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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China coronavirus deaths surge past 360 + Britain, EU outline post-Brexit future + Democrats on final, frantic Iowa mission + Oscar favourite '1917' wins big at Baftas + Chiefs beat 49ers to win Super Bowl China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China's death toll from a new coronavirus jumps above 360 to surpass the number of fatalities of its SARS crisis two decades ago, with dozens of people dying in the epicentre's quarantined ground-zero. 700 words 0600 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON The European Union and Britain set the stage for Brexit's next bruising chapter, laying down their vision and red lines for a post-divorce future following the UK's dramatic exit from the bloc. 700 words moved by Alex Pigman Already moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-diplomacy-politics,WRAP Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FACTS Britain-Brexit-EU-France-Dordogne,SCENE 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 0530 GMT by Elodie Cuzin, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: US-politics-election-celebrity-vote,FOCUS Entertainment-Britain-film-Bafta-award,WRAP LONDON Sweeping World War I odyssey "1917" wins big at the Bafta awards, landing the best film prize and best director trophy for Sam Mendes, and putting it in line for potential Oscars glory next weekend. 800 words moved by Robin Millard. 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 0530 by Rob Woollard. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's impeachment trial resumes for final arguments before an expected acquittal later in the week that Democrats have said will be invalid because no witnesses testified. 700 words moved by Frankie Taggart. 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 -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-health-virus-HongKong,lead HONG KONG Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers walk off their jobs, demanding the city close its border with China to reduce the coronavirus spreading -- with frontline staff threatening to follow suit in the coming days. 550 words 0700 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live 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 China-health-virus-transport BEIJING Wearing a mask and plastic gloves to protect himself from infection, an Uzbek student is among a rush of foreigners trying to fly out of virus-hit China to wait things out overseas. 500 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-attack-police,WRAP LONDON The British government promises sweeping changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists released from prison, after police shoot dead an Islamist extremist who stabbed two people in a busy south London street. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand, Robin Millard and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- 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 -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-foreign,FOCUS LOS ANGELES When South Korea's Bong Joon-ho accepted the Golden Globe for best foreign language film for his widely hailed "Parasite," he urged moviegoers to "overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles". 800 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. File Picture Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-Mexico-indigenous-rights,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A year after the movie "Roma" catapulted her from obscurity to an Oscar nomination, Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio is using the spotlight to promote causes close to her heart: indigenous and women's rights in her country. 650 words moved by Natalia Cano. Video. Picture -- 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-five,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-moments-five,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-health,FOCUS MELBOURNE A strict vegetarian diet, spiritual guru and family hugging-sessions aren't methods employed by most athletes, but they have helped Novak Djokovic turn himself into one of the most feared tennis players on the planet -- and perhaps the best in history. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture. Graphic afp
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