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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Fear over coronavirus deaths outside China + Afghans dance as week-long truce under way + Sanders warns Russia on election tampering + Iran's conservatives tipped for vote gains + The one with the reunion: Friends comeback China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Fears mount over the growing spread of infections outside China from the new coronavirus outbreak, as the World Health Organization warns of a shrinking window to stem the spread of the deadly disease. 800 words 1100 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-SouthKorea,WRAP Afghanistan-US-Taliban-violence,WRAP KABUL A week-long, partial truce comes into effect across Afghanistan, with jubilant civilians celebrating in the streets to mark a potentially historic turning point in the war even as isolated attacks threaten to undermine the process. 750 words 0930 GMT by Elise Blanchard and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video. Also moving: Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban-reactions,SCENE US-politics-vote-Russia-Germany-intelligence,WRAP WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders warns Russia not to meddle in the Democratic presidential race, as Donald Trump angrily dismisses assertions that Moscow was again seeking to boost his election chances. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Michael Mathes. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP US-politics-vote-Nevada-Filipinos,FOCUS US-politics-vote-Nevada-Sanders,SCENE Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Conservatives appear to take the lead as the first results of Iran's parliamentary election trickle in amid expectations for a low turnout after the disqualification of thousands of candidates. 650 words 1100 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Also moved: Iran-vote,SCENE Iran-politics-Rouhani,CHRONO US-entertainment-television-Friends-reunion LOS ANGELES It's finally happening! The cast of the hit US sitcom "Friends" is reuniting for an upcoming 25th anniversary special, much to the delight of fans who lit up social media with the announcement. 300 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-survivor,FOCUS BEIJING Xiao Yao doesn't know when or where he caught the new coronavirus. He suspects it happened on his train journey home to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Jingzhou city, in central China's Hubei province. 600 words moved by Qian Ye. Picture. Video China-health-virus-food-restaurants,FOCUS SHANGHAI China's armies of racing, swerving motorcycle deliverymen have been hailed as saviours during the coronavirus crisis, keeping shut-in citizens fed and stocked up. But it's come with major adjustments for couriers like Gao Yuchao. 500 words moved by Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Italy,WRAP CODOGNO, Italy Streets are deserted and residents warned to keep out of an emergency room in an Italian town under lockdown due to new cases of coronavirus. 400 words 0930 GMT by Miguel Medina. Picture. -- AFGHANISTAN TRUCE -- Afghanistan-peace-ceasefire-internet,FOCUS KABUL With a partial truce under way and a deal between the US and the Taliban on the horizon, Afghans are daring to dream of the war ending and their country finally opening up. 700 words moved by Emal Haidary Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is often criticised as a bull in a china shop when it comes to foreign policy, but the US deal with the Taliban will let him declare victory on a key election promise. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-banking-fine-investigation-WellsFargo,WRAP NEW YORK Wells Fargo has agreed to pay US regulators $3 billion to settle three investigations into the bank's damaging fake accounts scandal, the Department of Justice says. 650 words moved by Luc Olinga Canada-transport-politics-protests,WRAP OTTAWA Crippling blockades of key Canadian rail arteries "must now come down," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, acknowledging that attempts at dialogue to end two weeks of indigenous protests had failed. 550 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture. Video Mexico-health-cancer-children,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Five-year-old Dhana Rivas is fighting for her life on two fronts, fending off the acute lymphoblastic leukemia eating away at her frail body while her family simultaneously battles the shortage of cancer drugs plaguing Mexico. 850 words moved by Miguel Bravo. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Togo-vote LOME Togo votes in an election widely expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe claim a fourth term in power and extend his family's half-century domination of the West African nation. 550 words moved by Emile Kouton and Celia Lebur -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-culture,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's carnival celebrations are among the wildest parties in the world, but someone has to reign over them -- and being "queen" can be a year-round job. 580 words moved by Louis Genot and Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Lifestyle-US-architecture-luxury,FOCUS MIAMI In the heart of Miami, among the towering skyscrapers that rise above Biscayne Bay, the eye-catching new luxury condo building by late star architect Zaha Hadid dominates the skyline. 550 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- RugbyU-6Nations-ENG-IRL,PREVIEW LONDON Farrell will attempt to end the Grand Slam hopes of father Andy when England face Ireland in the Six Nations. 650 words moved by Julian Guyer afp
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