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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus death toll passes 3,000 + Buttigieg drops out of White House race + North Korea fires 'projectiles' + Israel holds third election in less than a year + Sports world hit hard by coronavirus Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpasses 3,000 after dozens more die at its epicentre in China and cases soar around the world, with a second fatality on US soil. 800 words 1000 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay prominent US presidential candidate, ends his campaign to be the Democratic nominee -- giving a major boost to fellow centrist Joe Biden. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Video. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-Buttigieg,PROFILE NKorea-defence-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel holds its third election in less than a year seeking to break a grinding political deadlock, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chasing re-election while facing criminal indictment. 700 words 1100 GMT by Joe Dyke. Picture. Video Also moving: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Gantz,PROFILE Health-virus-sport,WRAP PARIS The coronavirus is disrupting sport events around the world with the Moto Grand Prix in Qatar and Thailand postponed, a host of football matches put off to a later date and increasing concerns about the Tokyo Olympics later this year. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-economy-G7-eurozone,2ndlead PARIS G7 and eurozone finance ministers will hold conference calls on Wednesday to "coordinate their responses" to the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy, says French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. 450 words 0930 GMT Health-virus-SKorea-religion,INTERVIEW GWACHEON, South Korea Stigma and discrimination over their beliefs are preventing members of the secretive religious group at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak from cooperating with emergency checks and quarantine efforts, a top representative tells AFP. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-Kyu. Picture. Video China-health-virus-tourism-Indonesia-Bali,FOCUS DENPASAR Bali's Galungan festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil, but a new enemy is threatening that cosmic balance this year -- coronavirus. 650 words moved by Peter Brieger and Agnes Anya. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,lead WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence defends the US administration's handling of the coronavirus epidemic after two confirmed deaths on American soil and rising criticism of the state of US preparedness. 700 words moved by Jim Mannion. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS British trade negotiators begin a week of talks in Brussels aimed at forging a new post-Brexit relationship with the EU, but the two camps have drawn red lines that appear irreconcilable. 700 words 1000 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture France-politics-pensions,WRAP PARIS The French government braces for fresh protests over a far-reaching pension overhaul after resorting to a rarely used measure to pass the law by decree, infuriating opponents caught off guard by the move. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture Germany-religion-Catholic-abuse,WRAP BERLIN German bishops gather for key talks that will see them choose a new leader to help steer the country's Catholic Church through a controversial reforms process and settle compensation demands from sexual abuse victims. 600 words 1000 GMT by Isabelle Le Page Vatican-pope-Jews-history VATICAN CITY Historians delve into the archives of world's most contentious pope, hoping to glean why Pius XII stayed silent during the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. 600 words 1030 GMT by Catherine Marciano -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-California-Sanders,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Bernie Sanders is heading into California's primary as the clear favorite among Democrats, enjoying a massive lead over his competitors, notably among young voters and Latinos. 800 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture US-politics-vote-campaign-Bloomberg,FOCUS MCLEAN, Virginia Any national election campaign in the vast United States needs an army of volunteer workers if it is to have much hope of success. 850 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture US-politics-vote-immigration-minorities,SCENE HOUSTON, Texas In Elizabeth Warren's Houston campaign office, one early morning in February, volunteers bustled around arranging chairs in a circle and tacking Spanish-language posters to the walls. 750 words moved by Julia Benarrous. Video. Picture US-politics-vote-SuperTuesday,POINTS WASHINGTON Americans eager to know which Democrat will face President Donald Trump in November's election may have a clearer view after "Super Tuesday" -- sure to be a defining moment in the race. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Graphic US-Israel-politics-diplomacy-AIPAC,WRAP WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assails US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, whose unprecedented boycott of the leading pro-Israel US lobby has laid bare divisions among Democrats. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture US-health-abortion-politics,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The future of abortion in the United States could be at stake when the Supreme Court on Wednesday hears what may be its most significant case on the controversial subject in decades. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Also moved: US-health-abortion-politics,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-Islam,FOCUS TEHRAN The novel coronavirus has sparked intense debate in Iran between ultra-conservative Shiite clerics and the government on how to most effectively tackle the deadliest outbreak of the disease outside China. 650 words 1130 GMT by Ahmad Parhizi Health-virus-Iraq-politics-protest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi protesters had been rallying against government incompetence, poor public services and foreign meddling for months, their numbers slowly dwindling. Then the coronavirus hit and re-energised their grievances. 750 words 1000 GMT by Hashem Osseiran and Haydar Indhar in Diwaniya. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq's prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi steps down, prolonging a political crisis and aggravating the grievances of a months-long anti-government protest movement. 650 words by 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Iran-health-sanctions-US-virus,FOCUS KARAJ, Iran A lab-coated technician leans over a bioreactor at an Iranian pharmaceutical plant producing cancer drugs -- a tall order since equipment imports fell victim to US sanctions. 750 words moved by Lucie Peytermann. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-police-crime,WRAP MANILA A gunman holds around 30 people hostage in a Philippine mall, having shot and wounded at least one person, with armed police surrounding the scene. 450 words 1030 GMT by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video China-Xinjiang-politics-rights-retail,lead BEIJING China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank says. 500 words 0930 GMT. File picture. File video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-family,FOCUS KABUL Seated on a rug in their Kabul living room, three generations of men from the same family discuss the changes sweeping Afghanistan. Now, all three fear the arc of history will place the Taliban back in power. 700 words 1000 GMT. Picture -- SPORT -- Moto-prix-THA-virus-health-China BANGKOK Thailand's MotoGP is postponed" over the coronavirus, as motorcycling's premier championship takes its second hit in two days from the deadly outbreak. 550 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Barcelona MADRID Real Madrid win the Clasico and may have saved their season as they end their slump in the best way possible, by beating Barcelona 2-0 and returning to the top of La Liga. 650 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. Picture afp
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