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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran admits 'unintentionally' downing airliner + Elizabeth II, Prince Harry set for crisis meeting + Libya strongman Haftar announces ceasefire + Taiwan's Tsai re-elected with landslide victory + Peerless Liverpool extend lead with Spurs win Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says the United States is following Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new "massacre" as protests break out after Tehran admitted to accidentally shooting down an airliner. 800 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Ukraine-politics,Q&A Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation-military,POINTS Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,REAX Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry LONDON Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting with Prince Harry on Monday in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. 400 words moved Russia-Germany-diplomacy-Iran-Libya-Ukraine,WRAP BENGHAZI, Libya Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar announces a ceasefire in his months-long battle to control the capital Tripoli after calls for a truce from Russia and Turkey. 850 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video Taiwan-vote-China,WRAP TAIPEI Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen wins a landslide victory as voters deliver a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island, handing its first female leader a second term. 850 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Record-breaking Liverpool beat Tottenham 1-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to a yawning 16 points as Southampton gain sweet revenge over high-flying Leicester. 750 words moved by John Weaver. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-China-trade-tariff-dispute WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is set to sign a trade deal with China that he will trumpet as a major victory, but it comes at a steep cost after a bitter two-year standoff between the world's two top economic powers. 700 words 0130 GMT by Delphine Touitou. File Picture Also moving: China-US-diplomacy-trade,FOCUS US-China-trade-tariff-agriculture,FACTS Haiti-quake-economy-10years,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti on Sunday will remember the thousands who died in the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, as grief mixes with anger and bitterness over failed reconstruction efforts and continuing political instability. 600 words 0200 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture. File Picture US-society-gender-psychology,FOCUS SHEFFIELD, United States In a chalet in the Massachusetts countryside, tears run down Lucas Krump's cheeks as he pours his heart out at one of a new kind of support group growing in popularity among American men. 750 words 0200 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-protest-pensions,WRAP PARIS France's government proposes a compromise to end a crippling transport strike against pension reform, with an offer to withdraw a key proposal on raising the retirement age, but trade unions give the announcement a mixed welcome. 750 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture Germany-war-bomb-evacuation-police BERLIN Around 13,000 people are to be evacuated on Sunday from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after local authorities identified suspected World War II bombs in the city centre. 300 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-Boeing-accident-Indonesia-Ethiopia NEW YORK Boeing is still far from seeing an end to its 737 MAX crisis. Ten months after two fatal crashes led to the grounding of the aerospace giant's star passenger jet, many serious questions remain, including the date of its return to service. 850 words 0130 GMT by Luc Olinga Also moving: US-aerospace-transport-accident,WRAP Spain-restaurants-food-internet,FOCUS BARCELONA With an ambitious 27-year-old boss and a growing army of computer engineers, Spanish start-up Glovo is chasing international growth by expanding beyond food deliveries, despite criticism of the working conditions of its drivers. 700 words 0400 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -- US-space-Iran-Moghbeli,INTERVIEW HOUSTON Jasmin "Jaws" Moghbeli earned her fierce nickname during her time as a decorated helicopter gunship pilot who flew more than 150 missions in Afghanistan. The Marine Corps major, MIT graduate and college basketball player is now the first Iranian-American astronaut. 600 words 0200 GMT by Julia Benarrous, with Issam Ahmed in Washington. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-QAT-Barcelona-Xavi,lead DOHA Xavi is in talks with his former club Barcelona to take over as coach, his current team, Qatar's Al-Sadd say, although the Spanish great himself stays tight-lipped about his "dream" job. 350 words moved. File Picture afp
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