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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China coronavirus death toll surges past 300 + Britain gears up for gruelling post-Brexit EU talks + Democrats make final pitches before Iowa showdown + New era beckons with Chiefs, 49ers Super Bowl clash + 'Joker', '1917' tipped to win big at Baftas China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from China's virus epidemic leaps past 300 as a dangerous new phase of the battle begins with masses of people travelling across the nation after an extended Lunar New Year holiday. 800 words 0230 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain begins an uncertain future outside the European Union and gears up for likely gruelling negotiations on future relations with the EU after the historic end to almost half a century of membership. 850 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics We are also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FACTS US-politics-election,WRAP IOWA CITY, United States Democratic presidential contenders bolt into the final hours of campaigning in Iowa, the first state to vote in the party's nominating process, where no handshake or moment of face time is too insignificant. 750 words 0230 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video. Graphic AmFoot-NFL-SuperBowl,WRAP MIAMI The Kansas City Chiefs chase their first Super Bowl title in 50 years on Sunday when they face the San Francisco 49ers in a championship clash poised to usher in a new era for the NFL. 700 words moved by Rob Wollard. Picture Entertainment-Britain-film-BAFTA-award,WRAP LONDON The hit film "Joker" leads the nominations for the Bafta awards but "1917" is hotly tipped for best film at the last major prize ceremony before the Oscars. 700 words 0200 GMT by Robin Millard -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-health-virus-medicine,FOCUS BEIJING A claim by Chinese scientists that a liquid made of honeysuckle and flowering plants could help fight the deadly coronavirus sparked frenzied buying of the traditional medicine, but doubts quickly emerged. 750 words 0400 GMT. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Republicans are set to make the case for Donald Trump's exoneration during US morning talk shows, defending the president one day ahead of final arguments in the Senate, where he is expected to be acquitted in on impeachment charges this week. 750 words 0200 GMT by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Graphic UN-diplomacy-politics-conflicts,ANALYSIS UNITED NATIONS As the United Nations enters its 75th year, the world is still rife with mistrust: the United States remains the dominant superpower but is on the wane, while Asian power is growing in the face of an increasingly fractured Europe, with an explosive Middle East sandwiched in between. 850 words 0130 GMT by Philippe Rater US-vote-road-Hispanic,FOCUS WEST LIBERTY, United States At the Catholic church in West Liberty, deep-white Iowa's first Latino-majority town, the priest says Mass twice on Sunday, once in English, once in Spanish. 950 words 0130 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video US-politics-election-celebrity-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON The scene is unexpected, to say the least: in the middle of a nail salon in gritty Detroit, controversial young rapper Cardi B sat across from 78-year-old Senator Bernie Sanders, questioning the would-be Democratic presidential nominee about the issues of the day. 750 words 0130 GMT BY Lucie Aubourg. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-protests,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq's president names former communications minister Mohammad Allawi as the country's new prime minister after an 11th-hour consensus among political blocs, but the streets are ambivalent about his nomination. 850 words moved by Ammar Karim. Picture Also moved: Iraq-politics-protests-Allawi,PROFILE Spain-Morocco-smuggling-social-economy,FOCUS FNIDEQ, Morocco After years of back-breaking toil, Fatima el Hanani now fears being reduced to begging in the street because of Morocco's closure of its border with a Spanish enclave to thousands of "mule women". 700 words 0330 GMT by Hamza Mekouar. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-Eurostar,SCENE ABOARD PARIS-LONDON EUROSTAR At around 8:50 am (0850 GMT) British time on Saturday, a Eurostar train emerging from the Channel Tunnel became the first from the continental connection service to leave EU territory -- a small, symbolic milestone in the Brexit process. 600 words moved by Pierre Donadieu. 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 -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-IT-lifestyle-privacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy". 700 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-Reign,FOCUS LOS ANGELES April Reign remembers precisely where she was in January 2015 when she launched the #OscarsSoWhite movement with a simple, offhand tweet. Five years later, the phrase has become a universal clarion call for more diversity in showbiz. 750 words 0300 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture Entertainment-children-conflict-Sesame-Syria-UAE,FOCUS DUBAI A band of Muppets, both old favourites and new friends, will star in an Arabic retooling of "Sesame Street" with a regional twist. 650 words 0230 GMT by Shatha Yaish. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool surge 22 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win over Southampton, while Bruno Fernandes makes his Manchester United debut in a goalless draw against Wolves. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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