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| - Duty Editor: Kelly Macnamara Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane + Gale-force winds fan Australia bushfire threat + 'Damning' Boeing documents show employees mocked regulators + Meghan returns to Canada after 'Megxit' bombshell + Asia's great rivers: climate and pollution put billions at risk Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-probe-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's civil aviation chief denies that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 on board, dismissing claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran's air defences. 750 words 1530 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picure. Video. Graphic Also moving: EU-diplomacy-unrest-Iran-Libya Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP EDEN, Australia Gale-force winds in Australia merge two enormous fires into a megablaze spanning an area four times the size of Greater London, while tens of thousands rally to again demand action on climate change. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video. Graphic US-aviation-accident-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing's 737 MAX plane is "designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys," a company employee wrote in one of a trove of newly released internal messages that have raised fresh questions about the embattled aerospace giant. 600 words 1500 GMT by Luc Olinga Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry-Canada,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry's wife Meghan returns to Canada as the monarch holds urgent talks following the couple's bombshell announcement that they are quitting their frontline royal duties. 550 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. Graphic. Also moved: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-future,FOCUS Asia-environment-river-climate-conflict,FEATURE HONG KONG The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region -- the world's "Third Pole" -- are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of the water needed to nurture and grow a continent. 1,100 words moved by Liz Thomas -- Please see features advisory for full package on the crisis facing Asia's great rivers -- AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES -- Australia-fire-environment-climate-disinformation SYDNEY Australia's bushfire emergency has sparked an online disinformation campaign "unprecedented" in the country's history, researchers say, with bots deployed to shift blame for the blazes away from climate change. 650 words moved by Esther Chan Australia-fire-environment-climate-animal,FOCUS GLENMORE PARK, Australia When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying mother surrounded by the embers of Australia's bushfires, it seemed fitting to name him Chance. 650 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Australia-fire-environment-climate-demonstration Australia-fire-environment-climate-charity-celebrity Australia-fire-environment-climate-firestorms,FACTS Australia-fire-environment-climate-beer -- IRAN-US CRISIS -- Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-accident-Ukraine-Canada,FOCUS PARIS Western leaders say the Boeing that crashed in Iran this week was likely shot down accidentally by an Iranian missile, a claim backed by some video evidence but which Tehran vehemently disputes. What happened to flight PS752? 700 words 1530 GMT by Daphne Benoit and Stuart Williams -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-politics,WRAP BELFAST Northern Ireland's rival parties stand on the verge of reviving a power-sharing government that could help the volatile province handle the pressures of Brexit. 700 words 1530 GMT by Joe Stenson with Dmitry Zaks in London. Picture. Video. France-politics-protest-pensions-unions,WRAP PARIS French union leaders meet government officials for crunch talks over a hotly contested pensions overhaul, though expectations are low for a breakthrough that could end the country's longest-ever rail strike. 650 words 1800 GMT by Jeremy Marot and Bertille Ossey-Woisard. Picture. Video. Graphic Austria-politics-minorities-racism,FOCUS VIENNA Less than a week after Austria's new conservative-Green coalition took power, it has already become a target for far-right supporters, who have railed against the country's first minister with a refugee background. 750 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture Croatia-EU-migrants-rights,FOCUS ZAGREB Taking up the EU's rotating presidency for the first half of this year has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on Croatia for its heavyhanded tactics against migrants trying to enter the bloc. 600 words moved by Marc Burleigh and Lajla Veselica -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States throws its support behind negotiations in Venezuela, saying talks could establish a transitional government, lead to fresh elections and bring an end to the country's long-running political crisis. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Andrew Tosta in Caracas. File Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Taiwan-vote-China,WRAP TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential rivals hold massive evening rallies in a final push to convince voters ahead of a closely watched election that looks set to infuriate China and send ripples far beyond its borders. 700 words 1430 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic India-politics-unrest-protest,SCENE NEW DELHI Every night, 75-year-old Noornissa braves the freezing cold to help block one of the main roads into the capital of India, in a protest that is at the forefront of a rising challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 650 words 1500 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-UN-crime-rape,WRAP KINSHASA Hundreds of people have been killed or raped in attacks on the Hema ethnic group in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province, in what "may amount to crimes against humanity" or even genocide, the UN says. 550 words moved CAfrica-politics-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Former Central African Republic rebel leader and president Michel Djotodia returns to Bangui, exactly six years after quitting as head of state, and pledged to support peace in the troubled country. 400 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-UN-aid-Idlib,FOCUS IDLIB, Syria Displaced Syrians spending the winter out in the open and non-governmental organisations have urged the United Nations to help ahead of a decisive Security Council vote Friday on cross-border aid. 550 words 1500 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture Syria-conflict-Iran-Iraq-Soleimani-Idlib,SCENE IDLIB, Syria In parts of the Middle East, Qasem Soleimani is revered as a hero. But in opposition-held Syria, the slain Iranian commander was seen as the man to kill. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Britain-film-Mendes,INTERVIEW PARIS Having won best film and best director at the Golden Globes for "1917", British director Sam Mendes' First World War one-take epic based on his grandfather's experiences in the trenches seems set for Oscar glory. 700 words 1500 GMT by Sophie Laubie and Fiachra Gibbons. Video by Natalie Handel. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY -- US-economy-employment-unemployment-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON America's solid job creation continues in December but at a slower pace while wages cool off, underscoring a hiring slowdown as President Donald Trump battles for reelection. 500 words 1600 GMT by Douglas Gillison US-IT-lifestyle-CES-transport,FOCUS LAS VEGAS You could ride one or two or three wheels, or maybe none at all. Tech-inspired solutions for the future of mobility -- on land, air and water -- were a prominent part of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show this week. 800 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever. Picture Japan-Lebanon-Ghosn-auto-Nissan-Renault,FOCUS TOKYO Out of Japan and free to speak to the media, a fugitive Carlos Ghosn is proving a fresh headache for his old firm Nissan as it struggles to rebuild its reputation. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. File picture France-automobile-trial-Ferrari LIMOGES, France An appeals court orders the son of a renowned Ferrari collector to pay his siblings millions of euros over the disputed sale of a rare racer known as the Italian automaker's "Mona Lisa." 350 words moved afp
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