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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO declares global emergency as virus toll at 213 + London hails 'new dawn' on Brexit day + Setback for Democrats at Trump impeachment trial + Red carpets go green in Hollywood Chinia-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The United States tells its citizens to avoid China after the World Health Organization declared a global coronavirus emergency, as the Chinese death toll rises to 213 and total infections surpass the SARS epidemic of two decades ago. 900 words 1030 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-economy,WRAP LONDON Britain ends almost half a century of integration with its closest neighbours and leaves the European Union, starting a new -- but still uncertain -- chapter in its long history. 850 words 1030 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's hopes for a speedy acquittal by the Senate receive a boost as Democrats suffer a setback in their efforts to persuade Republicans to introduce new witnesses at his impeachment trial. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic. Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-climate-environment,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From glitzy all-vegan galas to recycled red carpet outfits, Hollywood has stepped up efforts to reduce its carbon footprint this awards season, which will soon wrap up with the Oscars. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture -- VIRAL EPIDEMIC -- China-health-virus-death,SCENE WUHAN, China A grey-haired man wearing a face mask lies dead on the pavement at ground zero of China's virus epidemic, a plastic shopping bag in one hand. 450 words moved by Leo Ramirez and Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-evacuations,FACTS China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-aviation-transport,WRAP -- BREXIT DAY -- Britain-EU-Brexit-Spain,SCENE ORIHUELA,Spain On the sun-drenched eastern coast of Spain, British retirees, workers and small business owners brace for an uncertain future after Britain leaves the European Union on Friday. 700 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Video Also moved: Spain-Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-characters,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Johnson,PROFILE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-joins,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-history,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-withdrawal,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-crises,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-enlargement,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-process,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-media,REAX -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli police deploy ahead of the first Friday prayers at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque since US President Donald Trump announced a Middle East peace plan that enraged Palestinians. 650 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Maaret,SCENE MAARET AL-NUMAN, Syria Once the throbbing heart of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Maaret al-Numan is now an eerie ghost town where few buildings have been spared by nine years of war. 500 words 1100 GMT by Maher el-Mounes. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-currency,FOCUS DAMASCUS As they feel the sting of a nosediving currency, Syrians collect disused one-pound coins as part of a symbolic campaign to fight the gloom of a deepening economic crisis. 650 words 1200 GMT by Rim Haddad. Picture -- EUROPE -- US-Ukraine-politics-diplomacy,WRAP KIEV US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Ukraine's leader on his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. 650 words 1100 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-Turkey-Greece-France,FOCUS PARIS France is presenting itself as Europe's main defender against Turkish ambitions in the Mediterreanean and especially Libya, in a standoff that risks causing severe tensions between Ankara and Paris. 650 words 1130 GMT by Valerie Leroux and Daphne Benoit -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest,FOCUS BANGUI Bloodletting along ethnic lines in a key diamond town highlights the problems facing the Central African Republic in its struggle to dampen militia violence. 600 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. File picture Sudan-economy-UN,INTERVIEW KHARTOUM A top UN official warns that the international community will "pay a terrible price" if it fails to help rebuild Sudan's dilapidated economy as the African country transitions to civilian rule. 650 words moved by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Iowa,WRAP BURLINGTON, Iowa Democratic presidential candidates like Joe Biden traverse Iowa, days before an all-important vote launches the party's nomination contest. But three high-profile hopefuls are unprecedentedly absent, tethered to Donald Trump's impeachment trial as rivals court undecided voters. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-Iowa-Democrats,Q&A US-politics-vote-Iowa-Democrats-candidates,FACTS Brazil-politics-culture-television-internet,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO It's not easy to play the role of a gay Jesus in rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil, as Gregorio Duvivier found out on Christmas Eve, when his comedy production studio in Rio was attacked by a mob with Molotov cocktails. 800 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- Britain-Canada-auto-prix-investments-AstonMartin,WRAP LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll leads a financial rescue of Aston Martin that will see James Bond's favourite carmaker rebrand the Racing Point Formula One team in its name. 500 words 1030 GMT by Ben Perry France-economy-growth-strikes,WRAP PARIS France's economy took a hit last year, with growth falling well short of the government's forecasts as businesses bore the brunt of the longest transport strike in decades over a sweeping pensions overhaul. 500 words 0930 GMT by Joseph Schmid. ECB-banking-Draghi-Germany-award, BERLIN FOCUS Months after the end of his term as president of the European Central Bank, Italian economist Mario Draghi receives Germany's highest honour Friday, reheating a fierce debate over the impact of his easy-money policy. 650 words 1200 GMT by Tobias Schwarz with Jean-Philippe Lacour in Frankfurt. Picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open-women,PREVIEW MELBOURNE Serena Williams dominated talk before the Australian Open but Saturday's women's final is between unseeded Garbine Muguruza and unheralded Sofia Kenin -- a 750-1 longshot of a championship match that nobody predicted. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza,FOCUS MELBOURNE Garbine Muguruza won only one match between June and December last year. Suffering illness, she was then thrashed 0-6 by a qualifier in her first set at the Australian Open. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Kenin Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza-Kenin,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Federer,FOCUS MELBOURNE Roger Federer's fans call him the Greatest Of All Time but after defeat at the Australian Open his hold on the men's record for career Grand Slam titles is growing ever weaker. 500 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture AmFoot-NFL-SuperBowl-television-advertising-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON There's no respite from politics on Super Bowl Sunday, with campaign ads making a debut at the biggest US television event of the year, potentially roiling what is normally a day for good-natured sports rivalries. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File Picture. Graphic. afp
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