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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU leaders bicker over virus rescue plan + US jobless claims soar to 26 million + Iran vows 'decisive response' after Trump threat + German football seeks May restart + Could nicotine protect against coronavirus? Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The world struggles to deal with the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic as bitterly divided EU leaders try to hammer out a rescue package and US jobless claims soar to a staggering 26 million. 900 words 1500 GMT by Damon Wake, with AFP bureaus around the world. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States climb to 26.4 million, as Congress moves to approve new stimulus measures and governors eye reopening their states. 650 words 1430 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture. Graphic 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 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 1430 GMT by Ryland James. Picture. File picture 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 1500 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Germany-warcrimes,WRAP KOBLENZ, Germany The trial of two alleged former Syrian intelligence officers accused of crimes against humanity begins in Germany in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Bashar al-Assad's regime. 700 words 1430 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture 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 Algeria-politics-protest-prison,FOCUS ALGIERS Dozens of Algerians linked to the country's anti-government protest movement remain "forgotten" in pre-trial detention during the coronavirus crisis, with little or no legal support. 700 words moved by Amal Belalloufi. File picture. -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-EU-summit BRUSSELS EU leaders struggle to overcome differences over a giant economic package to help their nations bounce back from the devastating fall-out of the coronavirus crisis and ensuing lockdowns. 600 words 1530 GMT by Damon Wake Poland-environment-fire,lead WARSAW Massive wildfires ravage Poland's largest nature reserve, the Biebrza National Park, as the country faces its worst drought in years. 400 words 1500 GMT by Anna Maria Jakubek. Video 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-hospital,SCENE MOSCOW Exhausted and isolated from their families, their faces marked by hours of wearing goggles and masks, the doctors and nurses of Moscow's Spasokukotsky hospital are dealing with a surge of coronavirus patients. 730 words moved by Andrea Palascanio. Picture 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 -- 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 1430 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video 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 1500 GMT by Tsiresena Manjakahery. Picture. Video Health-virus-Africa-education,FOCUS ABIDJAN The coronavirus may not have hit Africa as badly as other parts of the world but with schools and universities closed because of mass lockdowns across the continent, many children are turning on the television to keep up with their studies. 800 words moved by Patrick Fort with African bureaus. 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 -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-Manaus,FOCUS MANAUS, Brazil Chaos grips the Amazonian city of Manaus as the coronavirus pandemic overhwhelms its hospitals, leaving bodies piled high in freezer trucks before being buried in newly dug mass graves. 600 words 1630 GMT 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 1600 GMT 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 1630 GMT by Xavier Letamendi. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-veteran NEW YORK A 100-year-old World War II veteran has died of the new coronavirus a century after his twin brother was killed in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, US media reports said. 350 words moved -- ASIA -- 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 Health-virus-Vietnam-pandemic,2ndlead HANOI Vietnam eases social distancing measures, with experts pointing to a decisive response involving mass quarantines and expansive contact tracing for the apparent success in containing the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha. Picture. Video 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 India-health-virus-slum,FOCUS MUMBAI The 125,000 slum dwellers living under a lockdown so strict that drones monitor their moves and alert police if they attempt to leave home are at the heart of India's push to contain the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly and Vishal Manve. File picture. File Video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-Africa-WHO-malaria,lead GENEVA The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization says, warning that malaria deaths risk doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up. 550 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson -- SPORTS -- RugbyU-AUS-Castle-health-virus,2ndlead SYDNEY Rugby Australia's beleaguered chief executive Raelene Castle resigns, abruptly ending a turbulent reign marked by a series of crises and escalating financial problems. 450 words moved afp
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