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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Sub-Saharan Africa confirms first virus case + Turkey, Russia seek to calm Syria crisis + Global stocks plummet on virus fears + China's Olympic swim champ hit with doping ban + Netflix debuts first 'Made-in-Africa' original 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 1700 GMT by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict,WRAP ISTANBUL The leaders of Russia and Turkey hold crisis talks after an air strike by Moscow-backed Syrian forces kills 33 Turkish soldiers in the tinderbox province of Idlib and triggers global concerns about an escalation in regional tensions. 750 words 1530 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan with Stuart Williams in Moscow. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-diplomacy,FOCUS Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stocks are on course for their largest weekly drop since the financial crisis more than a decade ago owing to fears the coronavirus could wreak havoc on the world economy. 650 words 1430 GMT Swim-CHN-Sun-doping-CAS-Oly,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland China's triple Olympic swimming gold medallist Sun Yang is banned for eight years for failing to provide a doping sample and will miss the Tokyo Olympics. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Entertainment-SAfrica-media-television-film-Netflix JOHANNESBURG Online streaming giant Netflix debuts its first made-in-Africa production, Queen Sono, a spy thriller starring South Africa's leading actress Pearl Thusi. 300 words moved. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 1500 GMT by Haitham El Tabei. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nigeria,FOCUS LAGOS Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scramble for hygiene products, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. 750 words 1500 GMT by Celia Lebur and Emmanuel Akinwotu. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Lagos,SCENE Health-virus-company-hygiene,FOCUS LONDON This week's virus-related markets slump has hammered companies worldwide but some winners have emerged as an anxious public clamours for face masks, hand sanitizers and cleaning products. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Marie-Morgane Le Moel and Florian Soenen in Paris Also moved: Health-virus-China-Beijing,FOCUS Health-virus-diplomacy-trade-China-Asia,FOCUS Health-virus-US-California Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS PARIS The first detected case of coronavirus in Africa highlights the vulnerability of the world's poorest continent to outbreaks of contagious diseases. 700 words moved by Richard Ingham Health-virus-Japan-school-Disney-parks TOKYO People in Japan's rural north have been urged to stay at home this weekend in a desperate effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak as the country reported two more deaths linked to the illness. 600 words moved by Karyn Nishimura and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video Health-virus-Europe-aviation-transport-travelP LONDON Key European airlines are reducing flights to Italy due to coronavirus, as part of drastic cost-cutting in an industry plagued by the deadly outbreak. 650 words moved by Roland Jackson -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP COLUMBIA, South Carolina Joe Biden appears on track to claim his first victory in the Democratic nomination race with Saturday's South Carolina primary, a must-win contest that the former Vice President hopes will salvage his flagging campaign. 600 words 1530 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-reparations,FOCUS MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina For centuries, South Carolina's Charleston was a major port of entry for the transatlantic slave trade. Now, a little known billionaire named Tom Steyer is shaking up the state's Democratic primary by advocating reparations to African-Americans for slavery. 700 words 1600 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Obama,FOCUS WASHINGTON For someone who has gone out of his way to stay out of the picture, Barack Obama could hardly loom larger over the battle for the Democratic White House nomination. 700 words 1800 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. File picture -- EUROPE -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-refugee-Greece,lead KASTANIES, Greece Greek border guards block hundreds of migrants from entering the country hours after Turkey announced it would no longer hold them back from Europe. 650 words 1500 GMT by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video Austria-history-Hitler-exhibition,FOCUS SANKT POELTEN, Austria Adolf Hitler's admiration for German composer Richard Wagner is well-documented, but that the Nazi dictator attempted to write an opera himself will come as a surprise to many. 550 words moved by Celine Jankowiak. Picture. Video 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 moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. 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 moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video 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. 850 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote-politics,PROFILE CONAKRY A woman used as a human shield in the West African state of Guinea became a symbol of government resistance. But now, she wishes the political firestorm would blow over. She is injured and can no longer work. And her children, infuriated by her treatment, insist on going to every opposition protest. 450 words 1430 GMT by Emmet Livingstone and Carol Valade. Picture. Video -- 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 -- BUSINESS -- Germany-automobile-diesel-pollution-court-Volkswagen,WRAP FRANKFURT An important chapter in Volkswagen's years-long "dieselgate" emissions cheating saga is set to close, as the German car giant agreed an 830 million-euro compensation deal with domestic consumer groups. 650 words moved by Tom Barfield. File picture US-economy-bank-rate-epidemic-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has angrily demanded the central bank lower borrowing rates, but it might be the expanding coronavirus epidemic that pushes the Federal Reserve off the sidelines. 600 words 1500 GMT by Julie Chabanas -- ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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