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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO declares global emergency as virus toll at 213 + Britain hails new start on Brexit day + Setback for Democrats at Trump impeachment trial + Red carpets go green in Hollywood + Hummer comes back as all-electric behemoth China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The United States tells its citizens not to travel to China after the World Health Organization declares a global emergency over the spreading coronavirus, as the toll rises to 213 dead and nearly 10,000 infections in the Asian country. 850 words 0600 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic. Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain ends almost half a century of integration with its closest neighbours and leaves the European Union, starting a new -- but still uncertain -- chapter in its long history. 800 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's hopes for a speedy acquittal by the Senate receive a boost as Democrats suffer a setback in their efforts to persuade Republicans to introduce new witnesses at his impeachment trial. 800 words 0600 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic. Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-climate-environment,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From glitzy all-vegan galas to recycled red carpet outfits, Hollywood has stepped up efforts to reduce its carbon footprint this awards season, which will soon wrap up with the Oscars. 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture US-automobile-environment-GM NEW YORK It's official: General Motors confirms its plan to reboot the Hummer -- a military-style behemoth once seen as a symbol of American excess -- in an all-electric version. 250 words moved -- VIRAL EPIDEMIC -- China-health-virus-death,SCENE WUHAN, China A grey-haired man wearing a face mask lies dead on the pavement at ground zero of China's virus epidemic, a plastic shopping bag in one hand. 450 words moved by Leo Ramirez and Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video Also moving: China-health-virus-evacuation,Q&A China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-Italy,WRAP CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy Thousands of stranded tourists are free to disembark from a cruise ship at an Italian port after authorities said two Chinese passengers feared to have the coronavirus tested negative. 550 words moved by Sonia Logre with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Spain-Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,FOCUS MADRID As Britain formally leaves the EU, businessman Daryl Upsall is also on the brink of his own "Brexit" -- giving up his British citizenship to become Spanish. 600 words 0630 GMT by Hazel Ward. Picture Also moving: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-characters,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Johnson,PROFILE Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-joins,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-history,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-withdrawal,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-crises,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-enlargement,CHRONO Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-process,FACTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-media,REAX -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Iowa,WRAP BURLINGTON, Iowa Several Democratic presidential candidates are traversing Iowa days before an all-important vote that launches the party's nomination contest, but three high-profile hopefuls are tethered to Washington in unprecedented fashion watching helpless as rivals court undecided voters. 650 words 0600 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moving: US-politics-vote-Iowa-Democrats,Q&A US-politics-vote-Iowa-Democrats-candidates,FACTS AmFoot-NFL-SuperBowl-television-advertising-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON There's no respite from politics on Super Bowl Sunday, with campaign ads making a debut at the biggest US television event of the year, potentially roiling what is normally a day for good-natured sports rivalries. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File Picture. Graphic. Brazil-politics-culture-television-internet,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO It's not easy to play the role of a gay Jesus in rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil, as Gregorio Duvivier found out on Christmas Eve, when his comedy production studio in Rio was attacked by a mob with Molotov cocktails. 600 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-diplomacy-UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS A UN envoy accuses "unscrupulous" foreign actors of continuing to meddle in Libya's conflict, in violation of commitments made at a major international summit in Berlin this month. 550 words moved by Philippe Rater -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest,FOCUS BANGUI Bloodletting along ethnic lines in a key diamond town highlights the problems facing the Central African Republic in its struggle to dampen militia violence. 600 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. File picture -- ECONOMY, BUSINESS & FINANCE -- US-economy-growth-indicator-GDP,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy expanded by a solid 2.3 percent in 2019, but was held back by President Donald Trump's trade confrontation with China and others, which made businesses hold off on investments and reduced exports. 550 words moved by Delphine Touitou -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- US-space-astronomy-Sun,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON A huge telescope built on the peak of a Hawaiian island has produced pictures of the Sun's surface in unprecedented detail, revealing boiling plasma cells the size of Texas. 450 words 0530 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-women,PREVIEW MELBOURNE Serena Williams dominated the lead-up to the Australian Open but Saturday's women's final is between unseeded Garbine Muguruza and unheralded Sofia Kenin -- a 750-1 longshot of a championship match that nobody predicted. 550 words 0800 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture We will also move: Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza,FOCUS Tennis-AUS-Open-Muguruza-Kenin,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Federer,FOCUS MELBOURNE Roger Federer's fans call him the Greatest Of All Time but after defeat at the Australian Open his hold on the men's record for career Grand Slam titles is growing ever weaker. 500 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture afp
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