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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pentagon says letter on pullout from Iraq a 'mistake' + Australia's firefighters in race to shore up defences + Weinstein faces new sex crimes charges as trial opens + Libya's Haftar forces say have taken control of Sirte + Walrus shortage led to medieval Norse collapse: study Iraq-Iran-US-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON America's military strategy in Iraq is thrown into confusion as the Pentagon admits a letter from a general informing the Iraqi government of an imminent troop pullout was sent by "mistake". 850 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,FACTS Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-nuclear,CHRONO Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Australian firefighters race to shore up bushfire defences, taking advantage of a break in the weather ahead of a forecast return to catastrophic conditions. 500 words 0200 GMT by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein is hit with new sex crimes charges in Los Angeles just as his high-profile trial in a separate case opens in New York, kicking off proceedings key to the #MeToo movement. 800 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Graphic Libya-conflict-Sirte,WRAP BENGHAZI Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces seize the coastal city of Sirte from factions loyal to the Tripoli government, raising tensions as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the North African country. 550 words moved. Picture Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO Greenland-colony-walrus-trade PARIS Greenland's medieval Norse society vanished from the Earth in the 15th Century after they hunted walrus populations to near extinction, researchers say. 300 words moved -- SOLEIMANI KILLING -- Iraq-US-diplomacy-Iran-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD A deadly US strike in Baghdad has rocked America's ties with allies on the ground, left diplomats scrambling to contain the fallout and Iraqi officials outraged at the airspace violation. 780 words 0300 GMT by Maya Gebeily Iraq-Iran-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON As a real estate magnate and politician, Donald Trump has always loved breaking rules and putting on a show. Now in Iran he's following the same pattern -- only this time as commander in chief of the world's biggest military. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Israel,FOCUS TEL AVIV Under a clear blue sky in Tel Aviv, Nisan Katz vowed Monday he was "not afraid" of a threat by an Iranian official to turn the Israeli city "to dust". 500 words moved by Nir Kafri. Video Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-sanctions,FOCUS BAGHDAD US President Donald Trump's threat to sanction Iraqis "like they've never seen before" if Baghdad kicks out American troops has brought back haunting memories of a decade under international embargo. 650 words moved by Ayman Henna. Video. Picture Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-NATO,4thlead BRUSSELS Tehran should avoid "further violence and provocations", NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns, as tensions mount in the Middle East after US forces killed a top Iranian general. 700 words moved by Damon Wake. Picture Also moved: Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,Q&A Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-politics,FOCUS Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Gulf-economy,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics,WRAP CARACAS Opposition leader Juan Guaido brands a rival claimant to the post of speaker of the National Assembly an "accomplice of the dictatorship" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid a deepening political impasse. 700 words moved by Esteban Rojas. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-1917,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Sam Mendes's "1917," an innovative and deeply personal portrayal of World War I, has exploded into Oscar contention following its dramatic wins at the Golden Globes. 700 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-CES,POINTS LAS VEGAS A smart city from Toyota and a new 5G smartphone from China's TCL are among the announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show preview day. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Cyprus-Britain-Israel-trial,WRAP PARALAMINI, Cyprus A Cypriot court is due to sentence a British teenager convicted of falsely accusing young Israeli tourists of gang rape, in a case that has caused outrage in the UK. 580 words 0330 GMT by Duncan Woodside -- EUROPE -- Austria-politics,WRAP VIENNA Austria's conservative Sebastian Kurz will return to office as the world's youngest democratically elected leader heading an unlikely coalition with the Greens after his previous far-right alliance collapsed. 600 words 0300 GMT by Julia Zappei Britain-EU-Brexit-politics LONDON British MPs will resume scrutiny of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal as he races to get it ratified in time for Britain to leave the European Union on January 31. 500 words 0330 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture France-politics-strike-pensions-unions PARIS French officials prepare to restart talks with unions over a pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest transport strikes in decades, which labour leaders say could force millions of people to retire later than they thought. 600 words 0400 GMT by Deborah Claude and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic We have already moved: France-politics-strike-pension,FACTS Spain-politics,WRAP MADRID Spain's parliament will vote on whether to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister at the helm of the country's first-ever coalition government. 600 words 0400 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Egypt-Sudan-economy-electricity-politics,FOCUS METEKEL, Ethiopia Cell phone batteries constantly dying, health centres bereft of modern equipment, a dependence on flashlights after sundown -- Kafule Yigzaw experienced all these struggles and more growing up without electricity in rural Ethiopia. 1,000 words by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video afp
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