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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus lockdown tightens + Trump, Putin discuss oil, coronavirus + N. Korea threatens to end US dialogue + Tokyo Olympics announced for July 2021 + Van Gogh taken from virus-shut gallery Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus extend around the world as the death toll soars past 35,000 despite slivers of hope in stricken Italy and Spain. 850 words 2100 GMT by Michael Mathes and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy,lead Health-virus-Russia,4thlead Health-virus-Russia-US-sanction-politics,4thlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discuss plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, as Trump said Moscow is pressing for an end to US sanctions. 750 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture NKorea-SKorea-nuclear-weaponry-politics,WRAP SEOUL North Korea warns it could cut off dialogue with the United States and slams Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for urging the international community to maintain sanctions on its regime, but the top US diplomat says the US still looks forward to talks. 500 words 2030 GMT. Picture Oly-2020-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers say, after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until 2021. 700 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Graphic Netherlands-art-crime-VanGogh-health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Thieves steal a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Jan Hennop. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK A military hospital ship docks in New York as America's coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with President Donald Trump extending emergency restrictions amid grim warnings about the death toll. 650 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-labor-retail,lead NEW YORK Amazon warehouse employees and Instacart delivery shoppers join protests to press safety demands, highlighting the health risks for workers on the front lines of supplying Americans largely sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 500 words 2000 GMT by Angela Weiss. Pictures Health-virus-Panama-ship-US,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, United States Florida's governor says he does not want passengers suffering from coronavirus on the cruise ship Zaandam to be "dumped" in his southern US state. 600 words 1930 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-Colombia-ELN,WRAP BOGOTA Colombia's last recognized leftist guerrilla group, the ELN, announced a month-long ceasefire in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Colombian senators hoping to establish a peace process with the group said. 550 words 2000 GMT by Hector Velasco. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-indigenous-plea,FOCUS PARIS Indigenous leaders from around the world issue a desperate plea for protection from COVID-19, warning that their voluntary isolation in nature renders them uniquely vulnerable to the deadly virus. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-France-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS "I cry when I wake up. I cry eating breakfast." The strain on the medical staff fighting the coronavirus in France is beginning to show as the peak of the epidemic is set to hit the country. 700 words moved by Anne Chaon. File picture -- ASIA -- Virus-health-India NEW DELHI Indian authorities struggle to help millions left jobless by a crippling coronavirus lockdown, potentially undermining efforts to stop the virus ravaging the world's second most-populous nation. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,lead LAGOS Over 20 million Nigerians scramble to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggle to curb the spread of coronavirus. 650 words moved by Celia Lebur and AFP Africa bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-Zimbabwe,lead HARARE Police fan out across the streets as Zimbabwean authorities begin enforcing a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, but for many the restrictions mean tough times ahead. 600 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-social,SCENE JOHANNESBURG On day four of a coronavirus lockdown, 60-year-old Ntombi Dlamini is ushered past a queue of shoppers snaking outside a shopping in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, where she has come to withdraw her monthly payout. She is one of 17 million South Africans who live off social grants from the state. 600 words moved by Sofia Christensen with Max Matavire in Port Elizabeth. Picture. Video Health-virus-ICoast-kings,FOCUS AZAGUIE-AHOUA, Ivory Coast "Good day, this message is about the coronavirus. It is a very dangerous disease," warns a voice relayed by loudspeakers around Azaguie-Ahoua, a small town in southeastern Ivory Coast. 750 words moved by Patrick Fort and Aly Ouattara. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Netanyahu,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes into precautionary quarantine after a staffer within his office tests positive for COVID-19, as the veteran premier seeks a unity government to combat the pandemic. 500 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. File picture Saudi-Yemen-conflict RIYADH The Saudi-led military coalition says it carried out multiple air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa in retaliation for missile strikes on Riyadh. 400 words moved afp
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