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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Woolls Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Xi: virus China's biggest health emergency + Virus death toll climbs in Iran + Armani takes Milan show behind close doors + Trump heads to India to meet Modi China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China's leader says the new-coronavirus epidemic is the communist country's largest-ever public health emergency, as the deadly outbreak continues its relentless global march. 800 words 2000 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving China-health-virus-Italy,SCENE-lead; China-health-virus,FACTS moved China-health-virus-Iran,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus rises to eight, the highest outside China, sending neighbouring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak. 700 words moved. Picture. Video China-virus-health-Italy-fashion,lead 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. 400 words moved. Picture India-US-diplomacy-politics-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has left for India, buoyed by disarray among his Democratic opponents and predicting that "many millions" will greet him on a lightning visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-SKorea,WRAP SEOUL South Korea raises its alert on the new coronavirus to the highest level after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. 750 words moved Saudi-G20-IMF-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warns, as G20 financial chiefs voice "real concern" over its economic ripple effects. 550 words moved by Anuj Chopra. 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 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 Also moved: hina-health-virus-economy-tourism,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in Nevada's Democratic nominating contest has scattered the progressive's moderate challengers and injects his White House campaign with a fresh burst of momentum. 800 words 2000 GMT by Andrew Marszal with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture, Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-Hamburg-vote, WRAP HAMBURG Voters in city-state Hamburg punish Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis-racked conservatives and eject the far right from parliament in a regional election, after weeks of political turmoil across Germany. 700 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Bronst with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. Picture. -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote-virus,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's conservatives claim victory in a general election marked by the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid public anger against the government, an economic downturn and the disqualification of half the candidates. 700 words moved by Abhik Kumar Chanda. Picture. Video Iran-quake-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran on kills nine people, including children, in neighbouring Turkey and injures dozens on both sides of the border, authorities say. 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan and Ahmad Parhizi in Tehran. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP JERUSALEM, Undefined Around 20 rockets and mortars are fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip, in a new flareup a week ahead of a general election in the Jewish state. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Yemen-US-AQAP-conflict,2ndLEAD DUBAI Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirms the death of its leader Qassim al-Rimi and appoints a successor, the SITE monitor says, weeks after the US said it had "eliminated" him. 550 words moved. -- AFRICA -- Togo-vote,WRAP LOME Togo tallies ballots after a key challenger insists he could cause a shock upset despite what he claims was "fraud" in an election President Faure Gnassingbe is widely expected to win. 550 words moved by Emile Kouton and Celia Lebur. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- US-India-Trump-diplomacy-trade,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to welcome his US counterpart Donald Trump to India with a massive rally on Monday, kicking off a two-day visit likely to be more about pomp and ceremony than concrete agreements. 600 words 2100 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video 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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