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The United States on Friday intensified its push to drive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, as U.S. diplomats left the embassy in Caracas and Russia vowed to back its socialist South American ally.

BRAZIL-VALE-DISASTER/ Hundreds missing in Brazil after Vale tailings dam breaks, area evacuated

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Police and firemen were searching for about 200 people missing after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA in southwestern Minas Gerais state. U.S.

USA-SHUTDOWN/ Trump announces deal with lawmakers to end government shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he has reached a deal with U.S. lawmakers for three weeks in stop-gap funding that would end a partial U.S. government shutdown now in its 35th day, with a senior Democratic aide saying that money the president demanded for a border wall is not included. USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA/

Decades-long Trump ally Roger Stone arrested for lying to Congress FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on Friday for lying to Congress about the 2016 campaign’s efforts to use stolen emails to undercut his Democratic rival in one of the highest-level arrests of the Special Counsel probe into possible election manipulation.

BUSINESS CVS-HEALTH-MIGRAINE-EXCLUSIVE/

Exclusive: CVS to cover migraine drugs from Teva, Lilly; excludes Amgen NEW YORK (Reuters) - CVS Health Corp, a top U.S. manager of pharmacy benefits, has added new migraine drugs from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Eli Lilly and Co to its list of covered drugs, excluding a rival treatment from Amgen Inc, a CVS spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.

USA-SHUTDOWN-AIRPORTS/ Flights grounded at U.S. East Coast airports as controllers call in sick

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed at New York-area and Philadelphia airports on Friday as air traffic controllers called in sick hours before President Donald Trump announced an end to the 35-day partial shutdown of the U.S. government. ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE-HARVEY-WEINSTEIN/ Judge OKs new Harvey Weinstein lawyers who once represented accuser

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Friday approved Harvey Weinstein’s overhaul of his legal team to defend him against criminal sexual assault charges, though two of his new lawyers represented one of the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s most vocal accusers, actress Rose McGowan. AUSTRALIA-CHINA-ACTOR/

Chinese movie star pleads not guilty to sexual assault in Australia SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese movie actor Gao Yunxiang and a producer pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Friday to charges of sexual assault, setting the course for a trial later this year, a court official said.

SPORTS FOOTBALL-NFL-CHI-PARKEY/

Bears work out potential Parkey replacements Cody Parkey appears to be as good as gone in Chicago.

TENNIS-AUSOPEN-FINAL/ Osaka, Kvitova chase double delight in Melbourne final

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The rewards could not get bigger when Petra Kvitova takes on Naomi Osaka in Saturday’s Australian Open final with one of them set to emerge as a fresh champion at Melbourne Park as well as the new world number one. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS VENEZUELA-POLITICS/UN (TV)

U.N. Security Council to meet on Venezuela at U.S. request The United States has requested a public U.N. Security Council meeting on Venezuela on Saturday and U.N. diplomats said they expected U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to brief.

26 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT USA-SHUTDOWN/ (PIX)

Day 36 of partial U.S. government shutdown 26 Jan

AUSTRALIA-DAY/PROTESTS (TV) Protesters in Australia call for date of national day to be changed

Thousands of protesters are expected to demand that Australia Day - the country's national day - be changed, given its links to colonisation and ill treatment of indigenous Australians. 26 Jan

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE MIDEAST-CRISIS/HEZBOLLAH (TV)

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah to speak in TV interview The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, will speak in a television interview with al-Mayadeen channel, the channel has said.

26 Jan SPORTS

RUGBY-HOWES/ Rugby - Major League Rugby commissioner Howes discusses upcoming season

Major League Rugby commissioner Dean Howes speaks to Reuters ahead of the start of the North American league's second season. 25 Jan 21:00 ET / 02:00 GMT

ODDLY ENOUGH CZECH-RACE/DOGSLED (PIX)

Sedivackuv Long dog sled race Mushers from different countries compete in the annual Sedivackuv Long dog sled race, one of the longest and hardest in Europe, set in the Orlicke Mountains in the Czech Republic.

26 Jan RELIGION

POPE-YOUTH/ (PIX) (TV) Pope Francis participates in the Catholic Church's big youth rally

Pope Francis celebrates his third World Youth Day in Panama. 26 Jan