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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain overtakes China death toll + US senators vote on huge virus stimulus package + Tokyo scrambles to rearrange Olympics + Turkey charges top Saudis over Khashoggi murder + Prince Charles tests positive for virus Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spain becomes the second country to overtake China in its number of dead from the coronavirus epidemic, as more than a billion Indians join a lockdown that has a third of humanity confined at home. 800 words 1500 GMT by Diego Urbaneta with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US WASHINGTON Senators vote on the largest rescue in modern US history for an economy ravaged by the coronavirus amid fears that New York could be the next epicenter of the pandemic. 750 words 1630 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Japan sets about the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo 2020 Games as Olympics chief Thomas Bach opens the door to the possibility of them taking place next spring. 750 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-crime,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish prosecutors charge 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi. 500 words moved Health-Britain-virus-royals,FOCUS LONDON Prince Charles, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, has mild symptoms of the new coronavirus and is in self-isolation in Scotland, as royal officials say the monarch is in good health. 600 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video. Videographics Also moving: Health-virus-celebrity,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-test,FOCUS PARIS "Test, test, test." The World Health Organization's prescription for success in wrestling the new coronavirus pandemic under control may seem simple. So why are so few countries able to follow it? 750 words 1630 GMT by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Britain-modelling PARIS Authors of a headline-grabbing study into how many people in Britain may already be infected with COVID-19 insist their research shows the need for widespread antibody testing to contain the pandemic. 500 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey Health-virus-confinement-tips,FOCUS PARIS With billions around the world suddenly adjusting to social distancing measures as part of the battle to slow the spread of COVID-19, some professionals used to confinement have some tips. 650 words 1530 GMT by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. File picture Health-virus-Britain-internet-politics,FOCUS LONDON Help groups on social media are connecting people with those most in need during the coronavirus lockdown, fostering a community spirit often neglected in the capital's fast-paced life. 700 words moved by Charlotte Durand Also moving: Health-world-Europe-measures,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID The number of people to have died from the new coronavirus in Spain overtakes China's death toll, rising to 3,434 as Madrid announces a multi-million-euro deal with Beijing for critical supplies. 550 words 1530 GMT by Hazel Ward. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-cruise ROME A cruise ship carrying hundreds of quarantined international holidaymakers docks in virus-hit Italy, amid fears those on board may have caught coronavirus from a disembarked passenger who tested positive. 500 words 1500 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-politics-Putin MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin postpones a vote on constitutional reforms and urges Russians to stay home as authorities scramble to contain the coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1500 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-Spain-food,FOCUS ROME In terms of social fun, grocery shopping is low on the list. But as coronavirus shutters cafes, restaurants or nightclubs around the world, the mundane act of going out to buy milk, eggs or lettuce takes on oversized importance. 500 words 1500 GMT by Gildas Le Roux with Thomas Perroteau in Madrid. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-Vertova,FOCUS Health-virus-Turkey,SCENE ISTANBUL "One kilo of bananas, please!" An 83-year-old woman shouts down from her window to the grocers on the corner of an Istanbul street before dropping her basket attached to a rope. This age-old practice has gained a new relevance since the authorities ordered people aged over 65 to stay at home to battle the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-farm,FOCUS BEELITZ, Germany Be it served with butter and ham, drowned in hollandaise sauce or topped with a fried egg, nothing says spring in Germany like asparagus. But this year, the cherished vegetable may be a rare sight as many of the foreign seasonal workers needed to harvest the crop are banned because of the coronavirus. 650 words 1500 GMT by Tobias Schwarz with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-France-prostitutes,FOCUS Health-virus-Russia-migration,SCENE -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran plans to ban intercity travel as it finally gets tough with the coronavirus that has killed more than 2,000 people in one of the world's deadliest outbreaks. 450 words moved Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS KAFR LUSIN, Syria In a camp in northwest Syria, Abdallah Yassin listens to a doctor explain how to avoid coronavirus infection, desperately hoping it will never reach his tent of 14 people. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Kurds,FOCUS Health-virus-Syria-prisons Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM In a setback for Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a right-wing ally steps down as parliamentary speaker, paving the way for the premier's rival to fill the powerful post. 550 words 1530 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. File Video Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH Five years after launching its much-criticised military intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is stuck in a costly quagmire with no exit in sight while it grapples with multiple crises at home. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Health-virus-Algeria-Tunisia-Morocco-labour,FOCUS RABAT In Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, workers in informal or precarious jobs fear not only the novel coronavirus, but how they will survive emergency measures that have cut off their livelihoods. 650 words 1700 GMT by Sophie Pons. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,WRAP DAKAR Coronavirus cases across Africa rise further, having reached the continent's most war-torn countries. Mali and Libya have both declared cases, raising concerns about their capacity to respond to the pandemic. 600 words 1530 GMT by Emmet Livingstone. File Picture Health-virus-Kenya-economy-flowers,FOCUS NAKURU, Kenya On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world's finest roses. But instead of flying them to Europe, or the Middle East, for weddings, funerals and romantic gestures, they take them to an improvised dumpsite where tens of thousands of roses lie rotting in the sun. 600 words moved by Francois Ausseill. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-economy-hotels-tourism-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON The hotel, golf course and office tower empire that made President Donald Trump a billionaire is in peril due to the coronavirus crisis. 750 words 1500 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-poverty,SCENE RIO DE JANEIRO Stay home, wash hands -- the rules of the coronavirus pandemic sound simple enough. But not for people who don't have homes, on the streets in places like Rio de Janeiro. 500 words 1430 GMT by Carlos Fabal. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-alcohol,FOCUS NEW YORK Spirits shaken by coronavirus? Add some ice and pour out a "quarantini." 500 words moved by Laura Bonilla Health-virus-US-guns,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead to social unrest. 550 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-attack,WRAP KABUL At least 25 people are killed in an attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Afghanistan's capital where worshippers were offering morning prayers, the latest brutal assault claimed by the Islamic State group. 650 words moved by Emal Haidary Virus-Indonesia-health,PHOTOESSAY SURABAYA, Indonesia Closed borders and social distancing rules to stem the coronavirus outbreak fail to stop one transnational couple in Indonesia from tying the knot, minus the customary kiss to seal the deal. 250 words moved. Picture Health-virus-China,SCENE MACHENG, Hubei Long queues form for trains and buses in China's Hubei province as people seize their first chance to leave after two months under lockdown at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video -- TOKYO OLYMPICS -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-opposition,FOCUS TOKYO For many in Japan, the postponement of the Olympics is a heartbreaking necessity. But for a small and motley crew opposed to the Games altogether, it doesn't go far enough. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Oly-2020-athletes-media,REAX Health-virus-Oly-2020-property,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-gaming-internet-computers,FOCUS HONG KONG When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of "FIFA 20" after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online -- part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry. 650 words moved by Sean Gleeson afp
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