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Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 6 a.m. GMT/1 a.m. ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning or on Media Express http://mediaexpress.reuters.com/planning-tools/calendar. TOP STORIES

GLOBAL VENEZUELA-POLITICS

As West turns on him, Venezuela's Maduro flexes military muscle Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro oversaw a display of the army’s Russian hardware on Sunday, with anti-aircraft flak and tank rounds pounding a hillside to show military force and loyalty in the face of an international ultimatum for new elections.

VALE-SA-DISASTER Despair turns to anger as Brazilians reckon with latest dam disaster

Grief over the hundreds of Brazilians feared lost in a mining disaster on Friday has quickly hardened into anger as victims’ families and politicians say iron ore miner Vale SA and regulators have learned nothing from the recent past. U.S.

USA-SHUTDOWN Trump doubts lawmakers can reach acceptable border security deal

President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers seeking to avoid another government shutdown could reach a deal on border security that he would accept, as he renewed his vow to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. LOUISIANA-HOMICIDE

Louisiana man suspected of killing spree is arrested in Virginia Sheriff’s deputies in Virginia on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shooting five people to death in Louisiana including his parents, his girlfriend and members of her family.

BUSINESS USA-ECONOMY-INVESTMENT

$1.5 trillion U.S. tax cut has no major impact on business capex plans: survey The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans, according to a survey released a year after the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years.

NISSAN-SEC-PROBE Nissan says co-operating with SEC inquiry after report of probe on executive pay

Nissan Motor Co said on Monday that it was co-operating with an inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a report said the regulator was investigating the Japanese automaker’s disclosures on executive pay. ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-SAG 'Black Panther' takes top SAG awards prize, elevating Oscar chances

Superhero film “Black Panther,” heralded for its mainly black cast and vibrant celebration of African culture, won the top Screen Actors Guild award on Sunday, boosting its stature ahead of next month’s Oscars ceremony. AWARDS-SAG-ALAN-ALDA

Alan Alda, star of TV's anti-war comedy 'M*A*S*H,' hailed for 60-year career Alan Alda, best known for playing a wise-cracking Army doctor on the long-running anti-war television comedy “M*A*S*H,” received a lifetime achievement award from his fellow actors on Sunday, celebrating a 60-year career on stage and screen.

SPORTS FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL

Patriots, Rams arrive in Atlanta for Super Bowl The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots have touched down in Atlanta after enthusiastic send-offs from their fans ahead of their Super Bowl clash on Sunday.

FOOTBALL-NFL-PHI-LONG Eagles DE Long ponders retirement

Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long will be 34 when next season begins. Whether he’ll still be suiting up at that point is in question, however. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BOLIVIA-LITHIUM/GERMANY (PIX) (TV)

In the new lithium "Great Game", Germany edges out China in Bolivia When Germany signed a deal last month to help Bolivia exploit its huge lithium reserves, it hailed the venture as a deepening of economic ties with the South American country. But it also gives Germany entry into the new "Great Game", in which big powers like China are jostling across the globe for access to the prized electric battery metal. The signing of the deal in Berlin on Dec. 12 capped two years of intense lobbying by Germany as it sought to persuade President Evo Morales' government that a small German family-run company was a better bet than its Chinese rivals, according to Reuters interviews with German and Bolivian officials.

28 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT EU-ELECTION/FRANCE-FARRIGHT (TV)

Interview with the rising star of Marine Le Pen's French far-right party Interview with Jordan Bardella, the 23-year-old heading Marine Le Pen's European election campaign, on the party's ambitions for Europe, its financing, the risk posed by an emerging "yellow vest" political movement and prospects for a tie-up with populist parties from Austria to Italy to Poland.

28 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT AUSTRIA-LIBYA/

Austrian Chancellor Kurz and Libyan PM Sarraj deliver statements Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj deliver statements to the media after a bilateral meeting.

28 Jan 07:45 ET / 12:45 GMT AUSTRIA-LIBYA/

Austrian President Van der Bellen and Libyan PM Sarraj hold news conference Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj hold a news conference after a bilateral meeting.

28 Jan 09:15 ET / 14:15 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

INSYS-OPIOIDS/ (PIX) Insys founder John Kapoor, former execs face opioid kickback scheme trial

The one-time billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four other former executives and managers of the opioid drugmaker will face trial over charges they conspired to pay doctors bribes to prescribe patients an addictive fentanyl spray to boost sales. Lawyers are set to deliver opening statements Monday in federal court in Boston in the case of former Insys chairman John Kapoor, the highest-level executive of a painkiller manufacturer to be tried amid a deadly U.S. opioid abuse epidemic. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. 28 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS CATERPILLAR-RESULTS/

Q4 2018 Caterpillar Inc Earnings Release Caterpillar will release its fourth-quarter earnings in pre-market hours. The company is expected to report higher quarterly profits, but investors will focus on its commentary and guidance for 2019. The outlook for the global economy, particularly for China has worsened since CAT's last earnings report. The world's second largest economy accounts for 5-10 percent of its total sales.

28 Jan 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT USA-FED/FOMC (PIX) (GRAPHIC)

Long winter's nap? Global slowdown, investor fears could extend Fed pause Wobbling global growth and shaky financial markets threw the U.S. Federal Reserve off course in early 2016, and it took nearly a year for policymakers to regain confidence growth would continue and convince investors they would again raise interest rates.

28 Jan 01:00 ET / 06:00 GMT ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

SPAIN-CULTURE/FERRANADRIA (PIX) (TV) Superstar chef Ferran Adria gives massive cooking masterclass

Spanish chef Ferra Adria to give a masterclass before hundreds of spectators at Madrid's Teatro Real, hours after unveilind details about his new gastronomic project. 28 Jan 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

SPAIN-CULTURE/FERRANADRIA (PIX) (TV) Superstar chef Ferran Adria unveils in Madrid a new culinary exhibition lab

The superstar chef Ferrán Adrià will unveil on in Madrid details about his long-awaited new project, named 'elBulli1846', a research center for training and innovation about cooking that will launch later this year in Roses (Catalonia). 28 Jan 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

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