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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe eyes lockdown exit with caution + UK's Johnson resumes work after virus + N. Korea's Kim is 'alive and well' + 2 mn Aussies download virus tracing app + Chop, chop! Swiss barbers back in business Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Europe takes uneven steps to phase out coronavirus restrictions as debates rage over how quickly to ease lockdowns that are saving lives but piling on economic misery. 900 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie with Sebastien Ricci in Beijing and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain,UPDATE LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, saying Britain was beginning to "turn the tide" on the outbreak but rejecting calls to ease a nationwide lockdown. 700 words 1730 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video NKorea-SKorea-politics-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in says, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary. 650 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Video Also moved: NKorea-politics-Kim,Q&A Health-virus-Australia-internet SYDNEY Nearly two million Australians rush to download a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government says, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of social-distancing lockdowns. 500 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture Health-virus-Switzerland-deconfinement,SCENE GENEVA Barbers do a roaring trade among shaggy-haired customers as Switzerland starts to ease restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1530 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Norway-school,2ndlead OSLO Norway reopens primary schools to the youngest students on Monday, in another step toward a gradual normalisation, though some parents expressed concern. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-religion ROME Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte comes under attack from Catholic bishops and even some of his own cabinet members for refusing to allow Mass once the coronavirus lockdown is lifted. 450 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-France-Britain-streetart,FOCUS PARIS Having made their names skirting illegality, some of the world's best known street artists are posting their creations online rather than breach the coronavirus lockdowns. 700 words moved by Natalie Handel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,VIDEOESSAY BERLIN Germans begin wearing masks on public transport and in most shops, even buying them from vending machines, as the country becomes the latest to cover up in the fight against the coronavirus. 500 words 1530 GMT by Raphaelle Logerot. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-politics FOCUS BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been praised at home and abroad for her reaction to the coronavirus crisis, but as voices of discontent grow louder, support for the government's strategy could be on the wane. 600 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-Saudi-conflict,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led military coalition in war-torn Yemen rejects a declaration of self-rule by separatists in the country's south and demands "an end to any escalatory actions". 750 words moved. Video Health-virus-Iran-taxis,FOCUS TEHRAN Usually Tehran's tens of thousands of taxi drivers have to battle maddening traffic but now it is the coronavirus that is driving them round the bend. 650 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Saudi-punishment-rights RIYADH Saudi Arabia ends the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON Confined to his home and facing an accusation of sexual assault, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is finding it hard to get his message across in a country laser-focused on the coronavirus crisis. 650 words 1700 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Health-virus-US-Georgia-churches,SCENE TOWNSEND, Georgia With the biggest health crisis in the world forcing major places of worship to shut their doors, Shauna Riggs seeks spiritual comfort at The Smallest Church in America. 500 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Burundi-election,lead BUJUMBURA Burundi launches a campaign for next month's presidential, legislative and municipal elections with mass rallies, brushing aside concerns about the coronavirus and reports of violence against the opposition. 500 words 1500 GMT. Picture -- BUSINESS -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Equity markets rally as governments across the world started to ease coronavirus lockdown measures, while oil prices tumbled as a supply glut offset output cuts. 450 words 1600 GMT -- SPORTS -- Auto-Prix-season-health-virus,WRAP PARIS Formula One boss Chase Carey says he hopes the coronavirus-hit season will start in Austria on July 5 after the French Grand Prix was cancelled and spectators were barred from the British race at Silverstone. 700 words moved by Raphaelle Peltier. Picture Cricket-PAK-Umar-fixing-ban,2NDLEAD LAHORE Controversial Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal was banned Monday from all forms of cricket for three years after pleading guilty to failing to report match-fixing approaches, the country's cricket board announced. 400 words moved. Picture Fbl-Asia-CHN-Drogba-Anelka,FOCUS SHANGHAI When Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka made surprising moves to China in 2012, they became the first Premier League stars to play in the country and put Chinese football on the map. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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