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| - Duty Editor: Mike Patterson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy heads for lockdown as virus spreads + Saudi princes detained over 'coup plot' + Greece refugee shelter burns as tensions rise over migrant surge + Judge orders Ronaldinho held over fake passport charge Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy's government plans to place large parts of the north in coronavirus lockdown as Italian cases soar past 200 and the Vatican announces Pope Francis's Angelus prayer will be livestreamed. 850 words 0300 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video. Graphic Saudi-politics-royal-crackdown,WRAP RIYADH Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew for allegedly plotting a coup, three sources tell AFP, signalling the de facto ruler's tightening grip on power. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Europe-migrants-Greece-Turkey-camps,2ndlead LESBOS ISLAND, Greece A fire engulfs a refugee shelter on the island of Lesbos as Greece announced further restrictions towards asylum seekers in response to a migration surge enabled by Turkey. 500 words moved by Alexandros Kottis and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video Fbl-PAR-BRA-Brazil-Paraguay-Ronaldinho-investigation,WRAP ASUNCION Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho is behind bars after being arrested for entering Paraguay on a fake passport, a judge in Asuncion confirms. 450 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis decides to deliver Sunday's prayer by livestream and Italy calls in retired doctors as the escalating coronavirus epidemic empties streets in Europe's worst affected country. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-US LOS ANGELES Passengers trapped aboard a US cruise ship, stranded by a coronavirus outbreak, speak of their growing anxiety as New York state announces a state of emergency over a spike in new cases. 650 words 0230 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO For people hunkering down due to the coronavirus epidemic, the tech sector has become their new best friend with an array of lifestyle solutions making "social distancing" easier. 700 words 0130 GMT by Glenn Chapman Health-virus-China,FOCUS BEIJING For days now, several cities at the heart of China's deadly coronavirus epidemic have not recorded any new infections -- so residents such as factory worker Tang Wushan have a message for the authorities: it's time to lift their quarantine. 700 words 0200 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture Health-virus-US-oil,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Oil prices have plummeted by more than 30 percent since the start of the year but for producers the worst may be yet to come, warn experts, as the coronavirus epidemic weighs heavily on demand. 650 words moved by Daniel Hoffman -- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Sudan-women-politics-social,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women's issues. 500 words 0300 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Brazil-women-rights-dance-8March,FOCUS SAO PAULO White or black, skinny or fat, frizzy-haired or straight: at the Marvelous Women dance academy in Brazil, the only thing that can be said of the average class is that there is no average. 575 words 0130 GMT by Paula Ramon. Video Also see AFP Features and Special Reports Advisory for a dedicated series of interviews with women in Asia who are tackling issues that resonate worldwide -- ASIA -- US-Afghanistan-Taliban-talks,FOCUS ISLAMABAD A US-Taliban deal that was supposed to kickstart peace talks between the insurgents and the Kabul government is looking flimsier by the day, with fighting raging across Afghanistan and no one sure about what comes next. 750 words 0300 GMT by David Stout and Thomas Watkins NZealand-attacks-politics-vote,FOCUS WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won global acclaim for her response to the Christchurch mosque shootings -- but 12 months on, her political future hangs in the balance and there are signs "Jacinda-mania" has peaked. 650 words 0230 GMT by Neil Sands -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Sanders-Burlington,FOCUS BURLINGTON, Vermont When self-styled "democratic socialist" Bernie Sanders took his first political steps as mayor of Burlington, the small Vermont town would serve as a testing ground for his progressive agenda. 800 words 0230 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video US-Somalia-conflict-jihadists-policy-defense,FOCUS WASHINGTON The Pentagon has been issuing near daily announcements of new strikes against the Islamic militants of Shebab in Somalia, seemingly without affecting the Al-Qaeda affiliate's ability to destabilize the country, in what is looking like a new "endless war" for the United States. 750 words 0130 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture US-IT-politics-regulate,FOCUS WASHINGTON A bill aimed at curbing online child sex abuse is pitting the US government against the tech sector, in a battle about encryption and liability for illegal online content. 700 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-religion,FOCUS NEUFAHRN BEI FREISING, Germany Ozan Iyibas has unleashed a mini earthquake ahead of a municipal election in southern Germany's Bavaria with his candidacy -- as the first Muslim standing for the Christian Social Union (CSU). 600 words 0330 GMT by Pauline Curtet. Picture. Video Greece-EU-migrants,ANALYSIS ATHENS Five years ago, Greece offered hospitality to a huge wave of migrants at the height of the Syrian civil war -- but today, hostility is what greets those seeking a new life. 600 words 0400 GMT by Helene Colliopoulou. File picture France-vote,ADVANCER PARIS Three years after he swept to power, have the French definitively soured on President Emmanuel Macron? Voters go to the polls next weekend for the first round of municipal elections expected to test backing for his ambitious reform agenda. 750 words 0400 GMT by Clare Byrne Also moving: France-vote-Paris,FOCUS France-vote-Paris-women,PROFILE Ukraine-conflict-health-social,FOCUS KIEV Vasyl was wounded fighting Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Now he is one of the participants in an initiative to help soldiers overcome PTSD with the help of therapy dogs. 650 words 0430 GMT by Oleksandr Savochenko. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-ManCity-Fernandes,PREVIEW LONDON Bruno Fernandes can cement his status as Manchester United's new talisman when the Portugal midfielder gets his first taste of the derby rivalry with Manchester City on Sunday. 600 words moved by Steven Griffiths afp
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