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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + World braces for potential pandemic as more die + Weinstein convicted in win for #MeToo + Deadly riots in India as Trump visits + China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years + Micro-pollution ravaging Asia Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Fresh deaths and a surge in coronavirus cases in Iran, Japan and South Korea fuel fears of a pandemic, as the disease took root in some of the world's poorest -- and worst-equipped -- countries. 800 words 1000 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein is convicted of rape and sexual assault but acquitted of the most serious predatory charges, a verdict hailed as a historic victory by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. 850 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein-celebrity-cinema-assault,PROFILE US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein-celebrity,REAX US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,CHRONO India-US-diplomacy-trade,WRAP NEW DELHI India rolls out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump on the second day of a visit high on spectacular optics, but deadly unrest exposes religious tensions that his host is accused of stoking. 700 words 1000 GMT by Jerome Cartillier and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic China-Sweden-rights-court,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese court sentences Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad, prompting Stockholm to call for his release in a case that has rattled diplomatic relations. 600 words 0930 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. File picture. Environment-pollution-health-cancer-Asia-China-India PARIS Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers reports. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy,WRAP ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte blames the management of a hospital in northern Italy for one outbreak of the new coronavirus. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Iran-health-US-sanctions,FOCUS Health-virus-Iran,WRAP TEHRAN Coronavirus claims three more lives in Iran, taking the overall death toll to 15, as President Hassan Rouhani calls for calm and teams of sanitary workers are deployed to disinfect public spaces. 600 words 1000 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-transport BEIJING At a Beijing "disinfection station", a driver for a ride-hailing company is installing a plastic shield between the front and rear seats of his car, one of a series of measures to reassure passengers during the deadly coronavirus outbreak. 400 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-unrest-virus-health,FOCUS HONG KONG The new coronavirus has handed Beijing an unexpected gift -- a comprehensive end to Hong Kong's pro-democracy rallies. But many predict the unrest will reignite once the epidemic fades in a city still seething with popular rage. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi Also moved: US-China-toys-trade-health-virus,FOCUS Health-virus-fbl-JPN-KOR,WRAP TOKYO Japan and South Korea put domestic football on hold as the fast-spreading coronavirus cuts a swathe through sports events across Asia and beyond. 450 words 1030 GMT Entertainment-US-Italy-film-health-virus-Cruise,lead WASHINGTON Production of the latest film in the "Mission: Impossible" series starring Tom Cruise has been stopped in Italy following the coronavirus outbreak. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-CDU,WRAP BERLIN Political heavyweights at Germany's ruling CDU are poised to announce their bids for the crisis-wracked party's top job, in a race pitting a staunch ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel against her nemesis. 500 words 1030 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video Germany-police-probe,WRAP VOLKMARSEN, Germany Authorities in Germany scramble to understand the motives of a man who ploughed his car into a carnival procession, leaving 52 injured, including 18 children, and further unsettling a country rocked by a fatal mass shooting last week. 450 words 1100 GMT by Ina Fassbender with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. Picture Russia-history-defence,WRAP MOSCOW The last marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov, a central figure in events leading up to the collapse of the USSR including the attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, dies in Moscow. 550 words 1000 GMT File Picture Armenia-politics-trial,WRAP YEREVAN Former Armenian president Serzh Sarkisian goes on trial charged with corruption, nearly two years after he was ousted from power by a popular uprising following a decade in office. 600 words 1300 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video France-elections-disability,PROFILE PARIS When the mayor of Arras, a town in northern France, asked her to stand as a candidate in upcoming municipal elections, Eleonore Laloux, who has Down Syndrome, did not hesitate. 800 words 1100 GMT by Antoine Pollez. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,FOCUS TALTUNAH, Syria In a field dotted with olive trees in embattled northwestern Syria, Shamseddeen Darra steps down into the gloomy bomb shelter he and his family now call home. 650 words 1000 GMT by Aref Tammawi. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA, Palestinian Territories Calm returns after a two-day flare-up in and around Gaza as Israel and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad appear to hold fire. 600 words 1000 GMT by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video Israel-Jews-religion-society-vote,FOCUS JERUSALEM As the men wearing long black coats approach, Shmuel, a lapsed member of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, lowers his head to avoid being recognised. 950 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SSudan-conflict-peace,FOCUS JUBA South Sudan's main rivals are once again uncomfortably sharing power, but analysts warn it will be a long and perilous path to peace for the war-ravaged nation. 800 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats take the stage for a debate in South Carolina in what could be the final opportunity for Joe Biden and the party's other presidential candidates to halt Bernie Sanders' drive to the nomination. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File Picture Basket-NBA-Bryant-memorial,WRAP LOS ANGELES A tearful Michael Jordan remembers his "little brother" Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month. 700 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q+A KABUL As the United States and the Taliban stand on the verge of signing a historic deal that would see the Pentagon pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan, questions remain about what happens next. 600 words moved Malaysia-politics,Q&A KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government has collapsed after the resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, which followed a failed bid to form a new coalition aimed at stopping leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim's succession. Here are some details about the political crisis and what could happen next. 700 words 1000 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-Australia-fires-drought PARIS Australia's wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country's forests, making the blazes "globally unprecedented" following a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers say. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Germany-film-festival-protest-politics,FOCUS BERLIN From the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, movies at this year's Berlin film festival portray flight and resistance in the face of political oppression across the globe. 550 words 1000 GMT by David Courbet afp
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