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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Khamenei rebukes Iran 'enemies' in rare sermon + Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr joins Trump defense + US airports to screen for mystery China virus + Brazil minister quits over Nazi quote accusations + Painting found in Italian wall is stolen Klimt Iran-politics-Khamenei,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader says that demonstrations at home over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner were unrepresentative of the Iranian people and accuses the country's enemies of exploiting it for propaganda purposes. 750 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Iran-politics-Khamenei,POINTS US-politics-impeachment-trial-defense,WRAP WASHINGTON Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s, and America's biggest celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz are announced to be joining President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment defense. 650 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: US-politics-impeachment-trial-defense,PROFILE China-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States is to start screening passengers arriving from a Chinese city at the heart of a mysterious SARS-like virus responsible for two deaths, after a second person dies in China and a new case is reported in Thailand. 700 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture. File video Brazil-politics-culture-nazi BRASILIA Brazil's culture secretary Roberto Alvim resigns over a speech in which he appeared to quote Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. 500 words moved. File picture. Video Italy-painting-crime,2ndlead PIACENZA, Italy A painting found stashed inside a wall at an Italian museum has been confirmed as the stolen "Portrait of a Lady" by Austria's Gustav Klimt, two decades after the artwork went missing. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein jury,FOCUS NEW YORK They decode every answer and decipher the slightest of reactions: key to high-profile trials like Harvey Weinstein's are consultants who identify jurors likely to condemn, or sympathize with, their case. 700 words 1930 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File picture -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-politics,WRAP KIEV Ukraine's prime minister offers to quit after a leaked recording emerged of him questioning President Volodymyr Zelensky's grasp of economics, in the first major political test for the inexperienced leader. 650 words 2000 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-US-trade-diplomacy,FOCUS LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears torn between Britain's historic ally the United States and the European Union as he tries to chart a course on the international stage weeks before Brexit. 750 words moved by Pauline Froissart. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Libya-conflict-talks,WRAP ATHENS Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar holds talks in Athens two days ahead of a peace conference in Berlin, which he and the head of Tripoli's UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj are expected to attend. 650 words moved by John Hadoulis. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-Africa-diplomacy,FOCUS Libya-conflict-diplomacy-EU,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics-opposition-protest,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo police fire tear gas to prevent anti-government protesters gathering in the capital Kinshasa, forcibly escorting an opposition leader back home to stop him participating in the rally. 450 words moved by Samir Tounsi. Picture. Video SSudan-unrest-politics,WRAP JUBA The latest round of peace talks between South Sudan's two rival leaders fails to strike a deal on the vital issue of internal boundaries, mediators say, the latest setback in forming a unity government. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- China-economy-population,WRAP BEIJING China's birth rate dropped last year to its lowest level since the Communist country was founded in 1949, adding to concerns that an ageing society and shrinking workforce will pile pressure on a slowing economy. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Video. File picture Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Drought-breaking storms dump desperately needed rain on some bushfire-ravaged parts of eastern Australia, while giving joy to many farmers who have faced losing precious livestock and crops. 600 words moved by Karl Malakunas. Video. Picture. Graphic HongKong-aviation HONG KONG A Hong Kong airline forces a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before it would allow her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking US citizenship for their babies. 400 words moved India-animal-tradition-bull,lead MADURAI A villager is gored to death during a traditional bull-taming festival in southern India, underlining the dangers of the bloody sport. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Nepal-Guinness-record-shortest-death KATHMANDU The world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died at a hospital in Nepal, his family says. 400 words moved. File picture. File video -- ECONOMY -- China-economy-growth,WRAP BEIJING China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in three decades, hit by weak domestic demand and trade tensions, but while officials warned of further headwinds, separate figures suggest the downward trend is bottoming out. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- ARTS/FASHION -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-Gaultier,WRAP PARIS Flamboyant French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier reveals his next Paris haute couture fashion show will be his last -- saying he'll bow out with a big party to mark his 50 years in the business. 550 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons Also moving: Lifestyle-France-fashion-Gaultier,POINTS France-lifestyle-food-Bocuse-Michelin,WRAP COLLENGES-AU-MONT-D'OR, France Two years after the death of renowned French chef Paul Bocuse, the Michelin Guide has stripped his flagship restaurant of the coveted three-star ranking it held for half a century, prompting anger and dismay from his culinary peers. 650 words moved by Sandra Laffont. Picture. Video Also moved: Lifestyle-France-food-Michelin,FACTS Britain-France-literature-Tolkien,OBIT LONDON Christopher Tolkien, the son of J.R.R. Tolkien who was responsible for publishing many of his father's works, has died aged 95, the Tolkien Society said. 550 words moved by Robin Millard afp
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