Indeed - and the registration of this new T List entry on 8/1/18 was preceded on 1/11/17 by Mali's government adding 2 of those previously separate T List entries - "L'Arche de Kamandjam" and "Le Kambalon" - to Mali's List of National Cultural Heritage. Presumably these 2 actions so close together are connected. This report however indicates that there is plenty to do to protect them -
"Malgré leur inscription à cet inventaire, les deux sites font l'objet de diverses menaces, notamment l'urbanisation anarchique, la spéculation foncière, l'utilisation inappropriée des abords immédiats et l'érosion hydrique."
So, with all these problems to address, it doesn't look as if the new serial T List entry is likely to be put forward in the near future - but it would certainly seem to be being actively progressed -
See - https://www.lechallenger.com/protection-de-site-historique-larche-de-kamandjan-et-du- kamablon-classe-patrimoine-culturel-national/
I note also that a much earlier T List entry from 8/9/99 titled "Kamablon" is still present on Mali's T List. Presumably an example of "double counting"? See http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1347/

Finally - I note that the 3rd site which has been removed from Mali's T List to become a part of the new serial entry - "Le site de Kurukan Fuga (2009)" - is directly related to one of Mali's inscribed Intangible Heritage entries titled "The Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga" which was also inscribed in 2009. See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouroukan_Fouga

Canada is urging Ireland to update their Tentative list in regards to Valentia Island. However, the "Department of Heritage, Culture and the Gaeltacht is not expected to update Ireland's Tentative List before 2020."

One wonders what type of update will happen in 2020, considering Ireland has zero inscriptions since 1996. Nor has any sites progressed from their 2010 tentative list update.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/canada-seeks-unesco-world-heritage-status-for-va lentia-island-465762.html

Denmark's THE TRELLEBORG FORTRESSES has been replaced with:

Viking Age Ring Fortresses (Denmark)

Removed from Tentative List (4)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Germany)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire : Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Austria)
Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (Slovakia)

They only seem to have changed the name: it was Industrial Heritage of Iranian Railway (year has stayed 2017)

An update from Paraguay.

Paraguayan Pantanal (17/01/2018) Paraguay
Railway Complex and English Village of Sapucai (17/01/2018) Paraguay

Cultural Itinerary of Francis Xavier (Spain) : Removed
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qY72zPNggaEJ:whc.unesco.org/en/t entativelists/1534/+&cd=1&hl=fr&ct=clnk&gl=fr

3 new nominations have been posted.

Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace (29/01/2018) Bulgaria

The Wine in Iberia (05/02/2018) Spain
Cíes Islands–Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (05/02/2018) Spain

I think this will replace the old Ancient Plovdiv tentative site - the scope has been narrowed down

I noticed that Franckesche Stiftungen is still listed for 2020. Most German sources seem to claim it has been pulled and will not be resubmitted.

https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/nach-rueckzug-von-unesco-welterbe-bewerbung-franckesche- stiftungen-brauchen-neue-ziele-23462410
https://www.swp.de/unterhaltung/kultur/franckesche-stiftungen_-kein-unesco-welterbe-2 2501025.html

Major update from Dominican Republic

Archaeological and Historical National Park of the Villa of La Isabela, Puerto Plata DROPPED
Boca De Nigua Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] DROPPED
Parque Nacional del Este DROPPED
The Ancient Big House of Palavé [Ruta de Los Ingenios] DROPPED
The Ancient Diego Caballero Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] DROPPED
The Sugar Mill of Engombe [Ruta de Los Ingenios] DROPPED
Jaragua National Park UPDATED

NEW Tentative List (Dominican Republic)
Parque Nacional Cotubanamá (05/02/2018)
Parque Nacional Jaragua (02/05/2018)
Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América (05/02/2018)
Arte Rupestre Prehispánico en República Dominicana (05/02/2018)
Santuario de Mamíferos Marinos Bancos de La Plata y Navidad (05/02/2018)
Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela (05/02/2018)

In order to keep our "History" of T List sites "correct" - it might be worth pointing out that NONE of the above 6 sites from the previous Dominican Republic T List has really been "DROPPED". Rather they have been renamed or amalgamated.

"Archaeological and Historical National Park of the Villa of La Isabela, Puerto Plata" has become "Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela"
This site just will NOT lie down!!! It was first nominated (and rejected for reasons which would be regarded as totally spurious nowadays) way back in 1989!!! See - http://whc.unesco.org/document/153666

"Parque Nacional del Este" has become "Parque Nacional Cotubanamá" . Ref the UNESCO entry - "Cotubanamá National Park (also known as East National Park) is part of the National System of Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic; ...........Through Law 519-14 of October 2014, the park changed its name in honour of the cacique Cotubanamá who governed the area to which the park belongs and confronted the Spaniards in the conquest."

Boca De Nigua Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios], The Ancient Big House of Palavé [Ruta de Los Ingenios], The Ancient Diego Caballero Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] and The Sugar Mill of Engombe [Ruta de Los Ingenios] are all elements of "Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América"

If someone could find the exact locations for 4 of the 5 locations of this new TWHS, that would be great:
José María Cave and Ramoncito Cave in the National Park of the East, province of La Altagracia
Ferrocarril cave in Los Haitises National Park, province of Hato Mayor;
La Colmena Cave in the Jaragua National Park, province of Pedernales.