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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump gives Iran stark warning over protests + Libya rivals start ceasefire over Tripoli battle + No end to French strike despite govt compromise + Malta to get new premier after murder scandal + Williams wins, donates prize to Australia fire aid US-Iran-unrest-diplomacy,2ndlead WASHINGTON Donald Trump issues a stark warning to Iran's leaders against deadly violence towards protesters, as his defense chief says the president is still open to talks without preconditions on a "new way forward" with Tehran. 500 words 1530 GMT by Jim Mannion Libya-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP TRIPOLI Both sides in Libya's conflict agree to a ceasefire to end nine months of fighting, following weeks of international diplomacy and calls for a truce by power-brokers Russia and Turkey. 750 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-Haftar,CHRONO France-politics-strike-pensions-unions,WRAP PARIS A crippling French transport strike drags into its 39th day despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of its pension reform plan that sparked the protest. 650 words moved by Marie-Pierre Ferey. Picture Malta-politics-vote,WRAP VALLETTA Outsider Robert Abela is set to become Malta's new premier after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist. 650 words moved by Francoise Kadri. File Picture. Video Tennis-WTA-NZL,3rdlead AUCKLAND Serena Williams ends a three-year title drought and donates her winner's cheque to victims of the Australian bushfires in an emotional WTA Auckland Classic final. 550 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry,lead LONDON Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting on Monday with Prince Harry in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. 450 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Protesters chant "Death to Britain" and burn a Union Jack in front of the UK embassy in Iran after its ambassador's temporary arrest sparked a new diplomatic row between Tehran and London. 750 words 1500 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Graphic. Video Oman-royals-politics,ANALYSIS DUBAI The sultanate of Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between rival powers Iran and Saudi Arabia, earned outsize influence under the long reign of the late Sultan Qaboos. After his death, observers say it appears on track to retain its treasured status as a neutral peace-maker. 890 words moved by Shatha Yaish Also moved: Oman-politics-diplomacy -- AMERICAS -- Haiti-quake-economy-10years,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti remembers 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 1700 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture. File Picture 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 moved by Delphine Touitou. File Picture Also moved: China-US-diplomacy-trade,FOCUS US-China-trade-tariff-agriculture,FACTS 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 moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Taiwan-vote-China,ANALYSIS TAIPEI Beijing's campaign to isolate Taiwan has backfired spectacularly with voters handing President Tsai Ing-wen a landslide second term -- but China's authoritarian leadership is unlikely to abandon its diplomatic cudgel anytime soon, analysts say. 800 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang Also moved: Taiwan-vote-China-diplomacy,lead China-health-virus,SCENE WUHAN, China A tourist checks out of a hotel in Wuhan after a holiday in the central Chinese city -- a curious travel destination as it is now known as the home of a new virus that has sickened dozens and killed one man. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture Philippines-volcano-environment,lead MANILA Philippine authorities warn a volcano near the capital Manila could erupt imminently, hours after it sent a massive column of ash skyward that grounded flights and coated towns across the region in fine dust. 300 words moved. Picture. Video - AFRICA - SAfrica-Ethiopia-diplomacy,WRAP PRETORIA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has asked South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video afp
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