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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe lockdowns ease, new China cases emerge + 19 Iran sailors killed by 'friendly fire' + Virus, oil slump force Saudi austerity + UK signals return of top sports in June Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Europe begin the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns, but a resurgence of infections in parts of Asia offer a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of cases. 1,000 words 1500 GMT by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Iran-military-Gulf,WRAP TEHRAN An Iranian warship is hit by a friendly fire missile during naval exercises, killing 19 sailors and injuring 15, amid tensions with the US in Gulf waters. 630 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Saudi-economy,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia unveils plans to triple its value added tax and halt monthly allowances to citizens as part of coronavirus-triggered austerity measures and deepens oil production cuts to prop up sagging prices. 750 words 1500 GMT by Anuj Chopra Fbl-Eng-Pr-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs receive a major boost to their hopes of completing the season as government guidelines pave the way for the return of elite sport behind closed doors from June 1. 650 words 1500 GMT by Kieran Canning. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-diplomacy,lead BRUSSELS The EU and Britain embark on a third round of post-Brexit trade talks with little hope of a breakthrough, amid the far more urgent challenge of dealing with the coronavirus. 500 words 1700 GMT by Alex Pigman Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON More detailed plans are published to gradually ease the coronavirus lockdown in England, as Scotland and Wales keep tougher stay-at-home measures to contain the outbreak. 650 words 1530 GMT by Joe Jackson and James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-France,SCENE PARIS French streets fill with traffic for the first time in two months as authorities begin lifting the coronavirus lockdown, though daily life looked very different for those returning cautiously to shops and offices. 700 words 1500 GMT by Cecile Feuillatre and Maria Elena Bucheli. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-terraces,SCENE TARRAGONA, Spain Basking in the sun, an icy cold beer in hand, two friends are catching up at a bar terrace in Tarragona, savouring a simple but much-missed pleasure axed during eight weeks of lockdown. 650 words 1530 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics-corruption-trial,WRAP KINSHASA A powerful top aide to DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi goes on trial for corruption in a case that is testing a government pledge to crack down on graft among the country's elite. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole Health-virus-Benin-education COTONOU Schools reopen in the West African state of Benin after a six-week lockdown, but many students and their parents worry that mask-wearing and social distancing rules will fail to keep coronavirus at bay. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics-diplomacy-US,WRAP JERUSALEM The swearing-in of Israel's new unity government has been postponed by one day to Thursday due to the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, officials say. 400 words moved Syria-conflict-politics-Assad-Makhlouf,FOCUS BEIRUT Syria's top tycoon publicly airing his grievances has revealed a power struggle within the ruling family as it tries to cement its position after nine years of war, analysts say. 750 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. File picture Health-virus-Lebanon-nurses,PHOTOESSAY BEIRUT In the harshly-lit corridors of a Beirut hospital, a team of nurses has been snapping pictures with their mobile phones of life behind the scenes of the battle against the coronavirus. 250 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-US-politics-crisis-diplomacy,lead CARACAS Eleven alleged "terrorists" are arrested in connection with the failed maritime "invasion" of Venezuela, authorities say, bringing the total captured to more than 40. 300 words moved Venezuela-Trinidad-politics-migration,SPECIALREPORT GUIRIA, Venezuela Ana Arias breaks down in tears when she cooks chicken soup. It was the favorite dish of her 15-year-old daughter, thought to have been "sold" by human traffickers. 750 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic US-shooting-race-Arbery,2ndlead WASHINGTON The Georgia state attorney general asks the US Department of Justice to investigate the killing of an unarmed black jogger whose death sparked outrage across the country. 600 words moved Health-virus-Brazil,PHOTOESSAY MANAUS, Brazil Ulisses is used to seeing death up close. It comes with the territory when you're a grave digger. But it had never come at him at the speed and scale it has since Manaus, his hometown in the Brazilian Amazon, got swept up in the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words 1700 GMT by Michael Dantas, with Valeria Pacheco in Brasilia. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-SKorea,3rdlead SEOUL South Korea announces its biggest daily spike in coronavirus infections in more than a month, driven by a cluster at Seoul nightclubs and forcing authorities to delay this week's planned reopening of schools. 550 words moved. Picture HongKong-China-politics-unrest,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested hundreds of people during weekend democracy protests -- including a 12-year-old boy -- in the first major political unrest since the coronavirus outbreak began. 550 words moved Health-virus-China-education BEIJING Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever are being trialled at Beijing schools -- China's latest use of high-tech to track its population's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus. 350 words moved. Picture. Video China-consumers-internet-sex BEIJING Ikea says it will take "more careful" security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets slide as coronavirus twists and turns make for more volatility and fears of a second wave of infections take their toll. 600 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-economy,POINTS PARIS What will the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis look like in different countries? Economists have taken to using letters to describe the shape of potential recoveries... or stagnation. 500 words 1430 GMT by Antonio Rodriguez Health-virus-Britain-aviation,WRAP LONDON Britain's aviation sector grapples with news that the government will impose a 14-day quarantine on people arriving by air, in order to prevent new COVID-19 infections spreading from abroad. 500 words 1600 GMT by Roland Jackson -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-pandemic-disease,FOCUS PARIS Every week the list of symptoms -- from "COVID toes" to toxic shock syndrome -- grows, but that doesn't mean the new coronavirus is a uniquely dangerous super-bug, experts say. 950 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-naturalisation-BRA,FOCUS SHANGHAI Fernando skips down the wing and crosses for Ricardo Goulart, who tees up Elkeson to smash the ball into the top corner and put China into the 2022 World Cup. It is the stuff of make-believe, but the world's most populous nation will soon be able to field a team with a distinctly Brazilian flavour. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-China-Disney SHANGHAI Shanghai Disneyland reopens following a more than three-month coronavirus shutdown as China moved nearer to normality and Walt Disney Co seeks to plug the flow of red ink caused by the pandemic. 600 words moved by Lan Lianchao and Dan Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-culture-television-cartoon TOKYO Production of the world's longest-running cartoon and a mainstay of the Japanese weekend has been interrupted by the coronavirus, forcing the broadcast of re-runs for the first time in decades. 250 words moved afp
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