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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus epidemic's course 'impossible' to predict: WHO + 40 Americans on quarantined cruise ship infected + Russian activist held in French sex tapes leak + South Sudan rebels reject peace plan China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING International experts have begun meeting with their counterparts in China over the new coronavirus epidemic whose future path is "impossible" to predict, the World Health Organization says. 750 words 2030 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan Americans begin leaving a quarantined cruise ship off Japan to board chartered flights home but at least 40 other US nationals infected with the virus, among hundreds of people on the ship who have contracted the new coronavirus, will be treated in Japan. 600 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Also move: China-health-virus-Mekong-economy-tourism,FOCUS France-politics-investigation,WRAP PARIS French police hold a Russian activist and his girlfriend for questioning over sex tapes released online that brought down President Emmanuel Macron's favoured candidate for Paris mayor. 700 words 1930 GMT by Mehdi Cherifia and Clare Byrne. Picture SSudan-politics-conflict,WRAP JUBA South Sudan rebels reject a government peace offer to return to a system of 10 states, dashing hopes of breaking a deadlock to end a six-year conflict. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidates sharpen their attacks on billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg as moderates battle to elbow their way to the top of a crowded pack. 800 words 2000 GMT by Brian Knowlton. File picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-trial-author,INTERVIEW ISTANBUL Exiled Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan expected to be a convicted woman by now with a life sentence hanging over her head. But after she was unexpectedly acquitted of terror charges at a trial held in her absence she says she still fears for her life if she were to return home. 540 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Europe-weather,WRAP LONDON A man dies after falling into a river as Storm Dennis batters Britain while tens of thousands are left without power in northwestern France. 550 words 1930 GMT. Picture Britain-television-Flack,lead LONDON The management team of British TV presenter Caroline Flack, who committed suicide on Saturday, accuses prosecutors of pursuing a "show trial" over domestic abuse claims against the "vulnerable" star. 500 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,lead MAARET AL-NAASANE, Syria Syrian regime forces make new gains in their offensive against the last major rebel bastion in the northwest, seizing villages and towns around second city Aleppo, state media and a monitor say. 450 words moved. Picture Iran-politics-Rouhani Iran's President Hassan Rouhani rules out resigning and vows to see out his term, even as he admitted he had offered to step aside twice since being elected. 550 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Also moved: Iran-politics-Rouhani,CHRONO Iran-vote-parliament,Q&A TEHRAN Conservatives are expected to make a resurgence Friday when Iranians elect a new parliament, a legislative chamber that shapes debate in the Islamic republic. 680 words moved Yemen-conflict-Saudi,lead RIYADH The fate of the crew of a Saudi warplane that crashed in Yemen remains uncertain after Iran-linked Huthi rebels claimed to have shot down the aircraft. 500 words moved. Picture Gulf-Qatar-diplomacy,WRAP DOHA Talks between Doha and Riyadh to resolve a two-year regional spat have stalled, Qatar's foreign minister says, after a flurry of diplomacy late last year raised hopes the damaging rift was being healed. 700 words moved by Gregory Walton Iraq-unrest-rockets-US,2ndlead BAGHDAD Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone high-security enclave, the latest in a series of attacks against American assets in the country. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Sudan-unrest-Darfur,FOCUS NYALA, Sudan In Sudan's sprawling Camp Kalma, people who fled the Darfur conflict are overjoyed at a pledge by the country's new authorities to finally deliver ex-president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic SAfrica-mining-electricity-energy,FOCUS CAPE TOWN South Africa's announcement that it will open up electricity generation to other players, effectively breaking Eskom's monopoly, has been welcomed by many, especially the mining industry, a key sector in Africa's most industrialised economy. 550 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. Picture -- BUSINESS -- Asia-aviation-environment-Singapore,FOCUS SINGAPORE From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something from a sci-fi movie to electric aircraft and sustainable fuel, the aviation industry is ramping up efforts to go green as consumer pressure grows. 650 words moved by Catherine Lai and Sam Reeves. Picture. Video AFP
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