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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 1 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + China virus death toll spikes to 81 + Holocaust survivors gather at Auschwitz, 75 years after + NBA superstar Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash + Hacker behind Angola corruption leaks + Grammys gala stars pay tribute to Kobe Bryant China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China China extends its biggest national holiday to buy time in the fight against a deadly viral epidemic, as the death toll spikes to 81 despite unprecedented quarantine measures and travel lockdowns. 850 words 1100 GMT by Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-HongKong History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Poland-Germany-Auschwitz,WRAP OSWIECIM, Poland Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a dwindling number of elderly Holocaust survivors gather at the former German Nazi death camp to honour its more than 1.1 million mostly Jewish victims and to spread the alarm over rising anti-semitism. 700 words 1000 GMT by Mary Sibierski. Pictures by Janek Skarzynski and Wojtek Radwanski. Video by Damien Simonart. Also moved: History-Holocaust-Nazis-Jews-Poland-Germany-Auschwitz-Survivor,SCENE History Holocaust Nazis Jews media,FACTS Basket-NBA-Bryant-death,WRAP LOS ANGELES Basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies after a helicopter carrying him and his teenage daughter crashes in thick fog, killing all nine people on board and plunging fans around the world into mourning. 900 words 1030 GMT by Rob Woollard. Picture. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Basket-NBA-Bryant-daughter,PROFILE Also moved: Basket-NBA-Bryant-toll,5thlead Basket-NBA-Bryant,REAX Basket-NBA-Lakers-Bryant,FACTS Angola-corruption-Portugal,WRAP LISBON Lawyers for a Portuguese computer hacker say he is responsible for revealing the dealings of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, a corruption scandal with fallout in Europe and Africa. 550 words 1030 GMT by Thomas Cabral. File picture Entertainment-US-music-Grammy,WRAP LOS ANGELES Pop iconoclast Billie Eilish cleans up at the Grammys, winning five awards, as the music world mourns the loss of late basketball legend Kobe Bryant with a series of emotional tributes. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-performances,POINTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-rap-Hussle Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-winners,FACTS -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-health-virus-tourism-economy,FOCUS TOKYO A deadly virus that has prompted travel restrictions in China is sending shockwaves through Asia's tourism industry, which has become increasingly reliant on growing numbers of Chinese visitors. 700 words moved by Miwa Suzuki and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video China-health-virus-hospital,SCENE WUHAN, China Electrical switchboards are already up at the site of one of two field hospitals China is racing to build within an incredible few days to treat victims of a deadly virus. 500 words 1100 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video China-health-virus-politics BEIJING Chinese officials at the epicentre of a health crisis are coming under fire for incompetence and being ridiculed for not properly wearing protective masks as anger mounts over the handling of a deadly virus. 500 words 1200 GMT by Eva Xiao. Picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics-vote BOLOGNA, Italy Italy's populist leader Matteo Salvini fails to win a key regional election and topple the country's fragile coalition government, official results show. 700 words moved by Giovanni Grezzi. File Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-parliament,FOCUS BRUSSELS Some will walk away in bitter regret, others march off with their banner held high, but for British MEPs of all stripes it will be an emotional final week in Brussels. 700 words 1100 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-fishing NORTH SHIELDS, Britain Just before dawn, the Good Fellowship trawler casts its nets deep into the North Sea's cold swirling waters, fishing for prawns off England's northeast coast. 700 words moved by Roland Jackson. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict,WRAP MAARET AL-NUMAN, Syria Syrian regime forces are poised to enter Maaret al-Numan, a town of symbolic and strategic importance in the last opposition bastion that is now completely deserted after months of bombardment. 550 words 1130 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protest-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Anti-government demonstrators rebuild their torched protest camps across Iraq, seeking to keep national attention on their movement after rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad threatened a dramatic geopolitical escalation. 650 words 1130 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- Gambia-politics-demonstration-rights,WRAP BANJUL The Gambian government launches a crackdown on a weeks-old movement demanding the departure of President Adama Barrow, following violent demonstrations in which medical officials say three protesters were killed. 600 words moved by Emil Touray -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Court, 2NDLEAD MELBOURNE Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe line up to criticise Margaret Court's "homophobic" views as the Australian Open prepares to mark 50 years since the controversial tennis great's calendar-year Grand Slam. 550 words 0930 GMT by Talek Harris. Picture Saudi-Qatar-politics-sport,FOCUS RIYADH Diehard Barcelona fan Abdulrahman had to find a creative way to keep watching matches -- paying his subscription via Kuwait to dodge a diplomatic rift between Riyadh and Doha that separates Saudis from their favourite sports. 700 words moved by Haitham El-Tabei. Picture afp
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