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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Vigils in Germany after 'racist' gunman kills 9 + China virus infections slow, more deaths abroad + Israel announces thousands of new settler homes + Trump ally Stone given 40-month prison sentence + Missing Ethiopian crown returned after 21 years Germany-attack-racism,WRAP HANAU, Germany Thousands of people take part in vigils across Germany after a gunman with apparent far-right beliefs kills nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe in the city of Hanau. 800 words moved by Yann Schreiber with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Germany-attack-racism,SCENE Germany-attack-racism-suspect,BACKGROUND Germany-attacks-racism,FACTS China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China touts a big drop in new virus infections as proof its epidemic control efforts are working, but the toll grows abroad with deaths in Japan and South Korea. 800 words 2000 GMT by Laurent Thomet, with Miwa Suzuki in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic Moved: China-health-virus-SKorea-religion-social,3rdlead China-health-virus-count China-health-virus-Nepal-media-diplomacy China-health-virus-tennis Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlements,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in annexed east Jerusalem, a controversial project unveiled less than two weeks before elections. 550 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video. We have also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlements,CHRONO US-politics-justice-Stone-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for impeding a congressional investigation, in a case that has ignited a firestorm over the US president's political interference in the justice system. 750 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Ethiopia-Netherlands-religion-culture ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's government assumes custody of a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in the Netherlands for two decades. 300 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP TOKYO Two elderly former passengers from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess die, as fears mount for those who have left the ship after testing negative for the virus. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-ship-captain,PROFILE China-health-virus-Cambodia-ship China-health-virus-Oly-2020-CHN,FOCUS China-health-virus-entertainment,FOCUS HONG KONG As the world confronts the spread of a deadly new virus, interest in disease-themed movies, games and TV series has exploded, with worried viewers turning to documentaries and disaster flicks for answers and ways to cope. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Graphic China-health-virus-Oly-2020-CHN,FOCUS HONG KONG The coronavirus has destroyed the Tokyo Olympic dreams of some Chinese athletes and disrupted the preparations of others, forcing them to miss tournaments and train in strict isolation -- sometimes in masks. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Nevada-debate,WRAP LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential candidates hit the campaign trail after a bruising debate that saw billionaire Michael Bloomberg take a pummelling from his rivals. 750 words 2100 GMT by Andrew Marszal with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Moved: Haiti-carnival-crime-poverty,FOCUS US-Germany-politics-intelligence,lead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration insists that new US intelligence chief Richard Grenell will serve without a partisan agenda as Democrats voice outrage at placing the voluble Trump defender in the key post. 600 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon Haiti-carnival-crime-poverty,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti is gearing up for its annual Carnival celebration, but the Mardi Gras festivities are controversial in a country struggling with gang violence, kidnappings and political unrest. 650 words 1930 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture. Video Brazil-politics-society-media,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has no qualms about offending opponents with political incorrectness and far-right diatribes, but he is taking heavier fire than usual for suggesting a respected journalist tried to get dirt on him with offers of sex. 600 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture -- EUROPE -- Ireland-politics-parliament,WRAP DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar prepares to resign but stay on as interim leader, with the three main parties still locked in coalition talks after an inconclusive election. Moved 500 words by Joe Stenson Britain-US-Russia-Georgia-hacking,WRAP TBILISI Georgia, Britain and the United States accuse Russia of orchestrating a "reckless" cyber assault against the pro-Western Caucasus nation last year as part of an aggressive campaign of online attacks worldwide. Moved 650 words by Irakli Metreveli with Joe Jackson in London France-energy-nuclear,FOCUS FESSENHEIM, France France will start closing its oldest atomic power plant after 43 years in operation, the first in a series of reactor shutdowns but hardly a signal the country will reduce its reliance on nuclear energy anytime soon. 800 words moved by Beatrice Roman-Amat and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-children,SCENE DARET EZZA, Syria Mustafa and Ines were helping their parents load the van once again to flee advancing Syrian troops, when bombardment hit the area and sewed panic on the street. 600 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SSudan-conflict-politics,WRAP JUBA South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agree to form a unity government, a long-delayed step towards ending six years of war. 700 words moved. File Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Germany-film-culture-people,WRAP BERLIN Europe's first major film festival of 2020 opens in Berlin, with Helen Mirren and Hillary Clinton among those expected on the star-studded red carpet -- even as a deadly shooting and diversity row threaten to mar festivities. 500 words moved by Aurelia Mayembo. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Switzerland-fbl-corruption-investigation-FR-QAT,WRAP LAUSANNE Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA's disgraced former secretary general Jerome Valcke have been indicted in Switzerland for alleged corruption in the attribution of football broadcasting rights. 750 words moved by Eric Bernaudeau afp
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