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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Passengers leave Japan virus ship + Syria aid groups plead for Idlib displaced + Climate, poor diet threaten every child: UN + Jury deliberates in Weinstein trial + London rapper Dave wins big at Brit Awards China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan Hundreds of relieved passengers finally disembark a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China and spread panic worldwide. 800 words moved by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-ship-numbers,FACTS China-health-virus-Cambodia Syria-conflict-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL Syrian aid workers urgently call for a ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing a regime onslaught in the northwest of the country, as Turkey threatens an "imminent" military operation in the region. 600 words 1000 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Health-climate-children,WRAP PARIS The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report says, warning that every child is under "immediate threat". 550 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Jurors in ex-Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein's high-profile sex crimes trial end their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the case seen as a watershed in the #MeToo movement. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video. Live video Entertainment-Britain-music-awards LONDON Breakthrough London rapper Dave wins the top gong at a male-dominated Brit Awards after delivering a politically charged performance at British pop's biggest night. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-media-US,WRAP BEIJING China revokes the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters over an editorial headline it deemed racist, with the newspaper adding they have been ordered to leave in five days. 450 words 0930 GMT China-health-virus-Japan-ship,FOCUS TOKYO Japan faces mounting criticism for its handling of a coronavirus-afflicted cruise ship, with questions over a patchy quarantine, incremental testing and the decision to let people walk away after 14 days. 800 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-Iwata HongKong-China-epidemic-virus,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's disabled residents and their carers say they feel increasingly trapped in their apartments and abandoned by authorities as the coronavirus-struck city is engulfed with panic-buying and face mask shortages. 600 words moved by Xinqi Su. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-immigration,WRAP LONDON Britain's government faces a backlash over its proposed post-Brexit points-based immigration system, which is designed to cut "cheap labour from Europe" in favour of high-skilled English speakers. 650 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson Russia-politics-Surkov,PROFILE MOSCOW Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin's chief ideologue and pointman on relations with Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists, who was dismissed Tuesday, was for many years one of Russia's most powerful men. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Idlib-children,VIDEOESSAY SARMADA, Syria In Syria's Idlib enclave, there's no escaping the war, so Abdullah al-Mohammed says the only way he found to reassure his daughter was to turn the shelling into a game. 450 words 1200 GMT by Abdelaziz Ketaz. Video. Picture Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's electoral watchdog defends its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates, saying it was done in accordance with the law, as a low-key campaign wraps up two days before a parliamentary election. 650 words 1200 GMT. Picture Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH Claims that Yemeni rebels shot down a Saudi warplane have spotlighted the increasingly potent Huthi arsenal -- cause for alarm in Riyadh as fighting escalates amid faltering efforts to end the five-year conflict. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- US-Africa-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP ADDIS ABABA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo closes his three-nation Africa tour with a thinly veiled swipe at China as he talks up Washington's ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent. 500 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Uganda-agriculture-climate-weather-animal-locusts, FOCUS OTUKE, Uganda Once the morning sun has warmed the air, from the tops of shea trees, from fields of pea plants and from the tall grass savanna in northern Uganda, millions of yellow locusts rise in an hypnotic murmuration. 800 words 1100 GMT by Michael O'Hagan. Picture. Video Senegal-China-economy-commodities-peanuts,FOCUS SANGUIL, Senegal Large peanut orders from Chinese traders have cut Senegal's traditional selling season short this year, rewarding farmers with fat profits but leaving local buyers with slim pickings. 800 words moved by Malick Ba. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-Kashmir-unrest-politics-health,FOCUS SRINAGAR, India Sanaullah Dar was due to undergo surgery to remove a tumour in his bladder. Four months later, he was dead, with doctors blaming a lockdown imposed by New Delhi on the restive part of Kashmir it controls. 750 words moved by Parvaiz Bukhari. Picture SKorea-social-media-gender,FOCUS SEOUL Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea's national public broadcaster, KBS. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video India-entertainment-film-Bollywood-gay-Khurrana,FOCUS MUMBAI, India A foot-tapping sequin-doused disco number, a hot-pink wedding, and a kiss between the two male leads: Bollywood's latest release, billed as India's first gay romcom, is making no bones about its subject matter. 700 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Nevada-debate,FOCUS LAS VEGAS Michael Bloomberg joins fellow US presidential candidates for the first time on the Democratic debate stage and will face incoming fire from rivals unnerved, even angered, by his increasing prominence in the race. 800 words moved by Mark Ralston with Michael Mathes in Washington. File Picture 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 moved by Shaun Tandon -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- 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 moved by Luc Olinga US-China-telecom-espionage-court-Huawei,lead HOUSTON, United States Washington has the right to block US federal agencies from buying products by Huawei on cybersecurity grounds, a judge rules, dismissing the Chinese telecom giant's legal challenge to a purchase ban. 500 words moved EU-technology-AI,FACTS BRUSSELS From translation apps to facial recognition, artificial intelligence is becoming a major part of everyday life and the European Union is eager to bring order to this digital "wild west" where the US and China dominate. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. 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