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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Second Trump impeachment trial begins + Myanmar military tightens its grip + Clock ticking for India flood rescue + Europe tackles stumbling vaccine roll-out + You lying dog: Pets 'deceive their owners' US-politics-impeachment-trial,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers prosecuting Donald Trump are set to detail their case against him in a longshot bid to convince skeptical Republican senators they should impeach the former president. 700 words 0600 GMT by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-trial,FACTS Also moving: US-politics-impeachment-conviction,POINTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military tightened its post-coup grip on power, stepping up a campaign of intimidation against the ousted civilian leadership while pushing harsher tactics as a fifth consecutive day of nationwide demonstrations began. 650 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. India-climate-glacier-flood,WRAP TAPOVAN, India Time is running out to save dozens of people trapped inside a tunnel three days after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a glacier burst in India's Himalayan north, officials say. 500 words 0730 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Commission chief prepares to defend a stumbling vaccine rollout before the EU parliament, as Greece orders a tightened lockdown around its capital, reflecting the pandemic's grip on the continent. 700 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Science-animals-dogs WASHINGTON Pet dogs are far more likely to play with one another when their owner is present and being attentive, according to a new study, raising the intriguing possibility that they are putting on a show for our benefit. 450 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Japan-entertainment-games,FOCUS TOKYO Bright, noisy gaming arcades are still a neighbourhood fixture in much of Japan, but a sector that was already struggling fears virus restrictions on opening hours may mean 'game over'. 700 words moved by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video HongKong-environment-animal-LunarNewYear,FOCUS HONG KONG While many hope the Year of the Ox will herald times of plenty, a herd of wild cows in Hong Kong is on the verge of starvation after visitors to their habitat surged during the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Graphic Tunisia-tourism-pipes,FOCUS TABARKA, Tunisia Bent over a century-old machine, Tunisia's sole artisan pipe-maker Anis Bouchnak carves smoking pipes from native briar wood, a craft passed down by his grandfather and father. 650 words moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- TRUMP IMPEACHMENT -- US-politics-impeachment-trial-Senate,SCENE WASHINGTON With footage of a pro-Trump mob storming the US Capitol playing out in their chamber, US senators sit transfixed before the shocking images that dominate the start of the former president's impeachment trial. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. video US-politics-impeachment-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON Among the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and hardcore fans of Donald Trump, the message was out weeks ahead: Trump wants you in Washington on January 6 to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president. 750 words moved by Paul Handley US-politics-impeachment-trial-silence,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump's second impeachment trial may be the talk of America but a few people, at least, are mum so far, for very different reasons -- Trump himself, and his successor, President Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-WHO,FACTS WUHAN The closely-watched WHO mission to China ended without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed over 2.3 million worldwide - but they did open new lines of inquiry, some appearing to chime with Beijing's view that the virus started overseas. 650 words by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video. Live video. Health-virus-Estonia,FOCUS TALLINN Could a QR code open up the world? That is the question in Estonia as it takes a lead in global efforts to develop digital vaccine passports. 650 words moved by Polina Kalantar. File picture Health-virus-Belgium-Valentine-hotel-dining-lifestyle,FOCUS BRUSSELS It's a Covid-era conundrum for Valentine's Day: how to eat out with your beloved when you live in a country where all restaurants are closed? 650 words moved by Marc Burleigh. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-aviation-basketball-Bryant-NTSB,WRAP WASHINGTON The helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six other passengers was probably caused by the pilot becoming disoriented after flying into clouds, investigators say. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-IT-lifestyle-earnings-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Twitter says its user base jumped to 192 million in the quarter marked by US presidential election turmoil and a battle against misinformation. 500 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- ASIA -- Indonesia-accident-aviation,LEAD JAKARTA Indonesian transport safety regulators release their preliminary report on the crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, which plunged into waters off Jakarta shortly after takeoff, killing all 62 passengers and crew. 550 words 0800 GMT by Dessy Sagita. Picture. Video. -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-climate-insects,FOCUS BERLIN The German government is set to unveil legislation to halt a dramatic decline in insect populations, but farmers are up in arms over measures they say threaten their livelihoods. 600 words moved by Florian Cazeres. Picture Norway-US-Arctic-defence-diplomacy,FOCUS OSLO The United States is deploying long-range B-1 bombers to Norway to train in the strategically important High North in a new show of force unseen in the region since the Cold War. 800 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes with Maria Panina in Moscow and Sylvie Lanteaume in Washington. File video. File picture -- AFRICA -- Kenya-unrest-politics,FOCUS NAIROBI Schools are shut, travel has become risky because of armed attacks, and cellphone towers are regularly destroyed. In the vast, arid northern corner of Kenya, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia, frustration is boiling over due to the growing strength of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab jihadist group in the region. 800 words moved by Fran Blandy. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Kirby,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES Vanessa Kirby shot to global fame as young Princess Margaret in "The Crown." In "The World to Come," the English actress plays another complex and passionate woman grappling with the impossible pressures and conventions of her era -- this time, the 19th-century US frontier. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Novak Djokovic resumes his bid for an unmatched ninth Australian Open title as Serena Williams strolls into the third round in search of a record-equalling 24th major crown. 600 words 0700 GMT. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,SCENE MELBOURNE, Australia The usual Australian Open experience, with tens of thousands of excited fans streaming into Melbourne Park, is just a memory this year as the coronavirus puts a dampener on the opening Grand Slam of the year. 650 words 0300 GMT by Martin Parry. Picture Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO Judith Gurney is desperate to know if she is going to the Tokyo Olympics, not as an athlete, but one of thousands of foreign volunteers left in limbo by virus uncertainty. 650 words moved by Katie Forster. File picture afp
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