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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO raises global virus risk to maximum level + Turkey, Russia leaders hold crisis Syria talks + French 'Oscars' awarded amid Polanski blowup + China's Olympic swim champ hit with doping ban + Americans snub Corona beer amid virus outbreak Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization raises its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spreads to sub-Saharan Africa and sends financial markets plummeting. 750 words 2030 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict,WRAP ISTANBUL The leaders of Russia and Turkey held crisis talks Friday after 33 Turkish soldiers died in a regime air strike in Syria, prompting President Donald Trump to urge an end to the Moscow-backed Syrian offensive against rebel holdouts. 750 words 2200 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan with Stuart Williams in Moscow. Picture. Graphic. Video Entertainment-France-film-Cesars-Polanski PARIS The French Oscars take place in an explosive atmosphere, with director Roman Polanski saying he will not go because he fears a "public lynching". 550 words 2230 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video. Graphic Swim-CHN-Sun-doping-CAS-Oly,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland China's triple Olympic swimming gold medallist Sun Yang is banned for eight years for failing to provide a doping sample and will miss the Tokyo Olympics. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-Corona NEW YORK Confusion between coronavirus and the beer brand Corona has been a punchline of questionable propriety during the outbreak, but the matter may not be a joke for the brand. 250 words 1930 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-China-economy-epidemic-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON The world is coming to a standstill as the new coronavirus spreads, putting the global economy at the greatest risk of recession since the 2008 global financial crisis. 700 words 2000 GMT by Delphine Touitou Markets-world, WRAP NEW YORK Global stocks slump again to mark the largest weekly drop since the 2008 global financial crisis over fears the coronavirus could wreak havoc on the world economy. 600 words 2200 GMT Health-virus-Saudi-religion-Islam,FOCUS MECCA Cleaners scrub and sterilise the floors of Mecca's Grand Mosque after fears of coronavirus led Saudi Arabia to suspend pilgrim visas, but worshippers appear unfazed -- confident of God's protection. 600 words moved by Haitham El Tabei. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nigeria,FOCUS LAGOS Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scramble for hygiene products, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. 750 words moved by Celia Lebur and Emmanuel Akinwotu. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Lagos,SCENE Health-virus-company-hygiene,FOCUS LONDON This week's virus-related markets slump has hammered companies worldwide but some winners have emerged as an anxious public clamours for face masks, hand sanitizers and cleaning products. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Marie-Morgane Le Moel and Florian Soenen in Paris Also moved: Health-virus-Switzerland,FOCUS Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS PARIS The first detected case of coronavirus in Africa highlights the vulnerability of the world's poorest continent to outbreaks of contagious diseases. 700 words moved by Richard Ingham Health-virus-Japan-school-Disney-parks TOKYO A British man who was on board a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo has died, Japan's health ministry says. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa and Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-China-Beijing,FOCUS Health-virus-diplomacy-trade-China-Asia,FOCUS Health-virus-Europe-aviation-transport-travel LONDON Key European airlines are reducing flights to Italy due to coronavirus, as part of drastic cost-cutting in an industry plagued by the deadly outbreak. 650 words moved by Roland Jackson -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP COLUMBIA, South Carolina Joe Biden scrambles to salvage his flagging presidential hopes on the eve of South Carolina's Democratic primary, where nothing less than a decisive victory can help him rebound and challenge frontrunner Bernie Sanders. 700 words 2030 GMT by Leila Macor with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture US-politics-vote-reparations,FOCUS MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina For centuries, South Carolina's Charleston was a major port of entry for the transatlantic slave trade. Now, billionaire activist Tom Steyer is shaking up the state's Democratic primary by advocating reparations to African-Americans for slavery. 700 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Obama,FOCUS WASHINGTON For someone who has gone out of his way to stay off the political radar, Barack Obama could hardly loom larger over the bitter battle for the Democratic White House nomination. 700 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Guyana-politics-vote,ADVANCER GEORGETOWN Guyana goes to the polls Monday in a pivotal election in one of South America's poorest nations where a coming oil boom is set to reshape an ethnically-divided political landscape. 500 words 2000 GMT by Denis Chabrol. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-refugee-Greece,lead KASTANIES, Greece Greece blocks hundreds of migrants trying to enter the country, with the Prime Minister declaring that "illegal" entries will not be tolerated, hours after Turkey said it would no longer prevent them from travelling to Europe. 700 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-diplomacy,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-reprisals-toll,3rdlead BEIRUT Turkish reprisals kill 31 Syrian soldiers in the battleground northwestern province of Idlib after a bombardment Ankara blamed on Damascus killed 33 Turkish soldiers, a monitor says. 400 words moved Israel-Palestinians-conflict-politics-vote,FOCUS KEDEM ARAVA, Palestinian Territories Around the time US President Donald Trump took office, a group of Israeli families more than 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) away started a wildcat settlement near the Dead Sea in the Palestinians territories. 800 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,PROFILE Israel-politics-Gantz,PROFILE -- ASIA -- India-religion-unrest,SCENE NEW DELHI Mehtab Ali and Rahul Thakur, a Muslim and a Hindu both 23, lived in adjacent streets. Both died this week in Delhi's worst religious riots in decades. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban-negotiators,PROFILE KABUL The path to the US-Taliban deal came down largely to two Afghan men -- one working for the US, the other for the militants, their lives shaped by decades of conflict. 650 words moved by Laurent Abadie -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-SAfrica-media-television-film-Netflix JOHANNESBURG Online streaming giant Netflix debuts its first made-in-Africa production, Queen Sono, a spy thriller starring South Africa's leading actress Pearl Thusi. 300 words moved. Video afp
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