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MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA-ISLAMICSTATE-BATTLE U.S.-backed Syrian force launches 'final battle' against Islamic State
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began an assault against the final Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria on Saturday, aiming to wipe out the last vestige of the jihadist group’s “caliphate” in the SDF’s area of operations. U.S.
USA-ELECTION Senator Warren launches 2020 campaign, sounds note of economic equality
LAWRENCE, Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, struggling to move past criticism over her claims of Native American heritage, aimed for a fresh start on Saturday with the formal launch of her 2020 presidential campaign, saying that she is fighting for all Americans. USA-WEATHER
Blizzard blankets Seattle, more snow forecast A series of winter storms, packing heavy snow and gusty winds, grounded flights and knocked out power for tens of thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest, where forecasters predicted more snow could fall on Sunday.
BUSINESS VENEZUELA-POLITICS-PDVSA-BANKS-EXCLUSIVE
Exclusive: Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank - document, sources CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters on Saturday.
USA-TRADE-CHINA U.S.-China trade talks resume next week, focus on intellectual property
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators are preparing to press China next week on longstanding demands that it reform how it treats American companies’ intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports. ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC-DOLLY-PARTON Country singer Dolly Parton raises laughs at charity awards gala
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dolly Parton became the first country singer to receive the MusiCares Person of the Year award on Friday, taking to the stage with jokes about hillbillies, fighting and pornography. FILMFESTIVAL-BERLIN-OUT-STEALING-HORSES
Headline in At Berlin Film Festival, a Norwegian forest as childhood paradise BERLIN (Reuters) - A Norwegian drama starring film veteran Stellan Skarsgard awakens nostalgia for youth and bygone landscapes, but global warming was not its intended message, according to the author of the book the film is based on.
SPORTS ATHLETICS-MILLROSE
Kejelcha narrowly misses world indoor mile record Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha fell one-hundredth of a second short of the world indoor mile record and Kenya’s Michael Saruni clocked the third fastest indoor 800m of all-time as young Africans lit up the NYRR Millrose Games in New York on Saturday.
GOLF-PROAM Casey leads Mickelson by three after 54 holes at Pebble Beach
Paul Casey opened a three-stroke lead over Phil Mickelson after the third round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday, a cushion the Englishman hopes will be enough to prevent his American rival from winning the storied tournament a fifth time. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA-PROTEST (PIX) (TV)
Right-wing opposition calls protest against PM Sanchez over Catalonia policy Centre-right and far-right opposition parties call on people to protest against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after the Socialist leader announced he would appoint a rapporteur to be part of talks to ease political tensions in Catalonia. The opposition wants Sanchez to call early elections and considers the appointment of a rapporteur a betrayal and a surrender to pressure from Catalan separatists.
10 Feb 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT HUNGARY-ORBAN/ (PIX) (TV)
Hungary PM Orban delivers annual state of the nation address Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is due to deliver his annual state of the nation address, with thousands expected to take part in protests in the city centre.
10 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT USA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)
Senator Amy Klobuchar to announce 2020 White House plans Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar expected to announce on Sunday in Minneapolis whether she will join the 2020 presidential race. Other Democratic presidential candidates will be visiting early nominating states.
10 Feb 14:00 ET / 19:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ANNIVERSARY-GUNS (PIX) Armed with new power, Democrats push for stricter U.S. gun laws
Democratic lawmakers are pushing stricter gun laws in statehouses across the country, emboldened by sweeping electoral victories in 2018 and confident that public opinion is on their side a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. 10 Feb 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS VENEZUELA-GOLD/ (PIX) (TV)
How Venezuela turns useless bank notes into gold Venezuela's most successful financial operations in recent years have not taken place on Wall Street, but in primitive gold-mining camps in the nation's southern reaches. Reuters tracked Venezuela's gold from steamy jungle mines, through the central bank in the capital of Caracas to gold refineries and food exporters abroad, speaking with more than 30 people with knowledge of the trade.
10 Feb 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
AWARDS-BAFTA/RED CARPET (PIX) (TV) Stars walk the red carpet for at London BAFTA awards
Stars walk the red carpet ahead of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. 10 Feb 14:00 ET / 19:00 GMT
AWARDS-BAFTA/FASHION (PIX) (TV) A look at the red carpet styles as films stars attend the BAFTA awards in London
10 Feb 14:00 ET / 19:00 GMT AWARDS-BAFTA/ (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)
Star-studded BAFTA awards held in London Britain's top accolade in the movie industry, the BAFTA awards, are held in London.
10 Feb 16:00 ET / 21:00 GMT
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