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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain leaves EU, charts new path of uncertainty + US bars visitors from China as virus toll spirals + Trump set to be acquitted after witnesses blocked + US lifts restrictions on anti-personnel landmines + Relative of extinct tortoise located in Galapagos Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain ends almost half a century of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments to chart its own uncertain path in the world. 1,000 words 0800 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China faces deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic as the death toll soars to 259, with the United States leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans. 850 words 0630 GMT by Eva Xiao. Video. Picture. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate rebuffs Democratic calls for new witnesses at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, paving the way for his acquittal next week of the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic US-military-landmines,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's administration liftS US 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 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 -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Yorkshire,SCENE MORELY, United Kingdom "God Save The Queen" blasts from the sound system and fireworks light up the sky as Brexit-backing Morley -- a bastion of euro-scepticism in the heart of Britain -- celebrates its belated split from the EU. 500 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-celebration Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-media Britain-Brexit-France-train,SCENE 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-joins,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Johnson,PROFILE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-history,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-characters,PROFILE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-process,FACTS Brexit-politics-diplomacy-history,BACKGROUND -- ASIA -- 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 moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- 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 0600 GMT 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 US-politics-vote-Iowa,WRAP CLINTON, Iowa Four US senators running for president pause their impeachment trial duties Friday to dash to Iowa, joining top rivals for a final weekend of campaigning before the state's all-important vote launches the Democratic Party's nomination contest. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Graphic. Picture. Video. Uruguay-environment-tourism,PHOTOESSAY PIRIAPOLIS, Uruguay On a hot summer's day on a beach in the east of Uruguay, Gabriela Martinez deposits her plastic waste in the designated container in return for some virtual money, which she will put towards buying things. 450 words 0230 GMT by Pablo Izmirlian. Picture. Video 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 -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy-Arab 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 Syria-conflict-Idlib-Saraqeb,lead SARAQEB, Syria Syrian regime forces are poised to retake the rebel-held town of Saraqeb in the country's northwest where battles this week killed more than 400 combatants, a monitor says. 600 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- 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 ill-equipped to combat the deadly disease. 850 words moved by Emmet Livingstone with AFP's Africa bureaux. Picture 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 -- 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 -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Tough American Sofia Kenin stands between Garbine Muguruza and a third Grand Slam title in Saturday's Australian Open women's final after a tournament of twists and turns that has defied all expectations. 550 words moved by Talek Harris. Graphic Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza-Kenin,FACTS 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 0700 GMT by Martin Parry. Graphic Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Thiem,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic,FOCUS MELBOURNE A strict vegetarian diet, 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. 500 words 0730 GMT by Talek Harris. Graphic afp
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