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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe eases virus lockdowns as hopes rise + North, South Korea troops exchange gunfire + Boris Johnson's doctors had plan in case he died + Trump to take pandemic victory lap in TV 'town hall' Health-virus,WRAP ROME Europe prepares for a further cautious easing of coronavirus restrictions following signs the pandemic may be slowing, with hard-hit Italy set to follow Spain in allowing people outside. 850 words 0930 GMT by Ella Ide, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-SKorea-military-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires multiple gunshots towards the South in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, prompting South Korean troops to fire back, Seoul's military says. 550 words 0930 GMT Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister says, in his first detailed comments about his illness. 500 words moved by Phil Hazlewood US-politics-vote-Trump-campaign WASHINGTON Donald Trump will wrap himself in the mantle of America's arguably greatest president with a television extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial meant to put the coronavirus crisis behind and relaunch his election campaign. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's top court hears arguments that would bar veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a new government with his former rival as he faces a criminal trial on corruption charges. 650 words 0930 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee Health-virus-Israel-schools,FOCUS MEVASSERET ZION, Israel In a schoolyard near Jerusalem dozens of Israeli pupils, beaming smiles from behind their face masks, reunite with their classmates after two months of lessons held by videoconference. 600 words 1300 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iraq-entertainment,FOCUS BASRA, Iraq Bushy moustaches, thick Syrian accents, fistfights in 1930s Damascus and ... medical masks? A parody of a popular Syrian television show is raising awareness on curbing the coronavirus outbreak in neighbouring Iraq. 680 words moved by Dawood Salmane with Ayman Henna in Baghdad Israel-social-bar-prostitution,FOCUS TEL AVIV Tel Aviv's Pussycat used to bill itself as the premier strip club in the Middle East. Now the mirrored building near the beach that once hosted it serves as a centre for social activism and community programmes. 780 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-confinement-Europe,FACTS PARIS After weeks of staying at home, parts of Europe are tentatively opening up again, with the first phase of lifting lockdowns to start in several countries on Monday. 850 words 1200 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Switzerland-army-Bluetooth-app,FOCUS CHAMBLON, Switzerland Swiss army conscripts take the fight to the coronavirus pandemic by field-testing a Bluetooth-based smartphone app aimed at stopping a resurgence of COVID-19. 750 words 0930 GMT by Robin Millard. Pictures. Video. Health-virus-Syria-conflict-migrants,FOCUS PARIS It's not the first catastrophe they've faced, but while today's global pandemic bears no resemblance to Syria's almost decade-long civil war, some refugees believe their experience of violence and exile helps them deal with the anxiety sparked by the novel coronavirus. 850 words moved by Serene Assir. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-ballet,FOCUS MOSCOW In the middle of their bedroom, Bolshoi ballet dancers Margarita Shrainer and Igor Tsvirko have placed a linoleum mat and a barre. 700 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Russia-film,FOCUS Health-virus-Germany-horse-offbeat,VIDEOESSAY FRANKFURT Every morning, white mare Jenny leaves the stable to stroll through her Frankfurt neighbourhood. Bringing trams to a halt and smiles to people's faces, the free-roaming horse is brightening up the coronavirus lockdown for many. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-earnings-investments-US,WRAP WASHINGTON Billionaire investor Warren Buffet says he's confident the US economy will bounce back from its pummeling by the coronavirus pandemic because "American magic has always prevailed." 700 words moved by Christophe Vogt Health-virus-US-HuntingtonBeach-protests LOS ANGELES Sun, sand and surfers: it would have been the classic postcard of Huntington Beach if it weren't for police bent on blocking locals from this famous California haunt, only recently closed in an effort to curb the coronavirus. 500 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-aid-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States has long hailed its aid overseas as a sign of good intentions, but friends and foes alike are seeing opportunities of their own by helping the global power ravaged by the coronavirus. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture Health-virus-US-prison,FOCUS WASHINGTON A massive wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world's largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin opening up their economies, saying the disease has plateaued. 800 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-US-LasVegas,FOCUS LAS VEGAS A smattering of cars drive past the eerily quiet hotels and casinos, shuttered since mid-March, while a handful of tourists gather by the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign to take photos. But beneath the quiet of the world-famous Strip, Sin City is in turmoil. 750 words moved by Valerie Miller Health-virus-US-artist-children,FOCUS LOS ANGELES It was during a phone conversation with her sister back in Qatar that the idea clicked for Hollywood animation artist Reem Ali Adeeb. Young children in the Middle East were confined at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was not nearly enough original content online in Arabic to keep them entertained. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Philippines-cremation,FOCUS MANILA Families of coronavirus victims in the Philippines are being denied traditional death rites in favour of hurried, impersonal cremations, with virus restrictions often meaning they are forbidden a last look at their loved ones. 550 words moved by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-quarantine-tech,FOCUS BEIJING Robots delivering meals, ghostly figures in hazmat suits and cameras pointed at front doors: China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Germany-government-Fbl-GER-Bundesliga,WRAP BERLIN The sports minister says he backs a resumption of Germany's football season this month despite the coronavirus pandemic and concerns after three people tested positive for the disease at Bundesliga club Cologne. 500 words by 1000 GMT by Yacine le Forestier afp
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