US Election 2020: How the world is reacting to knife-edge vote
A US presidential election always courts massive global interest, with the eventual winner playing a leading role on the world stage.
In fact, the decision of the American people every four years can transform the country's foreign policy and its approach to its allies and enemies alike.
So it's no wonder that countries around the world have been paying close attention to the neck-and-neck race for the White House.
Our colleagues from BBC Monitoring have rounded up the global media reaction so far.
Fighting reported in Ethiopia after PM responds to 'attack' by regional ruling party
Abiy Ahmed says defence forces mobilised in Tigray region ‘to save the country’
Fighting has been reported in northern Ethiopia after the country’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, ordered a military response to an “attack” by the ruling party of the restive Tigray region on a camp housing federal troops.
Analysts and diplomats have been warning for weeks that a standoff between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) could plunge Ethiopia into a bitter and bloody civil conflict.
On Wednesday, Abiy accused the the TPLF of attacking a military camp in the region and attempting to loot military assets.
Largest Israeli demolition in a decade displaces dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank
Most of those made homeless are children
More than 70 Palestinians, mostly minors, in the occupied West Bank have been made homeless in the single largest Israeli demolition of a Palestinian community in over a decade, according to United Nations data.
Security forces destroyed 76 structures in the Humsa al Bqai’a Bedouin community in the north Jordan Valley on Tuesday, displacing at least 73 people, 41 of them children. The reason reportedly given was lack of building permits.
This is despite indications from the Israeli authorities that such orders would be frozen given the health implications hindering social distancing measures and lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Often such demolitions are deemed illegal under international law.
Opinion: Trump's appalling disregard for democracy in US election
It's still not clear who won the US presidential election, and it likely won't be for a while. That doesn't mean democracy is endangered, just that many Americans find Trump's actions acceptable, says DW's Carla Bleiker.
Election night has turned out exactly as many pundits and analysts predicted — at least in one respect: There's no clear winner as of early Wednesday morning in the US. Key battleground swing states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are still in play and will likely take some time to report full results.
Unsurprisingly, both candidates did their best to ignore the up-in-the-air situation and projected optimism to their supporters. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made an appearance early Wednesday morning local time in his home state of Delaware.
Bad blood: why France-Turkey cartoon row could leave lasting impact
By Michel Rose and Orhan Coskun
Slights and barbs have marred relations between France's Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences.
Officials on both sides describe a series of behind-the-scenes frosty exchanges and grudges between the two leaders going back years, long before the row of the past few weeks.
But if they cannot find a way to mend bridges, momentum is likely to build for a proposal, driven by France, for European Union sanctions on Turkey's already-fragile economy, according to Turkish analyst Sinan Ulgen.
Vienna attack: The Muslim heroes who saved lives
A Palestinian McDonald’s manager and two Turkish-origin MMA-fighters risked their lives to save others amid the violence.
On Monday evening, 23-year-old Osama Joda and his colleague left Schwedenplatz, a central Vienna square, and headed towards McDonald’s, where they worked.
It was unusually warm in the Austrian capital on the eve of a second lockdown, and it was busy.
People met in bars and restaurants before the new social distancing measures came into effect.
Suddenly, Joda heard gunshots.
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