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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Alarm as SARS-like virus spreads in China + Harry's 'great sadness' at ending royal role + China to ban single use plastics + Heavy security for US pro-gun rally + Billionaires 'richer than 60 percent of world population' China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A mysterious SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and reached a third Asian country, authorities say, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration. 750 words 1000 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moving: China-health-virus-travel,SCENE Also moved: Thailand-China-coronavirus-health,Q&A Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Harry voices "great sadness" as he and his wife Meghan bow out of royal life in a historic separation settlement with the Queen. 700 words 1100 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic China-environment-pollution-plastic,lead BEIJING China will ban plastic bags in major cities and single-use straws from restaurants by the end of this year in a bid to cut down on waste. 450 words 0930 GMT. File picture US-politics-demonstration-weapons,WRAP RICHMOND Thousands of gun rights supporters will descend on Richmond, the capital of Virginia, for a rally already under heavy surveillance and a state of emergency declared by authorities fearing violence by far-right groups. 600 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture Davos-summit-diplomacy-economy-Oxfam DAVOS The world's billionaires have doubled in the past decade and are richer than 60 percent of the global population, the charity Oxfam says 350 words moved. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Young Iraqis ramp up their anti-government protests, grappling with security forces to shut streets across the country as a deadline they gave authorities to implement long-awaited reforms expires. 700 words 1130 GMT. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-protest,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's under-fire president is set to hold a crisis meeting with top security officials to discuss rare street violence over the weekend that left hundreds wounded in the protest-hit country. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel-Palestinians,ADVANCER JERUSALEM World leaders are to travel to Israel this week to mark 75 years since the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, the extermination camp where the Nazis killed over a million Jews. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Also moving: History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel-Yad-Vashem,FACTS Iran-politics-protest-artists,FOCUS NICOSIA Iranian artists, athletes and media personalities have lent their voices to recent anti-government protests in the Islamic republic over the accidental downing of a passenger plane that killed 176 people. 600 words 1200 GMT Morocco-culture-Judaism-Islam,FOCUS ESSAOUIRA, Morocco In the old Jewish quarter of Morocco's coastal city of Essaouira, a newly-opened "House of Memory" has been dedicated to the historic coexistence of its Jewish and Muslim communities. 550 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia-trial-police,WRAP BARCELONA The former police chief of Catalonia goes on trial over his role in the region's failed 2017 independence bid in a move that risks fanning tensions with Catalan separatists. 600 words 1030 GMT by Diego Urdaneta. Picture. Video Cyprus-Turkey-energy-diplomacy,ANALYSIS NICOSIA Striving to extend its influence in the eastern Mediterranean where tensions revolve around energy resources, Turkey sees Cyprus as the weakest link in a regional alliance buffering Ankara's ambitions, analysts say. 750 words moved by Charlie Charalambous. Picture Greece-crime-women,FOCUS ATHENS The gang rape and murder of 21-year-old Eleni Topaloudi shocked Greeks so much that the country may now be turning a corner in tackling the scourge of femicide. 700 words moved by Helen Colliopoulou. Picture. Video Spain-Germany-Haribo-confectionary-alcohol-offbeat,FOCUS MADRID Ander Mendez and his friends were hoping they'd struck it rich when they came up with the idea of selling alcohol-infused gummy bears -- until they found themselves in the sights of sweet giant Haribo. 700 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture -- AFRICA -- Angola-Britain-politics-corruption,WRAP LONDON An award-winning investigative team publishes a trove of files allegedly showing how Africa's richest woman syphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into offshore accounts. 550 words moved -- AUSTRALIA WEATHER -- Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Thunderstorms and giant hail batter parts of Australia's east coast after "apocalyptic" dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas, as extreme weather patterns collide in the bushfire-fatigued country. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-environment-fire-animal,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's bushfires and other climate change effects are devastating the habitats of critically endangered species and driving the native platypus towards extinction, according to surveys highlighting the country's vulnerability to rising temperatures. 650 words moved by David Millikin. Graphic. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-media-election WASHINGTON The New York Times endorses Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination, its first time choosing two candidates. 400 words moved. File picture. File video Canada-China-US-court-extradition VANCOUVER A senior Huawei executive whose arrest in Vancouver led to a breakdown in Canada-China relations heads to court to fight extradition to the United States. 750 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka make lightning starts before rain halts day one of the Australian Open, causing further chaos after a build-up hit by haze from raging bushfires. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture Amfoot-NFL LOS ANGELES Patrick Mahomes ends the Kansas City Chiefs' 50-year wait for a return to the Super Bowl as the San Francisco 49ers rout the Green Bay Packers to advance to next month's NFL showpiece. 750 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture -- SPACE --- US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON SpaceX successfully tests its emergency abort system on an unmanned spacecraft moments after launch, the last major test before it plans to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. 500 words moved. Picture. Live video -- DAVOS SUMMIT -- Davos-diplomacy-economy,FOCUS PARIS Like others approaching middle age, the World Economic Forum turns 50 insisting it has matured, that it has moved on from hard partying and wants more meaningful relationships. 650 words moved by Aurelia End -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-television-SAG,WRAP LOS ANGELES "Parasite" shocks the Screen Actors Guild Awards by landing the night's top prize, a historic win which thrusts the South Korean black comedy into Oscars contention. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video afp
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