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| - Duty Editor: Joseph Boyle Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump facing Congress battle over Iran + British monarchy rocked by 'Megxit' + Ukraine plane 'turned back before crash' + Lebanon travel ban for auto tycoon Ghosn + New warning over flaring Australia fires Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Congress-warpowers,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump braces for a brawl with congressional Democrats who are set to vote on a measure that would constrain his ability to take military action against Iran. 550 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mathes Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his celebrity wife Meghan's bombshell resignation from front-line royal duties rocks the British monarchy, with reports suggesting Queen Elizabeth II had not been informed in advance. 700 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard, James Pheby and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident,WRAP TEHRAN Iranian authorities say a Ukrainian airliner that crashed outside Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board turned back following a problem, as Ukrainian experts join the probe. 690 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Japan-Ghosn-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon bans former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn from travel and asks Japan to hand over details on financial misconduct charges, as Tokyo urges the fugitive businessman to return. 750 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Bushfires flare in southern Australia as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery sets in and officials warn some areas are "just at the beginning" of the devastating crisis. 750 words moved by Holly Robertson Also moved: Australia-fire-climate-environment,SCENE -- IRAN-US CRISIS -- Iraq-Iran-unrest-US,FOCUS BAGHDAD Arch-foes Tehran and Washington may be temporarily calling it even after Iranian missiles targeted US forces in Iraq, but analysts predict violent instability will keep blighting Baghdad. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture Iran-US-defense-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the US strike that killed a top Iranian general adds weight to the US threat to Tehran but Washington security analysts say it is far from certain that Tehran has been deterred from further attacks. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-politics-protest-pensions,WRAP PARIS French protesters pour into the streets in the latest mass demonstrations and general strike against a pensions overhaul that critics say would require millions of people to push back retirement or face lower benefits. 600 words 1500 GMT by Arnaud Bouvier and Bertille Ossey-Woisard. Picture. Video. Graphic France-politics-labour-strike,FOCUS PARIS Supporters of the strikes that have paralysed public transport in Paris have pledged over 3 million euros in support for workers going without pay over the past month. 500 words moved by Elisabeth Rolland Clare Byrne. Spain-politics-Catalonia-court,WRAP MADRID Spain's Supreme Court says it will not recognise jailed Catalan separatist Oriol Junqueras as a Euro MP because of his conviction over a failed 2017 independence bid, rejecting a ruling by the European Court of Justice. 500 words 1530 GMT. File picture Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-media,FOCUS LONDON Like his mother princess Diana before him, Prince Harry has had a complicated relationship with Britain's voracious tabloid press but his aim to control publicity could backfire, experts suggest. 700 words 1530 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture Also moved: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,REAX Britain-royals-crises,FACTS Also moving: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-funding,FACTS Britain-royals-independence,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON After years of bitter arguments, British MPs will finally approve the terms of Brexit, paving the way for the UK to leave the EU on January 31. 650 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks and Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS, which killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng, with Yan Zhao in Hong Kong China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING China says that Vice Premier Liu will travel to Washington next week to sign the "phase one" deal with the United States that has lowered trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. 400 words moved by Beiyi Seow Philippines-religion-Catholic,SCENE MANILA Frenzied crowds, exhaustion and blazing heat are dangers bearing down on the cadre of guards who shield one of the Philippines' most revered Catholic icons from the believers desperate to touch it. 450 words moved by Ron Lopez Also moved: Catholic-Philippines-festival-religion-social,lead -- AMERICAS -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident-victims,SCENE TORONTO University professors, students, a newlywed couple: they are among the 63 Canadians lost when a Ukrainian plane crashed after takeoff in Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. 550 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture Also moved: Iran-Ukraine-US-accident-aviation-Boeing,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Judaism-history,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM To combat anti-Semitism, leaders should "fight fear with fear" and evoke the spectre of future tragedy, the head of the European Jewish Congress says ahead of events marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-Sirte,ANALYSIS TRIPOLI Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's capture of the strategic city of Sirte is a major setback for Tripoli's UN-recognised government, analysts say. 750 words moved by Imed Lamloum -- ECONOMY -- US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP NEW YORK The Federal Reserve's second in command says US interest rates are in a good place for now, but policymakers are ready to change direction if the economy needs, 500 words 1500 GMT by John Biers -- LIFESTYLE -- US-IT-lifestyle-CES-politics LAS VEGAS Chinese makers of televisions, smartphones and much more are very much present at the premier Consumer Electronics Show, undeterred by their country's trade war with the US. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Video. Picture -- SPORT -- Golf-Asia-HKG-Jazz,FOCUS HONG KONG Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond has something special in his bag as he prepares for the US Masters -- the Buddhist meditation techniques learned as a monk that have helped him become the talk of Asian golf. 550 words moved by Ross Adkin. Picture afp
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