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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China shuts 13 cities as virus death toll rises + Democrats give final arguments at Trump impeachment trial + Gunman kills six in German town + Locust invasion threatens crops in East Africa + Serena Williams stunned at Australian Open China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China Chinese authorities rapidly expand a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion to 13 cities and a staggering 41 million people, as nervous residents are checked for fevers and the death toll climbs to 26. 850 word moved by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus,CHRONO China-health-virus,FACTS US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic prosecutors deliver their final arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, with all eyes on whether they have persuaded any Republicans to break with the US leader. 500 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-shooting,WRAP FRANKFURT Six people are killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting in southwestern Germany, police say, adding they have arrested a suspect believed to have had personal motive for the attack 450 words 1500 GMT by Tom Barfield Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia-agriculture-climate-weather-locusts,WRAP NAIROBI Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts warn. 700 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Serena Williams crashes out, 15-year-old Coco Gauff stuns Naomi Osaka and Roger Federer survives a five-set thriller as the form book goes flying out of the window at the Australian Open. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Serena,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Wozniacki-five,POINTS -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-Wuhan,SCENE WUHAN, China Trapped in a Chinese city at the centre of a deadly viral outbreak, residents who should have been celebrating Lunar New Year lined up to have their temperatures taken by medical staff wearing full-body protective suits. 600 words moved by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video China-health-virus-holiday,FOCUS WUHAN Wang Yanhong and her husband have prepared a family feast for their New Year celebrations -- but only two will be eating this year in their apartment in the virus-struck city of Wuhan. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video China-health-virus-quarantine,FOCUS WUHAN, China China's bid to contain a deadly new virus by placing cities of millions under quarantine is an unprecedented undertaking but it is unlikely to stop the disease spreading, experts warn. 700 words moved. Picture. Video China-health-virus-hospital BEIJING China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reports. 300 words moved China-health-virus-measures,FACTS PARIS Quarantines and "cordons sanitaires" were developed to respond to major outbreaks of the plague, yellow fever and cholera in the Middle Ages but are still used today, such as in China's battle against the coronavirus. 600 words 1430 GMT by Olivier Thibault -- DAVOS SUMMIT -- Davos-summit-climate,WRAP DAVOS, Switzerland Teenage activist Greta Thunberg says activists' calls on the corporate and political elite at Davos to seriously fight climate change had been "completely ignored", but vows not to be subdued by stinging personal criticism from the Trump administration. 700 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Davos-summit-HongKong-China,FOCUS DAVOS, Switzerland Bruised by months of street protests and calls to resign, Hong Kong's pro-Beijing ruler Carrie Lam came to Davos with a tricky pitch to sell for investors -- the Chinese territory is still a safe destination for investment and she was not going anywhere. 600 words moved by Julien Girault Davos-summit-activist,INTERVIEW DAVOS, Switzerland The barricades of Occupy Wall Street behind him, activist Micah White says his new mission to fight climate change gives him no choice but to come meet the business elite, but without the "champagne and caviar". 500 words 1500 GMT by Aurelia End. Picture. Video. Also moving: Davos-summit-highlights -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-protest-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Thousands of supporters of Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada Sadr amass in Baghdad demanding the ouster of US troops, prompting rival protests seeking to keep the spotlight on months-long calls for reform. 800 words 1500 GMT by Ayman Henna. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-politics,REAX RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories After US President Donald Trump's announcement that he will finally launch his long-awaited Middle East peace plan next week, the response among many Palestinians is a collective shrug. 700 words moved by Joe Dyke and Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-politics,REAX Israel-Palestinians-conflict-mosque,lead JERUSALEM Israeli police launch a manhunt after an apparent arson attack, accompanied by Hebrew-language graffiti, at a mosque in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-abortion,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump becomes the first US president to address in person the country's biggest annual anti-abortion rally -- just blocks from Congress where senators sit in judgment at his impeachment trial. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic US-accident-explosion,WRAP HOUSTON, Texas A large explosion shakes the US city of Houston before dawn, shattering windows and badly damaging homes as shocked residents emerge to survey the destruction. 500 words 1500 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video US-vote-road-family,FOCUS DEFIANCE, Ohio Like so many families in the United States, Donna Baldwin and her daughter have seen their political gulf widen in the polarizing era of Donald Trump, with disagreements on an array of issues -- except preserving their relationship. 800 words 1630 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-protest-pensions,WRAP PARIS French unions take to the streets once again to denounce a pension reform they say will force millions of people to push back retirement, hoping to keep their protest alive as the government prepares to push it through parliament. 600 words 1600 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-environment-fire-animals-France,FOCUS CARCASSONNE, France The plight of baby kangaroos and koalas orphaned by Australia's bushfires has prompted a sewing frenzy in France, where an appeal for cloth pouches for the animals has reaped thousands of contributions. 500 words 1500 GMT by Catherine Boitard. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-crime-execution-assault,INTERVIEW MEERUT, India Pawan Kumar feels zero sympathy for the four men he is due to hang next month for a 2012 gang rape and murder that appalled India. 550 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video -- CLIMATE -- Australia-fire-climate-emissions PARIS Carbon emissions from the wildfires that have ravaged much of southeast Australia are a major driver of what are predicted to be record worldwide atmospheric CO2 levels throughout 2020, Britain's Met Office says. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Kyrgios,FOCUS MELBOURNE So often reviled for his antics on court, Australia's Nick Kyrgios is now something of a national hero with his box-office performances in Melbourne and heartfelt support for the victims of deadly bushfires. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic,lead MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic trumpets the benefits of his plant-based diet in helping him thrash Yoshihito Nishioka and move into the Australian Open fourth round. 450 words moved. Picture SAfrica-RugbyU-RSA-Springboks-coach-Nienaber,WRAP PRETORIA World Champions South Africa name Jacques Nienaber as the new Springboks head coach, replacing Rassie Erasmus who led the squad to victory in the last World Cup. 600 words 1600 GMT by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammy,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Los Angeles is gearing up for the Grammys, music's marquee night, but revelations of infighting at the Recording Academy that organizes the show and an explosive allegation of rape has cast a dark shadow over the glitzy gala. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-nominees afp
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