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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy on lockdown as virus toll surges + Putin lays out path to staying in power + Biden seeks knock-out blow in W.House race + Markets swing as virus reponse disappoints + London man second patient to be cured of HIV Health-virus,WRAP ROME Deaths from the new coronavirus in locked-down Italy soar to 631 people as the most deadly outbreak outside of China prompts the European country's neighbours to severely restrict cross-border travel. 850 words 2000 GMT by Jastinder Khera and Dmitry Zaks with Laurent Thomet in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin lays out a path to staying in power after 2024 as lawmakers approve sweeping reforms to the constitution. 700 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mainville and Maria Antonova. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Joe Biden was hoping to deal a debilitating blow to leftist rival Bernie Sanders as six states including crucial Michigan vote in the Democratic presidential primaries. 800 words 1930 GMT by Michael Mathes. Pictures. Video. Graphic. Markets-world,WRAP NEW YORK A rebound in global stocks following their biggest one-day drop in more than a decade fizzles out as hoped-for action to inoculate the economy from a coronavirus-induced recession failed to materialize. 750 words 2130 GMT by John Biers Also moving: Health-virus-US-economy,2ndlead Health-HIV-cancer-cure,WRAP PARIS A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors say, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy-transport,FOCUS ROME Italy's transport system and its links with the outside world are thrown into chaos -- but not cut off entirely -- by the government's stringent measures to contain Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak. 600 words moved by Ljubomir Milasin and Ella Ide in Florence. Photo. Video. Also moved: Health-virus-Italy,SCENE Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-Italy-Slovenia,SCENE Health-virus-Cyprus Health-virus-China-politics,6thlead WUHAN, China Chinese President Xi Jinping says that Wuhan has turned the tide against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, as he pays his first visit to the city at the heart of the global epidemic. 700 words moved by Noel Celis with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-China-accident-hotel Health-virus-China,FOCUS Health-virus-healthcare-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS People at low risk of falling seriously ill with the new coronavirus must do everything possible to avoid overwhelming hospitals, experts warn. 750 words moved by Paul Ricard Health-virus-EU-summit,lead BRUSSELS EU leaders hold emergency talks by videoconference as they scramble to coordinate a Europe-wide response to the coronavirus epidemic, which has roiled markets and put Italy on lockdown. 650 words 2000 GMT by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-dating,FOCUS PARIS At a time that people are advised against cheek-kissing and handshakes for fear of coronavirus spread, some on the dating scene are reassessing their mission to get up close and personal with new acquaintances. 650 words moved by Alice Lefebvre and Daphne Rousseau. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-France-religion-Mulhouse,SCENE Health-virus-SKorea-social,FOCUS SEOUL Allegations of affairs, revelations of membership in religious sects: South Korea's openness about infected patients has been key in its fight against the coronavirus but raised uncomfortable questions over privacy and stigmatisation. 750 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture Health-virus-Fbl-ESP-FRA-ITA-GER,WRAP PARIS Football matches in the top two divisions in Spain and France will be played behind closed doors for at least the next two weeks, officials announce, following the decision by Italy's government to suspend top-flight games until April 3 due to the coronavirus epidemic. 700 words moved. File picture Also moved: FBL-SerieA-ITA-virus,FOCUS Fbl-Asia-CHN-training-virus-health -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Michigan,SCENE DETROIT Frank Hammer worked in Michigan's famed GM auto plants for 30 years, and on Tuesday he is voting not for the US president who promised a manufacturing comeback, but for a leftist candidate whom Donald Trump brands a socialist. 500 words 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Venezuela-politics-protest,WRAP CARACAS Venezuelan riot police fire tear gas at a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido to demand elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro. 600 words 2030 GMT by Esteban Rojas. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-trial,WRAP BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of interfering with the probe into the downing of flight MH17 and casting a "dark shadow" over the trial of four suspects in the disaster. 650 words moved by Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-accident-aviation,WRAP TULU FARA, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines marks the one-year anniversary of the crash of Flight 302, bringing together victims' families for a ceremony and six minutes of silence in memory of the time the jet took to go down. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-US-conflict-military-politics,WRAP KABUL American forces start pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official say, the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. 650 words moved by Usman Sharifi. File Video. File Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-markets-Aramco-oil,2ndlead RIYADH Energy titan Saudi Aramco says it will boost crude oil supplies to 12.3 million barrels per day in April, flooding markets as it escalates a price war with Russia. 460 words moved Health-virus-Israel-religion-Purim,SCENE BNEI BRAK, Israel Israel's new tight restrictions to contain coronavirus do not stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from hitting the streets to partake in a treasured custom: getting drunk on the Purim holiday. 500 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Russia-Saudi-oil,WRAP MOSCOW Russia says it is open to renewing cooperation with the OPEC oil cartel even as kingpin Saudi Arabia escalates a price war with Moscow by announcing it will flood markets with new supplies. 650 words moved by Andrea Palasciano. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho,WRAP ASUNCION Brazilian football great Ronaldinho will remain in pre-trial detention in Paraguay -- where he and his brother are accused of possessing fake passports -- after a judge rejected a request he be released on bail or to house arrest. 500 words 2030 GMT by Hugo Olazar. Picture. Video afp
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