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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus deaths top 250,000 as lockdowns ease + Venezuela arrests Americans for failed 'invasion' + UK virus toll now second highest after US + Stocks cheer light at end of virus 'tunnel' + Influencers to battle virus misinformation online Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic tops a quarter of a million, with the US government predicting a further surge in fatalities even as countries accelerate plans to ease their crippling lockdowns. 900 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley with David Harding in London and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Venezuela-Colombia-crisis-politics-defense,lead CARACAS Two Americans are arrested in Venezuela on suspicion of plotting to topple President Nicolas Maduro's government, which has accused US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido of bankrolling the scheme. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-toll,lead LONDON The UK officially overtakes Italy's coronavirus toll with more then 32,000 fatalities, trailing only the United States for the highest numbers of deaths globally. 500 words 1430 GMT Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Equities rally as investors cheer a further easing of lockdowns in some countries, which offsets fears of a renewed trade war between China and the United States. 600 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-RedCross-misinformation GENEVA The Red Cross launches what it says is the first global network of social media "influencers" to battle misinformation about the new coronavirus and to spread lifesaving content about the pandemic. 550 words 1500 GMT by Nina Larson -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany,3rdlead BERLIN Germany is accelerating its return to normality from a crippling lockdown, with regional leaders pushing back against Chancellor Angela Merkel's pleas for prudence in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture Health-virus-Spain-hospital,FOCUS MADRID Two steps from the Madrid hospital where they battle the coronavirus, four young doctors share a flat where they help keep each other calm during the pandemic in one of the world's hardest hit countries. 650 words 1500 GMT by Laurence Boutreux. Picture Cyprus-crime-police NICOSIA Fifteen Cyprus police officers face criminal prosecution for botching any search for seven missing foreign women and children who were victims of a serial killer. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Trump-masks,FOCUS WASHINGTON Will he finally wear one? President Donald Trump's refusal to use a mask during the coronavirus crisis comes under the spotlight when he visits a mask-making factory for his first big trip outside the White House in two months. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Health-virus-US-immigration-economy-Haiti,SCENE SALISBURY, United States Tina says a little prayer every time she goes to work, a plea that this will not be the day that the invisible killer picking off her colleagues comes for her. 750 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics-court JERUSALEM Israel's parliament launches what it warns will be a "marathon debate" on a proposed coalition government deal, the legality of which has been challenged in the country's Supreme Court. 450 words moved by Stephen Weizman. Video Health-virus-Saudi-royals-rights,FOCUS LONDON A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable and went public. Her Twitter account has since gone silent. 800 words moved. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Cameroon-anglophone,FOCUS YAOUNDE People living in English-speaking western Cameroon are having to grapple with a double peril -- the coronavirus pandemic and a conflict between anglophone separatists and the security forces that has claimed thousands of lives. 650 words moved by Reinnier Kaze and Jean-Baptiste Ketchateng with Camille Malplat in Libreville. File pictures. Graphic Health-virus-Guinea-SKorea-travel CONAKRY Raymond Lee had been travelling the world by bicycle for two years when coronavirus struck and he found himself stranded in the poor West African state of Guinea. 550 words moved by Carol Valade with Emmet Livingstone in Dakar. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-space-launch,WRAP BEIJING China successfully launches a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, state media says, in a major test of the country's ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the Moon. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Heath-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India embarks on a "massive" operation to bring back using aircraft and naval ships some of the millions of its nationals stuck abroad due to coronavirus restrictions. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava Philippines-politics-media,WRAP MANILLA The Philippines' top broadcaster ABS-CBN is forced off air over a stalled operating licence renewal, drawing fresh charges that authorities are cracking down on press freedom. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-HongKong HONG KONG Hong Kong announces plans to ease major social distancing measures, including the reopening of schools, cinemas, bars and beauty parlours after authorities largely halted local transmissions of the deadly coronavirus. 400 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-HongKong-animal-penguin HONG KONG Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life for the penguins of Hong Kong's Ocean Park has been much the same during the coronavirus pandemic -- but their carers have worked long shifts to keep the monochrome troupe healthy. 450 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- ECB-eurozone-Germany-court,WRAP KARLSRUHE, Germany Germany's top court demands clarification of a key element of the European Central Bank's support to the eurozone economy, but stops short of overturning its "quantitative easing" bond-buying scheme altogether. 650 words 1430 GMT by Carsten Hauptmeier. Picture Germany-court-Volkswagen-automobile,WRAP KARLSRUHE, Germany A top Germany court says Volkswagen may have to compensate drivers whose cars were equipped with illegal emissions cheating software, in a blow to the German car giant. 600 words 1430 GMT by Annalena Doerner. Picture -- SPORT -- Baseball-Fbl-golf-KOR-health-virus-SKorea,lead SEOUL South Korea's professional sport returns to action after the coronavirus shutdown with the opening of a new baseball season, while football and golf will soon follow suit in a ray of hope for suspended competitions worldwide. 500 words moved. Picture -- CLIMATE -- Climate-warming-temperature-world PARIS Last month tied 2016 for the hottest April on record worldwide, with particularly high temperatures over western Europe and north-central Asia, the European Union's climate monitoring network says. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-theatre-cinemas,FOCUS PARIS Theatres may not reopen after coronavirus lockdowns until next year, producers warn, with many cinemas shuttered until at least August. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-opera-ballet-ParisOpera afp
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