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| - Duty Editor: Joseph Boyle Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadly China virus 'could mutate' + Democrats launch impeachment case + Trump reheats Europe trade feud + UN experts urge Bezos hack probe + Python star Terry Jones dies at 77 China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A new virus that has killed nine people, infected hundreds and reached the United States could mutate and spread, China warns, as authorities urge people to steer clear of the city at the heart of the outbreak. 800 words 1500 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: China-health-virus,FACTS US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats present their opening arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, after clashing with Republicans late into the night in an acrimonious start to the historic proceedings. 700 words 1600 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-rules,FACTS Davos-summit-trade-EU-US,WRAP DAVOS, Switzerland US President Donald Trump relaunches a major trade offensive against Europe, threatening to hit the EU with damaging auto tariffs if Europeans failed to agree a long-delayed trade deal. 700 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video US-Saudi-Amazon-investigation-UN,WRAP GENEVA UN experts demand a probe into allegations that Saudi Arabia hacked the phone of Washington Post and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, which media reports link to a WhatsApp message from an account of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite strong denials from Riyadh. 500 words 1500 GMT. Video Britain-television-film-Python-Jones,OBIT LONDON Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at the age of 77 after a long battle with a rare form of dementia, sparking tributes from around the world. 650 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard. File picture -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-Wuhan,2ndlead BEIJING The Chinese city at the centre of the fight against a SARS-like virus outbreak has told people to stay away, cancelling major Lunar New Year events as medical staff handle patients in full-body protective suits and officials use fever scanners to screen travellers. 750 words moved by Patrick Baert. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-fbl-box-Oly-2020 China-Wuhan-virus-epidemic-health BEIJING Pharmacies in Beijing and Shanghai are running low on surgical masks and disinfectants as a deadly new SARS-like virus spreads ahead of the busy Lunar New Year travel period. 500 words moved China-health-virus-market-wildlife SHANGHAI The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report. 600 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture HongKong-China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS HONG KONG The emergence of a SARS-like virus in China is the last thing Hong Kong's struggling economy needs, analysts say, as the city reels from the twin storms of the global trade war and months of political unrest. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor Also moved: Taiwan-China-politics-health,lead -- DAVOS -- Davos-summit-US-politics-impeachment-Trump,WRAP DAVOS, Switzerland President Donald Trump flies back to his Washington impeachment trial in triumphant spirits after turning the Davos forum into a victory tour for the US economy and scoffing at his Democratic opponents. 650 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Davos-summit-Libya-conflict-Turkey-Syria-diplomacy-Russia DAVOS, Switzerland Turkey says Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar is the only obstacle to a peace deal for the North African country, defending Ankara's controversial cooperation with Moscow to end conflicts in Libya and Syria. 500 words 1630 GMT by Stuart Williams Davos-summit-France-Germany-investment-climate-politics DAVOS, Switzerland France and Germany announce that they are joining forces with investment giant BlackRock to speed up attracting capital to invest in projects fighting against climate change in developing countries. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-economy-investments-Blackrock-coal,ANALYSIS PARIS Investment behemoth BlackRock's decision to divest holdings in companies reliant on coal may encourage more climate-friendly finance but raises questions over how investors prioritise the future of the planet, analysts and industry insiders say. 900 words moved by Patrick Galey Climate-environment-energy-investment,FOCUS PARIS From big tech and Big Oil, major corporations in all sectors are churning out plans to reduce carbon footprints and adapt to tomorrow's low-carbon economy. But many such pledges are more greenwashing than green, experts say. 800 words 1700 GMT by Marlowe Hood and Patrick Galey with Alex Pigman in Davos. PICTURE Germany-automobile-earnings-diesel-Daimler,WRAP FRANKFURT German auto giant Daimler warns that its 2019 earnings could fall short of expectations due to massive new charges over diesel emissions cheating, further clouding the outlook for the vital car sector as a whole. 600 words moved by Yann Schreiber. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Opening arguments begin in Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial, with the defense expected to detail "loving" emails between the once-mighty movie producer and his accusers. 500 words 1630 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video US-politics-impeachment-media,FOCUS NEW YORK A plot against Trump or American democracy at work? Between conservative Fox News and left-leaning MSNBC, America's most watched TV news networks, viewers are getting radically different takes on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. 650 words 1600 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File picture -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Greece-demonstration,WRAP LESBOS Thousands of residents on Greek islands hosting large migrant camps stage a general shutdown and demonstrate demanding the immediate removal of asylum seekers. 550 words 1500 GMT by Will Vassilopoulos. Picture. Video Italy-politics-M5S ROME The head of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), which co-governs the country, is set to step down as party leader in a move likely to trigger political shockwaves. 550 words moved by Ella Ide. File Picture Russia-politics-Putin-hockey,FOCUS MOSCOW When Vladimir Putin unveiled his new government this week, several top officials had something in common with the Russian president: a love of lacing up and hitting the ice for a hockey game. 650 words moved by Romain Colas. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Rocket fire shuts the Libyan capital's only functioning airport in another setback to peace efforts, a day before regional foreign ministers hold talks in Algeria on the crisis. 500 words 1530 GMT. File picture. File video Libya-conflict-health,FOCUS TRIPOLI "The pressure was unbearable," said doctor Mohamad al-Rajehi, recalling a night early this month when an air strike on a military school completely overwhelmed his public hospital in Libya's capital. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jihad Dhorgham. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon faces a "catastrophe", Prime Minister Hassan Diab says after his newly unveiled cabinet holds its first meeting to tackle the twin challenges of a tenacious protest movement and a nosediving economy. 750 words 1500 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-government,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanon's new prime minister claims to lead a government of technocrats but critics argue the line-up is window dressing for a set of ministers who are neither experts nor independent. 700 words 1530 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protests,WRAP BAGHDAD An anti-government activist is gunned down in Iraq's south amid a wave of resurgent rallies and road closures by protesters pressuring authorities to implement long-awaited reforms. 750 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Iraq-unrest-US-Sunni-politics,FOCUS BAGHDAD Sunni Iraqi leaders who spearheaded a bloody insurgency against the 2003 US-led invasion are now the most nervous about a possible withdrawal of American troops, considered a counterweight to Iran. 800 words 1500 GMT by Ammar Karim. Graphic Israel-Iran-Holocaust-diplomacy,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel will lobby key leaders at this week's 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on what it considers one of the gravest modern threats to the Jewish people: Iran. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Angola-corruption-investigation,FOCUS LUANDA Leaked documents exposing how Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president accrued her fortune has divided the resource-rich but impoverished African nation. 750 words 1500 GMT by Daniel Garelo Pensador. File picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Fifteen-year-old prodigy Coco Gauff sets up an Australian Open blockbuster with defending champion Naomi Osaka, as a pumped-up Serena Williams takes another step towards a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. 650 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture afp
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