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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tehran is 'standing down', says Trump + Meghxit: Prince Harry and wife to step back + Iran, Canada mourn 176 killed in Tehran plane crash + Bushfires flare as Australia heatwave sets in + Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says Iran appears to be "standing down" after firing missiles at US troop bases in Iraq and indicates he will back off from any immediate military response. 850 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad and Marc Jourdier in Tehran. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,REAX Also moved: Iran-US-unrest-Iraq,CHRONO Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stun the British monarchy by quitting as front-line members -- reportedly without first consulting Queen Elizabeth II. 700 words moved. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry-Duchess,PROFILE Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-prince,PROFILE Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,FOCUS Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident,WRAP TEHRAN Bereaved friends and families join in mourning after a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board, as details start emerging about the victims, most of them from Iran and Canada. 800 words moved by David Vujanovic with Ania Tsoukanova in Kiev. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-Ukraine-aviation-accident,FACTS Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident-Kiev,SCENE Australia-fire-environment-cliamte SYDNEY, Australia Bushfires flare up in southern Australia as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery sets in and officials warn some areas are "just at the beginning" of the devastating crisis. 650 words 0700 GMT by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video. Entertainment-Canada-health-Bieber-Lyme MONTREAL Pop super star Justin Bieber announces that he has Lyme disease, calling out critics who he says have been unfairly commenting on his looks by saying he looks like he is "on meth". 500 words moved. File Picture -- ASIA -- Japan-Ghosn-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault,WRAP TOKYO Japan's justice minister urges Carlos Ghosn to return and make his case in court, after the fugitive former auto tycoon gave an impassioned defence of his decision to jump bail and flee to Lebanon. 700 words 0630 GMT by Miwa Suzuki and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic We will also move: Japan-Ghosn-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault-law,POINTS China-health-virus,2ndlead BEIJING China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that has struck 59 people is due to a new strain of virus from the family of pathogens that includes SARS, state media says. 700 words 0800 GMT. Catholic-Philippines-festival-region-social,LEAD MANILA Swarms of barefoot believers throng a revered icon of Jesus Christ in Manila for a lumbering and raucous procession considered one of the world's largest shows of Catholic fervour. 450 words 0700 GMT by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video Taiwan-politics-election-youth,FOCUS TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential candidates are waging an all-out charm offensive to woo millions of young people in the lead-up to this weekend's election, conscious their votes could push them over the finish line. 650 words moved. Picture India-economy-slowdown-wedding-family,FOCUS MUMBAI India's weddings are famously lavish -- lasting days and with hundreds if not thousands of guests -- but this season many families are cutting costs even if it risks their social standing. 600 words moved by Vishal Manve. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP LONDON After years of bitter arguments, British MPs will finally approve the terms of Brexit, paving the way for the UK to leave the EU on January 31. 450 words 0530 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Turkey-Russia-Syria-Libya-conflict-diplomacy-oil,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin call for a ceasefire in Libya after talks in Istanbul, where they also inaugurated a "historic" gas pipeline. 600 words moved by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Libya-conflict-Sirte,ANALYSIS TRIPOLI Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's capture of the strategic city of Sirte is a major setback for Tripoli's UN-recognised government, analysts say. 750 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Iraq-Iran-unrest-US,FOCUS BAGHDAD Arch-foes Tehran and Washington may be temporarily calling it even after Iranian missiles targeted US forces in Iraq, but analysts predict violent instability will keep blighting Baghdad. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. -- AMERICAS -- Iran-US-defense-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the US strike that killed a top Iranian general restored credibility to the US threat to Tehran but Washington security analysts say it is far from certain that Tehran has been deterred from further attacks. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Also moved: Iran-Iraq-unrest-US-aviation,ROUNDUP Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-politics,ANALYSIS Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Israel,WRAP Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Cyprus-diplomacy,lead Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-resistance,FOCUS Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident-victims,SCENE TORONTO University professors, students, a newlywed couple: they are among the 63 Canadians lost when a Ukrainian plane crashed after takeoff in Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. 500 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture Iran-Ukraine-US-accident-aviation-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK The latest tragic plane crash involving a Boeing model different from the grounded MAX adds to the travails facing the company after two deadly crashes. 650 words moved by John Biers -- LIFESTYLE/TECHNOLOGY -- US-tech-sexuality-health-women-lifestyle,FOCUS LAS VEGAS Sex toys are for relaxation, for education, for healing after childbirth, for relationship-building or women's emancipation. Also for pleasure -- but manufacturers aiming for respectability tend to save this argument for last. 700 words moved by Julie Jammot. Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-CES-politics LAS VEGAS Chinese makers of televisions, smartphones and much more are very much present at the premier Consumer Electronics Show, undeterred by their country's trade war with the US. 600 words 0600 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Video. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-warming-EU,WRAP PARIS The year 2019 was the second hottest ever recorded and a virtual tie with 2016, the warmest El Nino year, the European Union's climate monitor says in its round up of the hottest decade in history. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic afp
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