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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe ramps up virus response + Convicted rapist Weinstein to to be sentenced + Biden says fighting for US 'soul' after big primary wins + Taliban reject Afghan prisoners offer before talks + First Premier League match delayed over virus Health-virus,WRAP ROME European nations shut schools and universities and slapped more restrictions on travel, sport and cultural events over the surging coronavirus outbreak, as more countries announce deaths from the epidemic. 850 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks and Jastinder Khera with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-court-entertainment-abuse-Weinstein-sentence,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein faces up to 29 years in prison when he is sentenced by a New York judge, two weeks after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault. 550 words 1530 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Joe Biden's trajectory to a November showdown with President Donald Trump looks unstoppable as he scoops a series of devastating primary wins -- with the party waiting anxiously to see if his rival Bernie Sanders will rally behind the presumptive nominee. 650 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-politics-Biden,PROFILE US-politics-vote-automobile-manufacturing,FOCUS Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban KABUL The Taliban rejects the Afghan government's attempt to resolve a spiralling crisis over the release of insurgent prisoners, as Kabul warns it is ready to resume offensive battlefield operations. 500 words 1500 GMT by Usman Sharifi and Emal Haidary Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManCity-Arsenal-health-virus,7thlead LONDON Arsenal's game at Manchester City on Wednesday has been postponed after players from the London club were put into quarantine, making it the first Premier League football fixture to be called off because of the coronavirus outbreak. 700 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy vows to spend up to 25 billion euros to fight a new coronavirus epidemic that has killed 631 people and put hospitals and the economy under severe strain. 600 words 1500 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Italy-life,FOCUS ROME Sixty million Italians are adapting to sweeping restrictions which have upended daily life in an effort to beat the epidemic, affecting everything from getting your hair done to going for a run. 650 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-Church,FOCUS ROME Deprived of mass, forced to watch the pope via livestream, and forbidden from holding weddings or funerals, Italy's Catholics have seen their daily lives ruptured by new coronavirus restrictions. 650 words 1500 GMT by Nicolas Gaudichet and Francesco Gilioli in Portogruaro Health-virus-Spain-education-family,FOCUS MADRID With Madrid schools shuttered over coronavirus fears, 74-year-old Ramon Millan will cross the city by metro every day to mind his grandson, despite the heightened risk to the elderly posed by the deadly epidemic. 600 words 1500 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel. Video Health-virus-Libya-conflict,FOCUS TRIPOLI Despite advice from health authorities to shun public gatherings, Moayed al-Missaoui and friends watched an Italian football match in a buzzing cafe in the war-torn Libyan capital, largely cut off from the outside world. 550 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video SKorea-health-virus-epidemic,Q&A SEOUL A rapid surge in coronavirus cases saw South Korea become one of the world's worst-affected countries outside China, but it has since cut infection rates significantly and has one of the lowest fatality rates anywhere. AFP looks at whether the country has set an example to follow. 800 words moved China-health-virus-economy,4thlead BEIJING Key companies can resume work in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, China announces, in another sign authorities are confident they are winning the battle against the epidemic as they seek to revive the economy. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,ANALYSIS LONDON Policymakers are stepping up emergency action to inoculate the global economy against deeper infection from the coronavirus epidemic, but risk running into financial and political constraints. 700 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-Britain-budget-economy-rate-BoE,WRAP LONDON Britain's government and the Bank of England launch a coordinated emergency response to the country's "significant but temporary" economic impact from the coronavirus, pledging fiscal stimulus worth £30 billion and slashing interest rates to a record-low 0.25 percent. 650 words 1430 GMT by Ben Perry and Roland Jackson. Picture. Video Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-virus health TOKYO Preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer are going ahead "as scheduled," organisers insist, while acknowledging they are "concerned" about the spread of the new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Supporters celebrate and critics call for protests as the prospect sinks in of Russian President Vladimir Putin staying on until 2036. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-constitution,FACTS Britain-Scotland-Libya-court-appeal-Lockerbie,WRAP GLASGOW A Scottish body responsible for investigating possible miscarriages of justices says it has referred the case of a man jailed for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing for appeal. 500 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Graham Hungary-accident-boat-SKorea,WRAP BUDAPEST A Ukrainian cruise captain goes on trial in Hungary over a collision on the river Danube last year that led to the deaths of 27 people, mostly South Korean tourists. 450 words 1600 GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video Lithuania-history BRATISLAVA Lithuania celebrates the 30th anniversary of its secession from the Soviet Union, a move that heralded the beginning of the end of the sprawling Eurasian empire. 500 words 1500 GMT by Vaidotas Beniusis. Picture Also moved: Lithuania-Soviet-politics-history,CHRONO Lithuania-history,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Fbl-WC-2022-QAT-labour-welfare,WRAP DOHA Nine labourers on World Cup 2022 projects died in the past year, say organisers, who stress that none of the fatalities were a result of accidents at tournament projects. 650 words moved by Gregory Walton -- ASIA -- Australia-court-assault-Catholic,2ndlead CANBERRA Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claim he remains behind bars for child sex abuse based on "wrong" and "egregious" legal decisions, as they concluded a last-ditch appeal in Australia's top court. 550 words moved by Holly Robertson Japan-earthquake-tsunami-disaster-virus-Fukushima-nuclear,lead TOKYO Japan marks the ninth anniversary of the killer tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, but the coronavirus outbreak forced public commemorations to be scaled back. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- Oil-Saudi-UAE,WRAP DUBAI Oil heavyweights Saudi Arabia and the UAE vow to pump millions more barrels of crude as they step up a price war after Russia refuses a deal to cut output. 650 words 1430 GMT by Omar Hasan -- TECHNOLOGY -- US-Facebook-politics-privacy-Wylie,INTERVIEW PARIS Tech giants should be regulated like the tobacco industry says Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who revealed the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal. 600 words moved by Frederic Pouchot and Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video afp
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