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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 414 0541 -- TOP STORIES -- + Turkey shoots down two Syrian warplanes + Kabul protests key part of US-Taliban peace deal + Biden gets a boost as key US primaries near + Pope pulls out of spiritual retreat with a cold Syria-conflict-Turkey-migration-Greece,WRAP ANKARA Turkey shoots down two Syrian warplanes on Sunday in an escalating offensive against the Damascus regime as Ankara pressureS Europe over the conflict by opening its border for migrants to cross into the continent. 800 words 1930 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moving: Syria-conflict-Greece-Turkey-migrants,FOCUS Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban-ceasefire,WRAP KABUL Afghanistan's weakened government protests a key component of a deal between the US and the Taliban, setting the scene for fractious talks when Kabul and the insurgents meet to strike a separate agreement. 800 words moved by Thomas Watkins and Emal Haidary. Picture. Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-social,SCENE Afghanistan-conflict-gender,PROFILE US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON A resounding victory in South Carolina has thrust Joe Biden back into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but that could all change in two days when voters go to the polls in 14 "Super Tuesday" states. 750 words moved by Brian Knowton. Picture, Video Vatican-religion-health-pope,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis suffers two coughing spells while announcing that he is pulling out of an annual spiritual retreat south of Rome because of a "cold". 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Iran,FOCUS PARIS International experts are questioning the scale of the new coronavirus epidemic in Iran, where the official death toll is second only to China and risks creating a regional epicentre of contagion. 700 words moved by Pierre Donadieu. Picture Health-virus-US WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence defends the US administration's handling of the coronavirus epidemic after the first confirmed death on American soil and rising criticism of the state of US preparedness. 600 words moved by Jim Mannion. Picture Health-virus-US-insurance,FOCUS WASHINGTON Like many Americans, bartender Danjale Williams is worried about the growing threat of the novel coronavirus. What makes the 22-year-old even more frightened: Medical bills she just can't afford, as one of almost 27.5 million people in the United States who don't have health insurance. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-China-economy-manufacturing,FOCUS WENZHOU, China The Xuda Shoes Company is usually bustling at this time of year, with workers having long returned from a Lunar New Year holiday in their hometowns to kick-start production of tens of thousands of shoes daily. But China's coronavirus epidemic has changed all that. 900 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Gulf-markets,3RDLEAD DUBAI Stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf states plunge over fears about the impact of the new coronavirus, a market trend that also battered global bourses last week. 600 words 1930 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-Israel-politics-diplomacy-AIPAC,WRAP WASHINGTON An Israeli envoy assails leading US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders as a "fool" as the conference of the pro-Israel lobby lays bare divisions over right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 550 words 2200 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu vows to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank within "weeks" if re-elected, a pledge likely aimed at energising his right-wing base a day before the country's third election in a year. 600 words moved by Stephen Weizman. Picture. Video Israel-vote-corruption-trial,FOCUS TEL AVIV A prime minister who has become the first head of government in the country's history to be indicted in office may appear ripe for electoral defeat -- but final polls show him holding steady. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Israel-vote-politics-Russia,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is playing up his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to steal key votes in Monday's election, but analysts are sceptical it will get him over the line. 730 words moved by Michael Blum. Picture. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Slovakia-vote-politics,WRAP BRATISLAVA A centre-right anti-graft party is on course to form Slovakia's next government after voters ousted the governing leftists in polls marked by backlash over a journalist's killing in the eurozone state. 700 words moved by Laszlo Juhasz and Mary Sibierski in Warsaw. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Slovakia-vote-politics,PROFILE Vatican-pope-Judaism-history,ADVANCER VATICAN CITY The Vatican unseals the archives of history's most contentious pope on Monday, potentially shedding light on why Pius XII stayed silent during the extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust. 700 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Picture Also moved: Vatican-pope-Judaism-history,FACTS -- ASIA -- Malaysia-politics,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR A staunch Muslim nationalist backed by a scandal-mired party has been sworn in as Malaysia's premier after a reformist government's collapse, but ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 94, has slammed the move as illegal. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves and Patrick Lee. Picture. Video -- AFRICA - Cameroon-unrest-aid,FOCUS LIBREVILLE In Cameroon's anglophone regions, humanitarian workers are increasingly caught up in the country's separatist conflict, facing threats and violence from both sides as they struggle to deliver aid. 950 words moved by Camille Malplat moved. File Picture. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-theatre-film-Bellucci-Callas-celebrity,INTERVIEW PARIS It seems hard to believe, but Monica Bellucci -- who has spent four decades in the limelight as a model and actress -- says she suffers from stage fight. 550 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. File picture afp
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