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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 414 0541 -- TOP STORIES -- + Iran signals desire for 'de-escalation' of Mideast tensions + Warring Libya factions agree to ceasefire + Hong Kong denies entry to human rights leader + Scandal-plagued Malta to get new prime minister + Queen, Harry to meet on royal crisis + Serena Williams ends title drought with Auckland win Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran signals it favours "de-escalation" after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States that saw both sides fire missiles and led Tehran to accidentally shoot down a passenger aircraft. 750 words 2000 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Graphic. Video Libya-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP TRIPOLI Both sides in Libya's conflict agree to a ceasefire to end nine months of fighting, following weeks of international diplomacy and calls for a truce by power-brokers Russia and Turkey. 750 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-Haftar,CHRONO HongKong-China-rights,WRAP HONG KONG Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth says he has been denied entry into Hong Kong, where he had arrived to launch the watchdog's annual report after months of civil unrest in the city. 450 words moved. Picture Malta-politics-vote,WRAP VALLETTA Outsider Robert Abela is set to become Malta's new premier after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist. 650 words 2000 GMT by Francoise Kadri. File Picture. Video Britain-royals-Meghan-Harry,lead LONDON Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting on Monday with Prince Harry in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. 450 words moved Tennis-WTA-NZL,3rdlead AUCKLAND Serena Williams ends a three-year title drought and donates her winner's cheque to victims of the Australian bushfires in an emotional WTA Auckland Classic final. 550 words moved. Picture -- IRAN-UKRAINE -- US-Iran-unrest-diplomacy,2ndlead WASHINGTON US Donald Trump warns Iran against killing protesters who have risen up over the regime's downing of a civilian airliner as his defense secretary leaves the door open to talks with Tehran without preconditions. 750 words moved by Jim Mannion. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-politics-strike-pensions-unions,WRAP PARIS A crippling French transport strike drags into its 39th day despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of its pension reform plan that sparked the protest. 650 words 2000 GMT by Marie-Pierre Ferey. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Haiti-quake-economy-10years PORT-AU-PRINCE Haitians pay somber tribute to the thousands who died in the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, as grief mixed with bitterness over failed reconstruction efforts and continuing political instability. 750 words 2000 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture US-retail-fashion-leisure-environment,FOCUS NEW YORK Lindsey Vonn was among the luminaries on hand last month to christen "Big Snow," North America's first indoor ski facility, part of a new $5 billion mega-mall in New Jersey called "American Dream." 800 words 2000 GMT by John Biers. Picture US-China-trade-tariff-dispute,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is set to sign a trade deal with China on Wednesday that he will trumpet as a major victory, but it comes at a steep cost after a two-year standoff between the world's two top economic powers. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou -- MIDDLE EAST -- Oman-royals-politics,ANALYSIS DUBAI The sultanate of Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between rival powers Iran and Saudi Arabia, earned outsize influence under the long reign of the late Sultan Qaboos. After his death, observers say it appears on track to retain its treasured status as a neutral peace-maker. 890 words moved by Shatha Yaish Also moved: Oman-politics-diplomacy -- ASIA -- Taiwan-vote-China-diplomacy,2ndlead BEIJING China denounces officials from the US and other countries for congratulating Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen after her landslide reelection in a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. 550 words moved Also moved: Taiwan-vote-China,ANALYSIS Taiwan-vote-China-diplomacy,lead China-health-virus,SCENE WUHAN, China Wuhan, the Chinese city known as the home of a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed one man and sparked international concern, is not an obvious holiday destination. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture Philippines-volcano-environment,WRAP MANILA Philippine authorities warn an "explosive eruption" of a volcano south of Manila could be imminent, hours after a massive column of ash forces a halt to flights at the capital's main airport. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-Ethiopia-diplomacy,WRAP PRETORIA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has asked South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River. 600 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Auto-Moto-Rally-Dakar,WRAP WADI AD-DAWASIR, Saudi Arabia Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves dies after a crash in the Dakar Rally, the 40-year-old becoming the gruelling motorsport marathon's 25th fatality. 650 words moved by Diane Falconer. Picture Cricket-AUS-fire SYDNEY Cricket greats Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting will come out of retirement to skipper star-studded teams at a charity game to raise money for victims of Australia's bushfires. 300 words moved afp
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