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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump warns Iran against new 'massacre' after protests + Ceasefire starts in Libya + Top UK royals set for crisis summit + Malta to get new PM after media murder outcry + Serena ends 3-year tennis title drought Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says the United States is monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new "massacre" as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down an airliner. 900 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Ukraine-politics,Q&A Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation-military,POINTS Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,REAX Libya-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP TRIPOLI Both sides in Libya's conflict agree to a ceasefire that started early Sunday following weeks of international diplomacy and calls for a truce by power-brokers Russia and Turkey. 600 words 1100 GMT. File picture Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry,lead 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. 485 words moved 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 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 -- MIDEAST -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's top Guards commander briefs parliament in a closed session a day after the armed forces admitted a Ukrainian airliner was shot down in error, sparking angry demonstrations. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Oman-royals-politics,ANALYSIS DUBAI Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between rival powers Iran and Saudi Arabia, built an outsize influence under the long reign of Sultan Qaboos. After his death, observers say it appears on track to retain its treasured status as a neutral peace-maker. 700 words 1100 GMT by Shatha Yaish -- 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 moved by Delphine Touitou. File Picture Also moved: 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 moved 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 moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- 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 0930 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- 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 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 moved by Luc Olinga Also moved: 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 moved 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 moved by Julia Benarrous, with Issam Ahmed in Washington. Picture. 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