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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China locks down city as virus death toll soars + 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 China imposes a lockdown on a major city far away from the epicentre of a coronavirus epidemic, as its death toll from the disease soars to 304 and the first foreign fatality is reported in the Philippines. 900 words 1100 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Already moved: China-health-virus-governments,FACTS 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 Also moved: 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 moved 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 Woollard. Picture Entertainment-Britain-film-BAFTA-award,WRAP LONDON The hit film "Joker" leads the nominations for Britain's Bafta awards, but "1917" is hotly tipped for best film at the last major prize ceremony before the Oscars. 700 words moved by Robin Millard. -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-health-virus-medicine,FOCUS BEIJING A claim by Chinese scientists that a liquid made with honeysuckle and flowering plants could help fight the deadly coronavirus sparks frenzied buying of the traditional medicine, but doubts quickly emerged. 750 words moved by Teng Jing Xuan. Picture China-health-virus-economy,2ndlead BEIJING China's central bank says it will pump 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 bln) into the economy as it ramps up support for a nationwide fight against a deadly virus that is expected to hit growth. 500 words 0930 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Republicans are set to make the case for President Donald Trump's exoneration during US morning talk shows, one day ahead of final arguments in his impeachment trial in the Senate, where he is expected to be acquitted this week. 750 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Graphic 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. 800 words moved 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. 700 words moved By Lucie Aubourg. Picture -- AFRICA -- Tanzainia-accident-religion,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM At least 20 people in Tanzania are trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country. 400 words moved -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FACTS BRUSSELS Britain has left the European Union after 47 years of membership and on Monday chief negotiator Michel Barnier will lay out the EU's strategy for the next phase: negotiations to hammer out a new future with the UK. 850 words moved by Alex Pigman. Graphic. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,Q&A JERUSALEM Israel threatens to annex a key part of the occupied West Bank while the Palestinians have pledged to cut off security ties with both the Jewish state and the US. Yet analysts say both moves could prove hard to implement immediately. 500 words 1200 GMT Iraq-politics-protests,WRAP BAGHDAD Furious anti-government youth dig in their heels in Iraq's capital and south, rejecting the nomination of Mohammad Allawi as prime minister after months of political paralysis. 650 words 1130 GMT by Ali Choukeir. Picture. Video Iran-EU-diplomacy-nuclear-energy-sanctions TEHERAN Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell is set to visit Iran on Monday as tensions are on the rise over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. 500 words 1100 GMT. File picture 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 moved by Hamza Mekouar. Picture Lifestyle-Kuwait-food-locusts,FOCUS KUWAIT Some people like them baked, others prefer them dried. Locusts are surprisingly nutritious and considered a delicacy by many in Kuwait but not everyone is enamoured by the crunchy culinary offering. 650 words moved by Salima Lebel. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & TECH -- France-music-science-museum,FOCUS PARIS One of the flutes Mina Jang played to her examiners was a handmade version of an original early 18th-century flute. The other was made of white plastic and "cloned" using a 3D printer. They couldn't tell the difference. 550 words 0630 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video Sweden-Finland-telecom-China-Ericsson-Nokia-Huwai,FOCUS HELSINKI Tougher UK and EU rules restricting 5G network supplier Huawei should be a golden opportunity for competitors Nokia and Ericsson, but the companies may struggle to meet the increased demand, analysts warn. 800 words moved by Sam Kingsley with Johannes Ledel in Stockholm -- 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 moved 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. 600 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Defending champion Novak Djokovic looks to hammer home his dominance of the Australian Open as he takes on Austria's Dominic Thiem looking for a record-extending eighth title. 600 words 1330 GMT by Martin Parry. Picture. Graphic Tennis-AUS-Open-Kenin-father,FOCUS MELBOURNE It wasn't so long ago that Sofia Kenin's father was driving New York taxis with English so poor that he didn't know where he was supposed to be going. Fast-forward to the present day and, despite lacking qualifications or experience, he's coaching a Grand Slam champion. 600 words 0930 GMT by Talek Harris. Picture. Graphic Tennis-AUS-Open-women,FOCUS MELBOURNE The last five women's Grand Slams have now been won by five different players. Good luck trying to predict who triumphs at the French Open. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Graphic afp
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