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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + China shuts 13 cities as virus death toll rises + Trump woos anti-abortion rally, mid-impeachment trial + Deadly clashes after Iraqis rally for US troop ouster + British PM signs EU divorce deal, hails 'new chapter' + Serena Williams crashes out of Australian Open China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China Chinese authorities expand a massive quarantine effort covering 13 cities to contain a deadly virus, as nervous residents are checked for fevers and the death toll climbed to 26. 900 words 2130 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Video. Picture. Graphic US-politics-abortion-rally,WRAP WASHINGTON 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 US Senate sits in judgment nearby at his impeachment trial. 650 words 1930 GMT by Jerome Cartillier and Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protests-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Two anti-government protesters are killed in clashes with security forces in the Iraqi capital, hours after thousands of supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr rally to demand the ouster of US troops. 850 words moved by Ayman Henna. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-sign,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson hails "a new chapter" in Britain's history as he signed its divorce deal with the EU, clearing another hurdle ahead of the country's departure from the bloc next Friday. 700 words 2230 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Also moving: US-politics-diplomacy-Britain-Ukraine,WRAP 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. 700 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. 600 words moved by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video China-health-virus-hospital,2ndlead 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. 400 words moved Also moving: China-health-virus,CHRONO China-health-virus,FACTS Also moved: China-health-virus-US China-health-virus-Nepal China-health-virus-measures,FACTS -- 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 Also moved: Davos-summit-activists,INTERVIEW Davos-summit-highlights -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic prosecutors deliver their final arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, aiming to persuade Republicans that the US leader is guilty of abuse of opower and obstruction in the Ukraine affair. 550 words 2200 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein instructed a private investigator to probe women that he suspected were detailing sexual misconduct allegations against him to journalists, his trial hears, as a forensic psychiatrist dispels "myths" surrounding rape. 550 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture Peru-explosion-fire,WRAP LIMA The death toll from a powerful gas tanker explosion that ripped through a district of Lima rises to eight, as four more victims succumb to severe burn injuries, leaving the South American country's president Martin Vizcarra lamenting "a tragedy." 550 words 2000 GMT by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video US-accident-explosion,WRAP HOUSTON, Texas A large industrial explosion kills at least two people in the US city of Houston, shattering windows and damaging homes as shocked residents emerged to survey the destruction. 500 words 2100 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 moved by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- 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. 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 -- EUROPE -- Germany-shooting,WRAP FRANKFURT, Germany A 26-year-old man is believed to have shot dead his mother and father and four other people in a town in southwest Germany, police say, leaving two others seriously wounded. 500 words by Tom Barfield. Picture. Graphic. Video Turkey-quake,WRAP ISTANBUL A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 hits eastern Turkey, with reports of collapsed buildings in the area but no immediate information about casualties. 400 words 1930 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan -- AFRICA -- Angola-corruption-politics-crime,WRAP LISBON Angola's chief prosecutor says funds that Isabel dos Santos, who is accused of stealing millions of dollars from state companies, invested in Portugal had been embezzled from her home country. 550 words 2100 GMT by Thomas Cabral Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia-agriculture-climate-weather-locusts,FOCUS 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 -- 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 -- SPORTS -- 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. 650 words moved by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video afp
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