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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + China curbs travel abroad as toll tops 100 + Trump to unveil Mideast plan over Palestinian protests + Feds probe crash that killed Kobe Bryant + Pressure mounts for Bolton to appear at Trump trial + Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China China urges its citizens to postpone travel abroad as it expands unprecedented efforts to contain a viral outbreak that has killed 106 people and left other governments racing to pull their nationals from the contagion's epicentre. 750 words 1100 GMT by Leo Ramirez. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-economy,FACTS China-health-virus-response,FACTS Also moving: China-health-virus-evacuations,FACTS 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. 550 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Basket-NBA-Bryant-death,WRAP LOS ANGELES Friends, colleagues and fans mourn Kobe Bryant as investigators sift through the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball legend and eight other people, hoping to find clues to what caused the accident that stunned the world. 900 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture Also moved: Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-helicopters,FOCUS US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's lawyers, eager to attain his swift acquittal, push back forcefully against explosive new allegations from former national security advisor John Bolton, insisting the US president's dealings regarding Ukraine were not impeachable. 850 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 -- EUROPE -- Britain-China-US-telecommunication-Huawei,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to decide whether to approve a role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in developing its 5G telecoms network, despite fierce US opposition and just days before Brexit. 500 words 1100 GMT US-Britain-justice-royals-Epstein-Andrew,WRAP LONDON Lawyers representing alleged victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein urge Britain's Prince Andrew to help US investigators, after a prosecutor said he had so far given 'zero cooperation'. 550 words 1000 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. France-agriculture-politics,WRAP PARIS France is to ban from the end of 2021 the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks, a measure long urged by animal rights activists, the agriculture minister says. 500 words 1030 GMT France-migrants-police-Paris PARIS Police move hundreds of migrants from a makeshift camp in northern Paris, the latest attempt to discourage asylum seekers from living in the streets of the French capital. 400 words moved by Shahzad Abdul. Picture. Video 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 moved by Stuart Graham. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Spain-Catalonia,INTERVIEW Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics-US-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drops his request for parliamentary immunity from corruption charges in a move expected to speed the opening of his trial. 550 words 1100 GMT. Video Yemen-conflict-economy-currency,FOCUS DUBAI Yemenis have long seen their lives blighted by fighting between government loyalists and northern rebels, but now an intensifying conflict over bank notes has brought fresh misery for citizens. 700 words 1300 GMT by Shata Yaish. 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 moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- 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 -- 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 Nigeria-beverage-culture,FOCUS BENUE, Nigeria Government worker Iorliam Shija sits in one of the ramshackle bars along the banks of the Benue river in central Nigeria sipping from a gourd filled with frothy burukutu. As Nigeria's economy struggles to grow, the local brew is enjoying a boom from clients looking for a cheaper option. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Anule. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-US-epidemic-transport,FOCUS WASHINGTON The deadly new coronavirus that has broken out in China, 2019-nCoV, will afflict a minimum of tens of thousands of people and will last at least several months in the best cases, researchers estimate based on the first available data. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne -- KOBE BRYANT -- NFL-SuperBowl-Basket-NBA-Lakers-Bryant,lead MIAMI The death of NBA icon Kobe Bryant looms over the build-up to the Super Bowl as players from the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers pay tribute to the Los Angeles Lakers legend. 600 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture. Video Basket-NBA-Lakers-Bryant-James,lead LOS ANGELES NBA superstar LeBron James says he is "heartbroken and devastated" over the death of Kobe Bryant while vowing in an Instagram post to continue Bryant's championship legacy with the Los Angeles Lakers. 500 words moved. File picture 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 Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-fans,SCENE -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- 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 moved by Ben Perry -- 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 afp
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