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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Worldwide economy unease as coronavirus goes global + Mega rally for Trump's first official trip to India + Togo's Gnassingbe wins 4th term: provisional result + Glitter, sequins and skin: Rio's carnival kicks off + American Flat Earther killed in homemade rocket launch China-health-virus BEIJING Spiralling outbreaks of the deadly new coronavirus in Europe, the Middle East and Asia spark worldwide alarm and warnings of a hit to the global economy, as China acknowledges it is facing its biggest ever public health test. 500 words 0200 GMT India-US-Trump-diplomacy-trade,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to welcome his US counterpart Donald Trump to India with a massive rally, kicking off a two-day visit likely to be more about pomp and ceremony than concrete agreements. 600 words 0500 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Also moving: India-US-diplomacy-trade,FACTS Togo-vote,WRAP LOME Togo President Faure Gnassingbe wins a fourth term in power, according to provisional results declared by the national electoral commission. 700 words by Celia Lebur moved. Video. Picture Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-politics-music,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro kicks off its annual carnival parades in a swirl of glitter, sequins and barely covered skin, an over-the-top spectacle that this year is packed with political commentary on Brazil's far-right government. 600 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video US-accident-rocket-science LOS ANGELES An amateur American astronaut who said he wanted to prove the Earth is flat has been killed in the crash of his homemade rocket in California, said the Science Channel, which filmed the launch. 350 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS BEIJING China is expected to decide whether to postpone its annual parliament session for the first time since the Cultural Revolution as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words 0330 GMT by Helen Roxburgh China-virus-health-food,FOCUS BEIJING The lockdown of Guo Jing's neighbourhood in Wuhan -- the city at the heart of China's new coronavirus epidemic -- came suddenly and without warning. 800 words 0300 GMT by Eva Xiao and Haomin Li. Picture Italy-China-health-virus-RugbyU-6Nations-ITA-SCO-women-fbl-SerieA,lead ROME The surge in the number of new coronavirus cases in Italy hits sporting events as four Serie A football matches are postponed, with Inter Milan's Europa League game next week also in doubt. 450 words moved Saudi-G20-IMF-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warns, as G20 financial chiefs voiced "real concern" over its economic ripple effects. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra and Haitham El Tabei. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-US-diplomacy-trade-Trump-Modi,ANALYSIS NEW DELHI They hail from vastly different backgrounds -- Donald Trump is the son of a property tycoon while Narendra Modi is a descendent of a poor tea-seller. 750 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with Archana Thiyagarajan and Maude Brulard. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-Hamburg-vote,WRAP HAMBURG, Germany Voters in German city-state Hamburg punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis-racked conservatives in a regional election Sunday, while the incumbent centre-left held off a challenge from the Greens according to exit polls. 700 words moved by Sebastian Bronst with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. picture Germany-government-parties,WRAP BERLIN Germany's conservatives are expected to unveil their new leadership, as Angela Merkel's party puzzles over how to prepare for the veteran chancellor's departure next year. 600 words 0300 GMT by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture. Video Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,WRAP LONDON Britain starts hearing Washington's extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a test case of media freedoms in the digital age and the limits of US justice. 700 words 0300 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Also moving: Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,PROFILE Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,CHRONO France-politics-trial-Fillon,WRAP PARIS Former prime minister Francois Fillon goes on trial in Paris over claims he embezzled more than a million euros in public funds by creating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the French presidency in 2017. 700 words 0300 GMT by Clare Byrne. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP JERUSALEM Two Islamic Jihad fighters are killed when Israeli planes bomb the Syrian capital Damascus, the militant group announces. 600 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video Israel-vote-Ethiopia-minorities,FOCUS HADERA, Israel The first Ethiopian-born Jewish woman elected to Israel's parliament, who said she is fighting for racial equality, has become a key player in the effort to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 600 words 0300 GMT by Maude Petel-Legare. Picture. Video. Iran-quake-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran kills nine people, including children, in neighbouring Turkey and injured dozens on both sides of the border, authorities say. 500 words by Fulya Ozerkan with Ahmad Parhizi in Tehran. Picture. Video Iran-vote-virus,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's conservatives claim victory in a general election marked by the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid public anger against the government, an economic downturn and the disqualification of half the candidates. 700 words moved by Abhik Kumar Chanda. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest,FOCUS BANGASSOU, Central African Republic In Bangassou, splendid trees overlook elegant buildings slowly crumbling to ruin. Time here seems to have stood still, and Bangassou's trauma too. 650 words 0300 GMT by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-markets-finance,FOCUS NEW YORK Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders likes to take aim at Wall Street and everything it represents -- big money, big power. But even in the world of New York finance, he has supporters. 750 words 0130 GMT by Daniel Hoffman. Picture US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in Nevada's Democratic nominating contest has scattered the progressive's moderate challengers and injects his White House campaign with a fresh burst of momentum. 800 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture, Video afp
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