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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + World braces for potential pandemic as more die + Deadly riots as Trump visits India + Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak dies at 91 + Weinstein verdict 'great victory' for women: Trump + Domingo 'sorry' over sexual harassment Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Fresh deaths and a surge in coronavirus cases in Iran, Japan and South Korea fuel fears of a pandemic, as the disease took root in some of the world's poorest -- and worst-equipped -- countries. 800 words moved by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic India-US-diplomacy-trade,WRAP NEW DELHI Donald Trump fails to strike any trade deal with India at the end of a visit big on photo opportunities but short on substance and overshadowed by deadly riots. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jerome Cartillier and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Egypt-politics-Mubarak,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled autocratically for three decades before he was ousted amid the Arab Spring protests in 2011, dies at age 91. 650 words 1500 GMT by Farid Farid. File picture. File video Also moved: Egypt-politics-Mubarak,OBITUARY Egypt-politics-Mubarak,CHRONO US-entertainment-abuse-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction was a "great victory" for women, says President Donald Trump -- without acknowledging the numerous women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. 500 words 1700 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Spain-opera-assault-Domingo,WRAP MADRID Opera star Placido Domingo, facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, apologises for "the hurt" caused to his accusers, saying he accepts "full responsibility" for his actions. 600 words 1430 GMT by Hazel Ward. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran says its coronavirus outbreak, the deadliest outside China, has claimed 15 lives among nearly 100 cases of infection -- including the country's deputy health minister. 700 words 1500 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-hotel SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain Hundreds of people are confined to their rooms at a Tenerife hotel after an Italian tourist is hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus, health officials in the Canary Islands say. 600 words 1430 GMT by Desiree Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's coronavirus outbreak spreads south to Tuscany and Sicily, as the civil protection agency reports a surge in the number of infected people and Rome convenes emergency talks. 600 words 1500 GMT by Ella Ide and Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-Zorlesco,SCENE Health-virus-Croatia,2ndlead Heath-virus,FACTS Health-virus,CHRONO -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-Arctic-agriculture,WRAP LONGYEARBYEN, Norway An Arctic "doomsday vault" receives 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. 600 words 1500 GMT by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats take the stage for a debate in South Carolina in what could be the final opportunity for Joe Biden and the party's other presidential candidates to halt Bernie Sanders' drive to the nomination. 650 words 1600 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-history-defence,WRAP MOSCOW The last marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov, who was a key player in the political turmoil that precipitated the collapse of the USSR, dies in Moscow aged 95. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown. File picture Germany-politics,WRAP BERLIN Political heavyweights in Germany's ruling CDU announce their bids for the crisis-wracked party's top job, with a staunch ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her nemesis jumping into the race. 650 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain adopt their positions ahead of negotiations on their future ties amid European warnings that London must first implement the treaty easing the terms of Brexit. 600 words 1530 GMT by Marc Burleigh with Alice Ritchie in London. Video. Picture Germany-crime-investigation,WRAP VOLKMARSEN, Germany German authorities scramble to determine the motives of a man who ploughed his car into a carnival procession, injuring dozens and further unsettling a country rocked by a fatal mass shooting last week. 600 words 1500 GMT by Ina Fassbender with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. Picture Greece-migrants-protest,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greek riot police fire tear gas to disperse angry locals on the islands of Lesbos and Chios protesting against the planned construction of controversial new migrant camps. 600 words 1500 GMT by Will Vassilopoulos. Picture Armenia-politics-trial,WRAP YEREVAN Former Armenian president Serzh Sarkisian goes on trial charged with corruption in a case supporters claim is politically-motivated, nearly two years after his ousting from power in a popular uprising. 700 words 1500 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-Sweden-rights-court,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese court sentences Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad, prompting Stockholm to call for his release in a case that has rattled diplomatic relations. 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. File picture India-unrest-law-religion,lead NEW DELHI Ten people are killed and 31 seriously hurt in some of the worst sectarian violence in Delhi in years as rioters go on the rampage in several parts of the city, setting fire to buildings and vehicles and attacking journalists. 500 words 1600 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q&A KABUL As the United States and the Taliban stand on the verge of signing a historic deal that would see the Pentagon pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan, questions remain about what happens next. 600 words moved Malaysia-politics,Q&A KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government has collapsed after the resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, which followed a failed bid to form a new coalition aimed at stopping leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim's succession. Here are some details about the political crisis and what could happen next. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WestBank,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to build 3,500 new settler homes in a highly sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, just a week before a tight general election. 600 words 1500 GMT Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Germany-film-festival-protest-politics,FOCUS BERLIN From the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, movies at this year's Berlin film festival portray flight and resistance in the face of political oppression across the globe. 600 words moved by David Courbet. Picture afp
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