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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Wuhan escape plans for foreigners as toll hits 106 + Pressure mounts for Bolton to appear at Trump trial + Feds probe crash that killed Kobe Bryant + Weinstein accuser details alleged assault + Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China The United States and other nations race to get their citizens out of the locked-down Chinese city at the epicentre of a virus epidemic, as the death toll soars to 106 and the number of infections tops 4,000. 650 words 0230 GMT by Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Fresh pressure mounts on Republicans to call former national security advisor John Bolton as a witness at Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial following explosive new revelations about the US president's dealings with Ukraine. 850 words 0230 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Graphic Basket-NBA-Bryant-death,WRAP LOS ANGELES Federal investigators sift through the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, hoping to find clues to what caused the accident that stunned the world. 700 words 0200 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein NEW YORK One of Harvey Weinstein's main accusers tells his rape trial that the ex-Hollywood producer forcibly performed oral sex on her in a children's bedroom in his New York home. 500 words moved. Picture Bolivia-environment-animal LA PAZ A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has been spotted in the South American country for the first time in 18 years, investigators tell AFP. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS BEIJING Travel restrictions, closures of tourist sites and the shutdown of an entire province threaten to worsen the slowdown of an already fragile Chinese economy. 750 words 0400 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Also moving: China-health-countries,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-helicopters,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Police, firefighters, news channels and tourists -- helicopters are omnipresent in the Los Angeles skies, but only a few wealthy people such as Kobe Bryant could afford to use them on a daily basis. 600 words 0130 GMT by Laurent Banguet Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-TMZ,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Known for its celebrity scandals and salacious details, website TMZ has carved out another niche for itself -- breaking the news of famous deaths first, at any cost. 500 words moved by Andrew Marszal Also moved: Basket-NBA-Bryant-daughter,PROFILE We will also move: Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-fans,SCENE Israel-politics-US-diplomacy-Trump WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will ignore accusations -- led by the Palestinians themselves -- of pro-Israeli bias and unveil what he says is a peace plan capable of solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 600 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File Picture Brazil-taxation-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO Alex Serodio struggles to find enough superlatives to describe Brazil's Kafkaesque tax system. "I think rocket science might be easier," quips the online beauty products retailer in Sao Paulo. That could change this year as lawmakers consider various proposals to simplify one of the world's most complicated and time-consuming tax regimes. 700 words 0200 GMT by Allison Jackson. File Picture US-Britain-justice-royals-Epstein-Andrew-WRAP NEW YORK Prince Andrew has provided "zero cooperation" regarding late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has yet to respond to an FBI request for an interview despite saying he would be willing to help any investigation, a US prosecutor says. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- EUROPE -- History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Poland-Germany-Auschwitz,WRAP OSWIECIM, Poland For what could be the last time, elderly Holocaust survivors return to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp 75 years after its liberation, to sound the alarm over a surge in anti-Semitic attacks on two continents. 700 words moved by Mary Sibierski. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Poland-Germany-Auschwitz-Survivor,SCENE History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-media,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Scotland,FOCUS EDINBURGH Britain's departure from the European Union has revived the debate for an independent Scotland, which was thought to have been settled in a landmark referendum nearly six years ago. 750 words 0300 GMT by Stuart Graham. File picture. File video Also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Spain-Catalonia,INTERVIEW Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FACTS Britain-rate-forex-BoE,ADVANCER LONDON Bank of England governor Mark Carney steers his final interest-rate meeting this week that could end with a cut on the eve of Brexit to boost Britain's stalled economy. 500 words 0300 GMT by Ben Perry. -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The Palestinians urge world powers to reject Donald Trump's peace plan, which they said president Mahmud Abbas had refused to discuss with his US counterpart despite several outreaches. 650 words moved by Joseph Dyke. Video. Picture Iraq-politics-protest-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Anti-government demonstrators rebuild torched protest camps across Iraq as more than a dozen countries condemned the "lethal" reaction by security forces seeking to snuff out the civil campaign. 900 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Tunisia-environment-climate-forests,FOCUS SILIANA, Tunisia Around 40 young Tunisian volunteers gather on a bare hill in the central region of Siliana. Their weekend mission -- revive a burned forest by planting Aleppo pine shoots. 700 words 0300 GMT by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-children DAKAR Hundreds of children in the Sahel were killed, maimed or forcibly separated from their parents last year, the United Nations says, as a jihadist conflict rages across the region. 450 words moved. -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-Eilish,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The embodiment of cool with haunting, gravelly vocals and original punk-rock style, Billie Eilish's rapid ascent to celebrity has seen her redefine the contemporary pop star. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture Denmark-film-arts-attacks,FOCUS COPENHAGEN A new film about the 2015 jihadist attacks in Copenhagen is scheduled to open in Denmark in March and a conference was held in the Danish capital about whether such horrific events should be used as subjects for art and entertainment. 650 words 0300 GMT by Camille Bas-Wohlert afp
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