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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump says Iran 'standing down' after strike + Harry and Meghan's 'Meghxit' stuns monarchy + Ukraine plane 'turned back' before Iran crash + Bushfires flare as Australia heatwave sets in + Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease Iran-Iraq-US-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says Iran appears to be "standing down" after firing missiles at US troop bases in Iraq and indicates he will back off from any immediate military response. 1,000 words moved by Sebastian Smith with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad and Marc Jourdier in Tehran. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-US-unrest-Iraq,CHRONO Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stun the British monarchy by quitting as front-line members of the royal family, apparently without telling Queen Elizabeth II, sparking fierce criticism. 650 words 1030 GMT by Robin Millard and James Pheby. Picture. Video Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident,WRAP TEHRAN Iranian authorities say a Ukrainian airliner which crashed outside Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board turned back following a problem, as Ukrainian experts join the probe. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Bushfires flare in southern Australia as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery sets in, and officials warn some areas are "just at the beginning" of the devastating crisis. 750 words moved by Holly Robertson Also moving: Australia-fire-climate-environment,SCENE Entertainment-Canada-health-Bieber-Lyme MONTREAL Pop super star Justin Bieber announces that he has Lyme disease, calling out critics who he says have been unfairly commenting on his looks by saying he looks like he is "on meth". 500 words moved. File Picture -- IRAN-US CRISIS -- Iraq-Iran-unrest-US,FOCUS BAGHDAD Arch-foes Tehran and Washington may be temporarily calling it even after Iranian missiles targeted US forces in Iraq, but analysts predict violent instability will keep blighting Baghdad. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture Iran-US-defense-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the US strike that killed a top Iranian general restored credibility to the US threat to Tehran but Washington security analysts say it is far from certain that Tehran has been deterred from further attacks. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Also moved: Iran-Iraq-unrest-US-aviation,ROUNDUP Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-politics,ANALYSIS Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Israel,WRAP Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-Cyprus-diplomacy,lead Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-resistance,FOCUS -- IRAN PLANE CRASH -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-accident-victims,SCENE TORONTO University professors, students, a newlywed couple: they are among the 63 Canadians lost when a Ukrainian plane crashed after takeoff in Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. 550 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture Iran-Ukraine-US-accident-aviation-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK The latest tragic plane crash involving another Boeing aircraft adds to the travails facing the company after its 737 MAX was grounded nearly a year ago following two deadly crashes. 800 words moved by John Biers -- MIDDLE EAST -- Japan-Ghosn-Lebanon-Nissan-Renault,WRAP BEIRUT Former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn faces Lebanese prosecutors a day after he gave an impassioned defence to world media on his decision to flee Japan where he faced financial misconduct charges. 650 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Japan-Lebanon-Ghosn-Nissan-renault,POINTS Libya-conflict-Sirte,ANALYSIS TRIPOLI Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's capture of the strategic city of Sirte is a major setback for Tripoli's UN-recognised government, analysts say. 750 words moved by Imed Lamloum -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-media,FOCUS LONDON Like his mother princess Diana before him, Prince Harry has had a complicated relationship with Britain's voracious tabloid press but his aim to control publicity could backfire, experts suggest. 650 words 1200 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture Also moving: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,REAX Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-funding,FACTS Britain-royals-crises,FACTS Britain-royals-independence,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON After years of bitter arguments, British MPs will finally approve the terms of Brexit, paving the way for the UK to leave the EU on January 31. 600 words 1100 GMT by Dmitry Zaks and Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING China says that Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington next week to sign the "phase one" deal with the United States that has lowered trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. 400 words moved by Beiyi Seow China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS, which killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng, with Yan Zhao in Hong Kong. Video Philippines-religion-Catholic,SCENE MANILA Frenzied crowds, exhaustion and blazing heat are dangers bearing down on the cadre of guards who shield one of the Philippines' most revered Catholic icons from the believers desperate to touch it. 450 words moved by Ron Lopez Also moved: Catholic-Philippines-festival-religion-social,lead Taiwan-politics-election-youth,FOCUS TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential candidates are waging an all-out charm offensive to woo millions of young people in the lead-up to this weekend's election, conscious their votes could push them over the finish line. 700 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture -- AFRICA -- Angola-politics-corruption,FOCUS LUANDA Menacing messages from Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, whose assets were recently frozen as part of an anti-graft drive, ring hollow as the government in the oil-producing nation vows to continue probing the business empire of the ex-president's daughter. 700 words 1300 GMT by Daniel Garelo Pensador -- LIFESTYLE -- US-tech-sexuality-health-women-lifestyle,FOCUS LAS VEGAS Sex toys are for relaxation, for education, for healing after childbirth, for relationship-building or women's emancipation. Also for pleasure -- but manufacturers aiming for respectability tend to save this argument for last. 700 words moved by Julie Jammot. Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-CES-politics LAS VEGAS Chinese makers of televisions, smartphones and much more are very much present at the premier Consumer Electronics Show, undeterred by their country's trade war with the US. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Video. 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