China's President Xi Jinping has promised to defeat the coronavirus, which he described as a "devil". With the death toll having passed 130, the authorities have moved hundreds of overseas citizens from the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak started. They also say infections could peak over the next 10 or so days.

Starbucks is closing 2,000 outlets in China to help efforts to contain the coronavirus.

Other countries have introduced measures. Among these, Australia is planning to quarantine citizens returning from China on Christmas Island, around 2,000km (1,200 miles) from the mainland.

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus. And we look at how people are keeping morale as high as possible in Wuhan.

There's just one stage to go before Brexit can be totally guaranteed for 23:00 GMT on Friday. The European Parliament will debate the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement later, after which it is very much expected to give it its backing. After that, ratification will be complete.

The vote is due at about 17:00, with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage among those expected to contribute to the debate.

A UK minister has taken part in an EU meeting for the final time. And read about the Scottish MEP who was sworn in just four days before Brexit.

"Across the globe, democracy is in a state of malaise," according to the author of a Cambridge University study. In fact, the report says, dissatisfaction with it in developed countries is at a 25-year high. The problem has been growing in the UK since 2005, it suggests. Read the full findings here.

The papers react to the news that Chinese firm Huawei will have a role in creating the UK's 5G network, with the Times saying the prime minister will "succeed in limiting the fallout", despite criticism. The Financial Times reports there is anger in Washington over the decision, but no threat at the moment of retaliation. Elsewhere, the Daily Express quotes a source close to the Duke of York who says he is willing to talk to the FBI as part of its inquiry into the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Metro uses the headline "Just a legend", as it and others pay tribute to broadcaster Nicholas Parsons, who has died aged 96. And the Daily Mirror leads on a claim that Lord Lucan, who disappeared 46 years ago following the death of his family nanny, is in Australia. Read the newspaper review in full.

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