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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadly virus spreads further outside China + Mega rally for Trump trip to India + Israeli strikes kill 6 after rocket barrage + Britain starts hearing US Assange extradition case + Glitter, sequins and skin: Rio carnival kicks off China-health-virus,WRAP DAEGU, South Korea The deadly coronavirus epidemic spreads further outside China with a surge of infections in South Korea making it the biggest hotspot abroad, while authorities in Europe and the Middle East battle outbreaks. 700 words moved by Daniel de Carteret. Picture. Video. Graphic India-US-Trump-diplomacy-trade,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi fire up a huge rally at the world's biggest cricket stadium, in a visit to India big on photo opportunities but likely short on concrete results. 750 words 0930 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Live video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP JERUSALEM Schools, roads, shops and a public beach are closed in southern Israel after a sharp spike in hostilities with the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip. 650 words 1100 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,WRAP LONDON Britain starts hearing Washington's extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a test case of media freedoms in the digital age and the limits of US justice. 700 words 1100 GMT by Joe Jackson and Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture. Video. Live video Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-politics-music,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro kicks off its annual carnival parades in a swirl of glitter, sequins and barely covered skin, an over-the-top spectacle that this year is packed with political commentary on Brazil's far-right government. 600 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Italy,WRAP CASALPUSTERLENGO, Italy Italy reports its fourth death from coronavirus, an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region, as the number of people contracting the virus continues to mount. 500 words 1000 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Iran,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says its coronavirus death toll has jumped by four to 12 -- by far the most outside China -- as its neighbours close their borders and impose strict quarantine measures. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video China-virus-health-food,FOCUS BEIJING The lockdown of Guo Jing's neighbourhood in Wuhan -- the city at the heart of China's new coronavirus epidemic -- came suddenly and without warning. 800 words moved by Eva Xiao and Haomin Li. Picture Also moving: China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS Italy-China-health-virus-Fbl-Eur-C1 MILAN Sport in Italy is being hit hard by a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases but Napoli's Champions League match against Barcelona in the south of the country on Tuesday is not at risk. 500 words 1130 GMT by Emmeline Moore. Picture China-health-virus-Oly-2020-fbl-Asia-CHN-women,FOCUS HONG KONG China's women's football team has emerged as a symbol of defiance against the coronavirus after coming out of quarantine to stand on the verge of an unlikely spot at the Tokyo Olympics. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-politics-trial-Fillon,WRAP PARIS Former prime minister Francois Fillon goes on trial in Paris over claims he embezzled more than one million euros in public funds by creating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the French presidency in 2017. 700 words 1230 GMT by Clare Byrne. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany's conservatives are expected to lay out the timetable for their leadership race, as Angela Merkel's party puzzles over how to prepare for the veteran chancellor's departure next year. 600 words 1000 GMT by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-crime-politics,WRAP MASERU Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was receiving "emergency" medical treatment in South Africa at the weekend, makes a surprise showing in court where he is expected to be charged with murdering his estranged wife. 500 words 1000 GMT by Mankholi Ramabitsa. File Picture Togo-vote,WRAP LOME Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe hails a crushing election victory for a fourth term as his main rival insists he had won and calls on people to "defend" their votes. 400 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Togo-vote-politics-Gnassingbe,PROFILE CAfrica-unrest,FOCUS BANGASSOU, Central African Republic Time in Bangassou seems to have stood still, and its trauma too. The quiet little town in the Central African Republic was largely spared by a civil war which erupted in 2013. But its years of comparative peace ended abruptly in May 2017, when so-called anti-balaka militiamen, drawn mainly from Christian communities, roared into town. 650 words moved by Camille Laffont -- ASIA -- Malaysia-politics,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigns in a shock move analysts said appeared to be an effort to form a new coalition and block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. 700 words 1100 GMT by Sam Reeves and M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in Nevada's Democratic nominating contest has scattered the progressive's moderate challengers and injects his White House campaign with a fresh burst of momentum. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-markets-finance,FOCUS NEW YORK Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders likes to take aim at Wall Street and everything it represents -- big money, big power. But even in the world of New York finance, he has supporters. 750 words moved by Daniel Hoffman. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote-Ethiopia-minorities,FOCUS HADERA, Israel The first Ethiopian-born Jewish woman elected to Israel's parliament, who said she is fighting for racial equality, has become a key player in the effort to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 600 words moved by Maude Petel-Legare. Picture. Video afp
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