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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 64016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Muslims mark Ramadan under virus lockdown + US passes new stimulus as job losses soar + Scientists say sunlight kills virus quickly + 'Ghost Town': Stones release lockdown track Health-virus,WRAP JAKARTA Muslims across the world start the holy month of Ramadan under unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns as the US adds another half a trillion dollars to an economic support package and Europe struggles to agree its own huge settlement. 800 words 1030 GMT by Peter Brieger with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Health-virus-US-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON The House of Representatives passes a new $483 billion economic stimulus bill as US job losses from coronavirus soar and businesses clamor for more support. 550 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US-research-sunlight,2ndlead WASHINGTON The new coronavirus is quickly destroyed by sunlight, according to new research announced by a senior US official, offering hope the pandemic may ease over the summer even as the study itself awaits evaluation. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed Entertainment-US-Britain-music-virus-RollingStones-pandemic NEW YORK The Rolling Stones release their first new original music since 2012, a single aptly named "Living in a Ghost Town." 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Germany-Iraq-conflict-trial-warcrime,WRAP FRANKFURT A man believed to have belonged to the Islamic State group goes on trial in Germany accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave. 650 words 1100 GMT by Annalena Doerner. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-Chechnya,FOCUS MOSCOW Elena Milashina has received death threats before, but never so brazen as when Chechnya's strongman leader put out an open call for violence because of her journalism about the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Jonathan Brown. File Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,FOCUS FRANKFURT Left empty as the coronavirus pandemic forces events to be cancelled, Berlin's exhibition centre Messe is getting a makeover with the help of German soldiers -- to reemerge as a hospital in a few weeks' time. 650 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-quiz-lifestyle,FOCUS LONDON The weekly pub quiz is a fixture of life for many Britons and, with bars shut because of the coronavirus outbreak and everybody stuck at home, the tradition is now thriving online. 600 words moved by Alice Ritchie Health-virus-Hungary-politics,FOCUS BUDAPEST A Budapest care home ravaged by the novel coronavirus has become a frontline in an escalating battle between Prime Minister Viktor Orban, emboldened by new emergency powers, and Hungary's beleaguered opposition. 750 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture Health-virus-Austria-agriculture-labour,FOCUS STEINBRUNN, Austria As in many Western countries, one of the shocks of the coronavirus crisis in Austria was how vulnerable farms were when suddenly deprived of foreign labour -- but the country is having some success in getting Austrians to plug the gap. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Liberia,FOCUS MONROVIA It's just four years since a devastating Ebola outbreak killed over 4,800 in Liberia. Now facing a coronavirus outbreak, doctors in the West African country are confident their past experience gives them an edge in fighting the virus. 800 words 1000 GMT by Emmet Livingstone. Video. File picture Health-virus-Djibouti,FOCUS DJIBOUTI Djibouti has seen a rapid spike in coronavirus cases, with the Horn of Africa nation now recording the highest prevalence on the continent as the population largely ignores measures imposed by authorities. 800 words 1000 GMT. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-drugs,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa's coronavirus lockdown has opened a window of opportunity for homeless substance users as methadone programs are rolled out in shelters. 800 words 1130 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Pictures. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Islam-Ramadan RIYADH Muslims around the world begin marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown with unprecedented bans on family gatherings and mass prayers, while a pushback in some countries sparks fears of a surge in infections. 700 words 1200 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Haeril Halim in Jakarta. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Palestinians-Ramadan,FOCUS Health-virus-world-essentials,FOCUS BAGHDAD In the US it was toilet paper, in Mexico it's beer and in France, flour. The goods missing from stores reveal how the world is coping with coronavirus lockdowns. 800 words moved by Haider Husseini with AFP bureaus. Picture Health-virus-Gulf-labour-rights,FOCUS ABU DHABI After all nine men in his dormitory caught the coronavirus, 27-year-old Nurudhin was bussed to a remote quarantine camp -- becoming one of many migrant workers in Gulf states who are struggling to manage. 750 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- China-rights,INTERVIEW BEIJING Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang says he is drained after years in jail but ready to fight to be allowed to travel to Beijing to see his family as authorities keep him confined in a distant province. 650 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video NKorea-politics-diplomacy-US-Kim,2ndlead WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump rejects reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ailing, criticizing his frequent nemesis CNN for running the story. 500 words moved Nepal-quake-anniversary BHAKTAPUR, Nepal It has been five years since an earthquake devastated Nepal, but Krishna Maya Khadka is still struggling to come to terms with losing her husband and the home she lived in for generations. 600 words moved by Paavan Mathema. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Cuba-economy-food,FOCUS HAVANA Yadira types out a message to her WhatsApp group, with the name of a Havana store where a supply of chicken has just arrived. Cuba already suffered from food shortages, but the coronavirus crisis has made finding food for the dinner table a veritable scavenger hunt. 650 words moved by Moises Avila. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS SAO PAULO Frederic Lima arrived at the already overwhelmed Emilio Ribas hospital in Sao Paulo with coronavirus symptoms. Less than 12 hours later a doctor told the 32-year-old's aunt: "We did everything possible." 600 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-indigenous,FOCUS LOWER BRULE, South Dakota Like many Native Americans living on reservations in the United States, Dennis Metcalf has faced poverty, hardship and sadness, and now he fears the coronavirus outbreak could devastate his community. 700 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-Manaus,FOCUS MANAUS Bodies are piling up in refrigerated trucks outside overwhelmed hospitals. Doctors are in short supply. Bulldozers are digging mass graves. And the worst is yet to come. Welcome to Manaus, the capital of vast Amazonas state as it grapples with the highest coronavirus mortality rate of any such city in Brazil. 800 words moved by Por Michael Dantas with Valeria Pacheco in Brasilia. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-Georgia-reopen,SCENE ATLANTA, Georgia The US state of Georgia takes a massive gamble by allowing businesses like gyms and hair salons to reopen to ease a painful coronavirus lockdown, a move even President Donald Trump fears is too soon. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus-Uruguay,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Roberto Canessa survived a plane crash in the Andes and 72 days battling extreme weather, hunger and the fear of dying while stranded in a frozen mountain range. Now, the 67-year-old cardiologist has vowed to take on the coronavirus pandemic in his native Uruguay by building ventilators. 500 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture. Video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-drugs-remdesivir,lead NEW YORK The experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical trial, inadvertently released results show, dampening expectations for the closely watched drug. 550 words moved by Luc Olinga -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-stadium-economy-construction,FOCUS SHANGHAI China is in the throes of a multibillion-dollar splurge on new football stadiums, ramping up ambitions to be a superpower in the sport and host a World Cup as early as 2030. 700 words 0600 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture Fbl-ESP-virus-health MADRID Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says there should be no rush to restart La Liga during the coronavirus lockdown as the Spanish football federation plans tests and a return to training. 450 words moved by Gabriel Rubio Giron -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Entertainment-US-Netflix,FOCUS LOS ANGELES While coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a halt, Netflix has enjoyed record success. But will the streaming giant's well-stocked slate of future shows be enough to maintain that growth? 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. afp
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