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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden scores new primary wins over Sanders + Italy wakes to second day of lockdown + Kabul to free 5,000 Taliban if violence eases + Cardinal Pell's final appeal opens in Australia + First Premier League match delayed over virus US-politics-vote,WRAP PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania Joe Biden moves a giant step closer to a November showdown with Donald Trump, notching up big primary wins over Bernie Sanders, his sole remaining challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination. 800 words 0930 GMT by Mandel Ngan and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-politics-Biden,PROFILE US-politics-vote-automobile-manufacturing,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italians brace for a second day of national lockdown after a sharp spike in coronavirus-related deaths, as the surging epidemic plays havoc with global sporting, cultural and political events. 800 words 1130 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-US-conflict-military-politics,WRAP KABUL The Afghan government will gradually release 5,000 Taliban prisoners starting this week if the insurgents significantly reduce violence, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman says, seeking to resolve a dispute that has delayed peace talks. 800 words moved by Usman Sharifi and Ammu Kannampilly. Video. File Picture 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 Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Arsenal-ManCity,5thlead LONDON Arsenal's game at Manchester City is 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 coronavirus. 500 words 1030 GMT. File picture Virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Arsenal-ManCity,5thlead LONDON Arsenal's game at Manchester City on Wednesday is 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 coronavirus. 500 words 1030 GMT. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-economy-rate-bank,WRAP LONDON The Bank of England slashes its main interest rate to 0.25 percent in an emergency move to combat the coronavirus fallout on the economy as the new conservative government presents its first post-Brexit budget. 650 words 1100 GMT by Ben Perry. Picture Health-virus-US-economy,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's push for economic stimulus measures to combat market turmoil in the midst of the growing coronavirus crisis gets a slow start after talks with skeptical lawmakers. 650 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: Health-virus-US-music-Coachella Health-virus-US-labor,FOCUS Health-virus-US-testing Health-virus-US-NewYork Health-virus-US-cruise 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 France-politics-health-virus-vote,FOCUS PARIS A slew of measures to limit coronavirus contagion during French municipal elections underscores the disease's potentially volatile impact on the results, including the possibility that many people will decide it is safer to stay home. 650 words 1100 GMT by Anne Renaut and Joseph Schmid 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 -- EUROPE -- Hungary-accident-boat-SKorea,WRAP BUDAPEST A Ukrainian boat captain goes on trial in Hungary charged with causing a collision on the river Danube last year that led to the deaths of 27 mostly South Korean tourists. 400 words 1100 GMT 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 1030 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-politics-constitution,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-court-entertainment-abuse-Weinstein-sentence 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 moved Venezuela-politics-protest,WRAP CARACAS Venezuelan riot police fire tear gas to break up a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido as he seeks to ramp up demands for elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro. 700 words moved by Esteban Rojas. Picture. Video Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho,WRAP ASUNCION Brazilian football great Ronaldinho will remain in pre-trial detention in Paraguay after being refused bail or house arrest on accusations of entering the country with a fake passport. 550 words moved Entertainment-US-opera-harassment-Domingo,WRAP LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Opera says its investigation into star Placido Domingo had found accusations of "inappropriate conduct" against its former director to be credible. 700 words moved -- 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 1000 GMT by Gregory Walton -- ASIA -- 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/ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP RIYADH Oil prices tumble after Saudi Arabia dials up its price war with plans to raise output capacity by one million barrels a day, while a rally in equities goes into reverse as investors nervously await a US coronavirus relief plan. 850 words 1100 GMT afp
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