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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' + Philippine volcano eruption groups flights + Australia's biggest 'megablaze' under control + Human Rights Watch boss denied entry to Hong Kong + Survivor recounts 20 days in freezing Alaska Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran signals it favours a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft. 950 words moved by David Vujanovic. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-Iran-unrest-diplomacy,3rdlead Philippines-volcano-environment,WRAP TALISAY, Philippines Lava and plumes of ash shoot from a volcano south of the Philippine capital, grounding flights and prompting an alert for a possible "explosive eruption". 500 words 0200 GMT by Ron Lopez, with Mikhail Flores in Manila. Picture. Video Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Firefighters finally bring Australia's largest "megablaze" under control, as wet weather promises to deliver all their "Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary, wedding and graduation presents rolled into one". 450 words 0300 GMT by Andrew Beatty HongKong-China-rights,WRAP HONG KONG Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth says he was denied entry into Hong Kong, where he had arrived to launch the watchdog's annual report after months of civil unrest in the city. 450 words moved. Picture US-environment-people WASHINGTON Haggard and traumatized, a young man has told how he survived for more than three weeks in the snowy wilderness of Alaska after his remote cabin burned down when he mistakenly put cardboard in his stove. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Canada-diplomacy-Iran-plane-Ukraine-accident TORONTO Thousands of people attend vigils in Canada for the 57 Canadian victims of the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran, most of them from the Iranian community. 400 words moved. Picture. Video US-politics-impeachment,lead WASHINGTON Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi says she believes the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump produced "enough testimony to remove him from office" when the case moves to the Senate. Canada-environment-nuclear-incident,lead MONTREAL An alert signalling an incident at a major nuclear power plant near Toronto in Canada is sent in error to millions of residents, causing a scare and prompting calls for an investigation. 300 words moved Canada-US-Britain-celebrity-royals,PROFILE NEW YORK Babysitter, stylist, confidante -- Jessica Mulroney is Meghan Markle's right-hand woman, but she's managed to fly relatively under the radar. 600 words 0330 GMT -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Australia-fire-tourism-economy,FOCUS MOGO, Australia Children huddled on beaches under fire-reddened skies, families grieving for lost homes and loved ones, badly burned koalas rescued from charred forests: The full devastation of Australia's bushfire crisis has been beamed around the world and tainted its reputation as a holiday destination. 750 words 0300 GMT by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Vatican-religion-pope-marriage ROME Former pope Benedict XVI publicly urges his successor Pope Francis not to open the Catholic priesthood up to married men, in a plea that stuns Vatican experts. 550 words moved by Ella Ide. File Picture Malta-politics-vote VALLETTA Malta's incoming prime minister promises to strengthen the rule of law after the "storm" caused by the probe into the murder of a journalist that toppled his predecessor. 500 words moved by Francoise Kadri. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-US-unrest-Iran-troops-sanctions,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraqi officials fear economic "collapse" if Washington imposes threatened sanctions, including blocking access to a US-based account where Baghdad keeps oil revenues that feed 90 percent of the national budget. 850 words 0300 GMT by Maya Gebeily Oman-royals-politics,ANALYSIS DUBAI With the death of Oman's 79-year-old sultan and the swift appointment of like-minded cousin Haitham bin Tariq as his successor, observers say the sultanate appears on track to retain its treasured status as a neutral peacemaker. 900 words moved by Shatha Yaish -- AFRICA -- Russia-Libya-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Both sides in Libya's conflict are expected Monday in Moscow to sign an agreement on the terms of ceasefire which went into force a day earlier, ending nine months of fighting after weeks of international diplomacy. 500 words 0200 GMT SAfrica-Egypt-Ethiopia-diplomacy,WRAP PRETORIA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asks South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-aviation-accident-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK Contempt for federal regulators, for airlines and for their own colleagues coupled with a casual approach to safety: a series of embarrassing emails by Boeing employees paint an unflattering portrait of a company culture of "arrogance" imbued with a fixation on cost-cutting. 850 words 0130 GMT by Luc Olinga afp
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