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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran denies Ukraine crash cover-up + Philippines on alert as volcano spews lava + Libyan rivals in Moscow to sign ceasefire + Queen to meet Harry over Megxit crisis + Arthouse 'Joker' tops Oscars nominations Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran denies a "cover-up" after taking days to reveal an airliner was accidentally shot down last week, a disaster that sparked demonstrations and calls for a fully transparent investigation. 750 words 1500 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Graphic. Video Philippines-volcano-environment,WRAP TALISAY, Philippines Lava and broad columns of ash shoot from a volcano near the Philippine capital, grounding hundreds of flights amid an alert for a possible "explosive eruption". 550 words moved by Ron Lopez with Mikhail Flores in Manila. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moving: Philippines-volcano-environment,FACTS Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Russia,WRAP MOSCOW The heads of Libya's warring sides meet in Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal ending nine months of heavy fighting for control of the capital Tripoli. 700 words 1600 GMT by Anna Malpas with Imed Lamloum in Tripoli. Picture. Graphic Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP SANDRINGHAM, United Kingdom Prince Harry and his brother Prince William put on a united front as they were summoned to showdown talks on Harry's future after he and his wife Meghan unilaterally announced they were quitting as front-line British royalty. 650 words 1630 GMT by Mathilde Bellenger and Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP LOS ANGELES Todd Phillips's "Joker," a dark, arthouse take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, tops the Oscar nominations with 11 with three movies tied for second. 600 words 1500 GMT by Andrew Marzal. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-Ireland-politics,WRAP BELFAST Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar meet Northern Ireland's new executive, as a power-sharing assembly in Belfast resumes after a three-year suspension. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video France-strike-politics,WRAP PARIS Paris commuters again battle to reach work as a more than five week strike drags on but France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe vows "to go to the end" with the pension reforms that sparked the action. 550 words 1530 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-politics-protest-internet NICOSIA Iranian anti-government protests after the accidental downing of an airliner are met with tear gas and at least one person is left wounded and bleeding on the pavement, videos on social media appear to show. 600 words moved Libya-conflict,SCENE TRIPOLI Residents of Libya's capital have received news of a ceasefire with a mix of relief and scepticism after more than nine months of deadly fighting on the edges of Tripoli. 580 words moved. Picture Iraq-US-unrest-Iran-troops-sanctions,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi officials fear economic "collapse" if Washington imposes threatened sanctions, including blocking access to a US-based account where Baghdad keeps oil revenues that feed 90 percent of the national budget. 850 words moved by Maya Gebeily -- AFRICA -- Sahel-unrest-diplomacy-France,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts counterparts from five African Sahel countries seeking more backing in the fight against a jihadist uprising even as France's military role is being questioned. 600 words 1600 GMT by Marie Wolfrom. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,2ndlead WASHINGTON Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi challenges Republicans to allow a "fair trial" when Donald Trump's impeachment case moves to the Senate, going head-to-head with the president who suggested the Senate should dismiss the charges against him outright. 500 words moved US-environment-people WASHINGTON Haggard and traumatized, a young man has told how he survived for more than three weeks in the snowy wilderness of Alaska after his remote cabin burned down when he mistakenly put cardboard in his stove. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Exhausted firefighters say they have finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under control, as wet weather promises to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires. 550 words moved by Andrew Beatty Pakistan-politics-military-court-Musharraf,WRAP LAHORE A Pakistan court annuls the death sentence handed to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, ruling a special court which found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional, a government prosecutor tells AFP. 500 words moved. File video China-HongKong-rights-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China defends barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying non-governmental organisations were responsible for political unrest in the semi-autonomous city and should "pay the proper price". 600 words moved by Teng Jing Xuan. Video Japan-auto-Lebanon-Ghosn-automobile-music-offbeat TOKYO Yamaha has warned musicians in Japan against stuffing themselves into their instrument cases to mimic the escape technique allegedly used by fugitive ex-tycoon Carlos Ghosn. 300 words moved -- HEALTH -- Thailand-China-health-virus-WHO,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization confirms the first case in Thailand of a new virus from the same family as SARS that is behind a Chinese pneumonia outbreak. 450 words 1430 GMT -- SPORTS -- Athletics-doping-corruption-Diack-trial,WRAP PARIS The Paris trial of Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics' world governing body who is accused of accepting millions of dollars to cover up positive Russian doping tests, is adjourned until at least June to allow new testimony to be examined 600 words 1630 GMT by Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video afp
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