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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump says Iran 'standing down' after strikes + Harry, Meghan to step back as 'senior' royals + 176 dead as Ukraine plane crashes in Tehran + Defiant tycoon Ghosn hits back at Japanese 'plot' + 2019 second-hottest year ever: climate monitor 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 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad and Marc Jourdier in Tehran. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-US-unrest-Iraq,CHRONO Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,REAX Iran-Iraq-unrest-US-aviation,ROUNDUP Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will step back as senior members of the royal family and spend more time in North America, the couple say in a historic statement. 400 words 2000 GMT. File picture. File video Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident,WRAP TEHRAN A Ukrainian airliner crashes shortly after take-off from Tehran killing all 176 people on board, in a disaster striking a region rattled by heightened military tensions. 900 words 1930 GMT by David Vujanovic with Ania Tsoukanova in Kiev. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-Ukraine-aviation-accident,FACTS Lebanon-Japan-Ghosn-court-Nissan-Renault,WRAP BEIRUT Fugitive auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn accuses Nissan and Japanese prosecutors of plotting against him in an impassioned defence at his first public appearance since fleeing the country. 750 words 2030 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Climate-warming-EU,WRAP PARIS 2019 was the second hottest year 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 -- IRAN-US CRISIS -- Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-politics,ANALYSIS PARIS Iran's missile strikes on US troop bases in Iraq were a measured first response to Washington's assassination of a top commander, but are unlikely to be the last act in what could be a long and asymmetrical revenge campaign, experts say. 700 words moved by Mariette le Roux and Daphne Benoit. Picture Also moved: Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Israel,WRAP Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Cyprus-diplomacy,lead Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-resistance,FOCUS DUBAI Portraits of Qasem Soleimani have been carried aloft in rallies from Gaza to Yemen this week, raising the prospect that his violent death will elevate him as a icon of anti-American resistance. 800 words moved by Sarah Stewart Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Qaani,PROFILE PARIS Esmail Qaani, the new commander of the shadowy Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards after the killing of Qasem Soleimani, represents a continuity choice at a hugely combustible moment for Tehran but lacks the charismatic aura of his storied predecessor. 650 words moved by Stuart Williams -- AMERICAS -- 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 2200 GMT by John Biers -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP LONDON Britain says it could seek a piecemeal post-Brexit deal with the European Union that leaves some issues unresolved but still lets it break free from the bloc at the end of the year. 650 words 2000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks and Alice Ritchie 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 France-politics-trial-Sarkozy,WRAP PARIS Nicolas Sarkozy will on October 5 become France's first ex-president to stand trial on corruption charges in a case in which he is accused of trying to obtain classified information from a judge. 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-blast,WRAP MOGADISHU At least four people are killed, including a senior government official, when a car bomb explodes close to a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police say. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-environment-climate SYDNEY Australian officials issue fresh evacuation warnings ahead of a forecasted spike in the intensity of out-of-control bushfires that have devastated vast swathes of countryside and sent smoke clouds as far away as Brazil. 500 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-animal-environment Australia-fire-internet-factcheck Japan-crime-court-Sagamihara-disabled,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan The man accused of murdering 19 disabled people at a Japanese care home in one of the country's worst mass killings pleads not guilty as his trial begins. 750 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Sketch -- 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-auto,POINTS WASHINGTON Fully autonomous cars are on a slow path to mass deployment, but a range of other vehicle technology is speeding ahead. Here are some of the innovations being seen and talked about at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. 600 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture -- HEALTH -- Health-disease-animal-virus-Germany PARIS Eight cases of the Borna virus, transmitted by shrews, have been identified in encephalitis patients who died between 1999 and 2019, researchers say. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-ATP,WRAP SYDNEY World number one Rafael Nadal steers Spain into the ATP Cup quarter-finals despite an uncharacteristically error-ridden performance, with Argentina also powering through. 600 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture afp
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