Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump is damaging democracy: Biden + Virus restrictions grow in embattled US + Trump, fuming over vote loss, to address APEC + Azerbajan troops back in ceasefire district + BTS drops explosive new album after 'Dynamite' US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware US President-elect Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy, as the incumbent's campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims was dealt another blow with a recount in Georgia. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier with Michael Mathes and Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans face a growing raft of coronavirus restrictions as pharma giant Pfizer and partner BioNTech prepare to file an emergency request to roll out their vaccine. 650 words 0630 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 Xi Jinping used the forum to hail China's growing economic clout. 600 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbajan-Karabak-conflict,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan says its troops have entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of brutal fighting in the region. 700 words 0600 GMT. Video. Picture. Graphic SKorea-music-BTS,WRAP SEOUL Millions of fans worldwide finally get their chance to hear "BE" the new studio album from K-pop megastars BTS, hot on the heels of the breakout English-language single "Dynamite". 550 words 0600 GMT by Claire Lee. 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 mounds of thick mud in the grim search for bodies as Central American countries began to count the cost of Hurricane Iota, which left at least 44 people dead amid a wave of destruction. 500 words moved 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 0800 GMT 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 moved 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 moved by Lisa Martin and Tossapol Chaisamritpol. 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 moved 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 -- 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 moved 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 moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Latin-Grammys,WRAP MIAMI Mexican pop-rock folk singer Natalia Lafourcade takes home the coveted Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, at a socially distanced gala where high hopes for reggaeton fell short. 500 words 0530 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video 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 -- 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 moved by Kieran Canning RugbyU-WC-2021-women AUCKLAND The draw for next year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand threw up a series of mouth-watering regional clashes Friday, with the host nation placed alongside arch-rival Australia in Pool A. 450 words moved. afp