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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets plunge, northern Italy on virus lockdown + Ethiopia probe finds 737 MAX training 'inadequate' + Blasts as duelling Afghan leaders swear selves in + MH17 murder trial starts with calls for justice + Harry and Meghan wave royal goodbye Health-virus,WRAP ROME The World Health Organization warns that the threat of a coronavirus pandemic is "very real" as financial markets tank, oil prices crash and millions of people in northern Italy are put under lockdown. 950 words 2000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-accident-aviation,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's probe of last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash found that Boeing did not provide sufficient pilot training for the 737 MAX and that crucial flight software was flawed, according to an interim report. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Afghanistan-politics-inauguration,WRAP KABUL Rocket fire interrupts the swearing-in ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose second-term win has been undercut by his rival simultaneously claiming the leadership ahead of critical peace talks with the Taliban. 800 words 2000 GMT by Emal Haidary and Najiba Noori. Picture. Video. Graphic Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-trial,WRAP BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands Bereaved family members listened silently with bowed heads as the names of all 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 were read out at the start of the trial of four men accused of downing the plane. 750 words moved by Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bow out as senior royals, joining Queen Elizabeth II for a Commonwealth Day ceremony in London before setting off on their own. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Live video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-cruise OAKLAND, California A coronavirus-hit cruise ship docks at California's port of Oakland, where infected passengers will be the first among thousands disembarking in what officials call an "unprecedented and difficult" operation. 550 words 2000 GMT by Sebastien Vuagnat with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US-elderly,2ndlead Health-virus-Canada-toll,lead Health-virus-IMF-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund calls on governments worldwide to join forces to aggressively treat the global economy for infection from the coronavirus, including direct help for workers and businesses. 750 words moved GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Tanking stock prices, stranded cruise ship passengers, panic buying of hand sanitizer, ever spreading infection and in the midst of the coronavirus meltdown... and President Donald Trump blows hot and cold. 500 words 2100 GMT by Sebastian Smith Health-virus-Italy-jails,lead MILAN Prisoners take to the roof of a Milan jail, part of a string of violent country-wide convict protests against coronavirus measures, in which up to eight have died. 700 words moved by Miguel Medina with Ella Ide in Rome. Video. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-transport Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-Germany,2ndead Health-virus-Israel-religion,FOCUS JERUSALEM Drink a Corona beer to fortify your prayers or get ready for the arrival of the messiah: rabbis in Israel have a offered an array of guidance on how Jews should respond to coronavirus. 540 words moved by Michael Blum with Hossam Ezzedine in Ramallah. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Israel Health-virus-Egypt -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Former vice president Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaign in Michigan, the biggest prize of six US states voting on Tuesday for the Democratic candidate to face Donald Trump. 700 words 2130 GMT by Michael Mathes and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats,FOCUS US-politics-vote-internet-Twitter-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook and Twitter both added tags denoting false or manipulated content to a video reposted by President Donald Trump of his Democrat rival Joe Biden. 450 words 1930 GMT UN-women-politics-health-virus,lead NEW YORK The United Nations adopts a stripped-down political declaration on women's rights that seeks to preserve gains under threat but does not advocate new ways to ensure progress toward equality. 500 words moved by Philippe Rater -- EUROPE -- Britain-Scotland-court-politics-Salmond,WRAP EDINBURGH Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond goes on trial for a string of alleged sexual offences, including an attempted rape at his official residence in 2014. 650 words moved by Stuart Graham and Martine Pauwels. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Turkey-EU-children,WRAP BRUSSELS Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands more support from his NATO and EU allies, despite anger over his bid to pressure them by triggering a new migrant crisis. 780 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU At least 43 people have been killed in attacks in northern Burkina Faso in what local sources described as apparent vigilante reprisals for jihadist violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. 500 words moved by Armel Baily -- ASIA -- NKorea-defence-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL Nuclear-armed North Korea fires what Japan said appeared to be ballistic missiles, a week after a similar weapons test by Pyongyang. 600 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Sudan-politics-bomb-attack,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survives unharmed after a bomb and gun attack target his convoy in the capital Khartoum, officials and state media say. 600 words 2000 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-US-Russia-Kurds,FOCUS QAMISHLI, Syria On a Syrian highway, Hussein Abdel Hamid recently found himself trapped inside his car. A US army patrol had encountered Russian tanks down the road, neither allowing the other to pass. 770 words moved by Delil Souleiman with Layal Abu Rahal in Beirut. File picture. File video UN-Iran-nuclear-weaponry-diplomacy,Q&A VIENNA Tehran's nuclear programme is back under the spotlight after the UN's nuclear watchdog revealed the extent of Iran's uranium enrichment drive and reprimanded it for denying access to two locations. 730 words moved -- BUSINESS END ECONOMY -- OPEC-Russia-commodities-market-oil-price,ANALYSIS LONDON Following Russia's refusal to cut oil output faced with a coronavirus-fuelled slump in demand, its alliance with OPEC has been thrown into doubt, as has the cartel's influence on prices. 500 words moved by Kevin Strublet. Also moved: Saudi-oil-energy-markets,Q&A Also moving: US-oil-OPEC,FOCUS -- 2020 OLYMPICS -- Japan-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan-surfing,FOCUS MINAMISOMA, Japan Every morning, come rain or shine, 64-year-old surfer Koji Suzuki grabs his board, drives down to the beach and checks out the waves crashing onto the Fukushima coastline, some of the best in Japan. 750 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video. Graphic Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan TOKYO The Olympic torch relay that begins in Japan this month will start from Fukushima, highlighting what the government dubs the "Recovery Olympics", but not everyone in the region will be cheering. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-JAPAN,FOCUS Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan-hotspots,FOCUS Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan-plant,POINTS Oly-2020-JPN-GRE-Virus-Health-Greece,lead -- ENTERTAINNMENT -- Entertainment-film-Sydow-France-Sweden,WRAP PARIS Swedish-born actor Max von Sydow, whose seven-decade career saw him go from starring in iconic art-house movies by Ingmar Bergman to appearing in English-language hits including "The Exorcist" and "Game of Thrones", has died in France aged 90. 500 words moved by Stuart Williams with Johannes Ledel in Stockholm. File Picture afp
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