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| - Duty Editor: Kelly Macnamara Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Bernie Sanders sweeps New Hampshire primary + Virus death toll in China passes 1,100 + Fossil fuel air pollution costs $8 billion a day: report + Turkey threat to attack Syria regime forces 'everywhere' + UN identifies 112 firms linked to Israeli settlements US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg emerge as the solid frontrunners in the race to take on President Donald Trump in November after finishing first and second in the New Hampshire primary. 650 words 1630 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic climbs past 1,100, but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day -- raising hope the outbreak could peak later this month. 750 words moved by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-toll,LEAD Environment-health-economy-energy-pollution PARIS The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is US$8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world's GDP, an environmental research group says. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Also moved: Britain-energy-oil-climate-BP,WRAP Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russ,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey's president accuses Russia of committing 'massacres' in its support of the Syrian regime, escalating a war of words as Ankara sends further reinforcements to shore up its military posts in Idlib. 700 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-Idlib-NRC UN-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights,2ndlead GENEVA The UN has released a list of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, including Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor. 400 words 1530 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC -- China-health-virus-Spain-mobile,WRAP MADRID Organisers of the World Mobile Congress hold urgent talks over the fate of the world's top mobile fair after an exodus of industry heavyweights over coronavirus fears, a source close to the meeting says. 450 words 1600 GMT by Hazel Ward. File picture China-health-virus-Japan-cruise,WRAP YOKOHAMA Another 39 people aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities say, as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine. 700 words moved by Quentin Tyberghien. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-test,Q&A China-virus-health-animal-Indonesia China-virus-health-France-Uighur,FOCUS PARIS Members of China's Uighur minority living in exile are sounding the alarm over the risk of the spread of the coronavirus in camps inside the country, where NGOs say hundreds of thousands of people have been rounded up in a hugely controversial measure by Beijing. 550 words 1530 GMT by Joelle Garrus China-health-virus-Thailand-cruise BANGKOK Aboard a cruise ship that is being rejected at Asian ports over coronavirus fears, stoic passengers are keeping spirits up with poolside yoga and rounds of applause for the crew. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen Also moved: China-virus-health-Thailand China-health-virus-hospital,FOCUS BEIJING Doctors on the frontline of China's new coronavirus epidemic are facing a daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients and risk getting infected themselves due to a drastic shortage of masks and other protective equipment. 800 words moved by Eva Xiao and Ludovic Ehret. Picture China-virus-health-internet-computers,FOCUS SHANGHAI Virus-phobia has sent hundreds of millions of Chinese flocking to online working options, with schools, businesses, government departments, medical facilities -- even museums and zoos -- wrapping themselves in the digital cloud for protection. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-epidemic,FOCUS Gulf-economy-China-energy,FOCUS DUBAI The coronavirus crisis, which has already battered oil prices, threatens to further undercut Gulf economies suffering a prolonged downturn and struggling to wean themselves from a decades-old energy addiction. 750 words moved by Omar Hasan Auto-prix-CHN-China-health-virus PARIS The Chinese Grand Prix scheduled for April 19 has been postponed because of the "continued spread" of the deadly coronavirus, motorsport's governing body FIA announces. 500 words moved. File pictures -- EUROPE -- Switzerland-US-Germany-espionage-encryption-defence,REAX GENEVA Outraged commentators warn that revelations the CIA and Germany's intelligence service had for decades used a Swiss encryption company for spying had seriously damaged Switzerland's cherished reputation for neutrality. 650 words 1430 GMT by Christophe De Roquefeuil Germany-politics-parties,FOCUS BERLIN The far-right AfD party may be polling at no more than 15 percent, but the recent scandal in Thuringia shows that they have the potential to paralyse the traditional parties and transform Germany's political landscape. 650 words 1500 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes. Moved. File Picture. File Video Italy-politics-migrants,WRAP ROME Italian senators decide whether far-right leader Matteo Salvini should face trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea, for which he could be jailed for 15 years. 700 words 1600 GMT by Ella Ide. Video. Picture. Live Video Ireland-vote-scenarios,FACTS DUBLIN Sinn Fein's election success has brought them within a whisker of being part of Ireland's next government but as talks get under way, there are several possibilities about how they could achieve an unprecedented role in power. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joe Stenson Vatican-religion-pope Vatican City Pope Francis pleads for social justice and environmental respect for the Amazon basin, but does not recommend the controversial idea of married priests. 700 words. 1500 GMT by Alexandria Sage and Catherine Marciano. Picture. File Picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-Warren,FOCUS WASHINGTON Not so long ago the frontrunner in Democratic presidential polls, endearing herself to voters with her ready plans for all problems, Elizabeth Warren faces increasingly daunting odds after a dismal fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary. 650 words 1730 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats-Biden,FOCUS Venezuela-politics-diplomacy,WRAP CARACAS Opposition leader Juan Guaido returns to Venezuela after an international support-building tour and calls on the people in the crisis-wracked nation to keep pushing back against President Nicolas Maduro. 550 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-India-Mumbai-attacks,WRAP LAHORE The alleged mastermind of a deadly attack on India's financial capital over a decade ago has been jailed in Pakistan for nearly six years on separate terror charges, his lawyer said. 500 words moved by Kaneez Fatima. Picture Bangladesh-prostitution-death-religion,FOCUS DAULATDIA, Bangladesh Often treated as less than human in life, there has been little dignity in death for the sex workers of one of the world's biggest brothels: their bodies frequently tossed into unmarked graves or dumped in the river. 800 words moved by Shafiqul Alam. Picture Vietnam-fbl-economy-Vingroup HUNG YEN, Vietnam After a career that began in instant noodles, Vietnam's richest man knows all about long shots, and he's now taken another: trying to get his football-mad country to their first World Cup. 700 words moved by Quy Le Bui. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-Trump,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel is pitching the controversial US peace plan as an offer for a future, "pragmatic" Palestinian leader, arguing that it was always destined to be rejected by 84-year-old Mahmud Abbas. 600 words 1600 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee Sudan-ICC-unrest-Darfur,WRAP KHARTOUM Rights groups push for the swift handover of Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court after Sudan's new authorities pledged to bring the ousted strongman to justice for alleged war crimes in Darfur. 700 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. File picture. File video Egypt-coal-health-environment,PHOTOESSAY INSHAS, Egypt To fuel Egyptians' love for shisha pipes and barbeques, Said Mahrous and his men toil in an open-air coal furnace, inhaling thick plumes of smoke day in, day out. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- BUHERA, Zimbabwe Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods. 2,000 words special report moved by Ish Mafundikwa in Zimbabwe and Beatrice Debut in Zambia and South Africa. Pictures. Video Also moved: Climate-agriculture-drought-Zambia-Zimbabwe-SAfrica,PHOTOESSAY -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-politics-antitrust,WRAP WASHINGTON A US regulatory agency vows to review acquisitions made by five Big Tech firms over the past decade -- opening the door to a wave of potential antitrust investigations. 650 words moved by Rob Lever Britain-politics-internet-media,lead LONDON The British government says it intends to allow its broadcast regulator to police the internet and issue "substantial fines" to social media giants that fail to remove harmful content. 550 words 1530 GMT by Dmitry Zaks France-US-trade-wine-exports PARIS French wine exports to the United States plunged by almost a fifth in the last quarter of 2019 as punitive tariffs kick in, the FEVS industry body says, warning of a "challenging year" ahead. 550 words moved by Mariette Le Roux afp
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