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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran admits downing Ukraine jet + Taiwan president wins second term + New Oman ruler sworn in after Sultan's death + US rejects Iraq request for pullout talks + Australian bushfires far from over Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile. 800 words 1500 GMT by Marc Jourdier. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,POINTS Iran-US-unrest-Iraq,CHRONO Taiwan-vote-China,WRAP TAIPEI Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen declares a landslide election victory as voters deliver a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island, handing its first female leader a second term. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Taiwan-vote-China-HongKong,SCENE Taiwan-vote-China,PROFILE Taiwan-vote-China,FACTS Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP Oman-royals-politics,WRAP MUSCAT Oman's new royal ruler pledges to follow the non-interference policy that made the kingdom a vital regional mediator under his late cousin Sultan Qaboos who reigned for half a century. 700 words 1500 GMT by Khaled Orabi. Picture. Video Iraq-Iran-unrest-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States rejects a request by Iraq to start talks on pulling out its 5,200 troops, notching up the discord after Washington killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon, with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad. Pictures. Video Also moved: US-Iran-unrest-sanctions-economy-mining,2ndlead MOGO, Australia Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a "long way to go", authorities warn, even as colder conditions bring some relief to exhausted firefighters and communities. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson with Glenda Kwek in Sydney. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-fire-environment-climate-lifestyle,FOCUS -- IRAN-UKRAINE -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation-Zelensky,WRAP KIEV Ukraine demands that Iran punish those guilty for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner and compensate victims while praising Tehran for cooperating with an "objective" investigation. 600 words 1630 GMT by Oleksandr Savochenko Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Ukraine-politics-accident,Q&A PARIS When a Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on January 8, speculation immediately swirled that the only plausible explanation was that it had been shot down by Iran. It took three long days for Tehran to admit that this was the case. 800 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture. Graphic. -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-politics,WRAP BELFAST, United Kingdom Northern Ireland's assembly sits following a three-year suspension after rival nationalist and unionist parties agreed to a new power-sharing deal with Brexit looming. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joe Stenson and James Pheby in London. Picture. Video Russia-Germany-diplomacy-Iran-Libya,WRAP MOSCOW German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for talks on flashpoints in the Middle East. 650 words 1630 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Live video. Malta-politics-vote,WRAP VALLETTA Malta's Labour Party votes to elect its and the country's new leader after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist. 600 words 1500 GMT by Matthew Xuereb and Francoise Kadri. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she intends to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate next week, moving to end a taut standoff with Republicans over terms of the president's trial. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-Canada-space-astronauts-NASA,WRAP HOUSTON NASA celebrates its latest class of graduating astronauts at a public ceremony in Houston, honoring a diverse and gender-balanced group now qualified for spaceflight missions including America's return to the Moon and eventual journey to Mars. 700 words moved by Julia Benarrous with Issam Ahmed in Washington Ecuador-environment-Galapagos-animal QUITO Job done, a prolific Galapagos giant tortoise named Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single-handedly saving his species from extinction. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- China-health-virus,WRAP SHANGHAI Chinese health authorities report the first death from a virus believed to be from the same family as SARS, which killed hundreds in China and Hong Kong more than a decade ago. 550 words moved by Dan Martin India-environment-politics-construction,WRAP KOCHI, India Two luxury waterfront high-rises in southern India are reduced to rubble in controlled explosions in a rare example of authorities getting tough on builders who break environmental rules. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Oman-royals-politics,OBIT MUSCAT Oman's Sultan Qaboos, who has died aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in turmoil. 750 words moved. File picture. File video Oman-royals-politics,PROFILE MUSCAT Sultan Qaboos was Oman's founding father but his successor will be charged with taking the kingdom into the future, driving social and economic reforms under its "Vision 2040". 600 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Oman-royals-politics,COUNTRYFILE Oman-royals-politics,REAX -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-Biafra-history-conflict-anniversary,FOCUS LAGOS Dikoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he "didn't know about Biafra until I was 14". 950 words moved by Sophie Bouillon. 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