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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus death toll tops 3,000 + Israel holds third election in a year + Erdogan says 'millions' of migrants headed to Europe + Democrats in final push ahead of Super Tuesday + Vatican opens Holocaust-era archives on 'silent' pope Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpasses 3,000 as more people die in China, Iran and the United States, and Europe raised its state of alert 700 words 1600 GMT by Dave Clark with Laurent Thomet in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel holds its third election in less than a year seeking to break a grinding political deadlock, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chasing re-election while facing criminal indictment. 700 words 1500 GMT by Joe Dyke. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Gantz,PROFILE Israel-vote-health-virus,SCENE Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-migrants,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns that "millions" of migrants will soon head for Europe as he mounts pressure on Western countries to do more to help end the Syrian conflict. 750 words 1600 GMT by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Turkey-Greece-migrants,SCENE US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Candidates make a final push for votes ahead of Super Tuesday, the biggest day of the Democratic presidential primary campaign, with Pete Buttigieg's withdrawal clearing the way for the party to unite around a single centrist challenger to frontrunner Bernie Sanders. 600 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-SuperTuesday,POINTS Vatican-pope-Jews-history VATICAN CITY Historians begin combing the archives of the world's most contentious pope, hoping to glean why Pius XII stayed silent during the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. 650 words moved by Catherine Marciano. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces meetings with pharmaceutical executives on the response to the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed two lives in the US -- as New York's governor says it is likely spreading in the global financial hub. 500 words 1600 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-SKorea-religion,INTERVIEW GWACHEON, South Korea Stigma and discrimination over their beliefs are preventing members of the secretive religious group at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak from cooperating with emergency checks and quarantine efforts, a top representative tells AFP. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-Kyu. Picture. Video Health-virus-economy-trade-OECD,WRAP PARIS The coronavirus outbreak will take a huge toll on economic growth this year, the OECD warns, with global GDP now forecast at just 2.4 percent, the lowest rate since the 2008-09 financial crisis. 700 words moved by Mariette Le Roux and Joseph Schmid. Graphic Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN The World Health Organization sends its first planeload of assistance to help fight coronavirus in Iran, where the death toll has risen to 66, the second worst in the world. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Iran,SCENE TEHRAN Cooped up at home for days because of Iran's coronavirus outbreak, Parmis was desperate, so her mother took her out shopping -- even though they only had one face mask between them. 500 words 1600 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Iran-Islam,FOCUS Iran-health-sanctions-US-virus,FOCUS Health-virus-Italy MILAN Milan's lace-like Duomo cathedral swings open its gates to tourists as Italy's financial capital tries to get back to work after landing in the heart of Europe's novel coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1500 GMT by Celine Cornu. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Italy-economy -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq's prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi steps down, prolonging a political crisis and aggravating the grievances of a months-long anti government protest movement. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-UN-rights-Russia-Turkey,lead GENEVA UN investigators say that Moscow participated in war crimes connected with deadly air strikes in Syria, and warned Ankara could bear "criminal responsibility" for similar crimes perpetrated against Kurds in the country. 650 words 1530 GMT by Nina Larson. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- NKorea-defence-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang Philippines-police-crime,WRAP MANILA A sacked security guard who shot one person and took about 30 others hostage at a Manila shopping mall surrenders to authorities, ending a day-long standoff that terrified shoppers and drew a massive police response. 450 words 1430 GMT by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,WRAP KABUL At least three people are killed in an unclaimed attack in Afghanistan after the Taliban brings to an abrupt end a partial truce just two days after the signing of a deal with the US. 500 words 1430 GMT by Usman Sharifi and Email Haidary. Picture. Video Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-family,FOCUS China-Xinjiang-politics-rights-retail,lead BEIJING China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank says. 500 words moved. File picture. File video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU trade negotiators embark on high-stakes talks aimed at forging a new post-Brexit relationship, with timing tight and the sides far apart on key issues. 650 words 1600 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-religion-Catholic-abuse,WRAP BERLIN German bishops gathering to choose a new leader to help steer the country's Catholic Church through a controversial reforms process and settle compensation demands from sexual abuse victims. 650 words 1530 GMT by Isabelle Le Page. File picture France-politics-pensions,WRAP PARIS French unions vow fresh demonstrations after the government's use of a rarely used decree to force its unpopular pension overhaul through parliament, accusing President Emmanuel Macron of authoritarian tendencies. 700 words moved by Clare Byrne. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay prominent US presidential candidate, ends his campaign to be the Democratic nominee -- giving a major boost to fellow centrist Joe Biden. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Video. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-Buttigieg,PROFILE US-politics-vote-California-Sanders,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Bernie Sanders is heading into California's primary as the clear favorite among Democrats, enjoying a massive lead over his competitors, notably among young voters and Latinos. 800 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture US-politics-vote-campaign-Bloomberg,FOCUS MCLEAN, Virginia Any national election campaign in the vast United States needs an army of volunteer workers if it is to have much hope of success. 850 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-immigration-minorities,SCENE -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-attacks KANO,Nigeria At least 50 people are killed in multiple attacks by armed "bandits" on villages in an area of northern Nigeria rife with cattle theft and kidnappings, local officials say. 350 words moved Malawi-politics-army,FOCUS BLANTYRE In a continent where armies often prop up governments, crush dissent and interfere in mainstream politics, Malawi in southern Africa has been an exception for decades. 700 words 1530 GMT by Jack McBrams. File picture DRCongo-infrastructure-corruption,FOCUS KINSHASA A programme to repair DR Congo's shambolic infrastructure launched with fanfare exactly a year ago has barely taken off, with allegations of corruption sparking an investigation. 600 words 1300 GMT by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumenya -- FASHION -- Lifestyle-France-Britain-fashion-environment-McCartney,INTERVIEW PARIS British fashion designer Stella McCartney tells AFP that she is not afraid to be called to stupid for trying make the world's biggest luxury group sustainable from the inside. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture afp
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