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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets plunge, northern Italy locked down as virus spreads + Ethiopia probe finds Boeing's 737 MAX training 'inadequate' + MH17 murder trial starts with calls for justice + Blasts heard as duelling Afghan leaders swear themselves in + Swedish screen legend Max von Sydow dies at 90 Health-virus,WRAP ROME Hundreds of billions of dollars are wiped from financial markets and millions of people in northern Italy are under lockdown as the deadly coronavirus disrupts economies and societies across the world. 850 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks, with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-accident-aviation,WRAP ADDIS ABABA A probe into last year's deadly Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash finds that Boeing did not provide sufficient training for the aircraft and that the flight's software was flawed, investigators in Addis Ababa say. 500 words 1430 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-trial,WRAP BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands Four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 go on trial in the Netherlands, with families of the 298 victims calling for justice. 700 words 1530 GMT by Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-politics-inauguration,WRAP KABUL Afghanistan lurches deeper into political crisis as the country's two rival leaders inaugurate themselves as president at simultaneous ceremonies that are interrupted by at least two blasts. 800 words 1500 GMT by Emal Haidary and Najiba Noori. Picture. Video 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 -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US SAN FRANCISCO The 3,500 people stranded on a virus-hit cruise ship off California anxiously await the green light to dock in Oakland, the start of a complex, days-long operation to move passengers into treatment or quarantine, and repatriate hundreds of foreigners. 500 words 1700 GMT by Julie Jammot. Picture. Video 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. 600 words 1500 GMT by Miguel Medina with Ella Ide in Rome. Video. Picture Health-virus-Italy-transport ROME A crackdown on travel in and out of the northern Italy is one of the sweeping measures adopted in the face of Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak, but flights are still serving Milan, the region's biggest city. 550 words 1530 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Video. Picture. Live Video 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. 500 words moved by Michael Blum with Hossam Ezzedine in Ramallah. Picture Markets-world,WRAP LONDON World oil prices plummet, fuelling a vicious selloff on stock markets which were already buckling under intense pressure over the spreading coronavirus outbreak. 700 words 1700 GMT by Roland Jackson. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-IMF-economy,WRAP Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead -- 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. 600 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Graham and Martine Pauwels. Picture. Video Britain-royals,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bid farewell to the royal frontline before striking out on their own, as they join Queen Elizabeth II for a Commonwealth Day ceremony in central London. 600 words 1600 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Live video Europe-migrants-Turkey-EU-children,WRAP BRUSSELS Brussels' top officials urge Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to drop the threat of a renewed migrant crisis on Europe's southeastern borders, as EU members consider accepting more child refugees. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Joe Biden picks up a series of key endorsements as Democrats in six US states prepare to decide whether the centrist or his leftist rival Bernie Sanders should be on the November presidential ballot against Donald Trump. 700 words 1630 GMT by Michael Mathes and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats,FOCUS UN-women-politics-health-virus,lead NEW YORK The United Nations is to adopt 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 1600 GMT by Philippe Rater -- AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-bomb-attack,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived unharmed after a bomb and gun attack targeted his convoy in the capital Khartoum, officials and state media say. 500 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Vigilante militias kill 43 people in attacks in northern Burkina Faso, in apparent reprisals for jihadist assaults in the region, the government and local sources say. 500 words 1600 GMT -- 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 -- 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 Israel-vote-talks,POINTS JERUSALEM Talks for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form Israel's next government ramp up, but an agreement to forge a coalition may require a political miracle. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- BUSINESS -- Saudi-oil-energy-markets,Q&A RIYADH Saudi Arabia sends the energy markets into a tailspin after slashing crude prices, a risky gambit to sideline competitors including Russia that will test the fortunes of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hasan in Dubai -- 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 Nine years after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, Japan's government is hoping for a "Recovery Olympics" that will showcase reconstruction in some of country's hardest-hit regions. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein. File picture. File 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 afp
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