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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadly virus spreads further, SKorea on frontline + Mega rally for Trump's first official trip to India + Malaysian politics in turmoil after 'betrayal' + Glitter, sequins and skin: Rio's carnival kicks off + American Flat Earther killed in homemade rocket launch China-health-virus,WRAP DAEGU, South Korea The deadly coronavirus epidemic spreads further outside China with a surge of infections in South Korea making it the biggest hotspot abroad, while authorities in Europe and the Middle East battle outbreaks. 700 words 0800 GMT by Daniel de Carteret. Picture. Video. Graphic India-US-diplomacy-trade,WRAP AHMEDABAD, India US President Donald Trump will launch an India visit with a massive rally at the world's biggest cricket stadium then watch sunset at the Taj Mahal, but the trip is expected to lack concrete agreements. 700 words 0700 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Live video Malaysia-politics,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian politics are in turmoil after leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim denounced a "betrayal" by coalition partners he said were trying to bring down the government, two years after it stormed to victory. 600 words 0800 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture/ File Video Lifestyle-Brazil-carnival-politics-music,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro kicks off its annual carnival parades in a swirl of glitter, sequins and barely covered skin, an over-the-top spectacle that this year is packed with political commentary on Brazil's far-right government. 600 words 0600 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video US-accident-rocket-science LOS ANGELES An amateur American astronaut who said he wanted to prove the Earth is flat has been killed in the crash of his homemade rocket in California, said the Science Channel, which filmed the launch. 350 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-virus-health-food,FOCUS BEIJING The lockdown of Guo Jing's neighbourhood in Wuhan -- the city at the heart of China's new coronavirus epidemic -- came suddenly and without warning. 800 words moved by Eva Xiao and Haomin Li. Picture We will also move: China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS Saudi-G20-IMF-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warns, as G20 financial chiefs voiced "real concern" over its economic ripple effects. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra and Haitham El Tabei. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Oly-2020-fbl-Asia-CHN-women,FOCUS HONG KONG China's women's football team has emerged as a symbol of defiance against the coronavirus after coming out of quarantine to stand on the verge of an unlikely spot at the Tokyo Olympics. 550 words 0630 GMT by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- ASIA -- India-US-diplomacy-trade-Trump-Modi,ANALYSIS NEW DELHI They hail from vastly different backgrounds -- Donald Trump is the son of a property tycoon while Narendra Modi is a descendent of a poor tea-seller. 750 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with Archana Thiyagarajan and Maude Brulard. Picture. Video Also moved: India-US-diplomacy-trade,FACTS India-US-diplomacy-trade,BACKGROUND India-US-diplomacy-trade-preparations -- EUROPE -- Germany-government-parties,WRAP BERLIN Germany's conservatives are expected to unveil their new leadership, as Angela Merkel's party puzzles over how to prepare for the veteran chancellor's departure next year. 600 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture. Video Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,WRAP LONDON Britain starts hearing Washington's extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a test case of media freedoms in the digital age and the limits of US justice. 700 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,PROFILE Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,CHRONO France-politics-trial-Fillon,WRAP PARIS Former prime minister Francois Fillon goes on trial in Paris over claims he embezzled more than a million euros in public funds by creating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the French presidency in 2017. 700 words moved by Clare Byrne. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Israel-Palestinians,WRAP JERUSALEM Two Islamic Jihad fighters are killed when Israeli planes bomb the Syrian capital Damascus, the militant group announces. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-vote-Ethiopia-minorities,FOCUS HADERA, Israel The first Ethiopian-born Jewish woman elected to Israel's parliament, who said she is fighting for racial equality, has become a key player in the effort to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 600 words moved by Maude Petel-Legare. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Togo-vote,WRAP LOME Togo President Faure Gnassingbe has won a fourth term in power, the national electoral commission announces, as his main rival accused authorities of fraud. 700 words moved by Celia Lebur moved. Video. Picture CAfrica-unrest,FOCUS BANGASSOU, Central African Republic In Bangassou, splendid trees overlook elegant buildings slowly crumbling to ruin. Time here seems to have stood still, and Bangassou's trauma too. 650 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-markets-finance,FOCUS NEW YORK Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders likes to take aim at Wall Street and everything it represents -- big money, big power. But even in the world of New York finance, he has supporters. 750 words moved by Daniel Hoffman. Picture US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in Nevada's Democratic nominating contest has scattered the progressive's moderate challengers and injects his White House campaign with a fresh burst of momentum. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture, Video US-accident-rocket-science LOS ANGELES An amateur American astronaut who said he wanted to prove the Earth is flat has been killed in the crash of his homemade rocket in California, said the Science Channel, which filmed the launch. 350 words moved afp
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