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Coronavirus infections rise as countries begin evacuating their nationals

The US, UK, Japan and other countries have evacuations underway.

Australia plans to quarantine its 600 returning citizens for two weeks on Christmas Island - some 2,000km from the mainland, while American evacuees will be quarantined in Alaska.

Also on the programme: US President Donald Trump has presented his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital. And: Donald Trump's defence team concluded its oral arguments in the US Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday amid a bombshell report that former national security adviser John Bolton implicates President Trump in his new book.

(Photo: Evacuations begin from Hubei, China as coronavirus infections increase. Credit: AFP)

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