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| - Duty Editor: Kelly Macnamara Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Stampede at Iran general's funeral leaves dozens dead + Australia firefighters in race ahead of heatwave + Arrest warrant out in Japan for Carlos Ghosn's wife + Teen gets suspended sentence for Cyprus 'false' rape claim + NASA finds new planet in 'Goldilocks Zone' Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,WRAP KERMAN, Iran A stampede breaks out at the funeral of a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, leaving 40 people dead and many injured as huge crowds pack his hometown. 850 words 1530 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Firefighters race to contain massive bushfires in southeastern Australia, taking advantage of a brief drop in temperatures and some much-needed rainfall before another heatwave strikes later this week. 700 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Australia-fire-environment-climate,FACTS Japan-Lebanon-court-Ghosn-Nissan-Renault,WRAP TOKYO Prosecutors in Japan obtain an arrest for Carole Ghosn, wife of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who last month jumped bail and fled the country. 700 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Japan-France-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn-Carole,PROFILE Japan-Nissan-Ghosn-automobile-investigations-lawyer-Hironaka,FOCUS Cyprus-Britain-Israel-trial,WRAP PARALAMINI, Cyprus A Cypriot court hands a British teenager a four-month suspended prison sentence after convicting her of falsely accusing a dozen Israeli tourists of gang rape, in a case that sparked protests in the UK. 650 words moved by Duncan Woodside. Picture. Video US-astronomy-NASA WASHINGTON NASA announces its planet-hunter satellite has discovered a new Earth-sized planet within the habitable range of its star -- neither too close nor too far, which could allow the presence of liquid water. 450 words moved -- IRAN CRISIS -- Iraq-Libya-Iran-US-unrest-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BRUSSELS The foreign ministers of four leading European powers meet for emergency talks on Iran and Libya, as the EU scrambles to respond to two escalating crises on its doorstep. 650 words 1530 GMT by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Soleimani,FOCUS TEHRAN The millions who turned out across Iran to mourn Major General Qasem Soleimani have testified to the apparent across-the-board popularity of a figure hailed as a "living martyr" for the Islamic republic. 650 words 1530 GMT by Marc Jourdier. Picture. Video Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,SCENE KERMAN, Iran "We'll give our lives for General Soleimani and we'll avenge him," says the survivor of a stampede that crushed to death dozens of mourners in the Iranian city of Kerman. 500 words 1530 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-troops,Q&A BAGHDAD America's military strategy in Iraq has been thrown into confusion after the Pentagon admitted a top US general had mistakenly informed the Iraqi government his troops were preparing to withdraw. What shape could a withdrawal take? 700 words 1530 GMT by Maya Gebeily Saudi-unrest-US-Iran-Iraq-diplomacy,FOCUS RIYADH The US has put its ally Saudi Arabia in Iran's crosshairs with the assassination of a top general, leaving it bracing for retaliation just as it was working to ease tensions after a torrid 2019. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra Iraq-unrest-US-Iran-Kurds,FOCUS BAGHDAD Things are moving fast in federal Iraq, as pro-Iran factions flex their muscles and authorities seek to oust foreign troops. Amid the chaos, Iraq's Kurds are watching apprehensively before placing their bets. 650 words moved by Sarah Benhaida Also moved: Iraq-US-diplomacy-Iran-unrest,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-Russia,WRAP DAMASCUS Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on his first visit to Damascus since the start of the conflict nearly nine years ago. 600 words 1530 GMT by Rim Haddad. Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- France-US-trade-tax,WRAP PARIS Paris and Washington have given themselves two weeks to settle a disputed French tax proposal on multinational tech giants. 500 words moved by Antonio Rodriguez US-economy-trade-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON America's trade deficit continued to tumble in November to its lowest in three years as imports of crude oil, computers and industrial supplies fell off sharply, news that will cheer President Donald Trump who has made reducing the trade gap a key goal. 500 words 1530 GMT by Douglas Gillison -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain moves a step closer to a historic departure from the European Union, after more than three years of bitter division and political drama, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson brings his Brexit deal back to parliament without the threat of defeat, deadlock or delay. 650 words 1730 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Live video Austria-politics,WRAP VIENNA Austria's conservative Sebastian Kurz returns to office as the world's youngest democratically elected leader, heading an unlikely coalition with the Greens after his previous far-right alliance collapsed. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphics Also moving: Austria-politics,FACTS Austria-politics-Kurz,PROFILE Spain-politics,WRAP MADRID Spain's parliament confirms Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez by a razor-thin margin as prime minister for another term at the helm of the country's first-ever coalition government since its return to democracy in the 1970s. 650 words 1500 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Will also move: Spain-politics-Sanchez,PROFILE Spain-politics-government-economy,FACTS France-politics-strike-pensions-unions,WRAP PARIS The French government and unions resume talks on a pensions overhaul that has unleashed the longest transport strike in decades, with the premier saying both sides need to "budge a little". 600 words 1800 GMT by Bertille Ossey-Woisard and Clare Byrne. Picture. Video. Graphic France-literature-crime-children,lead PARIS France's top publishing house is stopping sales of books by a notorious writer accused of raping children. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Aurelie Mayembo. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics,WRAP CARACAS Venezuela's Juan Guaido and his rival claimant to the post of National Assembly speaker, Luis Parra, are set to clash in the chamber two days after the country's politics was plunged into confusion by their competing claims. 600 words 1600 GMT by Andrea Tosta. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-literature-military ISLAMABAD Acclaimed Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif has accused the country's powerful intelligence agency of confiscating Urdu translations of his first novel, which satirises the armed forces. 350 words moved -- SPORTS -- Cricket-RSA-ENG,WRAP CAPE TOWN England chase five wickets in the final session for a series-levelling victory in the second Test against a stubborn South Africa at Newlands. 600 words 1700 GMT by Colin Bryden. Picture afp
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