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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Americans from virus-stricken cruise ship fly from Japan + French MPs debate controversial pensions bill + Cameroon army says 'accident' caused village killings + 'Shocking' attack plot revealed after German arrests + Hong Kong robbers target toilet rolls China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan More than a dozen infected Americans from a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship off Japan fly on evacuation flights to the US with other passengers, as the epidemic claimed more lives in China to take the death toll above 1,700. 800 words moved by Richard Carter with Helen Roxburgh in Beijing. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic France-politics-pensions,WRAP PARIS The battle over the French government's pension reforms moves from the street to parliament, with the opposition vowing to torpedo a bill that sparked weeks of strikes and protests. 550 words 1630 GMT by Charlotte Hill and Clare Byrne. Picture. Video Cameroon-unrest-massacre,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon's army denies opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a restive anglophone region, blaming instead an "unfortunate accident" caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight. 600 words 1500 GMT Germany-farright-attack-plot,WRAP BERLIN Members of a German extreme right group arrested last week are believed to have been plotting "shocking" large-scale attacks on mosques similar to the ones carried out in New Zealand last year. 550 words 1430 GMT by David Courbet China-virus-health-HongKong-crime,2ndlead HONG KONG A gang of knife-wielding men jumped a delivery driver in Hong Kong and stole hundreds of toilet rolls, police say, in a city wracked by shortages caused by coronavirus panic-buying. 500 words moved. Video -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-health-virus-Cambodia-ship,lead PHNOM PENH US cruise operator is working to track down hundreds of passengers who disembarked a luxury liner in Cambodia after one traveller was later diagnosed with the deadly new coronavirus. 550 words moved Racing-HKG-health-virus,FOCUS HONG KONG The bell sounds as 11 runners break from the stalls at Hong Kong's Sha Tin racecourse. But there is no customary roar from 30,000 excited punters lining the home straight. This year the grandstands are empty. Welcome to horse racing behind closed doors, the latest sporting victim of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Daniel Hicks. Picture China-health-virus-Japan-marathon,2ndlead TOKYO Organisers say they are cancelling the amateur portion of the Tokyo marathon, affecting around 38,000 runners, on fears about the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-parties,WRAP BERLIN The search for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's eventual successor begins in earnest this week, as her centre-right CDU party opens the race to elect a new leader after her heir apparent stepped down. 650 words moved by Coralie Febvre. File Video. File Picture Europe-weather-Britain-flood,WRAP LONDON Britain grapples with the fallout from Storm Dennis, with several major incidents declared due to flooding and hundreds of warnings still in place after it battered the country over the weekend. 650 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Videographic India-EU-diplomacy-trade,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar comes to Brussels to promote what he hopes will be closer strategic ties to the Europe Union. And, in an interview with AFP, he defends his country's controversial new citizenship law and crackdown in Kashmir against foreign criticism. 750 words 1430 GMT by Dave Clark. Video. Picture EU-Libya-conflict-migrants BRUSSELS The European Union has agreed to launch a new maritime mission to enforce a UN arms embargo on Libya, despite concerns from some members that it would end up rescuing migrants. 650 words 1500 GMT by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Also moving: EU-Albania-quake-aid,lead -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- UAE-energy-nuclear,WRAP ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates says it has issued an operating licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, hailing it as a "new chapter". 700 words 1430 GMT by Shatha Yaish and Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video Also moved: UAE-energy-nuclear,Q&A Iran-vote-society,SCENE TEHRAN Many Iranians, battered by economic sanctions, political turmoil and the lingering threat of military conflict, say they are in no mood to vote in general elections this week. 800 words moved by Lucie Peytermann. Picture. Video Algeria-politics-protests,ADVANCER ALGIERS On February 22, 2019, sudden and unprecedented protests swept Algeria. A year on, despite bringing down a president, the "Hirak" protest movement faces mounting challenges. 750 words moved by Aymeric Vincenot Also moved: Algeria-politics-demo,CHRONO Algeria-politics-protests,COUNTRYFACTFILE -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a village in northern Burkina Faso, officials said Monday. 400 words moved. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidates sharpen their attacks on billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg as moderates battle to elbow their way to the top of a crowded pack. 800 words moved by Brian Knowlton. File picture US-vote-politics-height,FOCUS WASHINGTON When Donald Trump literally belittles his perceived enemies -- by mocking their stature -- he is weaponizing a long-standing maxim of US presidential politics: taller guys tend to win the White House. 750 words moved by Danny Woolls. File picture -- BUSINESS -- France-Canada-transport-Alstom-Bombardier,WRAP PARIS Alstom says it wants to buy Bombardier's rail division in a deal that would help it compete with China while allowing indebted Bombardier to speed up its ongoing asset fire sale. 600 words 1430 GMT by Jean Liou -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-NIR-ManUtd-Gregg,3rdlead LONDON Harry Gregg -- hailed as a hero for saving lives in the air crash which killed eight of Manchester United's "Busby Babes" in Munich -- has died at the age of 87. 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin Judo-Oly-2020-Kodokan-foreigners,FOCUS TOKYO For judo lovers all over the world who make the pilgrimage to Tokyo's Kodokan, it's an emotional experience to tread the hallowed mats -- a unique chance to train at the sport's Mecca. 650 words moved by Richard Carter. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-judo-Tokyo-Kodokan,FACTS afp
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