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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + China seals cities over virus fears + Myanmar ordered to protect Rohingya + Israel, US slam Iran at Holocaust forum + Queen gives nod for Britain to leave EU + First-century rock is 'exploded brain' China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN China locks down some 20 million people at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak, banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the disease which has already spread to other countries. 900 words 2000 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-fatalities,FACTS China-health-virus-fear,Q&A China-health-virus-travel,ROUNDUP China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Myanmar-Gambia-ICJ-genocide-Rohingya,WRAP THE HAGUE The UN's highest court orders Myanmar to do everything in its power to prevent the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims, as international justice steps into the crisis for the first time. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp Also moved: Myanmar-Gambia-ICJ-genocide-Rohingya-law,POINTS History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel and the US call for action against Iran in front of world leaders marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, comparing the Iranian threat to that once posed by Nazi Germany. 750 words 1930 GMT by Frank Zeller. Picture. Video Also moved: History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel-museum,FACTS History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel-survivors,SCENE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Queen Elizabeth II gives her formal assent for Britain to end its decades-long involvement in the European Union and seek a more independent but uncertain future at the end of the month. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks Italy-Roman-history-science ROME It looks like a piece of rock -- black, shiny and unexceptional. But Italian anthropologists say the fragment is actually part of an exploded brain from an unfortunate victim of the volcanic eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. 450 words moved by Alexandria Sage and Franck Iovene. Picture -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-Wuhan,SCENE WUHAN, China Wuhan residents call for help and share worries of food shortages, with streets in the virus-hit central Chinese city left deserted after it was put on lockdown. 650 words moved by Hector Retamal and Sebastien Riccia. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-Beijing,lead China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS BEIJING China's lockdown of an entire city to contain a virus outbreak stands in contrast to its handling of the deadly SARS crisis two decades ago, when it was criticised for being secretive and indecisive. 800 words moved by Eva Xiao and Laurent Thomet China-health-virus-HongKong-Macau,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong turns two holiday camps, including a former military barracks, into quarantine zones for people who may have come into contact with carriers of the Wuhan virus, officials announce. 800 words moved by Xinqi Su and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video -- DAVOS -- Davos-summit-China-tech,FOCUS DAVOS, Switzerland China and the United States may have laid down their arms for now in a trade truce, but their technological rivalry is very much still raging, raising the spectre of a high-tech cold war. 600 words 1600 GMT by Julien Girault. Picture. Video Also moved: Davos-summit-Ukraine-investment-politics Davos-summit-Turkey-Russia-NATO-politics -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic prosecutors make the case that Donald Trump engaged in "flagrant" abuse of power, arguing the first of two impeachment charges -- as the US president hits accusing them of lies. 700 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphics US-entertainment-abuse-trial,Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK "The Sopranos" actress Annabella Sciorra's voice cracks as she tells a court that being raped by Harvey Weinstein left her feeling like she was having "a seizure" and caused her to self-harm. 550 words 1930 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER, Canada The Canadian court tussle over the arrest of a Huawei telecoms executive is put in limbo as a judge adjourns the case, which pits the United States against China. 600 words 1930 GMT by Michel Comte. Picture Mexico-CentrAm-migration-politics,WRAP CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico Hundreds of Central American migrants surge into Mexico, wading unopposed across a river on the Guatemalan border where Mexican troops had used tear gas the day before to keep them back, deepening a regional crisis. 600 words 2000 GMT by Alfredo Estella. Picture. Video US-politics-impeachment-public,SCENE DEFIANCE, Ohio At a diner in the small western Ohio town of Defiance, the television brings President Donald Trump's impeachment trial live from the Senate. But few are paying attention -- and even fewer say their views have changed. 600 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Canada-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-media,FOCUS LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan may have fled Britain's tabloids for Canada but their battle for greater control over their media image has simply followed them and resumed on a new front. 650 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Russia-Israel-politics-security-UN,WRAP JERUSALEM Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for a summit of leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, to "defend peace" in the face of global instability. 500 words moved by Frank Zeller with Antoine Lambroschini in Moscow. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-Algeria-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS Libya's neighbours denounce foreign interference in the conflict-hit North African country at talks in neighbouring Algeria to try and find a political solution to a crisis they say threatens regional stability. 600 words 1930 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Paris. Picture. -- AFRICA -- Angola-corruption-politics-crime,WRAP LUANDA Isabel dos Santos, the tycoon daughter of Angola's ex-president who is at the centre of an anti-graft investigation, vows she is ready to fight against what she called "misleading and untrue" allegations. 800 words 2100 GMT by Daniel Garelo Pensador. File Picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-US-crash,WRAP SYDNEY Three American crew helping to battle Australia's devastating bushfires are killed when their water-bombing plane crashes in mountainous terrain during a sortie to tackle another outbreak of the deadly blazes. 650 words moved by Holly Robertson. Graphic. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-aviation-earnings-AmericanAirlines-Southwest, WRAP NEW YORK Continued strong demand for travel has boosted airline earnings even as US carriers struggle with the grinding Boeing 737 MAX crisis that has clouded their outlook. 650 words 2200 GMT by John Biers afp
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