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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + S. Korea on virus 'high' alert as Italy, Iran case spike + Bernie Sanders wins big in Nevada Democratic race + Tyson Fury reigns again as world heavyweight champ + Armani holds close door show amid Italy virus fears China-health-virus,WRAP CODOGNO, Italy South Korea goes on high alert following a sharp jump in coronavirus cases and Italy and Iran took drastic containment steps as fears spiral over an epidemic that has killed nearly 2,500 people in China. 750 words 1430 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin with Dan Martin in Shanghai. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus,FACTS Also moving: Italy-virus-epidemic-China,SCENE US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Bernie Sanders scores a landslide victory in Nevada's Democratic nominating contest, scattering his moderate challengers and injecting his White House campaign with a fresh burst of momentum as he drives into the next crucial battlegrounds. 700 words 1600 GMT by Andrew Marszal with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture. Video Box-USA-GBR-Fury-Wilder,WRAP LAS VEGAS Tyson Fury reigns again as a heavyweight world champion after battering Deontay Wilder to a stunning seventh-round stoppage in their World Boxing Council title rematch. 750 words moved. Picture China-virus-health-Italy-fashion MILAN Giorgio Armani will hold its Milan Fashion Week show behind closed doors after Italy announced a spike in coronavirus cases and imposed lockdown measures in some areas. 350 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-SKorea,WRAP SEOUL South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. 750 words moved China-health-virus-economy-food,FOCUS BEIJING It is lunchtime in Beijing, but the only diner in Cindy's Cafe is an employee having a staff meal -- it has been closed for more than three weeks as China battles a deadly virus epidemic. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video China-health-virus-economy-tourism,FOCUS HONG KONG Deadly viruses, chickenpox outbreaks and mass cases of the runs: sometimes luxury cruise ship holidays on the high seas are not the trips of a lifetime elderly passengers had hoped for. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture China-health-virus-Iran,WRAP TEHRAN Iran confirms eight deaths from the new coronavirus, the most for any country except China, sending neighbouring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak. 600 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Italy-China-health-virus-RugbyU-6Nations-ITA-SCO-women-fbl-SerieA,lead ROME The surge in the number of new coronavirus cases in Italy hits sporting events as four Serie A football matches are postponed, with Inter Milan's Europa League game next week also in doubt. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Iran-quake-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran kills at least nine people in neighbouring Turkey and injures dozens more on both sides of the border, authorities say. 500 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan and Ahmad Parhizi in Tehran. Video Germany-Hamburg-vote, WRAP HAMBURG Turnout is high as voters in the prosperous German city-state of Hamburg go to the polls Sunday, with the centre left expected to hold its own against the Greens who have been enjoying rising popularity across the country. 700 words 1730 GMT by Sebastian Bronst with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote-virus,WRAP TEHRAN Iran reports its lowest turnout in a general election since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, after a poll in which half of the candidates were barred. 600 words 1430 GMT by Abhik Kumar Chanda. Picture. Video Israel-vote,ADVANCER JERUSALEM Israel braces for an unprecedented third election in under a year, with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock but polls indicating another tight race despite criminal charges against the prime minister. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Israel-vote-budget,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's grinding political deadlock has squeezed funding for programmes helping troubled youths, disadvantaged communities and the disabled, forcing state-backed social organisations to rely on crowd-funding to get by. 700 words moved by Alexandra Vardi and Ben Simon Iraq-Iran-US-Muhandis-politics,SCENE NAJAF, Iraq A minibus stops outside the world's largest cemetery in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf. Five women get out, telephone cameras filming the scene, and dash towards the grave of paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. 650 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-displaced,SCENE KAFR LUSIN, Syria Abu Jabber has a plan to escape any further advance by Syrian regime forces: he built a ladder from rusty metal to climb a cement wall along Turkey's border with his 11 children. 750 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Togo-vote,WRAP LOME Togo tallied ballots Sunday after a key challenger insisted he could cause a shock upset despite what he claimed was "fraud" in an election President Faure Gnassingbe was widely expected to win. 550 words 1430 GMT by Emile Kouton and Celia Lebur. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-politics-music,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro kicks off its annual carnival parades, the first of two nights of glittering, over-the-top spectacle set to pack a heavy dose of political commentary on Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. 600 words moved by Eugenia Logiuratto. Picture Gymnastics-USA-Nassar-abuse NEW YORK A proposed USA Gymnastics tiered settlement system would pay some sexual assault victims of former US team doctor Larry Nassar only $82,550, according to multiple reports detailing the payment plans. 700 words moved -- ASIA -- India-US-diplomacy-trade-preparations AHMEDABAD US President Donald Trump makes his first official visit to India on Monday and work has been going on around the clock to spruce things up -- to the annoyance of some locals as well as monkeys. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar and Premal Balan Also moved: India-US-diplomacy-trade,BACKGROUND -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- France-EU-technology-battery,FOCUS VENISSIEUX, France As Europe looks to declare its tech independence by becoming a leader in next-generation batteries, it will have to start by making its own graphite. The problem is, nearly all of it now comes from Asia, mainly China. 650 words moved by Frederic Garlan Kosovo-diplomacy-tariff-Serbia,FOCUS PRISTINA A few years ago, the newly elected Kosovo prime minister overturned Serbian trucks. But Albin Kurti now says he is ready to revoke tariffs introduced by his predecessor on Serbian goods. 750 words moved by Ismet Hadjari. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS -- Entertainment-Britain-music-pianist,PROFILE LONDON British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly white world of classical music, is on a mission "to change the narrative" that the genre is stuffy and outdated. 700 words moved. Video. Profile afp
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