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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + World markets collapse on coronavirus crisis + Dozens killed in attack on Afghanistan rally + Calm in northwest Syria after ceasefire deal + US lawmakers rebuke Boeing over 'flawed' MAX + Clinton: Lewinsky affair eased job pressures Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of coronavirus cases worldwide surges past 100,000, as stock markets collapse and health officials warn countries are failing to take the coronavirus crisis seriously enough. 800 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-unrest,WRAP KABUL Dozens of people are killed when gunmen opened fire at a political rally in Kabul, the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban. 700 words 2000 GMT by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Graphic. Picture. Video Syria-conflict,WRAP IDLIB, Syria Syria's war-ravaged northwest wakes up to relative calm, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal. 700 words 1930 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut. Picture. Video. Graphic Moved: Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-ceasefire,FOCUS Syria-conflict-Idlib,CHRONO Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE US-Congress-aviation-accident-Boeing,WRAP WASHINGTON Boeing made missteps and withheld information about the 737 MAX while federal regulators failed to provide proper oversight, leading to a "fundamentally flawed" aircraft, a US congressional committee said, while calling for tighter regulation. 600 words 2000 GMT by Heather Scott File picture. US-politics-BillClinton,WRAP NEW YORK Bill Clinton says he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky to help him deal with the stress of being president as he opens up in a documentary about the scandal that led to his impeachment. 500 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Markets-world,WRAP NEW YORK Stock markets and oil markets are in turmoil over the coronavirus as world health officials warned that countries are not taking the global outbreak seriously enough. 600 words 2200 GMT Health-virus-US-cruise SAN FRANCISCO Passengers and crew on a giant cruise ship being held off the coast of San Francisco await the results of tests to determine if any of the 3,500 people on board have the new coronavirus. 600 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video OPEC-energy-oil-politics,WRAP VIENNA OPEC and its allies fail to reach a deal on oil production cuts, after Moscow refuses to tighten supply to counter the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, sending oil prices tumbling. 600 words 2000 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-US-diplomacy-language,lead WASHINGTON The coronavirus is getting a new name from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -- the "Wuhan virus" -- to the anger of China where the global pandemic was first detected. 500 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-SKorea-diplomacy-Japan SEOUL Seoul threatens to retaliate over what it calls Tokyo's "irrational" plan to quarantine arrivals from South Korea over the coronavirus outbreak, turning the scientific issue into a diplomatic row. 550 words moved Health-virus-Palestinians-tourism BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories The city of Bethlehem is under lockdown after the first Palestinian cases of the deadly coronavirus were discovered there and as stuck tourists try to find a way out. 600 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video Health-virus-Vatican VATICAN CITY The Vatican reports its first coronavirus case and closes some offices to protect hundreds of the micro-state's priests and residents from the virus raging in surrounding Italy. 550 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-religion,SCENE MECCA, Saudi Arabia An eerie emptiness envelops the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, where attendance at Friday prayers is hit by measures to protect against the deadly new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Haitham El-Tabei. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-chemicals-pharmaceutical,FOCUS CAEN,France The production lines are whirling at Gilbert, one of France's main producers of sanitising gels, in a bid to meet the soaring demand for the bottles by people hoping to fend off infection in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words 2000 GMT by Chloe Coupeau Health-virus-history-science,FOCUS PARIS They're as old as life itself but scientists can't say for sure if they're alive. They're written into our DNA, shaping the human saga through mutation and resilience. 750 words moved by Patrick Galey US-economy-employment-trade-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Hiring is surging and wages are rising in the United States as the year begins, but the coronavirus is poised to infect the economy and hamper President Donald Trump's re-election bid. 700 words 2130 GMT by Heather Scott -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-gender,FOCUS WASHINGTON Elizabeth Warren's exit from the Democratic presidential nomination race leaves America's highest glass ceiling still intact, with fellow candidates, senior lawmakers and supporters warning of relentless misogyny in US politics. 650 words 1930 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moving: US-politics-vote-offbeat,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Turkey-Greece,WRAP PAZARKULE Migrants and Greek police trade tear gas and rocks at the border with Turkey, where thousands of refugees have been encouraged by Ankara to leave for the European Union. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Tunisia-attack,WRAP TUNIS A double suicide attack targets police guarding the US embassy in the Tunisian capital, killing an officer and wounding five other people in a country repeatedly hit by jihadist violence. 600 words moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Zambia-crime-gas,FOCUS LUSAKA All the woman remembers before she passed out was an overwhelmingly pungent odour that suddenly filled her sitting room. She was the latest victim of a wave of mysterious gas attacks that has sparked panic in Zambia. 650 words moved by Obert Simwanza -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- India-economy-banking-YesBank,WRAP MUMBAI Shares in India's Yes Bank plunge as much as 85 percent after the central bank seizes control and imposes withdrawal limits to prevent the collapse of the country's fourth-largest lender. 500 words moved by Vishal Manve. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-France-US-music-Birkin,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Nearly three decades after Serge Gainsbourg's death, his former romantic and artistic partner Jane Birkin is still bringing his storied music catalogue to life. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video afp
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