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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China needs masks as virus death toll tops SARS + Democrats on final, frantic Iowa mission + EU, Britain at odds over future ties + Turkish, Syrian troops trade deadly fire + Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China says it urgently needs medical equipment and surgical masks as the death toll from a new coronavirus jumps above 360, causing more deaths than the SARS crisis nearly two decades ago. 800 words 1500 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Graphic US-politics-vote-Iowa,WRAP DES MOINES, United States Months into the Democratic nomination marathon, after seven debates, countless campaign rallies and some bitter tussling between candidates and the president, Iowa holds the first-in-the-nation vote to see who challenges Donald Trump in November's election. 700 words 1500 GMT by Elodie Cuzin, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-election-celebrity-vote,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain and the EU lay down their red lines for post-Brexit trade talks, offering contrasting visions for their future relationship that raise the prospect of clashes to come. 750 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie with Alex Pigman in Brussels. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,POINTS Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Turkish and Syrian troops trade deadly fire in Syria's northwest, further raising tension between Ankara and regime backer Moscow over the war-torn Idlib rebel enclave. 800 words 1600 GMT by Rouba El Husseini with Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul. Picture. Video Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,WRAP MIAMI, United States Patrick Mahomes inspires a thrilling late comeback as the Kansas City Chiefs end their 50-year wait for a Super Bowl crown with a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. 750 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-virus-health-doping-CHN-Oly-2020,WRAP LAUSANNE China's state anti-doping agency "temporarily" suspends testing less than six months before the Tokyo Olympics in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the International Testing Agency tells AFP. 450 words 1530 GMT by Eric Bernaudeau. Picture Also moved: China-health-virus-previous,FACTS China-health-virus-epidemic-pets China-health-virus-HongKong,3rdlead HONG KONG Hong Kong says it is closing all but two land crossings with the Chinese mainland to slow the spread of a deadly new coronavirus as medics stage strikes calling for the border to be completely sealed. 550 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video China-health-virus-security-epidemic,FOCUS BEIJING Communities in China are offering cash rewards, knocking on doors and questioning people trying to enter their neighbourhoods -- but they're not looking for criminals. 850 words moved by Eva Xiao, Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-economy-GDP-politcs,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's economic growth slows to 1.3 perent last year, the state statistics agency says, with the considerable drop in pace presenting a major headache for the Kremlin. 500 words 1430 GMT by Andrea Palasciano Britain-attacks,WRAP LONDON The British government outlines a review of the system for the early release of convicted terrorists after police shoot dead an extremist out on licence who stabbed two people in a London street. 650 words 1600 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video France-fraud-politics-trial,ADVANCER PARIS A group of men accused of using Skype and a silicone mask to extract tens of millions of euros from the rich and famous by impersonating a top French politician go on trial in Paris. 500 words moved by Valentin Bontemps. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Islam,WRAP JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation rejects US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Middle East, calling on its 57 member states not to help implement it. 600 words 1500 GMT by Seif Madi with Haitham El-Tabei in Riyadh. Picture Yemen-conflict-UN-health,WRAP SANAA Yemeni children in critical need of medical care are evacuated from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations hopes will be the first of more mercy flights. 600 words moved by Jamil Nasser Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Protest camps across Iraq begin fracturing into separate clusters over whether to back premier-designate Mohammad Allawi, marking a pivotal point for the four-month-old movement. 70 words moved. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell holds talks in the Iranian capital on a mission aimed at lowering tensions over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. 550 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT Companies are closing, restaurants are half empty but in the gloom of Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades, luxury jewellers, supercar dealerships and art galleries are doing a brisk business. 640 words moved by Bachir el Khoury. Picture Iraq-politics-protest-Sadr,FOCUS BAGHDAD Sporting their signature blue caps, the men marched triumphantly through Baghdad's protest camp. The die-hard followers of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr were back in Tahrir Square, and they wanted everyone to know it. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-politics-Sadr,PROFILE Morocco-migration-Europe-Spain,FOCUS FNIDEQ, Morocco Mustapha left his home in Guinea two years ago to make the arduous journey to Morocco, hoping to cross the fence separating the kingdom from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta -- but migrants today fear waves of arrest that have elicited condemnation from NGOs. 850 words moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture -- AFRICA -- Malawi-vote-court,WRAP LILONGWE, Malawi Malawi's constitutional court delivers an anxiously-awaited ruling on whether to annul the controversial vote result that saw President Peter Mutharika re-elected, a verdict expected to stoke turmoil in the traditionally peaceful southern African country. 650 words 1630 GMT by George Ntonya with Jack McBrams in Blantyre. Video. Picture DRCongo-church-assault KINSHASA A hugely popular revivalist preacher, gospel singer and televangelist in DR Congo is facing accusations of rape -- and rumours of a sex tape -- but his congregation is standing firmly behind him. 650 words 1530 GMT by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya, Ange Kasongo. Picture SAfrica-mercenary-Hoare,WRAP JOHANNESBURG One of Africa's best-known mercenaries who fought in the Democratic Republic of Congo and led a failed coup in the Seychelles, Mike Hoare, has died aged 100. 450 words 1600 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial resumes for final arguments before an expected midweek acquittal that Democrats have dismissed as illegitimate after no witnesses were allowed to testify. 700 words 1800 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Graphic US-politics-vote-Iowa-couple,FOCUS IOWA CITY, United States The signs planted in the snow-covered yard outside their Iowa City home announce the clashing priorities of those living inside: Rod Sullivan and Melissa Fath support opposing candidates in the Democratic presidential vote to be held Monday in their Midwestern state. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic puts Roger Federer on notice as he wins his 17th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and warns he's going all-out for the Swiss's record of 20 -- and his mark for weeks as world number one. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-health,FOCUS afp
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