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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Confirmed virus cases approach one million + Trump and Iran in new war of words + Death sentence overturned for Pearl murderer + Lockdowns put invisible workers front and centre + Social dis-dance: clubbing goes online Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Confirmed coronavirus cases approach one million around the world as Europe reels from the pandemic and the United States prepares for a peak that President Donald Trump warns will be "horrific". 900 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Iran-US-Iraq-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warns it against attacks on US troops in Iraq as a new war of words heats up amid the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words 1100 GMT by Amir Havasi. Video Pakistan-US-Britain-crime-media-Pearl KARACHI A Pakistani court overturns the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl. 450 words. 1100 GMT. File picture Health-virus-economy,FOCUS PARIS As the coronavirus outbreak confines millions of Europeans to their homes, many others are still showing up each day for jobs that are often overlooked or taken for granted. AFP journalists gather the stories of workers ensuring a minimum of daily life. 1,200 words 1000 GMT by Lucie Peytermann and AFP bureaus. Video Also moved: Health-virus-lives,FOCUS Health-virus-Singapore-nightclub-lifestyle,FOCUS SINGAPORE Strobe lights flash across a near-empty dance floor as a DJ live-streams thumping electronic music from a Singapore nightclub to revellers confined to their homes. 550 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-masks,FOCUS TOKYO The use of face masks in Asia during the coronavirus outbreak has been far more widespread than in the West, where governments have urged people to reserve supplies for frontline medical staff, so have they helped limit infections? 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Picture Health-virus-US-doctors,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON AFP speaks to Doctor Daniel Brenner of Johns Hopkins Hospital to gain insight into what medical professionals are learning about the coronavirus in real time. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-lifestyle-alcohol-Canada,FOCUS MONTREAL, Canada Some countries have banned alcohol, others say liquor shops are essential services, and one top official even suggested a tipple after another long day trapped at home can be a necessary restorative. 650 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill with AFP bureaus. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- EU-migration-court-Poland-Hungary-Czech,lead BRUSSELS Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing refugees as the bloc faced a migration emergency five years ago, the European Court of Justice rules. 400 words 0930 GMT by Marc Burleigh Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-vulnerable,FOCUS BELFAST An ice cream van that normally tours the streets of Belfast has been repurposed to bring essential supplies to the vulnerable forced to stay at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1000 GMT by Paul Faith and Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Health-virus-EU-diplomacy-Serbia-China,FOCUS BELGRADE A team of Chinese doctors who arrived with great fanfare two weeks ago are now running Serbia's COVID-19 strategy, as the Balkan state becomes a willing theatre for Beijing's "mask diplomacy". 800 words moved by Sally Mairs. Picture. Video Health-virus-Austria-masks,FOCUS VIENNA Austria is preparing to join neighbouring states in turning to mask wearing as a further weapon to fight the coronavirus, presenting citizens under lockdown with another challenge to cultural norms due to the pandemic. 650 words moved by Jastinder Khera with Bojan Kavic and Jan Flemr. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Lebanon-Syria BEIRUT Human Rights Watch denounces Lebanon's "discriminatory" measures against Syrian refugees in the fight against the new coronavirus, including curfews targeting them exclusively. 400 words 1100 GMT by Hachem Osseriran Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The onset of the coronavirus pandemic fostered rare moments of unity between Israeli and Palestinian leaders but as the severity of the outbreak has escalated so too have tensions. 800 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine and Joe Dyke. Picture Libya-conflict-health-virus,FOCUS TRIPOLI While the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, war-shattered Libya marks one year Saturday of its latest bloody conflict that is plunging it ever deeper into chaos. 850 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Florida-ships,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida President Donald Trump says that US authorities will evacuate passengers from a stranded cruise ship due to dock in Florida after it was barred from several South American countries because of a coronavirus outbreak aboard. 600 words moved by Leila Macor with Sebastian Smith in Washington. File picture Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON One month on from reclaiming Democratic presidential frontrunner status, Joe Biden is in physical and political isolation, basement-bound and largely unheard as Donald Trump commands Americans' attention with his coronavirus response. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File Picture Health-virus-US-poverty-food,FOCUS WASHINGTON Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks just as the number of people in need increases. 550 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture Health-virus-US-media-economy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The ailing US news industry, struggling during a pandemic-induced economic slump, is pressing for new government relief as media outlets scramble to keep covering the health crisis. 800 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture Health-virus-Cuba,FOCUS HAVANA Student doctors in Cuba are trudging from house to house trying to identify cases of the coronavirus pandemic to stop it from spreading in the Caribbean island nation. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-NKorea-diplomacy,lead SEOUL North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang insists, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-family-rights,FOCUS WUHAN, China Zhang took his elderly father to a Wuhan hospital for a surgical procedure in January, just as coronavirus was consuming the central Chinese city. Within days, his father was dead of the contagion. 900 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-ventilator,FOCUS NEW DELHI Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India's poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Health-virus-fitness-HongKong,FOCUS HONG KONG In an empty park under the shadow of Hong Kong's cramped apartment blocks, personal trainer Kristen Handford presses record on her phone and begins a workout for clients trying to stay fit at home during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global equities mostly climb after heavy coronavirus-fuelled losses as investors await key US jobless claims data, while the oil market rallies on hopes for a US intervention to end a Saudi-Russia price war. 700 words 1130 GMT by Roland Jackson Health-virus-US-economy-employment,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The widespread damage to the US economy is becoming evident amid the standstill forced by the coronavirus pandemic, and data Thursday will reveal more of what are expected to be massive job losses. 700 words moved by Heather Scott Iraq-economy-oil-health-virus,Q&A BAGHDAD As crude prices plunge, Iraq's oil sector is facing a triple threat that has slashed revenues, risks denting production and may spell trouble for future exports. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily Health-virus-EU-industry,FOCUS BARCELONA An army of printers hums nonstop at Spanish firm BCN3D, which like dozens of others across Europe has switched gears to supply hospitals with equipment to fight the coronavirus. 600 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Bosque with Jan Flemr in Prague. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-RugbyU-WC-2023-ENG-Jones,WRAP TWICKENHAM, England Eddie Jones has signed a two-year extension to his contract as England coach that will see him remain in charge of the side until the end of the 2023 World Cup in France. 650 words 0930 GMT by Julian Guyer. Picture afp
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