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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus confirmed in sub-Saharan Africa + Alarm after Turkish troops killed in Idlib + Global stocks plunge on virus fears + China swim champ Sun Yang banned in doping case + Polanski snubs 'French Oscars' Heath-virus,WRAP LAGOS Nigeria reports the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa, as global stock markets tank on deepening fears of a pandemic and the World Health Organization warns against the "fatal mistake" of complacency. 800 words 1200 GMT by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey warns it is opening the gates for refugees to flee to Europe after an air strike blamed on Damascus kills 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria and triggers global concerns about a dangerous escalation in tensions. 800 words 1130 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Turkey-refugee-Greece Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets plunge further with equities on course for the largest weekly drop since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, as investors run to the hills on fears that the coronavirus will devastate the global economy. 650 words 1030 GMT Swim-CHN-Sun-doping-CAS-Oly,WRAP LAUSANNE China's triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is found guilty of refusing to give a doping sample and banned for eight years in an eagerly-awaited judgement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. 450 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Entertainment-France-film-Cesars-Polanski PARIS The French Oscars take place in an explosive atmosphere, with director Roman Polanski saying he will not go because he fears a "public lynching". 450 words 1200 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-California LOS ANGELES Medical staff caring for a California woman with the first US case of novel coronavirus of unknown origin were unable to get her tested for five days because she had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions, a lawmaker reveals. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit with Issam Ahmed in Washington. Picture Health-virus-Nigeria,FOCUS LAGOS Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scramble for hygiene products, as the chaotic megacity of 20 million announces the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. 700 words 1000 GMT by Sophie Bouillon and Celia Lebur. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-school-Disney-parks TOKYO Japan's prime minister defends his call for schools across the country to close over the new coronavirus, as the country confirmed a fifth death linked to the outbreak. 650 words moved by Karyn Nishimura and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-religion-Islam,FOCUS MECCA Dozens of cleaners scrub and sterilise the floors of Mecca's Grand Mosque amid fears of a coronavirus contagion that prompted Saudi Arabia to suspend visas for Muslim pilgrims, but Algerian worshipper Nadia is unfazed and confident that God will protect her. 600 words 1200 GMT by Haitham El Tabei. Picture. Video Health-Virus-Mexico-ship-tourism,2ndlead MEXICO CITY A cruise ship turned away from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after a crew member tested positive for flu has docked in Mexico and passengers will be allowed to disembark as long as "health standards" are met, the country's president says. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus-China-Beijing,FOCUS BEIJING Fearing a resurgence of crowds as coronavirus cases drop, Beijing is not taking any chances, limiting numbers in parks, keeping shoppers apart in supermarkets and preventing cinemagoers from sitting close together. 700 words moved by Eva Xiao. Picture. Video Health-virus-diplomacy-trade-China-Asia,FOCUS COLOMBO From an artificial island in Sri Lanka to a bridge in Bangladesh and hydropower projects in Nepal and Indonesia, China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road plan is stuttering under the effects of the deadly coronavirus. 800 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara with Safiqul Alam in Dhaka. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-politics-vote,FOCUS KEDEM ARAVA, Palestinian Territories Around the time US President Donald Trump took office, a group of Israeli families more than 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) away started a wildcat settlement near the Dead Sea in the Palestinians territories. 800 words 1100 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE JERUSALEM Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, is a veteran right-winger facing a corruption indictment, a former elite soldier and a close ally of US President Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Stephen Weizman. File picture. File video Also moved: Israel-politics-Gantz,PROFILE Lebanon-politics-corruption,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanon's government had frozen recruitment, but then around the time of key elections thousands of people suddenly landed civil servant jobs. 800 words 1100 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Also moving: Lebanon-politics-corruption-Beirut,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-children-health-social,FOCUS SARAJEVO Children with hands bound, tethered to a radiator and some in tears -- harrowing photos from inside an institution for special-needs youth has shocked Bosnia and shed light on the lack of support for disabled kids and their families. 750 words 1000 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Austria-history-Hitler-exhibition,FOCUS SANKT POLTEN, Austria Never before seen objects from the estate of a friend of Adolf Hitler's are part of a new exhibition at a Museum in Austria aiming to shed more light on the dictator's youth. 500 words 1230 GMT by Celine Jankowiak. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Angola-politics-corruption,FOCUS LUANDA Angola's former first son Jose Filomeno dos Santos has spent hours contemplating the marble floor and wood-panelled walls of Luanda's Supreme Court where he has been on trial since December. 800 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Guinea-vote-politics,ADVANCER CONAKRY Guineans will be called to vote on Sunday on whether to adopt a new constitution, after months of protests sparked by charges that this is a trick by President Alpha Conde to stay in power. 750 words moved by Emmet Livingstone and Mouctar Bah. File Picture. File Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- India-unrest-law-religion,SCENE NEW DELHI Gul Mohammad had a flourishing footwear business until masked men armed with crude petrol bombs burnt down his shops during Delhi's sectarian riots, shattering the harmony between Hindus and Muslims in the neighbourhood. 750 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava, with Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban-negotiators,PROFILE KABUL The path to the US-Taliban deal came down largely to two Afghan men -- one working for the US, the other for the militants, their lives shaped by decades of conflict. 650 words moved by Laurent Abadie -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-California,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Fiercely progressive California has thrust itself back into the heart of the fight for the presidency in 2020, casting a potentially decisive vote Tuesday on the Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Laurent Banguet Also moved: US-politics-religion-Judaism,FOCUS Canada-indigenous-protest-law,FOCUS OTTAWA A clash of Canadian colonial-era and traditional indigenous laws is behind a flare-up of protests this month in support of chiefs fighting construction of a pipeline on their ancestral lands, experts say. 700 words moved by Jacques Lemieux and Michel Comte. File Picture. Video Brazil-science-belief-offbeat,FOCUS SAO PAULO Sitting by a model of the Earth shaped like a pancake, Brazilian restaurant-owner Ricardo lets out an exaggerated laugh: "'Hahaha!' That's how people react when you tell them the Earth is flat," he says. 700 words moved by Pascale Trouillaud. Picture. Video afp
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