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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus hope in Europe, fears in US + UK PM hospitalised but 'still in charge' + Monster Pacific storm lashes Vanuatu + Jihadists kill 20 soldiers in Mali + Premier League clubs face virus backlash Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The coronavirus threatens Americans with their hardest week in living memory and puts Britain's prime minister in hospital, despite early signs that some of Europe's hardest-hit countries may be turning a corner. 850 words 1530 GMT by Alice Ritchie with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Spain,lead Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in "good spirits" and remains in charge of the government despite being hospitalised with "persistent symptoms" of coronavirus 10 days after first being diagnosed. 650 words 1700 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Joe Jackson. File video. File Picture Also moving: Health-virus-Britain-politics-Johnson,PROFILE Vanuatu-Solomons-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP PORT VILA A deadly Pacific cyclone intensifies as it hits Vanuatu, threatening a natural disaster that experts fear will undermine the impoverished nation's battle to remain coronavirus-free. 600 words moved by Philippe Carillo. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-conflict-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO At least 20 Malian soldiers are killed in an apparent jihadist raid in the north of the country, the latest attack in the West African country as the government tries to engage militants in talks to end long-running violence. 550 words moved by Serge Daniel Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs are facing a fierce backlash after Liverpool became the latest club to tap into public funds during the coronavirus pandemic as players and bosses struggle to resolve a festering pay-cut row. 650 words 1530 GMT by John Weaver -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON From patient one in late January to almost 350,000 cases today: How did the coronavirus pandemic get so bad in the United States, and when might we turn the tide? 800 words 1800 GMT by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Europe-prisons,FOCUS BRUSSELS European governments fear often overcrowded prisons are virus timebombs during this pandemic and are looking at early releases and other ways to reduce the risk for those stuck behind bars. 600 words 1700 GMT by Marc Burleigh. File Picture Health-virus-France-rich-poor,FOCUS PARIS The lockdown has exposed social divisions in the French capital with many of the rich disappearing to their second homes in the country while the poor are cooped up in their cramped apartments. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Health-virus-Germany-arts-opera,PHOTOESSAY LEIPZIG, Germany Singing operatic arias accompanied by the wailing of a Giant Schnauzer puppy is not easy, but Leipzig Opera soloist Lilli Wuenscher has had to get used to it. With the opera house closed as Germany battles to contain the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of dancers, singers and instrumentalists are having to find creative ways to practise at home. 450 words 1500 GMT by Ronny Hartmann. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-DRCongo,lead KINSHASA Kinshasa closes off its upmarket business district for two weeks and begins a large-scale disinfection operation in a bid to clean up DR Congo's main suspected source of coronavirus. 650 words 1530 GMT by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. Picture Health-virus-Cameroon,FOCUS LIBREVILLE Cameroon's aged president is coming under fire for his conspicuous absence from the national stage as the central African country faces a burgeoning coronavirus crisis. 550 words 1500 GMT by Camille Malplat -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-emergency,2ndlead TOKYO Japan's prime minister proposes a state of emergency for several major regions seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as well as a stimulus package worth $1 trillion to cushion the impact on the world's third-biggest economy. 650 words moved by Natsuko Fukue Also moved: Virus-health-Japan,Q&A Health-virus-Australia-ship PORT KEMBLE, Australia A cruise ship that has accounted for a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths in Australia is allowed to dock near Sydney after 200 crew members began exhibiting coronavirus symptoms. 300 words moved. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-unrest HONG KONG A former Hong Kong lawmaker is convicted of using a loudhailer to assault police officers during huge pro-democracy protests that convulsed the finance hub last year. 350 words moved Health-virus-India-Dharavi,SCENE MUMBAI Amidst the clogged drains and overflowing garbage dumps of Dharavi -- one of Asia's largest slums -- coronavirus fears are growing and residents say they will be powerless to stop any contagion. 600 words 1500 GMT by Subhash Sharma and Vishal Manve. picture. Video Thailand-virus-animal-dogs,PHOTO ESSAY BANGKOK Cramped tooth and claw in vast cages, hundreds of dogs pass the day sleeping, fighting, or waiting to be fed at a controversial Thai shelter that does not believe in adoptions and blames a drop in donations on the coronavirus. 350 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-HongKong-agriculture-food,VIDEO ESSAY HONG KONG After a coronavirus-fuelled wave of panic-buying briefly left Hong Kong's supermarket shelves bare, residents are turning to local producers for fresh food in a city almost entirely reliant on imports. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-health-virus-prisoners-isolation,FOCUS YANGON From meditation to memory games, former political prisoners in Myanmar are dishing out tips on surviving isolation in a pandemic as the country once severed from the world again closes its borders. 600 words moved by Su Myat Mon and Richard Sargent. Video. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-religion-Easter JERUSALEM As Jews in Israel prepare for Passover and the country's Christian minority looks ahead to Easter, they are all locked into an egg-hunt forced by a nationwide shortage. 500 words 1530 GMT by Stephen Weizman. Picture. -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global equity markets strongly rebound as some of the world's worst-hit countries report falling coronavirus death rates, while oil prices sink after a meeting of top producers is delayed. 600 words 1700 GMT Health-virus-Germany-budget-economy,2ndLead BERLIN Berlin will guarantee 100 percent of loans made by banks to small- and medium-sized firms, German ministers say, in an extension to the 1.1-trillion-euro coronavirus crisis package in Europe's top economy. 450 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-IT-media-television-lifestyle-Quibi-family,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The "quick bites" of video from deep-pocketed startup Quibi could become a new entertainment form for on-the-go smartphone users. The question is whether this is the right time. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman afp
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