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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + New virus clusters outside China spark concern + US intel chief ousted in Trump purge + Calls for new laws on far-right violence in Germany + Ukraine minister to enter quarantine to calm virus fears + Rome unveils 'tomb' of wolf-suckled King Romulus China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING An eruption of new virus cases in South Korea, Iran and Chinese hospitals and prisons rekindles concerns about the spread of a deadly disease that has killed more than 2,200 people. 800 words 0930 GMT by Laurent Thomet with Kang Jin-Kyu in Daegu, South Korea. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Russia-Germany-intelligence,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia is interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get Donald Trump re-elected, US intelligence officials have warned lawmakers in a briefing that infuriated the president, who then replaced his intelligence chief, US media report. 700 words 0900 GMT by Shaun Tandon Germany-racism-attack, WRAP BERLIN After Germany was stunned by a mass shooting born of racist motives, ministers face pressure from threatened communities to present new measures against extreme-right violence. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Ukraine,WRAP KIEV Ukraine's health minister has volunteered to join a quarantine as authorities look to ease panic after protesters attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China. 600 words 1030 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Photo. Video Italy-Romulus-history-archaeology ROME An ancient tomb thought to belong to Rome's founder Romulus will be presented to the world, bringing to a head months of investigation by history sleuths. 500 words 1300 GMT by Franck Iovene. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-SKorea,WRAP DAEGU, South Korea South Korea's coronavirus cases nearly double, rising above 200 and making it the worst-affected country outside China as the number of infections linked to a religious sect spike. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video. Live Video China-virus-health-NKorea,FOCUS SEOUL North Korea's self-imposed isolation in the face of the coronavirus epidemic raging in neighbouring China is its only method of protection from an outbreak that would wreak havoc given its crumbling health system, analysts say. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang in Seoul. Picture. Video China-Japan-virus-health-crew,FOCUS TOKYO As the nightmare of a 14-day quarantine ends for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew. 600 words moved by Richard Carter and Sara Hussein with Simon Sturdee in Delhi and Mikhail Flores in Manila. Picture. Video China-virus-health-HongKong-masks HONG KONG With chronic face mask shortages in the midst of a virus outbreak, Hong Kongers have started making their own -- with a pop-up production line and seamstresses churning them out on sewing machines. 550 words moved by Yan Zhao and Katie Forster. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- EU-summit-budget,WRAP BRUSSELS Feuding EU leaders gather for a second day of haggling over the bloc's seven-year trillion-euro budget after a night of talks failed to bridge divides between 'frugals' and free-spenders. 700 words 1100 GMT by Damon Wake. Graphic. Picture. Video Kazakhstan-animal-environment-court,WRAP KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan A court in Kazakhstan sentences three poachers to life in prison for beating to death a state ranger charged with protecting the endangered saiga antelope. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iranians vote in a parliamentary election which conservatives are expected to dominate, capitalising on public anger against moderate conservative President Hassan Rouhani over a ravaged economy, corruption and multiple crises. 750 words 0930 GMT by Abhik Kumar Chanda. Picture. Video Also moving: Iran-vote-Rouhani,CHRONO Algeria-protest-politics,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement -- one that quickly forced an ailing president from power, but is now looking to maintain momentum. 600 words 1300 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Algeria-protest-politics-Arab-Iran,CHRONO Iraq-politics-corruption-protests,FOCUS BAGHDAD With Iraq rocked by months of protests against corruption and nepotism, the judiciary is investigating allegations ministries are up for sale as politicians wrangle to form a new government. 750 words moved by Ammar Karim -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-politics-crime-court,WRAP MASERU Beleaguered Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, citing medical reasons, fails to appear in court to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife who was gunned down ahead of his inauguration in 2017. 500 words 1030 GMT by Mankholi Ramabitsa. File video. File Picture Burundi-massacre-vote-politics-history,FOCUS NAIROBI A government commission which has exhumed the remains of more than 6,000 Burundians slaughtered in ethnic pogroms in 1972 stands accused of exploiting the sombre task for political gain and stoking ethnic tensions ahead of elections. 800 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. -- ASIA -- China-media-US-rights,BACKGROUND SHANGHAI China's expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters shines a light on the precarious status and difficult conditions faced by foreign journalists trying to cover the world's most populous nation. 650 words 0930 GMT by Dan Martin Thailand-politics,WRAP BANGKOK Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dissolved an upstart pro-democracy party -- the nemesis of the kingdom's military-aligned government -- over a $6 million loan by its billionaire founder. 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture Afghanistan conflict US Taliban,WRAP KABUL A week-long "reduction in violence" between the Taliban, the US, and Afghan security forces will commence shortly, an official says, ahead of the signing of a possible deal between Washington and the insurgents. 550 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Nevada-debate,WRAP LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential candidates fan out on a quest for votes following a bruising debate that saw billionaire Michael Bloomberg take a pummeling from his rivals. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture US-politics-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders is 78 years old. So is Michael Bloomberg. Joe Biden is 77. The trio of septuagenarians topping the national polls for the Democratic presidential nomination tout their advanced years as the experience that is needed to serve in the White House. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-politics-vote-Nevada-casinos,FOCUS LAS VEGAS With the grand prize of their party's nomination up for grabs, Democratic candidates have converged on the Las Vegas Strip, where fortunes are won and lost on a daily basis. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Austria-diving-lifestyle,PROFILE WEISSENSEE, Austria It was not the way Christian Redl's latest deep-diving record attempt was meant to end: being hauled to the surface of Austria's frozen Weissensee lake after losing consciousness in the icy waters. 750 words moved by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-politics-religion,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The sanctuary at her evangelical mega-church in Rio de Janeiro is where Eleonor Teresa Sousa comes to feel closer to God, and farther from the sin of a city gearing up for carnival. 700 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. File picture Also moved: Haiti-carnival-crime-poverty,FOCUS Lifestyle-UAE-falcon,FOCUS ABU DHABI Eid al-Qobeissy's two falcons perch majestically in the waiting room of a falcon hospital in Abu Dhabi, where the birds are both a national symbol and treasured tradition. 650 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-music-BTS,lead SEOUL K-pop superstars BTS release their new album, breaking records even before it came out as the country's most pre-ordered album of all time, with the lead single to make its debut on video app TikTok. 450 words 0930 GMT -- SPORT -- India-US-diplomacy-cricket-Trump-Modi-stadium,FOCUS NEW DELHI US President Donald Trump will open the world's biggest cricket stadium in India next week, but critics wonder whether it's just another vanity project by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state. 600 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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