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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges + Cruise ship chaos as virus panic spreads + Israeli troops wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming + China to slash tariffs on billions of US imports + Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dead at 103 US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is acquitted by the Senate following a historic impeachment trial that shone a harsh light on America's political divide, without ever shaking the loyalty of his electoral base. 900 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China's new coronavirus crisis worsens with the death toll soaring to 563, as thousands of people trapped on quarantined cruise ships overseas add to the deepening global panic about the epidemic. 750 words 1130 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,WRAP JERUSALEM A car-ramming targeting Israeli troops in Jerusalem wounds 14 people in an attack that Palestinian Islamist group Hamas hails as a response to Washington's controversial Middle East peace plan. 650 words 1000 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING China says it will halve tariffs on $75 billion-worth of US imports as part of its trade truce with Washington and as officials look to calm markets unnerved by the deadly virus outbreak. 650 words moved by Beiyi Seow Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,WRAP LOS ANGELES Kirk Douglas, one of the last superstars of Hollywood's golden age of cinema renowned for his intense, muscular performances in "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory," dies aged 103. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,OBIT Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,DATES Entertainment-US-film-Douglas-reax -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA Thousands of people are stranded aboard two cruise ships in Asia, quarantined by officials desperate to stem the spread of a deadly virus that has killed hundreds in China and spread panic worldwide. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic We have also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-ship-Britain,SCENE China-health-virus-travel-education,FOCUS BEIJING Students blocked from returning to their universities; tourists forced to extend expensive holidays; a scientist cut off from her lab in the United States: coronavirus entry bans are wreaking havoc on the plans of thousands of Chinese travellers. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehret and Eva Xiao China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING China says it will halve tariffs on $75 billion-worth of US imports as part of its trade truce with Washington and as officials look to calm markets unnerved by the deadly virus outbreak. 650 words moved by Beiyi Seow China-health-virus-HongKong,lead HONG KONG Panic buyers in Hong Kong descend on supermarkets to snap up toilet paper sparked by false claims online of shortages, with many of the city's seven million residents in fear over a deadly coronavirus outbreak. 550 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video China-health-virus-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG Claims that gargling salt water and steaming face masks are defences against the deadly coronavirus are among the deluge of misinformation flooding the internet as the epidemic spreads around the world. 700 words 1000 GMT by Spencer Feingold. -- EUROPE -- Italy-train-accident,WRAP LODI, Italy Two people are killed and about 25 injured when a high-speed train derails near Milan in northern Italy, authorities say. 400 words 1000 GMT by Miguel Medina. Picture. Video Germany-politics-farright,FOCUS FRANKFURT Chancellor Angela Merkel's fragile coalition government hits a fresh bout of turbulence after lawmakers from her party side with the far-right in a regional vote, crossing a red line that sparks nationwide outrage and draws parralels with the 1930s. 600 words 1200 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland goes to the polls on Saturday, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar touting his successful handling of Brexit but facing pressure over housing and healthcare. 750 words moved by Joe Stenson. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ireland-vote-SinnFein,FOCUS Ireland-vote-Varadkar,PROFILE Ireland-vote-Martin,PROFILE Ireland-vote-history,FACTS Albania-EU-politics,INTERVIEW TIRANA Albania will not "stay at Europe's door and cry" for it to open, Prime Minister Edi Rama tells AFP, stressing that the Balkan state must focus on its own future while Brussels sorts out thorny questions about its admissions process. 600 words 1100 GMT by Briseida Mema and Emmy Varley. Picture. Video Switzerland-referendum-gay,ADVANCER GENEVA For gay rights campaigner Jean-Pierre Sigrist, the new law being voted on in a referendum in Switzerland on Sunday might have stopped him getting beaten up four decades ago. 450 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Israel,WRAP BEIRUT Israeli air strikes kill 12 pro-Iran fighters near Damascus and in southern Syria, a monitoring group says, the latest attacks by Israel targeting the regime or its allies. 550 words 1000 GMT Libya-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS TRIPOLI After 10 months of fighting that has torn their country apart, exhausted Libyans voice deep fears and say their fate is no longer in their own hands. 750 words moved by Jihad Dhorgam. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Malawi-politics-vote,WRAP LILONGWE, Malawi Malawian President Peter Mutharika slams a decision by the constitutional court to quash his re-election, but vows to run again in the fresh polls ordered by the judges despite his decision to appeal the verdict. 600 words 1000 GMT by George Ntonya and Jack McBrams in Blantyre. File Picture. Video Mali-theatre,FOCUS BAMAKO Once the play is over and theatre-goers have gone home, Awa Bagayogo, an actor in Mali's capital Bamako, breaks into a smile at another completed performance. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment-vote-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump was acquitted of high crimes in his impeachment trial -- but could the unpredictable president now decide he's above the law? 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-politics-impeachment,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-Trump-survive,POINTS US-politics-impeachment,FOCUS US-politics-impeachment-lessons,POINTS US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the votes trickle in from the Iowa caucuses, the first contest in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden appears headed for a fourth-place finish, a lackluster showing he described as a "gut punch." 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture -- ASIA -- India-politics-vote,ADVANCER NEW DELHI In a crammed Delhi slum, stickers with the face of a diminutive former tax inspector with moustache and glasses outnumber those of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of elections in the Indian capital on Saturday. 600 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- France-wine-regulations,FOCUS DIJON, France Few French wine regions are as protective of their heritage and reputation as Burgundy, so officials should have expected the storm of protests over a plan to expel the acclaimed dry whites of Chablis from the domain. 800 words moved by Olivier Devos -- SPACE -- US-Russia-Italy-space-NASA,WRAP ALMATY, Kazakhstan NASA's Christina Koch is set to return to Earth having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station. 500 words 1000 GMT by Christopher Rickleton. Picture -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-US-fashion,POINTS NEW YORK New York Fashion Week kicks off this year's catwalk season. Here is everything you need to know about the autumn-winter 2020 shows. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture US-economy-fashion,FOCUS NEW YORK Sewing machines hum and steam comes off irons as thousands of workers, mostly Asian and Latino migrants, make clothes in the few surviving workshops of New York's threatened garment district. 650 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video afp
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