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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadliest day for China in virus fight + Democrats' last push against Trump acquittal + US hails Brexit 'benefits' on eve of divorce + French cardinal cleared of abuse cover-up + Djokovic powers into Australian Open final China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China China reports its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths, as global fears deepen with more infections confirmed overseas including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak's epicentre. 850 words 2100 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Already moved: China-health-virus,CHRONO China-health-virus-aviation-transport China-health-virus-world-economy,FACTS US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats warn that acquitting President Donald Trump of abuse-of-power charges in his impeachment trial would be the "normalization of lawlessness." 700 words 2200 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-Trump,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-US-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo predicts that Brexit would bring "enormous benefits" to the United States and the UK, during a visit to Britain on the eve of its historic departure from the European Union. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video France-Vatican-religion-children-abuse,WRAP LYON A French appeals court overturns a cardinal's conviction for shielding an alleged child-molesting priest in a case that fuelled accusations of a Catholic Church coverup of sex abuse by clerics. 700 words 2000 GMT Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic beats an injured Roger Federer in straight sets to reach his eighth Australian Open final as unheralded American Sofia Kenin stuns top seed Ashleigh Barty to end home hopes. 500 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-Italy,WRAP CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy Two Chinese cruise ship passengers isolated for fear they were carrying the coronavirus have tested negative, Italian authorities say, meaning thousands of stranded passengers will be able to disembark. 700 words 2000 GMT by Sonia Logre with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic China-health-virus-barricades,SCENE BEIJING Villages and apartment complexes across China are taking the fight against a deadly viral epidemic into their own hands with improvised barricades and the online shaming of potentially-infected strangers. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture Also moved: China-health-virus-HongKong,SCENE China-virus-health-internet-factcheck,FOCUS HONG KONG Misleading bat soup videos, vastly inflated death tolls, quack remedies and vaccine conspiracies -- a global deluge of misinformation is compounding public fears about China's new coronavirus and stoking racial stereotypes. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Esther Chan China-health-virus-Thailand-Pakistan-Myanmar-Indonesia,FOCUS WUHAN, China Pregnant, newly wed and now trapped at the Chinese epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya is among thousands of foreigners desperate to escape -- and watching helplessly as the US and Japan fly their citizens home. 600 words moved by Hector Retamal. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Iowa-politics,WRAP WAUKEE, Iowa Joe Biden went on the attack Thursday against Donald Trump, as the Democratic frontrunner campaigned in Iowa hours before the US president jets in to divert attention ahead of the state's first-in-the-nation vote. 750 words 2200 GMT by Jim Watson, with Elodie Cuzin in Des Moines. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote,FACTS US-vote-Iowa-volunteers,FOCUS DES MOINES, Iowa In the snow and bitter cold of an Iowa winter, thousands of volunteers from across the United States knock on doors and tout their candidate for next week's Democratic primary, their unpaid labor a testimony to how crucial they believe the vote is likely to be. 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-health-insurance-Canada,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Germany-health-children-hospital-crime,WRAP FRANKFURT A nurse in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning five premature babies with morphine, officials say, adding that the infants survived. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Brazil-France-environment-Amazon-Yanomami,INTERVIEW PARIS Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro does not understand the Amazon or like the people who live in it, claims the leader of the Yanomami people. 700 words moved by Jean-Louse de la Vaissiere and Stephane Orjollet. Picture. Video France-sex-lifestyle-fashion,PHOTOESSAY PARIS Some may claim Paris has lost its edge; the taste for boundary-breaking excess that inspired bohemians and intellectuals in the 1960s and beyond. But the French capital is in constant flux, adapting to the desires of those seeking something more titillating than bar-and-nightclub fare. 650 words moved by Gersende Rambourg and Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Air strikes kill 10 civilians near a bakery and a medical clinic in Syria's rebel-held Idlib region as government forces press a fierce ground offensive. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-US-coalition,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq's security forces have resumed operations with the US-led coalition to fight Islamic State group sleeper cells, the global alliance says, after tensions led to a more than three-week pause. 700 words moved Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,WRAP JERUSALEM Questions surface over whether Israel will immediately seek to annex parts of the West Bank, after US President Donald Trump's controversial peace plan called for extending Israeli sovereignty into the area. 770 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-Israel-diplomacy-crime-pardon,WRAP TEL AVIV A US-Israeli woman jailed for drug trafficking in Russia flies into Tel Aviv with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after being pardoned by President Vladimir Putin. 600 words moved by Nir Kafri with Olga Rotenberg in Moscow. Picture. File Picture. File video -- AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-diplomacy,UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS A UN envoy accuses foreign actors of continuing to meddle in Libya's conflict, in violation of commitments made at an international summit in Berlin this month. 500 words 2000 GMT by Philippe Rater. -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-growth-indicator-GDP,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy expanded by a solid 2.3 percent in 2019, but was held back by President Donald Trump's trade confrontation with China and others, which made businesses hold off on investments and reduced exports. 550 words by 2000 GMT by Delphine Touitou US-IT-lifestyle-earnings-Facebook,FOCUS WASHINGTON Facebook shares come under heavy selling pressure as the latest earnings report highlight growing costs for the social network in dealing with privacy, abuse and misinformation. 600 words moved by Rob Lever with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco afp
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