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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spike in China virus deaths and cases + Japan allows elderly passengers off quarantined ship + Sanders, Buttigieg stake frontrunner claims + Germany marks 7th anniversary of Dresden bombing + Big Ben repair costs shoot up by millions China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China's official death toll and infection numbers from a new coronavirus spikes dramatically after authorities change their counting methods, fuelling concern the epidemic is far worse than being reported. 800 words 1130 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic. China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan Japan says it will allow some elderly passengers off a quarantined cruise ship and into government-designated lodging, as the number of new coronavirus cases on the vessel jumps to 218. 600 words 0930 GMT by Harumi Ozawa with Miwa Suzuki in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg step forward as undisputed frontrunners in the race to take on President Donald Trump in November after finishing first and second in the New Hampshire primary. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes with Jerome Cartillier in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats-Sanders,POINTS Germany-history-war-anniversary-farright,WRAP FRANKFURT Germany marks 75 years since the destruction of Dresden in World War II, with the far right using the anniversary to inflate victim numbers and play down Nazi crimes. 650 words 0930 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture. Graphic Britain-heritage-parliament-BigBen,lead LONDON The bill to repair London's iconic Big Ben clock tower has increased by millions of pounds after the discovery of World War II bomb damage, pollution and asbestos, Britain's parliament says. 350 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC -- RugbyU-HKG-Asia-China-health-virus HONG KONG The Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens look set to be postponed as Asian sport reels from the deadly coronavirus, with the Chinese Grand Prix, golf and numerous football fixtures among the long list of casualties. 500 words 1000 GMT by Talek Harris China-health-virus-Cambodia SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia A US cruise ship blocked from several Asian ports over concerns that a passenger could have been infected with the new coronavirus arrives off Cambodia, as frustrated holidaymakers express hope that their ordeal may soon be over. 500 words moved by Suy Se. Picture. Live video China-health-virus-Vietnam,WRAP BINH XUYEN,WRAP More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam's capital are placed under quarantine after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus are discovered there, authorities said. 550 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video. Live video China-health-virus-Wuhan-foreigners,FOCUS HONG KONG Hunkered down at the epicentre of China's virus epidemic and cut off from the world, the remaining foreigners in Wuhan are eking out a life in fear. 700 words moved by Alex Nicoll China-health-virus-manufacturing,FOCUS BEIJING A diaper manufacturer in eastern China closes for the Lunar New Year holiday when it hears from officials -- there is a mask shortage and factories need to chip in to help in the battle against a deadly virus epidemic. 500 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-Warren,FOCUS WASHINGTON A few months ago, Elizabeth Warren was at the top of polls for the Democratic presidential nomination, endearing herself to voters with her ready plans for all problems, but now her campaign is hanging by a thread after a dismal showing in New Hampshire. 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-Trump-Buttigieg-language,FOCUS Argentina-economy-debt-IMF,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Recession-hit Argentina opens talks with a team from the IMF, seeking relief from what President Alberto Fernandez says is an unsustainable foreign debt. 600 words moved by Nina Negron. Picture. Video US-politics-society-law,FOCUS EVELETH, Minnesota Haylee Ann Rucker lives in a small rural town in Minnesota. The 19-year-old was born in the United States to American parents. But legally, she did not exist for nearly her entire life. 900 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video US-health-politics-gender-children,FOCUS WASHINGTON A simmering debate is under way in the United States over the health of transgender youth, who now face the prospect of being barred from receiving hormonal or surgical treatment in a dozen states, to the dismay of their families and the medical community. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive -- ASIA -- India-economy-technology-romance-hotels,FOCUS MUMBAI Check in by the hour, bring your special someone, and help yourself to complimentary condoms -- Indian apps are overturning traditional norms by offering rooms to unmarried couples in a country where premarital sex remains taboo. 750 words 1030 GMT by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Sudan-US-Yemen-attack-justice,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan says it has signed a deal with the families of victims of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, meeting a key condition for removing the African country from the US state sponsor of terrorism list. 500 words 1100 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Jay Deshmukh. File picture Yemen-conflict-UN-health-Jordan,FOCUS AMMAN Mohammed Hussein looks sadly at his wife as she lies in bed in a Jordanian hospital where she is being treated for cancer -- far from the devastating war back home in Yemen. 650 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Palestinians-Israel-conflict-chocolate,FOCUS GAZA CITY Off a bumpy dirt road in Gaza city, a group of children stand outside a half-open factory door, desperate to get their hands on what is being made inside: chocolate biscuits and a spread dubbed "Natalia". 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee and Joe Dyke. Picture. Video Tunisia-diplomacy-UN,FOCUS TUNIS Tunisian President Kais Saied's first major foray into international affairs, over the controversial US Mideast peace plan, appears to have backfired, with his strategy called into question over the dismissal of Tunis' UN envoy. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. File picture -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-anniversary-Ramaphosa,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG When Cyril Ramaphosa took office as South African president two years ago, the media coined the term "Ramaphoria" to describe the giddy expectations he stoked. Those heady days now seem firmly in the past. 750 words moved by Michelle Gumede and Susan Njanji. File picture -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- Energy-oil-IEA-economy-China,WRAP PARIS Global oil demand will suffer its first quarterly drop in a decade as the COVID-19 virus lashes the economy in China and its impact ripples throughout the world, the IEA says. 600 words 0930 GMT by Richard Lein France-China-US-telecommunication-politics-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS France says Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei won't be excluded from supplying equipment for 5G networks in the country but could be subject to restrictions and Paris may prioritise European operators. 500 words 1030 GMT US-IT-lifestyle-Facebook-WhatsApp,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp says it now has more than two billion users around the world as it reaffirms its commitment to strong encryption to protect privacy. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture -- SCIENCE -- US-animal-bees,FOCUS WASHINGTON US biologists have decoded the meaning of over 1,500 honey bee dances, providing conservation groups trying to boost the imperiled species' population with new insights into their foraging preferences. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Norway-environment-plastic-recycling,FOCUS FETSUND, Norway One at a time, the elderly lady places her empties into the gaping hole of a machine at the entrance to an Oslo supermarket. With a well-functioning deposit system, Norway recycles almost all of its plastic bottles. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Oscars-SKorea-social-Lee,PROFILE SEOUL The woman who stepped up to make the final acceptance speech when Bong Joon-ho's satire Parasite - about the gap between rich and poor - won the Best Film Oscar is herself a member of South Korea's wealthiest family and has spearheaded its corporate push into Hollywood. 700 words moved by Claire Lee. File picture. File video afp
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