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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China's Xi warns virus spread 'accelerating' + Trump lawyers begin arguments at impeachment trial + Turkey quake toll rises amid rescue efforts + Iraqi security force clear anti-govt protesters China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN President Xi Jinping warns China faces a "grave situation" given the "accelerating spread" of a new SARS-like virus that has infected nearly 1,300 people across the country. 900 words 1430 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's lawyers begin their defense arguments at his historic impeachment trial, after Democratic prosecutors spent three days making their case that Trump abused his power and then tried to block a Congressional probe. 800 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-public,SCENE Turkey-quake,WRAP ELAZIG, Turkey Rescue workers race against time to find survivors under the rubble after a powerful earthquake claimed 22 lives and left more than 1,000 injured in eastern Turkey. 750 words 1500 GMT by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Video. Graphic Iraq-politics-protests,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces clear anti-government protesters from streets and squares in Baghdad and the south, stoking fears among demonstrators that their long-running reform campaign may be suppressed. 700 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-tourism,SCENE BEIJING A woman praying alone in front of shut temple gates is one of the only signs of Lunar New Year observances at Beijing's Lama Temple, as fears over a deadly new virus mount in China. 700 words 1500 GMT by Eva Xiao and Matthew Knight. Picture. Video China-health-virus-police,SCENE WUHAN Police at a roadblock on the outskirts of Wuhan turned away cars trying to leave the virus-stricken city on Saturday, as other anxious residents trapped inside spent the Lunar New Year stocking up on masks and medical supplies or in long hospital queues. 650 words moved by Sebastien Ricci and Leo Ramirez. Live video. Video. Picture China-health-virus-HongKong,3RDLEAD HONG KONG Hong Kong declares a new coronavirus outbreak as an "emergency" -- the city's highest warning tier -- as authorities ramp up measures to reduce the risk of further infections. 550 words moved. Picture -- HOLOCAUST ANNIVERSARY -- History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Poland-Germany-Auschwitz,ADVANCER WARSAW Elderly Holocaust survivors will gather in Auschwitz on Monday, some for the last time, to mark 75 years since Soviet troops liberated the death camp where Nazi Germany killed more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews. 800 words moved by Mary Sibierski. File picture. File video History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Israel,SPECIALREPORT JERUSALEM As he looks at pictures of his parents and sisters who perished in Auschwitz, Szmul Icek begins to tremble, tears clouding his eyes. 2,000 words moved by Michael Blum and Guillaume Lavallee Video. Graphic. Picture History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Greece,FOCUS ATHENS "I celebrated my seventh birthday inside the camp of Bergen-Belsen with a piece of bread and sticks for candles," recalls 83-year-old Lola Angel, one of the few Greek Jews left to remember the horror of Nazi concentration camps. 700 words moved by Marina Rafenberg. Pictures Also moved: Germany-history-Jews-Holocaust-Auschwitz,FACTS History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-genocide,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Israel-Palestinians- conflict-plan,FOCUS WASHINGTON A peace plan with no chance of attaining peace: that's the paradox of Washington's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian accord expected by Tuesday. 700 words 1830 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-crime-militia-children,FOCUS AYAHUALTEMPA, Mexico With baseball caps and scarves covering their faces, only their serious eyes are visible: a dozen children stand to attention, rifles by their side. They are members of a volunteer militia formed to fight organized crime in one of Mexico's most violent states. 700 words moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Picture. Video US-politics-abortion-rally,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump, seeking to shore up evangelical support ahead of the November election, addresses the country's biggest annual anti-abortion rally as the Senate sits in judgment nearby at his impeachment trial. 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier and Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Austria-Rothschild-WWII,WRAP VIENNA A Rothschild family member is taking the city of Vienna to court, accusing it of "perpetuating" Nazi laws by plundering the rich Jewish banking family's foundation, according to media reports. 450 words 1530 GMT Ukraine-politics-diplomacy-conflict,FOCUS KIEV In his first nine months as Ukrainian president, former comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself at the centre of major international crises, including the US impeachment investigation and Iran's downing of a passenger jet. 800 words moved by Olga Shylenko. File picture -- ASIA -- India-Pakistan-unrest-Kashmir-internet,lead SRINAGAR, India Indian authorities restore internet in Indian Kashmir after a five-and-a half-month blackout but maintain a block on social media sites. 400 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Angola-politics-corruption,ANALYSIS LUANDA Allegations of corruption swirling around his predecessor's daughter have set a crucial test for Angolan President Joao Lourenco in his vow to reform a country rich in oil and tainted by graft. 750 words moved by Daniel Garelo Pensador with Susan Njanji in Johannesburg. File Picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Ski-world-AUT-men,WRAP KITZBUEHEL, Austria Austrian Matthias Mayer delighted home fans by streaking to a classy victory in Saturday's fabled downhill in Kitzbuehel, the most prestigious and testing on the World Cup circuit. 650 words at 1410 GMT by Luke Phillips. Picture afp
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