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| - Duty Editor: Daniels Woolls Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO emergency group to meet on spreading China virus + Trump defense team calls impeachment a "perversion" + Angola ex-president's billionaire daughter allegedly siphoned millions + Hearing starts for Huawei exec fighting extradition to US + Indian "Rapunzel" a cut above China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and reached a third Asian country, authorities say, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration. 750 words 2130 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus-travel,SCENE Thailand-China-coronavirus-health,Q&A Angola-Britain-corruption-politics,WRAP LUANDA Angola's prosecutor general vows to use "all possible" means to bring back Isabel dos Santos, the ex-president's billionaire daughter, after a leaked documents reveal new accusations she siphoned off millions of dollars of public money. 900 words by Daniel Garelo Pensador with James Pheby in London. File picture Also moved: Angola-Britain-politics-corruption-dosSantos,PROFILE US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON A day before the US Senate opens the historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump, his lawyers call the president's impeachment "a dangerous perversion" of the constitution but House impeachment managers counter that Trump engaged in "corrupt conduct... to cheat in the next election." 650 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Graphic Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER A Canadian court begins hearing the case of a senior Chinese Huawei executive fighting extradition to the United States and whose arrest in Vancouver caused a breakdown in Canada-China relations. 750 words 2200 GMT by Michel Comte. Picture. Video. Graphic India-record-hair-offbeat AHMEDABAD A 17-year-old Indian girl has retained her crown as the teen with the world's longest hair more than a decade after she stopping getting her tresses cut following a bad experience at a salon. 250 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Colombia-Venezuela-US-politics,WRAP BOGOTA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for cooperation in the struggle to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office amid a long-running crisis in the South American country. 700 words 2030 GMT. by Alina Dieste and Hector Velasco Picture. Video. Mexico-CentrAm-US-migration-politics,WRAP CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan try to storm into Mexico by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, as National Guardsmen fire tear gas to force them back. 500 words 1930 GMT by Gabriela Coutino, with Henry Morales in Tecun Uman, Guatemala. Picture. Video US-politics-demonstration-weapons,WRAP RICHMOND, Virginia Several thousand gun rights supporters peacefully mass near the Virginia state capitol for a rally under heavy surveillance and a state of emergency declared by authorities fearing violence by far-right groups. 750 words 2100 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry meets visiting African leaders in London in a clear sign that he intends to continue pursuing his favourite charitable causes on the continent after he leaves the royal fold. 750 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic We have also moved: Entertainment-Britain-music-money-Queen Russia-politics,WRAP Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to overhaul Russia's political system, fuelling speculation over his ambitions after his term expires. 550 words, moved by Anna Malpas and Anna Smolchenko Britain-Africa-summit-investment-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells African leaders that Britain would be more open to migrants from their continent after Brexit as he hosted a summit intended to boost trading ties. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-jihadists-Norway-children,WRAP OSLO Norway's populist Progress Party said Monday it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of a suspected Islamic State member and her two children last week. 500 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-refugee,INTERVIEW LONDON A British lawmaker who fled Nazi Germany as a little boy warns that a change in government policy after Brexit could put other child refugees in danger. 570 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video We have also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-rights -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-accident-religion,WRAP GONDAR, Ethiopia At least ten people are killed and scores injured when a seating area collapsed during a major Orthodox Christian celebration in Ethiopia, with fears the death toll could rise. 630 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Chad-conflict,WRAP N'DJAMENA Nine civilians die in western Chad after a female suicide bomber detonates her explosives in an area targeted in the past by jihadist group Boko Haram. 350 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche. Graphic Nigeria-unrest-jihadists-UN,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Heavily armed jihadists carry out an "extremely violent" attack on a vital aid facility housing United Nations workers in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attack targeting humanitarian workers. 400 words moved. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-protest,WRAP BEIRUT Officials in protest-hit Lebanon vow to take measures to deter attacks against security forces during crisis talks following rare violence over the weekend that left hundreds wounded. 750 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Three Iraqi protesters are killed in the capital as thousands of anti-government demonstrators seek to shut streets across the country in line with a deadline for authorities to implement long-awaited reforms. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS BERLIN A peaceful solution to Libya's protracted conflict is uncertain despite an international agreement struck in Germany as a ceasefire between warring factions remains fragile in the deeply-divided country, analysts say. 790 words 1930 GMT. -- ASIA -- China-environment-pollution-plastic,WRAP BEIJING China will ban plastic bags in major cities and single-use straws from restaurants by the end of this year in a bid to cut down on waste. 650 words moved by Beiyi Seouw. File picture Australia-environment-fire-animal,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's bushfires and other climate change effects are devastating the habitats of critically endangered species and driving the native platypus towards extinction, according to surveys highlighting the country's vulnerability to rising temperatures. 650 words moved by David Millikin. Graphic. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-economy,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's reputation as a global business hub is dealt a fresh blow after Moody's downgrades a key rating, blaming a lack of government response to months of popular protests and China's increased influence over the city's institutions. 550 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic survives a scare to join Roger Federer and Serena Williams in the Australian Open's second round as heavy downpours cause chaos, forcing organisers to postpone a swathe of matches. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. Picture afp
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