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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO calls for calm as virus deaths near 1,900 + Ashraf Ghani returned as Afghanistan's leader + Weinstein's US rape trial jury weighs verdict + Syria presses assault amid mass displacements + Billie Eilish to perform Bond ballad at Brits China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rises again but Chinese and international health officials seek to calm global nerves, citing a study showing most cases are mild and warning against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. 800 words 1930 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-education China-health-virus-rights Afghanistan-politics-election,WRAP KABUL Ashraf Ghani secures a second term as president of Afghanistan, lining him up to become the man negotiating with the Taliban over his country's future if the US agrees to withdraw its troops. 750 words moved by Emal Haidary and Sarah Titterton. Picture. Video Also moved: Afghanistan-vote-candidates-Ghani,PROFILE US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Jurors begin considering the fate of ex-Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein following his high-profile sex crimes trial that marked a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement. 550 words 2030 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video. Live video Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Syrian troops press an offensive on the last rebel enclave in the country where record displacement figures are sparking fears of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. 800 words 1930 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video We will also move: Syria-conflict-numbers,FACTS Entertainment-Britain-music-awards LONDON Teen sensation Billie Eilish is set to premiere her new James Bond theme tune at the Brit Awards, while rappers Stormzy and Dave and indie newcomer Lewis Capaldi vie for glory at British pop's biggest night. 550 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Japan-ship TOKYO Several hundred passengers who have endured a torrid 14-day quarantine on board a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship in Japan are set to disembark -- if they have tested negative. 600 words 1900 GMT by Richard Carter. Graphic China-health-virus-research,FACTS BEIJING Most people infected by the new coronavirus in China have mild symptoms, with older patients and those with underlying conditions most at risk from the disease, according to a study by Chinese researchers. 700 words moved China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS MELBOURNE Normally bustling century-old Chinatowns from Melbourne to San Francisco have fallen quiet and businesses are struggling to survive as fears over the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak ripple around the world. 600 words moved by Sean Gleeson. Picture. Video China-health-virus-sport,ANALYSIS HONG KONG The coronavirus exposes an ignorance of China's lucrative sports market and poor contingency planning, experts say, after Formula One became the most high-profile casualty of a mass pullout from the country. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-Venezuela-politics-sanction-oil,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions against a subsidiary of Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft over its key role in Venezuela, stepping up international pressure to break leftist President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power. 600 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-Scouts-justice-bankruptcy,WRAP WASHINGTON The Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy in what it says is an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. 650 words moved. File picture -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics-trial,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will open on March 17, just two weeks after the embattled leader tries to secure re-election, officials say. 550 words moved. File picture Syria-conflict-Aleppo,SCENE ALEPPO, Syria Syrian businessman Alaa Samani and his wife join bumper to bumper traffic on a war-scarred road into an Aleppo district recently retaken by the regime to check on their chocolate factory. 600 words moved by Rim Haddad. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Kurds-fbl-women,VIDEOESSAY AMUDA, Syria Samar Sheikh's neighbours used to tell her football was not for girls but the criticism stopped when her team won the very first women's championship in Syria. 450 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-rights-trial,WRAP SILIVRI, Turkey Turkish prosecutors issue a new arrest warrant against rights defender Osman Kavala a few hours after he and other leading civil society figures are acquitted in a highly contested trial over the anti-government "Gezi Park" protests of 2013. 700 words 1930 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Italy-archaeology-Pompeii,SCENE POMPEII, Italy The world-famous archeological site of Pompeii has finished a massive five-year maintenance and renovation project aimed at shoring up the delicate, crumbling ruins in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. 600 words 2000 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video France-politics-video-Russia,WRAP PARIS Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky is charged for his role in the dissemination of a sex video that brought down President Emmanuel Macron's candidate for Paris mayor, his lawyer said. 500 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-unrest-massacre-UN-rights,WRAP CAMEROON The United Nations calls on Cameroon to conduct an independent investigation into the "shocking" killing of 23 villagers in a troubled English-speaking region and to ensure the perpetrators be held accountable 650 words moved by Nina Larson -- BUSINESS -- US-earnings-retail-epidemic-Walmart,WRAP NEW YORK American retail giant Walmart did not have a merry Christmas as disappointing toy and clothing sales hit the chain's bottom line, and though the epidemic in China is affecting shipments the company said it is too early to calculate the impact. 700 words 2130 GMT by Luc Olinga -- ENVIRONMENT -- Britain-Scotland-politics-climate-COP26,FOCUS GLASGOW, Scotland Rising security costs, lack of planning and tensions between Scottish nationalists and the British government have cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UN's COP 26 climate change summit. Moved 700 words by Stuart Graham. afp
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