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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + France extends virus lockdown until May 11 + Trump: OPEC+ planning 20 mn bpd output cut + Libya govt recaptures two strategic cities + Sailor from virus-stricken US warship dies + Malaysia trials medibot for virus patients Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France says it will prolong its nationwide lockdown for another month to halt spread of the coronavirus, as other hard-hit countries consider easing their own measures with hopes rising the peak of the deadly plateau may have passed. 1,000 words by 2000 GMT by Joseph Schmid and Stuart Williams, with AFP bureaus. Photo. Video. Graphic Health-virus-OPEC-oil-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Top global oil producers are considering slashing output by 20 million barrels a day under the terms of a deal to boost prices, US President Donald Trump says. 650 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Forces backing Libya's unity government seize two coastal cities west of Tripoli in a new blow to military commander Khalifa Haftar a year after he launched an offensive on the capital. 650 words 2000 GMT by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-defense-Navy,3rdlead WASHINGTON A sailor who was aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier dies of COVID-19, the first fatality from nearly 600 confirmed cases among its crew. 600 words 2000 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Health-virus-Malaysia-technology KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian scientists create a barrel-shaped robot on wheels they hope will make the rounds on hospital wards to check on coronavirus patients, reducing health workers' risk of infection. 200 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork NEW YORK New York's governor declares that the "worst is over" for its coronavirus outbreak, despite reporting its death toll had passed 10,000, as he begins working with several other states to gradually reopen their shuttered economies. 500 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-secondwave,FOCUS WASHINGTON The first wave of the US coronavirus outbreak has yet to peak, but scientists are already warning of a second if President Donald Trump and others move too fast to ease the nationwide lockdown. 700 words 1800 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ecuador-bodies,ANALYSIS GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador With hundreds of corpses left decaying in homes due to lack of space in overwhelmed morgues and hospitals, the coronavirus has struck a withering blow to Ecuador's economic capital Quayaquil, symbolizing the chaos the pandemic can unleash in a poor country. 700 words 1530 GMT by Paola Lopez. Picture Health-virus-US-Florida-Italy-Moldova,FOCUS MIAMI They have been traveling the world for four years on an ambitious trek that has taken them to 50 countries on five continents. But the coronavirus pandemic has stopped the couple in their tracks. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France,2ndlead PARIS President Emmanuel Macron extends France's coronavirus lockdown until May 11, conditioning any easing of the rules on a further slowing of the epidemic after authorities said the death toll was near 15,000 people. 600 words 2000 GMT by Stuart Williams and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID Workers in Spain's construction and manufacturing sectors cautiously return to work as the daily death toll resumes its downward trend and new infections fall to the lowest level in three weeks. 550 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos and Hazel Ward. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran vows to protect its people from the economic impact of the novel coronavirus as the official death toll in the Middle East's worst-hit country passes 4,500. 440 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- SKorea-NKorea-politics-vote-rights,INTERVIEW SEOUL The crutch-wielding North Korean lauded by Donald Trump in a State of the Union address is seeking a seat of his own in the South's parliament to defend other defectors who have fled their reclusive homeland but often find themselves marginalised. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Chad-conflict-Sahel,Q&A N'DJAMENA Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno threatens to end the deployment of his troops beyond national borders, a move loaded with potential consequences for the campaign against Islamist insurgents in the Sahel. 650 words moved by Djimet Wiche with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. File picture -- SPORT -- Health-virus-cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,FOCUS PARIS The Tour de France not only plays a central role in French life, it is the economic heartbeat of professional cycling and analysts fear heavy consequences if the coronavirus crisis forces its cancellation. 600 words moved by Andrea Bambino. File picture afp
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