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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China locks down city at centre of virus outbreak + Trump sought to cheat to win re-election: Democrats + Waterbombing plane missing as Australia fires flare + Tesla's market value hits $100 billion + Fashion icon Jean-Paul Gaultier bows out in style China-virus-health,WRAP WUHAN, China China bans trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed 17 lives, infected hundreds and spread to other countries. 800 words 0630 GMT by Hector Retamal. Video. Picture. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats accuse Donald Trump at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to cheat to ensure re-election in November, and call for "courage" by the president's fellow Republicans. 850 words 0530 GMT by Chris Lefkow and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY A water-bombing plane is feared to have crashed in Australia's southeast, as firefighters battle a new outbreak of bushfires whipped up by scorching temperatures and strong winds. 700 words 0700 GMT by Holly Robertson. Graphic US-IT-lifestyle-auto-Tesla-Musk,WRAP WASHINGTON Tesla's market value hits $100 billion for the first time, triggering a payout plan that could be worth billions for Elon Musk, founder and chief of the electric carmaker. 500 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Lifestyle-France-fashion-luxury-Gaultier,WRAP PARIS Jean-Paul Gaultier has bowed out of fashion with all the cheek and showmanship with which he has lit it up over the last half century. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Olga Nedbaeva. Picture. Video. File picture -- VIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-virus-health-Wuhan,SCENE WUHAN, China Wuhan residents call for help and voice worries of food shortages after the virus-hit central Chinese city is locked down, as determined passengers on inbound trains and planes head home for the Lunar New Year holiday. 750 words 0700 GMT by Hector Retamal. Picture. Video Also moving: China-health-virus,FACTS China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS BEIJING China's lockdown of an entire city to contain a virus outbreak stands in contrast to its handling of the deadly SARS crisis two decades ago, when it was criticised for being secretive and indecisive. 750 words 0600 GMT by Eva Xiao and Laurent Thomet. Picture -- DAVOS -- Davos-summit-trade-EU-US,WRAP DAVOS, Switzerland US President Donald Trump, fresh from calling a trade truce with China, threatens to impose crippling tariffs on European autos unless the EU budges on a transatlantic deal. 700 words moved by Alex Pigman and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Davos-summit-environment-Britain-royals-Charles-politics DAVOS, Switzerland Britain's Prince Charles tells business leaders at the Davos economic forum that wealth is of no use if it doesn't help tackle climate change, as he meets Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg and warns over the perils of global warming and environmental damage. 500 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest,FOCUS HONG KONG A sharp dip in the frequency and ferocity of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests has raised questions over the future of the leaderless movement, rattled by a spike in arrests and increasingly aggressive police tactics. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor Myanmar-Gambia-ICJ-genocide-Rohingya,WRAP THE HAGUE The UN's top court will announce if it will allow a case accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims to go ahead and if it will impose emergency measures to stop further violence. 600 words 0600 GMT by Sara Magniette. File picture India-economy-gender-food-technology,FOCUS MUMBAI, India Rashmi Sahijwala never expected to start working at the age of 59, let alone join India's gig economy -- now she is part of an army of housewives turning their homes into "cloud kitchens" to feed time-starved millennials. 700 words 0700 GMT by Vishal Manve. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein is a "seasoned" sexual predator and rapist who abused his power as a movie-producing titan to prey on vulnerable aspiring actresses, prosecutors say as his trial gets into full swing. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video US-Saudi-Amazon-investigation-UN,WRAP WASHINGTON Independent UN rights experts say they had received information that Amazon owner Jeff Bezos's phone was hacked through a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. 650 words moved by Rob Lever with Dario Thuburn. File picture. Video Canada-accident-tourism-France,WRAP MONTREAL A Canadian guide dies and five French tourists are missing after their snowmobiles plunges through ice into freezing water in northern Quebec, Canadian police say. 500 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Tripoli's sole functioning airport is forced to suspend flights, only nine days after it reopened following a truce, dealing another setback to peace efforts as regional foreign ministers prepare to meet in Algeria to discuss the crisis. 500 words moved. File picture. File video History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel hosts dozens of world leaders to mark 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the World War II death camp where the Nazis killed more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews. 650 words moved by Frank Zeller. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics,FOCUS KINSHASA The Democratic Republic of Congo marks a year since it began its first peaceful transition of power, but the road to the future is proving a bumpy ride. 550 words moved by Samir Tounsi. File Picture. File Video Albania-Russia-film-history-politics GJIROKASTRA, Albania Inside the stone walls of a 13th-century fortress, Albanian and Russian actors are striving to re-enact a little-known but troubling chapter of their shared history for the big screen. 700 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun seeks to pivot from a bruising period of crisis and scandal, pledging a renewed commitment to safety and transparency and endorsing the long-term viability of the 737 MAX plane. 700 words moved afp
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