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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane + Gale-force winds fan Australia bushfire threat + Trump eases environmental rules for construction + Meghan returns to Canada after 'Megxit' bombshell + Asia's great rivers: climate and pollution put billions at risk Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-probe-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's civil aviation chief denies that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 on board, dismissing claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran's air defences. 750 words 0930 GMT. Picure. Video. Graphic Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP EDEN, Australia Firefighters in Australia brace as gale-force winds look set to push two enormous fires into a massive megablaze, while thousands rally to again demand action on climate change. 600 words 0930 GMT by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video. Graphic US-environment-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's administration announces sweeping changes to an environmental law that critics say guts oversight requirements in the construction of highways, airports and pipelines and allows the government to ignore their impact on climate change. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry's wife Meghan returns to Canada, just days after the couple's bombshell announcement that they were quitting their frontline royal duties. 650 words 1000 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Graphic Asia-environment-river-climate-conflict,FEATURE HONG KONG The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region -- the world's "Third Pole" -- are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of the water needed to nurture and grow a continent. 1,100 words moved by Liz Thomas -- Please see features advisory for full package on the crisis facing Asia's great rivers -- AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES -- Australia-fire-environment-climate-disinformation SYDNEY Australia's bushfire emergency has sparked an online disinformation campaign "unprecedented" in the country's history, researchers say, with bots deployed to shift blame for the blazes away from climate change. 650 words 1000 GMT by Esther Chan Australia-fire-environment-climate-animal,FOCUS GLENMORE PARK, Australia When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying mother surrounded by the embers of Australia's bushfires, it seemed fitting to name him Chance. 650 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Australia-fire-environment-climate-charity-celebrity Australia-fire-environment-climate-firestorms,FACTS Australia-fire-environment-climate-beer -- IRAN-US CRISIS -- US-Iran-Vienna,SCENE WASHINGTON They are relieved but hardly at peace: Iranian-Americans in a town outside Washington say that even as tensions with Tehran ease, they're not optimistic about prospects for real detente between the two long-time enemies. 550 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-EU-diplomacy,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON The United States is ramping up pressure on Europe over Iran after killing a top general, but Washington's allies are making clear they have no desire to rally behind a policy they see as increasingly perilous. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Francesco Fontemaggi -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-politics,WRAP BELFAST Unionist and republican parties in Northern Ireland are urged to back a new deal to restore power-sharing government in the British province, more than three years after the executive collapsed. 600 words 1030 GMT by Joe Stenson. File picture Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-future,FOCUS LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's unilateral decision to step down as senior royals has shaken the British monarchy, just as they were being seen as the future of the centuries-old institution. 700 words 1000 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic Croatia-EU-migrants-rights,FOCUS ZAGREB Taking up the EU's rotating presidency for the first half of this year has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on Croatia for its heavyhanded tactics against migrants trying to irregularly enter the European bloc. 600 words 1000 GMT by Marc Burleigh and Lajla Veselica -- ASIA -- Taiwan-vote-China,WRAP TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential rivals hold mass rallies in a final push to convince voters ahead of a closely watched election that looks set to infuriate China and send ripples far beyond its borders. 700 words 1300 by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Taiwan-vote-China,PROFILE Taiwan-vote-China,FACTS Japan-Lebanon-Ghosn-auto-Nissan-Renault,FOCUS TOKYO Out of Japan and free to speak to the media, a fugitive Carlos Ghosn is proving a fresh headache for his old firm Nissan as it struggles to rebuild its reputation. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. File picture -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-politics-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Former Central African Republic rebel leader and president Michel Djotodia returns to Bangui, exactly six years after he quit as head of state. 400 words 1130 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Iran-Iraq-Soleimani-Idlib,SCENE IDLIB, Syria In parts of the Middle East, Qasem Soleimani is revered as a hero. But in opposition-held Syria, the slain Iranian commander was seen as the man to kill. 600 words 1130 GMT by Aaref Watad. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States throws its support behind negotiations in Venezuela, saying talks could establish a transitional government, lead to fresh elections and bring an end to the country's long-running political crisis. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Andrew Tosta in Caracas. File Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- US-IT-lifestyle-CES-auto-hacking LAS VEGAS As cars evolve into rolling mobile computers, the potential for disastrous cyber attacks has become a new road hazard. 550 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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