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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Germany warns of 'global pandemic' as virus spreads + Biden surges ahead in White House race + Turkey demands EU help in Syria to end migrant crisis + US launches airstrike against Taliban + Kiss me not: Virus-hit Italy to ban greetings Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany warns the coronavirus outbreak has turned into "a global pandemic", as countries around the world stockpile medical equipment and bolster healthcare systems. 800 words 1530 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden notches up a stunning Super Tuesday performance to emerge as the frontrunner in a two-horse race with leftist Bernie Sanders to become the Democratic nominee for US president. 800 words 1530 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-Greece-migrants,WRAP ANKARA Turkey's president warns a fresh migrant crisis could be resolved only if Europe supports its efforts in Syria, as violent clashes broke out between refugees and police on the Greek border. 800 worlds 1600 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-US-conflict-Taliban,WRAP KABUL The US launches an airstrike against Taliban fighters to defend Afghan forces as violence spirals following a string of deadly attacks by the insurgents, throwing the country's nascent peace process into grave doubt. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly, with Hakim Hasas in Kunduz Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy considers asking people to stop greeting each other by kissing or shaking hands as it unrolls new measures to stamp out the coronavirus. 500 words 1430 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- SUPER TUESDAY -- US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON For a US presidential candidate left for dead just weeks ago, Joe Biden has scored a dramatic comeback capped by victories over chief rival Bernie Sanders in a majority of the 14 states contested on Super Tuesday. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-vote-Sanders,SCENE ESSEX JUNCTION, Vermont Bernie Sanders' supporters had hoped Super Tuesday would put their candidate in an unassailable position but after a string of projected victories for Joe Biden they left a rally in Vermont with little certainty. 500 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-Bloomberg,FOCUS US-politics-vote,RESULTS US-politics-vote-bar,SCENE US-politics-vote-SuperTuesday,POINTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN The coronavirus has killed 92 people in Iran, officials say, as the world's deadliest outbreak outside China spreads to all but one of the country's provinces. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Europe-ECDC,FOCUS STOCKHOLM As governments across Europe prepare for a sustained battle against the new coronavirus, a relatively small EU agency is becoming increasingly important. 650 words moved by Johannes Ledel. Pictures. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Europe,FACTS Health-virus-Saudi-religion RIYADH Saudi Arabia suspends the year-round "umrah" pilgrimage over fears of the new coronavirus spreading to Islam's holiest cities, an unprecedented move that raises fresh uncertainty over the annual hajj. 450 words 1430 GMT by Anuj Chopra Health-virus-Gulf-economy,FOCUS DUBAI Energy-rich Gulf states have scrapped or postponed dozens of events as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus, denting economies already hurt by slumping oil prices. 500 words 1430 GMT by Omar Hasan Health-virus-China-measures,SCENE WENZHOU, China Constant temperature checks, a "no mask, no service" ethos, and high-tech people-tracking: welcome to the new normal in China, where reminders of the country's national mobilisation against the coronavirus lurk around every corner. 750 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- EU-environment-economy,WRAP BRUSSELS Europe unveils a landmark law to achieve "climate neutrality" by 2050, but teenage activist Greta Thunberg slams it as far too little far too late. 600 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Britain-politics,FOCUS LONDON Three months after his triumphant re-election, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has been hit by a bullying scandal that threatens to unseat a top minister and disrupt his post-Brexit plans. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Germany-politics,WRAP ERFURT, Germany Lawmakers in the eastern German state of Thuringia elect a new state premier, re-running a vote that plunged Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party into what has been described as the biggest crisis in its history. 650 words 1530 GMT by Manuel Waltz with Kit Holden in Berlin -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics-Netanyahu-trial,FOCUS JERUSALEM The possible consequences of bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges filed against Israeli Prime Minister are hard to predict, but one thing is clear: days after his apparent election win, Israel is facing an unprecedented legal quandry. 650 words moved by Stephen Weizman and Ben Simon. Picture Also moving: Israel-politics-Palestinians,FOCUS Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced,VIDEOESSAY IDLIB, Syria In the carpark and under the terraces of a football stadium in northwest Syria, families with nowhere else to go after fleeing war live in flimsy white tents. 600 words 1500 GMT by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Idlib BEIRUT The fighting in northwest Syria has rendered large parts of the region uninhabitable for years for civilians now crammed into an ever-shrinking area where conditions are dire, says a new report analysing satellite images. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-village,INVESTIGATION MOPTI, Mali Less than a year after more than 160 Fulani civilians were massacred at dawn in Ogossagou in central Mali, terror has returned to the small village, underscoring the struggle to control the violence that has riven the country since 2012. 950 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. File picture Nigeria-social-poverty-migration-economy,FOCUS LAGOS, Nigeria Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger in his Nigerian village, until he moved to Lagos where he joined the rising migration to the megacity that has widened inequality between the largely-Muslim north and the Christian majority south. 800 words by Josel Olatunde Agoi with Aminu Abubakar in Kano. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-health-abortion-politics-court,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States Supreme Court will hear what may be its most significant case in decades on the controversial subject of abortion. 550 words 1700 GMT by Charlotte Plantive Also moved: US-health-abortion-politics,INTERVIEW Brazil-economy-growth,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian economy slowed in President Jair Bolsonaro's first year in office, official figures show, disappointing news for markets that bet on the far-right leader to engineer an economic take-off. 550 words 1500 GMT by Jorge Svartzman -- ASIA -- Pakistan-agriculture-climate-weather-locusts,FOCUS PIPLI PAHAR, Pakistan Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms devastate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. 650 words moved by Kaneez Fatima. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Italy-art-painting-Raphael,lead ROME Italy is marking 500 years since the death of Renaissance master Raphael with a blockbuster exhibition whose preparations were marred by a row over a treasured portrait some feared was too fragile to move. 600 words 1800 GMT by Kelly Velasquez afp
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