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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Woolls Tel: +1 202 414 0541 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran admits downing Ukraine passenger jet + Rebuke to China as Taiwan president re-elected + New Oman ruler sworn in after Sultan's death + France touts compromise to end pension strike + First death from mystery China pneumonia Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile. 800 words 1930 by Marc Jourdier. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation,POINTS Iran-US-unrest-Iraq,CHRONO Taiwan-vote-China,WRAP TAIPEI Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen wins a landslide election victory as voters deliver a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term. 800 words 2000 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Amber Wang. Picture. Video Also moved: Taiwan-vote-China-HongKong,SCENE Taiwan-vote-China,PROFILE Taiwan-vote-China,FACTS Oman-royals-politics,WRAP MUSCAT Oman's new royal ruler pledges to follow the non-interference policy that made the kingdom a vital regional mediator under his late cousin Sultan Qaboos who reigned for half a century. 700 words moved by Khaled Orabi. Picture. Video France-politics-protest-pensions,WRAP PARIS The French government seeks a compromise to end a weeks-long transport strike against pension reform, offering to withdraw a key proposal on raising the retirement age, but a union heading the action swiftly rejects the move. 750 words 1930 GMT by Mariette Le Roux. Picture China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China A 61-year-old man becomes the first person to die in China from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same family as SARS, which claimed hundreds of lives more than a decade ago, authorities say. 750 words 1930 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video -- IRAN-UKRAINE -- Iran-Ukraine-US-Canada-aviation-Trudeau,FOCUS MONTREAL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demands "full clarity" from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the shootdown of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 57 Canadians, declaring himself "outraged and furious" at the senseless loss of life. 500 words 2030 GMT by Eric Thomas. Picture. Video Iraq-Iran-US-unrest-Ukraine-politics-accident,Q&A PARIS When a Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on January 8, speculation immediately swirled that the only plausible explanation was that it had been shot down by Iran. It took three long days for Tehran to admit that this was the case. 800 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Graphic -- OMAN -- Oman-royals-politics,OBIT MUSCAT Oman's Sultan Qaboos, who has died aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in turmoil. 750 words moved. File picture. File video Oman-royals-politics,PROFILE MUSCAT Sultan Qaboos was Oman's founding father but his successor will be charged with taking the kingdom into the future, driving social and economic reforms under its "Vision 2040". 600 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Oman-royals-politics,COUNTRYFILE -- EUROPE -- Russia-Germany-diplomacy-Iran-Libya-Ukraine,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel call for international efforts to address the escalating crisis in Libya, where an eastern strongman is battling to capture the capital from a UN-recognised government. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Live Video Malta-politics-vote,WRAP VALLETTA Malta's Labour Party votes to elect its leader and the country's new premier after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist. 600 words moved by Francoise Kadri. File picture. Video Britain-NIreland-politics,WRAP BELFAST, United Kingdom Northern Ireland's assembly sits following a three-year suspension after rival nationalist and unionist parties agree to a new power-sharing deal with Brexit looming. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson and James Pheby in London. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Ecuador-environment-Galapagos-animal QUITO Job done, a prolific Galapagos giant tortoise named Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single-handedly saving his species from extinction. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-environment-climate-lifestyle,FOCUS SYDNEY A grim summer of fire and smoke has sullied Australia's outdoorsy and healthy image, and left many fearful for the future. 700 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP India-parliament-discrimination-law-politics KOLKATA, India Thousands of angry protesters take to the streets to tell India's leader he is unwelcome in Kolkata, in the latest rally against a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims. 400 words moved India-environment-politics-construction,WRAP KOCHI, India Two luxury waterfront high-rises in southern India are reduced to rubble in controlled explosions in a rare example of authorities getting tough on builders who break environmental rules. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-Biafra-history-conflict-anniversary,FOCUS LAGOS Dikoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he "didn't know about Biafra until I was 14". 950 words moved by Sophie Bouillon. 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