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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + EU, US grapple with virus rescue plans + Court hears of 'inhumane' Syria torture + Iran vows 'decisive response' to Trump + Could nicotine protect against coronavirus? + German football seeks May restart Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS Europe and the United States seek to move forward with vital plans to rescue economies hammered by the coronavirus pandemic as US jobless claims soar to a staggering 26 million. 900 words 2100 GMT by Damon Wake with AFP bureaus. Pictures. Video. Graphics. Syria-conflict-Germany-trial-warcrimes,WRAP KOBLENZ, Germany Two alleged former Syrian intelligence officers go on trial in Germany accused of crimes against humanity in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Bashar al-Assad's regime. 700 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Picture Iran-US-military-Gulf,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief warns the US of a "decisive response" after President Donald Trump says he ordered the US Navy to destroy Iranian boats that harass American ships in the Gulf. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Health-virus-science-nicotine PARIS Nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus, according to new research in France, where further trials are planned to test whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly illness. 400 words moved Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-virus-health,WRAP BERLIN German league football is ready to resume without spectators on May 9, the Bundesliga's chief executive says, but the final say rests with politicians who will weigh the health risks. 600 words moved by Ryland James. Picture. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States climb to 26.4 million, as Congress is poised to approve a new stimulus measure and governors in some states move to slowly reopen businesses. 700 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-Brazil-Manaus,FOCUS MANAUS, Brazil Bodies are piling up in refrigerated trucks outside overwhelmed hospitals. Doctors are in short supply. Bulldozers are digging mass graves at cemeteries. And the worst of the pandemic is yet to come.. 750 words moved by Michael Dantas with Valeria Pacheco in Brasilia. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-indigenous,FOCUS LOWER BRULE, South Dakota Like many Native Americans living on reservations in the United States, Dennis Metcalf has faced poverty and hardship throughout his life, and now he fears the coronavirus outbreak could devastate his community. 750 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Navajo,FOCUS Health-virus-Ecuador-maternity,FOCUS GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Maoli Plaza is eight months pregnant, but she does not know how her baby is or where it will be born. Diagnosed with COVID-19, she is in isolation in Guayaquil, the sweltering city at the epicenter of Ecuador's outbreak, whose health system has collapsed under the weight of the virus. 650 words moved by Xavier Letamendi. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-Ramadan-Islam,lead RIYADH Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines, announces that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will start Friday, as Muslims worldwide face unprecedented restrictions to counter coronavirus. 450 words moved. Sudan-unrest-photography,INTERVIEW KHARTOUM It was one of the iconic images of Sudan's revolution: demonstrator Mohamed Youssef, just 15 at the time, holds his hand to his heart as he roars a nighttime poem of protest amid a sea of lights. Now he reveals the story behind the award-winning AFP photo. 700 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-immigration,FOCUS JERUSALEM Each time Maria, an Indian care worker living in Israel, goes shopping she is consumed by fears of bringing the coronavirus into the home of the 91-year-old woman she looks after. 650 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Britain says another 616 people have died in hospital from the novel coronavirus, as the government details a new testing regime that could allow the country to ease its lockdown. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-quiz-lifestyle,FOCUS LONDON The weekly pub quiz is a fixture of life for many Britons and, with bars shut because of the coronavirus outbreak and everybody stuck at home, the tradition is now thriving online. 625 words 0030 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Health-virus-Italy-tests ROME Italy begins conducting antibody tests in the hard-hit northern region of Lombardy, seeking information about coronavirus immunity to help guide authorities as they reopen the long locked-down country. 650 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Video Health-virus-Russia-lifestyle,FOCUS SOKOLNIKI, Russia After years spent on submarines with Russia's Northern Fleet, Ivan Chernyshyov is having no problem adjusting to life on coronavirus lockdown. Especially as -- like many Russians -- the retired sailor can escape to the countryside. 650 words moved by Romain Colas and Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Madagascar,SCENE ANTANANARIVO Unarmed Madagascar soldiers move door-to-door in the capital Antananarivo doling out sachets of a local herbal tea touted by President Andry Rajoelina as a powerful remedy against the novel coronavirus. 650 words moved by Tsiresena Manjakahery. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica JOHANNESBURG South African anti-apartheid music legend Miriam Makeba's classic "Pata Pata" has been re-released with new lyrics aimed at helping beat the spread of coronavirus, UNICEF says. 250 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-US,2ndlead BEIJING China announces it will give another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, days after Washington said it would freeze funding. 500 words moved by Beiyi Seow Health-virus-Japan-offbeat TOKYO Worried about getting bored while stuck at home during holidays amid the coronavirus pandemic? The Tokyo governor has a solution: Decluttering with Marie Kondo. 250 words moved afp
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