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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China virus toll nears 1,400 + US justice chief lashes out at Trump + Antarctic temperatures hit over 20 C + 'French Oscars' board quits after Polanski row + Indonesia says no to Valentine's Day China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from China's virus epidemic nears 1,400 with six medical workers among the victims, underscoring the country's struggle to contain a deepening health crisis. 750 words 1000 GMT by Laurent Thomet and Eva Xiao. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US Attorney General Bill Barr delivers a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department "impossible." 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture. File video Environment-climate-Antarctica-Brazil,lead SAO PAULO Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher says. 350 words moved Entertainment-France-film-Cesar,WRAP PARIS The entire board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigns just two weeks ahead of its gala ceremony after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demand "profound reform". 600 words 1200 GMT by Aurelie Mayembo Indonesia-Valentine-lifestyle-religion MAKASSAR, Indonesia Indonesia wasn't feeling the love for Valentine's Day as authorities arrested couples in one city, scolded stores over condom displays and warned students they would be reprimanded for amorous activities. 400 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Cambodia-cruise,WRAP SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia Passengers on a cruise ship that was turned away from ports around Asia over fears they could be carrying the new coronavirus finally begin disembarking in Cambodia. 500 words moved by Suy Se. Picture. Video China-health-Japan-ship-virus,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan Japan begins allowing elderly passengers who test negative for the new coronavirus to leave a quarantined cruise ship and finish their isolation in government-designated lodging. 750 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama with Natsuko Fukue in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus-holiday,FOCUS BEIJING Love in the time of coronavirus: Couples around China are settling for a quiet Valentine's Day this year, with COVID-19 intruding as an unwelcome third-wheel in romantic celebrations. 800 words moved by Eva Xiao, Beiyi Seow and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Graphic. China-health-virus-Japan-ship-Valentines,SCENE TOKYO "Cupid's avocado" for dinner, heart-shaped messages for the crew, but also painful separation: for those trapped on board the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, Friday is no ordinary Valentine's Day. 600 words moved by Richard Carter and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Fbl-Asia-CHN,FOCUS HONG KONG The new coronavirus has scattered Chinese football clubs across the globe, with homesick players training for a season that has no start date and teams from other countries too scared to play them. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-politics-vote-sex,WRAP PARIS Emmanuel Macron's candidate for Paris mayor, Benjamin Griveaux, withdraws from the race over a leaked sex video, in a blow for the French president's party ahead of local elections in March. 500 words 1000 GMT by Ambre Tosunoglu. Picture. Video Montenegro-Serbia-church-politics,INTERVIEW PODGORICA Montenegro needs its own Orthodox church to cement its identity and ward off meddling from Serbia, President Milo Djukanovic tells AFP as tensions seethe over who controls a faith shared by both countries. 650 words 1100 GMT by Emmy Varley and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Israel-Iran,WRAP BEIRUT Israeli strikes on Damascus airport kill seven fighters, a war monitor says, the latest in a string of attacks targeting Iran's military presence in Syria. 500 words 1100 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Rim Haddad in Damascus. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-weaponry-balloons,FOCUS BUREIJI, Palestinian Territories As the bunch of brightly coloured balloons floated into Gaza's evening sky, there was a piercing crackle of gunfire. 700 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-telecom-court-China-Huawei,WRAP WASHINGTON Chinese tech giant Huawei is hit with fresh US criminal charges alleging a "decades-long" effort to steal trade secrets from American companies. 800 words moved by Rob Lever US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein's defense team urges jurors to be "unpopular" and acquit the ex-Hollywood titan of rape and predatory sexual assault charges, suggesting he was a victim of the #MeToo movement. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video US-Iran-politics-Congress-defense,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate votes to rein in President Donald Trump from attacking Iran, sharply rebuking his foreign policy despite a week earlier acquitting him in his impeachment trial. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-politics-vote-Bloomberg HOUSTON, United States US billionaire Michael Bloomberg begins his charm offensive to convince black voters -- who hold substantial power in Democratic politics -- that he is the right candidate to take on President Donald Trump in November. 600 words 1000 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-finance,FOCUS WASHINGTON They're flooding the airwaves with campaign ads targeting Donald Trump and paying for them with their own money. Billionaires Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in their efforts to win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture. File video US-politics-immigration-defence-budgets,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US Defense Department says it is shifting another $3.8 billion towards paying for a wall on the US-Mexico border as President Donald Trump extends his "national emergency" declaration over unlawful migration for another year. 550 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture -- AFRICA -- SSudan-conflict-peace,FOCUS MAPEL, South Sudan At a remote and spartan bush barracks in South Sudan, a motley collection of government soldiers and their rebel enemies chanted in unison, raising their mock wooden guns to the sky. "South Sudan! Victory!" they cried out, as women ululated. 850 words moved by Nick Perry. Picture. Video Fbl-NGR-corruption-Nigeria,FOCUS ABUJA In his playing heydey Taribo West was a tough-tackling defender taking on the best strikers in Italy's Serie A with his trademark shock of brightly-coloured braids. Now the former Inter Milan and AC Milan player is one of several ex-Nigeria national team stars and officials on a crusade to stamp out the corruption eating away at the game in his West African homeland. 700 words moved by Samm Audu. Picture -- BUSINESS -- US-IT-politics-military-Amazon-Microsoft,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge temporarily blocks the US military from awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, after Amazon claimed the process was tainted by politics. 500 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- CLIMATE -- Climate-Morocco-oasis-drought,FOCUS SKOURA, Morocco Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned adobe house in Morocco's arid southeast, as drought threatens ancient oases. 600 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Britain-London-fashion,WRAP LONDON London Fashion Week kicks off with more than 60 shows over five days, including much-anticipated offerings from Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger, but with participation dented by the novel coronavirus epidemic. 550 words moved by Pauline Froissart AFP
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