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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Japan under fire over virus-hit cruise ship + UK govt faces backlash over immigration plan + Climate, diet threaten all children: UN + Turkey, Russia trade threats over Syria + 'Owner' claims wrecked Irish ghost ship China-health-virus-Japan-ship,FOCUS TOKYO Japan faces mounting criticism for its handling of a coronavirus-afflicted cruise ship, with questions over a patchy quarantine, incremental testing and the decision to let people walk away after 14 days. 800 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-Iwata Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-immigration,WRAP LONDON Britain's government faces a backlash over its new post-Brexit immigration plans, which are designed to cut "cheap labour from Europe" in favour of high-skilled English speakers. 650 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson Health-climate-children,WRAP PARIS The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report says, warning that every child is under "immediate threat". 550 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic Syria-conflict-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey and Russia exchange warnings after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens an "imminent" operation in Syria to end the regime's brutal assault on the last rebel enclave. 600 words 1700 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Ireland-weather-shipping-transport DUBLIN The purported owner of a "ghost ship" grounded off Ireland's south coast after drifting crewless for more than a year has made contact with authorities, a government agency says. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan Hundreds of relieved passengers disembark from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan after being given the all-clear, but health officials say 79 new cases have been detected. 850 words moved by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-Cambodia,lead China-health-virus-Japan-ship-numbers,FACTS HongKong-China-epidemic-virus,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's disabled residents and their carers say they feel increasingly trapped in their apartments and abandoned by authorities as the coronavirus-struck city is engulfed with panic-buying and face mask shortages. 600 words moved by Xinqi Su. Picture Russia-China-health-virus-tourism-economy,FOCUS MOSCOW Russia's decision to introduce a blanket ban against Chinese visitors over coronavirus fears has raised concerns about massive losses in the tourist industry but will likely go down well with Russians, experts say. 650 words 1430 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. File video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-negotiations LONDON The European Union expects even tougher talks with Britain about future relations than the ones that eventually led to their amicable divorce, a top Brussels negotiator says. 525 words moved by Dmitry Zaks Germany-politics-racism-internet,WRAP BERLIN With growing dangers from far-right extremist groups and torrents of threats against politicians, Germany is set to toughen online speech laws and tighten the screws on social networks. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. Picture Austria-history-heritage-Jews,FOCUS VIENNA Fuelling Vienna's golden age before being driven out by the Nazis, the Rothschilds seemed to have closed the Austria chapter of their Jewish banking family's saga. That is until a member of Europe's most famous banking dynasty, marches into court in Vienna. 750 words moved by Sophie Makris. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's electoral watchdog defends its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates for a crucial parliamentary election in two days, as a lacklustre campaign winds down. 700 words 1500 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Idlib-children,VIDEOESSAY SARMADA, Syria In Syria's Idlib enclave, there's no escaping the war, so Abdullah al-Mohammed says the only way he found to reassure his daughter was to turn the shelling into a game. 450 words moved by Abdelaziz Ketaz. Video. Picture Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH Claims that Yemeni rebels shot down a Saudi warplane have spotlighted the increasingly potent Huthi arsenal -- cause for alarm in Riyadh as fighting escalates amid faltering efforts to end the five-year conflict. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-politics MEKELE, Ethiopia The political party that dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly three decades stages a massive anniversary celebration that highlights rising tensions with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and neighbouring Eritrea. 500 words moved. Picture US-Africa-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP ADDIS ABABA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo closes his three-nation Africa tour with a thinly veiled swipe at China as he talks up Washington's ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent. 500 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Uganda-agriculture-climate-weather-animal-locusts, FOCUS OTUKE, Uganda Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions of yellow locusts rise into the northern Ugandan sky, despite hours spent spraying vegetation with chemicals in an attempt to kill them. 800 words moved by Michael O'Hagan. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Nevada-debate,WRAP LAS VEGAS Media tycoon Michael Bloomberg joins fellow US presidential candidates for the first time on the Democratic debate stage and will face incoming fire from rivals unnerved, even angered, by his increasing prominence in the race. 800 words 1500 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture -- ASIA -- China-health-virus-media-US,WRAP BEIJING China orders three Wall Street Journal reporters to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years. 750 words moved by Eva Xiao Afghanistan-vote KABUL Afghanistan vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful warlord who has long held undue sway over the country's politics, calls on his supporters to take to the streets to protest against the re-election of President Ashraf Ghani. 600 words moved by Emal Haidary. File picture India-Kashmir-unrest-politics-health,FOCUS SRINAGAR, India Sanaullah Dar was due to undergo surgery to remove a tumour in his bladder. Four months later, he was dead, with doctors blaming a lockdown imposed by New Delhi on the restive part of Kashmir it controls. 750 words moved by Parvaiz Bukhari. Picture SKorea-social-media-gender,FOCUS SEOUL Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea's national public broadcaster, KBS. Five times a week, she is beamed into living rooms across the country leading its "News 9" bulletin, after she broke into a decades-old boys' club. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-China-telecom-espionage-court-Huawei,lead HOUSTON, United States Washington has the right to block US federal agencies from buying products by Huawei on cybersecurity grounds, a judge rules, dismissing the Chinese telecom giant's legal challenge to a purchase ban. 500 words moved EU-technology-AI,FACTS BRUSSELS From translation apps to facial recognition, artificial intelligence is becoming a major part of everyday life and the European Union is eager to bring order to this digital "wild west" where the US and China dominate. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. Videographics. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Russia-opera-music,FOCUS MOSCOW Opera director Dmitry Chernyakov, who has made a name for himself staging modern takes on Russian classics, has not worked in his hometown of Moscow for nearly a decade after scandalising local audiences. Until now. 700 words by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video afp
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