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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus lockdown extends as toll tops 11,000 + Iran frees French researcher in prisoner swap + North Korea fires two 'ballistic missiles' into sea + Country music legend Kenny Rogers dies at 81 + Pressure grows to postpone Tokyo Olympics Virus-health,WRAP NEW YORK Close to one billion people worldwide are confined to their homes as the global coronavirus death toll shoots past 11,000 and US states roll out lockdown measures already imposed across swathes of Europe. 950 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Videographic Iran-France-diplomacy-prisoners,WRAP PARIS A French researcher imprisoned in Iran for more than nine months arrives home in a prisoner swap after France released an Iranian threatened with extradition to the US. 700 words 1600 GMT by Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video NKorea-defence-diplomacy-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, the latest in a series of such launches by Pyongyang as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Claire Lee Entertainment-US-music-Rogers,OBIT LOS ANGELES Country music legend Kenny Rogers, who helped bring the genre into the mainstream during a career spanning six decades, has died at the age of 81. 650 words 1500 GMT. File picture Oly-2020-health-virus-postpone-calls PARIS The powerful US track and field federation calls for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, joining appeals from the US and French swimming chiefs and Norway for the Games to be delayed until 2021. 600 words 1700 GMT. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-pandemic,FOCUS ROME Why Italy? Many people have been wondering why the beautiful Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts list several factors that created a disaster not seen in generations. 700 words 1430 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-Italy,SCENE Health-virus-Britain-tourism,lead LONDON UK regions traditionally desperate for tourists, pleaded for people not to visit the coast or the countryside for fear of spreading the coronavirus as government set to give latest update on situation. 550 words 1600 GMT by David Harding Health-virus-Europe-children-parents,FOCUS PARIS With more and more countries effectively under lockdown because of the virus, parents are struggling to cope with children forced to stay inside all day. 700 words moved by Julie Charpentrat. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON Afghanistan retreat delayed, crucial readiness exercises cancelled, soldiers confined to bases: the world's most powerful military, the American army, has been constricted by the coronavirus. 700 words 1600 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Health-virus-US-wedding-Judaism,FOCUS NEW YORK Once a run-of-the-mill soundtrack to New York's streets, cars honking their horns is a way to throw a socially distanced wedding reception in the time of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-religion-Catholic,SCENE Health-virus-US-California,SCENE Health-virus-US-education-internet,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Argentina,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Argentines knew 2020 would be a tough year as the country struggles to pay off its debts, but no one could have imagined that a pandemic would also leave people locked up in their own homes. 650 words 1500 GMT by Maria Lorente. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-beaches,FOCUS -- ASIA/PACIFIC -- Health-virus-Australia-Bondi,lead SYDNEY Sunbathers, surfers and tourists are banned from Bondi Beach in efforts to contain the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 1,000 people in Australia. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-Netherlands-aviation NEW DELHI A KLM flight from Amsterdam to New Delhi is turned around midair after apparent confusion about India's coronavirus regulations. 400 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-aviation-government-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK About 12 years after the US government bailed out General Motors and Chrysler, Washington policymakers are debating how to throw Boeing a lifeline as it reels from dual crises over the coronavirus and 737 MAX. 700 words moved by Luc Olinga -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Europe-entertainment-streaming,ADVANCER PARIS The timing could not have been more perfect for Disney, which is launching its streaming service in Europe with millions of restless children cooped up at home because of the coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1530 GMT by Severine Rouby Also moving: Health-virus-Europe-entertainment-streaming,FACTS afp
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