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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr to defend Trump + Scientists sound alarm over scale of China virus + Seven men, five women on Weinstein rape trial jury + Brazil minister quits over 'Nazi' quotes in speech + Deaf man sues porn sites over lack of subtitles US-politics-impeachment-trial-defense,WRAP WASHINGTON Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s, and America's biggest celebrity lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, are announced to be joining President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment defense. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: US-politics-impeachment-trial-defense,PROFILE China-health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Scientists warn the true scale of an outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading. 600 words 0230 GMT. File Picture. File Video US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein NEW YORK Seven men and five women are chosen to decide Harvey Weinstein's fate in his rape and sexual assault trial following an acrimonious jury selection process. 450 words moved Brazil-politics-culture-nazi BRASILIA Brazil's culture secretary Roberto Alvim resigns over a speech in which he appeared to quote Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. 500 words moved. File picture. Video US-pornography-justice-disabled-internet NEW YORK A deaf man in New York has files a class action lawsuit against three pornographic websites on grounds he cannot enjoy their content fully without closed captions. 200 words moved -- ASIA -- Philippines-volcano-agriculture-leisure,FOCUS AMADEO, Philippines Decimated fish, scarred coffee plants and vanished tourists: the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines has inflicted significant damage on the livelihoods of tens of thousands and is expected to cause more. 550 words 0200 GMT by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-livestock-fire-environment,FOCUS KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia In the wake of ferocious bushfires that tore through Kangaroo Island, local farmer Rick Morris has endured the gruelling task of burying 400 sheep killed when most of his 2,300-acre property went up in flames. 650 words 0300 GMT by Holly Robertson. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-lifestyle-weapons-law,FOCUS CULPEPER, Virginia When Sheriff Scott Jenkins swore to protect the US Constitution, he swore to protect the Second Amendment -- even from new laws in Virginia that he says threaten to deprive citizens of their right to bear arms. 800 words 0200 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video US-politics-impeachment-McConnell,FOCUS WASHINGTON Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the US Senate, takes pride in calling himself the "Grim Reaper," doling out death to the hopes of Democratic lawmakers. Now, he holds the fate of a Republican in his hands -- that of President Donald Trump, no less. 600 words 0130 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-environment-agriculture-politics-protest,FOCUS BERLIN From grumpy bee-keepers dumping honey on politicians' doorsteps to furious farmers holding up traffic, increasing tensions between farmers and environmentalists has overshadowed the opening of the biggest show on Germany's agriculture calendar. 550 words 0200 GMT Florian Cazeres and Kit Holden. Picture. Video Austria-immigration-education-integration,FOCUS VIENNA Every morning Abulrahman leaves his normal primary school lessons and joins about 20 other children for three hours to learn to read, write and speak German, attending what critics call "ghetto classes". 750 words 0300 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-commemorations LONDON Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street -- but not bong Big Ben -- on Brexit night, the government says. 500 words moved Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Italy-painting-crime PIACENZA, Italy A painting found stashed inside a wall at an Italian museum has been confirmed as the stolen "Portrait of a Lady" by Austria's Gustav Klimt, prosecutors say, two decades after the artwork went missing. 500 words moved. Video. File picture -- AFRICA -- Liberia-politics-Weah,FOCUS MONROVIA Dominic Kpadeh heaves a hammer over his head to crack a half-tonne rock in a northern suburb of Liberia's capital Monrovia, knowing his hard labour earns him far less than a year ago. 850 words 0230 GMT by Zoom Dosso with Emmet Livingstone in Dakar. Video. File picture Libya-conflict-Africa-diplomacy,FOCUS NIAMEY Victims of increasing jihadist attacks, African states bordering Libya are pushing for more say in efforts to end the crisis in their northern neighbour whose conflict risks becoming a growing source of regional instability. 850 words moved by Boureima Hama, with Robbie Corey-Boulet in Addis Abeba and Patrick Fort in Abidjan afp
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