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| - Duty Editor: Ian Timberlake Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + World leaders commit to plan to halt Libya conflict + Harry and Meghan begin new life as ordinary people + Trump backers, critics skirmish ahead of impeachment trial + Venezuela's Guaido in Colombia to meet Pompeo + White models in cornrow wigs set off fashion week flap Libya-conflict-summit-Germany,WRAP BERLIN World leaders commit to ending all foreign meddling in Libya's war and to uphold a weapons embargo at a Berlin summit, as part of a broader plan to end the spiralling conflict. 750 words 1930 GMT by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moving: Libya-conflict-summit-Germany-communique,POINTS Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan begin a new life as somewhat ordinary people with financial worries and security concerns after being stripped of their royal titles and public funding by the Queen. 750 words 2030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. File video US-impeachment-trial-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's defenders and supporters skirmish over the airwaves a day after the US president's legal team dismissed his impeachment trial as unconstitutional and dangerous. 650 words moved by Brian Knowlton Venezuela-US-diplomacy,WRAP CARACAS Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido surfaces in Colombia to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as his power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro enters a challenging new phase. 550 words 1930 GMT by Alexander Martinez Lifestyle-France-fashion-race PARIS Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garcons is at the centre of a cultural appropriation row after it sent out white models in what appeared to be cornrow wigs at its Paris men's fashion week show. 300 words moved. Picture Also moved: Lifestyle-France-Britain-fashion-men Lifestyle-Africa-Cameroon-France-fashion-Ayissi,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- US-space-NASA-SpaceX WASHINGTON SpaceX successfully testS its emergency abort system on an unmanned spacecraft moments after launch Sunday, according to a live broadcast of the event, the last major test before it plans to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. 450 words moved. Picture, Live video -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-Iran-aviation-crash-accident,WRAP KIEV Around 1,000 people including President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government bid farewell to Ukrainians who died in a plane accidentally shot down by Iran during a spike in tensions with Washington. 400 words moved by Andriy Perun. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Comoros-vote,lead MORONI Comorans turn out in low numbers to vote in the first round of a parliamentary election, with victory for President Azali Assoumani's supporters all but certain after opposition parties boycotted the contest. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-protest,WRAP BEIRUT Medics say 70 people are injured in renewed clashes between protesters and police in Lebanon's capital, taking the toll of wounded from two days of violence to nearly 450. 700 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Lebanon-politics-protest,CHRONO Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI More than 80 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and scores wounded in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in a central region, medical and military sources say. 650 words moved. Graphic Also moved: Yemen-conflict-Saudi,CHRONO Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi youths angry at their government's glacial pace of reform ramp up their protests, sealing streets with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-virus-health,lead BEIJING China reports 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country. 500 words moved Nepal-SKorea-tourism-avalanche,2ndlead KATHMANDU Avalanches, heavy snow and poor visibility hamper the search for four South Koreans and three Nepalis caught in an avalanche in the popular Annapurna region of the Himalayas. 450 words moved. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-unrest,3rdlead HONG KONG Two police officers are beaten bloody by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as violence erupts at a rally calling for greater democratic freedoms in the heart of the city. 550 words moved. Picture. Video India-politics-demonstration-religion,FOCUS NEW DELHI Defiant women who have been blocking a New Delhi highway for more than four weeks in protest against a bitterly disputed citizenship law have inspired thousands across India to copy their challenge to the Hindu nationalist government. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-ManUtd,WRAP LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool stretch their commanding lead at the top of the Premier League to 16 points with a 2-0 win over historic rivals Manchester United, taking a step closer to ending a 30-year wait for the title. 650 words 2000 GMT by Kieran Cannin. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,PREVIEW MELBOURNE Old stagers Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will aim to keep the younger generation of players waiting in the wings as Grand Slam tennis enters a new decade at the Australian Open on Monday. 500 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-men-five,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-women-five,POINTS afp
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