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| - Duty Editor: Kelly Macnamara Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus toll tops 1,000 in China + Democrats battle in New Hampshire primary + Beijing denies cybertheft after US charges + Thousands gather for Moi funeral in Kenya + Mali arts festival defies jihadist violence China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 in China as the World Health Organization warned that the epidemic posed a "very grave" global threat 750 words moved by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-transmission,FACTS China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO US-politics-vote,WRAP CONCORD, New Hampshire Democrats vote in a high-stakes primary in New Hampshire as leftist Bernie Sanders and youthful challenger Pete Buttigieg fight for pole position in the race to challenge President Donald Trump. 750 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-military-hacking-Equifax,WRAP BEIJING Beijing says it "never engages" in cybertheft, following US indictments of four Chinese army members for alleged involvement in the massive 2017 hacking of credit rating agency Equifax. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Kenya-politics-Moi-funeral,WRAP NAIROBI Thousands of Kenyans mourn the country's longest serving leader, the hardline Daniel arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxes with a state funeral. 600 words moved by Francois Ausseill. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-culture-unrest,FOCUS SEGOU, Mali Mali's largest cultural festival took place this year amid a spike in deadly attacks from jihadis and ethnic militias. Thousands of Malians attended, but tourists no longer turn up. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC -- China-health-virus-Wuhan,FOCUS WUHAN, China For eight days, an AFP team lived and worked at the centre of a global health emergency, witnessing how life in the Chinese city of Wuhan was turned upside down as it was cut off from the world. 1,300 words moved by Sebastien Ricci. Video. Picture China-Britain-virus-superspreader,WRAP LONDON A British businessman who became known as a "super-spreader" of the novel coronavirus says he had fully recovered but remains in isolation in a central London hospital. 600 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks Asia-Singapore-China-health-virus-aviation,WRAP SINGAPORE Asia's biggest air show opened in Singapore under the shadow of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that forced dozens of companies to withdraw, kept visitors away and has battered the aviation industry. 650 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Japan-ship TOKYO Two Japanese citizens evacuated from the epicentre of a novel coronavirus outbreak have been diagnosed with the infection after initially testing negative, the health ministry says. 350 words moved. Picture Also moved: China-virus-health-HongKong -- EUROPE -- Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Sinn Fein calls on the European Union to back its bid for a united Ireland after a surge in support saw it become the second largest party in parliament in a weekend election. 650 words 1600 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-trade,WRAP STRASBOURG Brussels' chief Brexit negotiator brusquely shoots down a bid floated by the UK to keep access to the EU market for British financial firms, signalling hardball trade negotiations lie ahead. 600 words 1500 GMT by Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture Britain-NIreland-marriage-gay-rights CARRICKFERGUS, United Kingdom A Belfast couple are set to become the first same-sex couple to get married in Northern Ireland after a change in the law. 400 words 1600 GMT France-literature-rape-investigation PARIS French police launch an appeal for more witnesses in the case of a French writer suspected of raping a minor and who repeatedly described relationships with underaged teens in his work. 450 words 1430 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Palestinians-Israel-conflict-diplomacy-UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is expected to urge world powers to cold-shoulder US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan at the UN Security Council despite being forced to abandon a push for a vote rejecting the so-called "deal of the century". 650 words 1600 GMT by Philippe Rater. Video Syria-conflict,WRAP QAMINAS, Syria Tensions soar between Syria and Turkey, which warns of a "heavy price" after regime shelling killed five Turkish troops and as a Syrian military helicopter is downed in Idlib. 700 words 1500 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour with Rouba El-Husseini in Beirut. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's parliament meets to vote in a new cabinet while outside the guarded legislature security forces clash with anti-government protesters, leaving hundreds wounded. 700 words 1630 GMT. Picture. Video Iran-politics-revolution-anniversary,WRAP TEHRAN Iran taunts the United States on the 41st anniversary of the ouster of US ally the shah, as huge crowds take to the streets to mark the historic occasion, some burning American flags. 700 words 1430 GMT by Lucie Peytermann. Picture. Video Egypt-population,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's population has reached 100 million, the statistics agency says, highlighting the threat of overpopulation in a poverty-stricken country where many live in crowded megacities. 500 words 1630 GMT by Farid Farid. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-attack,WRAP KABUL A suicide attack targeting a military academy in the Afghan capital killed at least five people in the first major assault in the city in months. 500 words moved by Emal Haidary. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,PROFILE WASHINGTON Pete Buttigieg likes to remind people that a year ago, all he had when he launched his presidential campaign were four staff, a big idea and an unknown -- and unpronounceable -- last name. 850 words 1430 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Picture US-politics-vote,PROFILE NEW YORK He may be the oldest candidate in the field, but Bernie Sanders is the pick of the Democratic presidential hopefuls among young progressives seduced by a fiery anti-establishment rhetoric and vigor belying his 78 years. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats-Klobuchar,FOCUS -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS -- US-economy-bank-rate-budget,WRAP WASHINGTON The US central bank is keeping watch for any impact from the virus outbreak in China that could spread beyond its borders, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said, while also calling for a more sustainable US budget. 650 words 1700 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture Britain-transport-economy,FOCUS LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives his backing for the much-delayed HS2 high-speed railway, despite concerns about soaring costs and opposition from his own MPs. 700 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. File video Germany-automobile-earnings-Daimler,WRAP STUTTGART Daimler's chief executive Ola Kallenius suffers a grim first year in 2019, as profits tumble at the Mercedes-Benz parent company due to billions in costs from the "dieselgate" scandal while thousands of job cuts lie ahead. 600 words 1430 GMT by Yann Schreiber. Picture -- CLIMATE -- Climate-energy-emissions,lead PARIS Global energy-related CO2 emissions "flattened" in 2019 following two years of increases owing to greater use of renewables and a worldwide shift from coal to gas, the International Energy Agency says. 450 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Galey France-tourism-climate-skiing,FOCUS MONTCLAR, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Last Christmas, for the first time in its existence, a ski resort in the French Alpine town of Montclar could count neither on Mother Nature nor its artificial snow machines to produce enough of the white stuff to cover its pistes. 800 words 1430 GMT by Francois Becker and Antoine Bouthier. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-entertainment-film-Oscars-diplomacy,FOCUS SEOUL The unprecedented Oscar haul for South Korean director Bong Joon-ho black comedy "Parasite" has shattered a 92-year-old glass ceiling and opened a new era for Korean and other foreign films on the global stage. 800 words moved by Claire Lee. File picture SAfrica-music JOHANESBURG Joseph Shabalala, founder of South Africa's multiple Grammy-winning choral group the Ladysmith Black Mambazo has died at the age of 78. 400 words moved afp
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