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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Americans from virus-hit cruise ship arrive back home + Assad vows relentless offensive against last rebel bastion in Syria + Gunmen in Burkina Fasso kill 24 in attack on church + "Ghost ship" adrift with no crew washes ashore in Ireland China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, California More than 300 Americans rescued from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan because of the new coronavirus arrive back in the US to begin a further two-week period of medical seclusion, as the epidemic claims more lives in China to push the death toll above 1,700. 800 words 2000 GMT by Richard Carter with Helen Roxburgh in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO Syria-conflict-Assad-UN DAMASCUS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows his forces will be relentless in their offensive to flush out the last rebel bastion in northern Syria. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Gunmen kill 24 people in an attack on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. 500 words 1930 GMT. Graphic Europe-weather-Ireland-shipping-transport Ballycotton, IRELAND A "ghost ship" drifting without a crew for more than a year washes ashore on Ireland's south coast in high seas caused by Storm Dennis, the coast guard says. 300 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-virus-health-HongKong-crime,2ndlead HONG KONG A gang of knife-wielding men jump a delivery driver in Hong Kong and steal hundreds of toilet rolls, highlighting shortages caused by coronavirus panic-buying. 500 words moved. Video China-health-virus-Cambodia-ship,lead PHNOM PENH A scramble intensifies to trace passengers from a US cruise liner allowed to disembark in Cambodia despite at least one traveller later being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. 550 words moved. Picture. Video 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 -- EU-Facebook-data-speech,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU warns that big tech companies could face tougher rules and penalties in Europe if they fail to adequately curb hate speech and disinformation. 500 words moved by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video 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. 650 words moved by Charlotte Hill and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video Britain-Ireland-fashion-disabled-Burke,PROFILE LONDON Sinead Burke has become a force to be reckoned with in the world of fashion, pushing for designs to become accessible for all. 600 words 2100 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture. -- MIDDLE EAST -- 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". 770 words moved 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 -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-racism-apartheid,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa's last apartheid-era president, F.W. De Klerk, withdraws a claim he made earlier this month that apartheid was not a crime against humanity. 550 words moved. Picture Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Gunmen kill 24 people in an attack on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. 500 words 1930 GMT. Graphic 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. 750 words moved -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-IND-athletics-jockey-Gowda NEW DELHI A buffalo jockey in India has refused to take part in a track and field trial after his record-setting performance in a traditional footrace drew comparisons with Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt. 250 words moved. Picture 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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