith-Alvarez,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Mexican pound-for-pound champ Saul Alvarez ends the longest layoff of his career, brutally overpowering the previously unbeaten Callum Smith to capture two super middleweight titles with a unanimous decision in Texas. 600 words moved afp
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