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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus toll nears 1,500 as US urges more transparency + Justice chief says Trump tweets make job 'impossible' + US in partial Taliban truce, Trump says deal 'close' + Huawei hit with new US charges of trade secrets theft + Love boat: Valentine's Day on quarantine cruise ship China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic nears 1,500 as the White House criticises "a lack of transparency" from Beijing over its handling of the epidemic. 750 words 0200 GMT by Laurent Thomet. 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." 750 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture. File video Afghanistan-US-conflict-Taliban-talks,WRAP BRUSSELS The United States says it has secured a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan that it hopes will allow it to strike a deal with the Taliban, as President Donald Trump said a peace accord was "very close". 550 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video 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. 775 words moved by Rob Lever 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. 550 words 0200 GMT by Richard Carter and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-holiday,FOCUS BEIJING It was supposed to be a whirlwind tour of China for Jiang Lanyi's boyfriend. Instead, she and her Ukrainian partner have spent more than two weeks holed up in her parents' house to avoid the coronavirus. 750 words 0330 GMT by Eva Xiao, Beiyi Seow and Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture 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 0300 GMT by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Rival forces clash in the Libyan capital causing new civilian casualties in the grinding conflict a day after a UN Security Council resolution called for a "lasting ceasefire". 800 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Picture Syria-conflict-Armenia-Turkey-genocide,WRAP DAMASCUS Syria's parliament recognises the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, as tensions run high with Turkey after deadly clashes in northwest Syria. 750 words moved by Rim Haddad. File Picture Yemen-conflict-Saudi,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels says it will put on trial military personnel suspected of being behind deadly air strikes on civilians in Yemen, where the UN has deplored horrific rights violations. 550 words moved by Haitham El-Tabei Also moved: Yemen-conflict-aid-UN-EU,FOCUS Yemen-conflict-UN-health-Jordan,FOCUS 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 0300 GMT by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. 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 0300 GMT by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-government-economy,WRAP LONDON Sajid Javid quits as Britain's finance minister just weeks before the scheduled annual budget statement, in a shock move provoked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's attempts to shake up his cabinet after Brexit. 750 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. File picture. Video. File video Also moved: Britain-politics-government-economy-budget,ANALYSIS Britain-politics-government-economy-Javid,PROFILE Britain-politics-finance-Sunak-India,PROFILE -- AMERICAS -- 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 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 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-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 0130 GMT 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-unrest-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. 800 words 0400 GMT by Nick Perry. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Asia-Japan-China-aviation-manufacturing,FOCUS SINGAPORE Asian plane makers have thrown huge sums at building jets but flagship projects have suffered repeated setbacks, and they face a tough time breaking into a market dominated by established players. 700 words 0330 GMT by Martin Abbugao. Picture 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. 475 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- ENTERTAINMENT & FASHION -- France-entertainment-film-award,Lead PARIS The entire board of the Cesar Academy, France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigns just two weeks ahead of its gala award night after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demanded "profound reform". 400 words 0230 GMT 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 new coronavirus epidemic. 550 words 0400 GMT by Pauline Froissart afp
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