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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 7 83 57 87 21 -- TOP STORIES -- + Nations move to ease lockdowns as toll tops 200,000 + Yemen crisis deepens as separatists declare self-rule + Trump spurns briefings after disinfectant debacle + Train sighting amid Kim Jong-Un health speculation + French opera costume makers drop tutus for masks Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spanish children are allowed outside for the first time in six weeks as countries prepare to ease lockdown measures and reopen economies despite the worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassing 200,000. 850 words 1030 GMT by Thomas Perroteau with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moving: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Yemen-Saudi-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Yemeni separatists declare self-rule of the country's south as a peace deal with the government crumbles, complicating the wider conflict with Huthi rebels who control much of the north. 700 words 1000 GMT by Shatha Yaish. Picture. Video Also moving: Yemen-conflict-south,CHRONO Health-virus-US-politics-media-Trump WASHINGTON President Donald Trump tweets that his daily coronavirus briefings are not worth his time, two days after sparking a furor by suggesting patients might be injected with disinfectant to kill an infection. 400 words moved NKorea-politics SEOUL A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been spotted at a resort town in the country's east, satellite photos reviewed by a US-based think tank show, as speculation persists over his health. 500 words moved Health-virus-opera-ballet,FOCUS PARIS Costume makers from ballets and opera houses across France have stopping making tutus to turn their hand to making masks. 600 words 1100 GMT by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte vows to reopen schools by September and allow many businesses to resume in a week's time as the country emerges from a near-total coronavirus shutdown. 550 words 1000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work at the start of this week, according to reports just hours after it was announced that the UK's coronavirus death toll had passed the "tragic" milestone of 20,000. 600 words moved by David Harding. Picture Health-virus-Turkey-environment ISTANBUL In the waters of Istanbul's Bosphorus, a pod of dolphins are swimming near the shoreline, filling a space emptied of maritime traffic as well as a ban on fishing due the coronavirus outbreak. 1130 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Health-virus-technology-Germany,FOCUS COLOGNE Tanja Nickel and Katharina Obladen were still in high school when they patented an idea to disinfect escalator handrails using UV light. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Georgia-beach,SCENE TYBEE ISLAND, Georgia After being locked down for weeks, many residents in Georgia are thumbing their noses at the deadly coronavirus and seeking sanctuary in the sun, sand and waves of the southern state's beaches. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-Florida-Venezuela,FOCUS MIAMI With the US economy largely shut down because of the COVID-19 crisis, idle Venezuelan Uber drivers in Miami are displaying the coping skills they developed while trying to survive under President Nicolas Maduro. 600 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-UN,ANALYSIS UNITED NATIONS After more than a month of controversy, a UN Security Council buffeted between the United States, China and Russia is finally expected this week to adopt its first resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, amid calls for intensified international cooperation. 650 words moved by Philippe Rater. File picture Health-virus-US-pet-adoptions,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Animal shelters across the United States are emptying out thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, as people confined to their homes are adopting or fostering animals in droves. 550 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit and Vivian Lin. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iraq-women-abuse,FOCUS BAGHDAD "More morphine!" Malak's mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalised after a marital dispute left her severely burned -- the latest victim of domestic violence exacerbated by confinement in Iraq. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-prisoners,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories When Palestinian Amir Naji was released from Israeli prison, he was told not to hug his family, but emotion overwhelmed him and he clutched his mother tight. 500 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine and Joe Dyke. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-politics-hygiene BEIJING Beijing has banned "uncivilised" behaviour such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, the city government says, in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak. 350 words moved Australia-technology-virus-pandemic SYDNEY Australia launches a smartphone app to trace people who come in contact with coronavirus patients despite privacy concerns that authorities insist are unwarranted. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-NewYork NEW YORK New York -- the financial, cultural and tourism capital of the United States -- is gingerly preparing to get back to business after more than a month of coronavirus shutdown. 700 words moved by Luc Olinga. File picture. File video US-IT-lifestyle-earnings,FOCUS WASHINGTON Big Tech firms set to report quarterly results in the coming days are facing the challenge of spotlighting their roles battling the coronavirus pandemic without seeming as though they are cashing in on the health crisis. 800 words moved by Rob Lever with Julie Jammot in San Francisco -- ENTERTAINMENT & LITERATURE -- Sweden-literature-Enquist,lead STOCKHOLM Per Olov Enquist, one of Sweden's most acclaimed authors who wrote "The Visit of the Royal Physician," dies aged 85. 600 words 0990 GMT by Pia Ohlin. File picture Ukraine-television-bullying,FOCUS KIEV Katya was shunned by her mother and bullied by classmates in her industrial Ukrainian hometown after she told them, aged 13, that she was a lesbian. Consolation has come where she least expected: an eight-part TV series. 550 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Belarus,FEATURE MINSK As Belarus resists imposing a lockdown to combat the coronavirus, its football league has stumbled into the international limelight as Europe's only remaining top-flight competition. But players are worried about the health risks and only diehard fans are braving matches. 650 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaia and Thibaut Marchand. File picture afp
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