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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump's legal team demand immediate acquittal + China confirms new virus spreading between humans + Trump, Thunberg present duelling visions at Davos + Prince Harry leaves UK to rejoin Meghan in Canada US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's lawyers submit a trial brief calling his impeachment by the House "a dangerous perversion" of the US constitution and demanding his immediate acquittal by the Senate. 800 words 0130 GMT by Brian Knowlton. File Picture. Picture We will also move: US-politics-impeachment-trial-process,FACTS China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China confirms a new SARS-like respiratory virus is spreading between humans as the World Health Organization says it will consider declaring the outbreak an international public health emergency. 600 words 0200 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic. Davos-summit-diplomacy-economy-climate,WRAP DAVOS, Switzerland The starkly opposed visions of US President Donald Trump and Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg on climate change will clash in Davos as the World Economic Forum tries to face up to the perils of global warming on its 50th meeting. 750 words 0200 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry leaves the UK to rejoin his wife Meghan and son Archie in Canada, British media report, as the couple start a new life after their shock exit from the royal fold. 750 words 0230 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Also moved: Britain-royals-celebrity-income,Q&A -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-lunar,FOCUS HONG KONG Protest-themed Lunar New Year fairs have sprung up across Hong Kong to raise money and morale for the city's pro-democracy movement despite stiff resistance from local authorities and pro-Beijing politicians. 650 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER, Canada The Huawei telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations fights extradition to the United States, with her lawyers telling a court the accusations against her "a fiction." 800 words 0200 GMT by Michel Comte. Picture. Video. Graphics Colombia-Venezuela-US-politics,WRAP BOGOTA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for cooperation in the struggle to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office amid a long-running crisis in the South American country. 700 words moved by Alina Dieste and Hector Velasco. Picture. Video. Mexico-CentrAm-US-migration-politics,WRAP CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan try to storm into Mexico by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, as National Guardsmen fire tear gas to force them back. 500 words moved by Gabriela Coutino, with Henry Morales in Tecun Uman, Guatemala. Picture. Video US-politics-demonstration-weapons,WRAP RICHMOND, Virginia Several thousand gun rights activists rally peacefully near the Virginia state capitol under heavy surveillance and a state of emergency declared by authorities fearing violence by far-right groups. 750 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Three Iraqi protesters are killed in the capital as thousands of anti-government demonstrators sought to shut streets across the country on their deadline for authorities to implement long-awaited reforms. 850 words moved. Video. Picture Libya-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS BERLIN A peaceful solution to Libya's protracted conflict remains uncertain despite an international agreement struck in Germany, analysts say, as a fragile ceasefire between warring factions brought only a temporary truce. 850 words moved by Imed Lamloum with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin moves quickly to push through an overhaul of Russia's political system that has fuelled speculation over his ambitions after his term expires. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas and Anna Smolchenko -- AFRICA -- Angola-Britain-corruption-politics,WRAP LUANDA Angolan prosecutors vow to use "all possible" means to bring back Isabel dos Santos, the former president's billionaire daughter, after thousands of leaked documents revealed new allegations she siphoned off hundreds of millions in public money. 900 words moved by Daniel Garelo Pensador with James Pheby in London. Video. File picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-Tokyo,ADVANCER TOKYO Uncertainty over Russia's participation for the third consecutive Olympics and concerns over the heat hang heavy over Tokyo 2020 preparations, with only six months until the opening ceremony. 700 words 0200 GMT by Richard Carter. Picture. File Video. Graphics Also moving: Oly-2020-Tokyo-JPN-sports,POINTS Oly-2020-Tokyo-JPN-hopes,POINTS -- Please see our separate advisory for full filing plan -- afp
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