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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China's isolation grows as virus toll hits 259 + Britain begins uncertain future outside the EU + Palestinian leader cuts all ties with US and Israel + Trump set for acquittal after witnesses blocked + Kenin stuns Muguruza to win Australian Open China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China faces deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic as the death toll soared to 259, with the United States leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans. 800 words 1500 GMT by Eva Xiao. Video. Picture. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain begins an uncertain future outside the European Union after the country greeted the historic end to almost half a century of EU membership with a mixture of joy and sadness. 850 words 1530 GMT by Joe Jackson in London, Marc Burleigh in Brussels and Joe Stenson in Belfast. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics. Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-Eurostar,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,WRAP CAIRO Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas announces a cut of all ties with Israel and the United States, including security cooperation, after Washington unveils a controversial Middle East plan seen as favouring Israel. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump claims his polling numbers are up after the US Senate paved the way for his acquittal next week on impeachment charges of abuse of power. 600 words 1600 GMT by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video. Graphic Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE America's Sofia Kenin stuns two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open, completing a surprise run where she has come from nowhere to win her first Grand Slam title. 500 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza-Kenin,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-history-SARS,FACTS BEIJING The SARS virus killed nearly 800 people worldwide, with the Chinese government drawing condemnation for attempting to cover up the outbreak -- but dramatic lifestyle changes mean the current epidemic is shaping up differently. 600 words moved Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Africa-coronavirus-China,FOCUS DAKAR African countries are scrambling to avert an outbreak of the rapidly spreading coronavirus strain, as health officials warn that the poorest countries are not equipped to combat the deadly disease. 850 words 1500 GMT by Emmet Livingstone with AFP's Africa bureaux. Picture -- BREXIT -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-citizenship,FOCUS PLAZAC, France After 27 years in France, Mark Lawrence feels at home in his corner of the country, so it was quite a shock for the 48-year-old British carpenter and father of four when French authorities refused his post-Brexit citizenship request. 650 words moved by Benoit Petit. Picture. Video Britain-Brexit-Spain-politics,SCENE TORREVIEJA, Spain British retirees living on Spain's sun-splashed eastern coast express resignation and worry over their futures after Britain became the first country to quit the European Union. 600 words moved by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-celebration Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Yorkshire,SCENE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-media Britain-EU-Brexit,SCENE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-enlargement,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-crises,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-withdrawal,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-history,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Belarus-US-diplomacy,lead MINSK US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for "real progress" in relations between the United States and Belarus, as he meets the country's president Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-protests,WRAP BAGHDAD A deadline set by Iraq's president for parliament to name a new premier is set to expire amid renewed pressure from followers of influential cleric Moqtada Sadr, who flooded the streets. 750 words 1530 by Ammar Karim. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE SARAQEB Syrian father of four Wael clambers up a pile of rubble, bidding farewell to what remains of his devastated hometown Saraqeb, after all his neighbours fled advancing government troops. 650 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy-Arab,FOCUS UMM AL-FAHM, Israel In the Israeli Arab town of Umm al-Fahm residents are scared and angry over US President Donald Trump's peace plan which sees them as part of a future Palestinian state. 750 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh and Maude Petel-Legare. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Iowa,WRAP CLINTON, Iowa US Democratic Party candidates vying to take on Donald Trump in November elections kick off a final frenetic weekend of campaigning before Iowa state's all-important nomination caucuses. 700 words 1700 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video. Graphic US-military-landmines,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's administration lifts restrictions on landmines, saying new technology made them safer, outraging campaigners for the abolition of the explosives that maim thousands of civilians each year. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-immigration-diplomacy-travel,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump slaps immigration restrictions on citizens of six countries including Nigeria, in addition to the list of nations already targeted by his controversial travel ban. 600 words moved by Ariela Navarro and Francesco Fontemaggi -- AFRICA -- Malawi-election-politics,ADVANCER BLANTYRE, Malawi Malawi's constitutional court is set to rule next week on whether to annul controversial election results that saw the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, a much-awaited verdict widely expected to stoke turmoil. 700 words moved by Jack McBrams. File picture -- LITERATURE -- US-author-Clark,OBIT WASHINGTON Bestselling American author and self-styled "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark dies, her publisher announces. She was 92. 500 words moved. File picture US-literature-immigration-drugs-migration-Mexico,FOCUS NEW YORK Hailed by luminaries such as Stephen King and Oprah Winfrey, "American Dirt" was touted as the next "great American novel", bought for a seven-figure advance, backed by aggressive marketing and launched last week to great fanfare. Instead of glory, however, author Jeanine Cummins finds herself at the heart of a cultural maelstrom. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-pollution-ocean-plastic-textile,FOCUS PARIS From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere. 750 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois Ecuador-Galapagos-environment-animal QUITO A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands has discovered a tortoise with a "strong" genetic link to a presumed-extinct subspecies made famous by the popular Lonesome George, national park officials say. 250 words moved -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Thiem,PREVIEW MELBOURNE "King" Novak Djokovic has won all seven Australian Open finals he has contested, he is on a 12-match win streak and will become world number one if successful in the Melbourne Park decider on Sunday. Against those overwhelming odds, few are giving Dominic Thiem much of a chance. But the Austrian, remarkably, is the one with the edge. 600 words moved by Martin Parry. Graphic Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Thiem,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic,FOCUS MELBOURNE A strict vegetarian diet, a spiritual guru and family hugging sessions are among the unusual ways Novak Djokovic has turned himself into the most feared tennis player on the planet. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture. Graphic afp
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