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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus deaths top 150,000 + Trump backs lockdown protesters + Hong Kong democracy campaigners arrested + Horror at virus-hit Canada care home + Trekkers stranded in locked-down Kathmandu Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protesters rallying against lockdown orders. 750 words 1700 GMT by Paul Handley with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-protests NEW YORK Americans furious at the economic fallout of coronavirus lockdowns plan fresh protests in several cities, as President Donald Trump -- tapping the discontent with an eye on his re-election -- tacitly fans the grassroots revolt. 500 words 1700 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video HongKong-democracy-court HONG KONG, China Police in Hong Kong carry out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners, arresting 15 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. 600 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Canada-elderly,FOCUS MONTREAL Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada's long-term care homes. 700 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video Nepal-tourism-health-pandemic-virus KATHMANDU Stranded in Kathmandu, running out of cash and with no way to get home, Alexander Sys is one of hundreds of tourists whose Nepal trekking adventure abruptly ended in lockdown. 400 words moved. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Britain's care homes could be as high as 7,500, the sector's main charity warns. 600 words 1700 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Italy-politics,ANALYSIS ROME Italy's worst recession since World War II could bolster the far-right and damage the country's love affair with the European Union, analysts say. 1,450 words moved by Ella Ide. File Picture Health-virus-Sweden-immigration,FOCUS STOCKHOLM People in Sweden with foreign backgrounds are disproportionately affected by the new coronavirus, underscoring the grim reality of segregation and raising fears that a "blind spot" is masking some communities. 900 words moved by Johannes Ledel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-pandemic-hospital,FOCUS AACHEN, Germany After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher can only say: "I've been lucky." 700 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ukraine-religion-Orthodox,FOCUS KIEV A bearded Orthodox priest carefully assembles a plastic visor as he works with a group of volunteers to provide Ukrainian medics with much-needed personal protective equipment. 600 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-economy-Iran TEHRAN Iran allows some businesses to reopen in Tehran despite the coronavirus pandemic, with many going back to work caught between fear of the disease and acute economic hardship. 700 words 1530 by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's arrest of senior Palestinian officials for "illegal" efforts to contain coronavirus and the Jewish state's closure of a clinic have exacerbated a long-running row over the status of east Jerusalem. 700 words moved by Majeda el-Batsh. File picture -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-politics-military,WRAP MASERU Lesotho's embattled prime minister announces he has sent troops onto the streets to "restore order", accusing unnamed law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy. 650 words 1500 GMT by Pascalinah Kabi and Mankholi Ramabitsa. Picture Health-virus-SAfrica-food,FOCUS CAPE TOWN "Mr President we are in the middle of a food crisis. It's war out here", a township leader warns as South Africa's poor reel under a coronavirus lockdown. 680 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture. File video. Zimbabwe-history-politics,FOCUS HARARE The Union Jack is slowly lowered. An enormous clamour rises from across Salisbury's Rufaro stadium, reaching fever pitch. Flashback as Zimbabwe marks 40 years of independence from Britain. 850 words moved File picture. -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-neurology,FOCUS WASHINGTON A pattern is emerging among novel coronavirus patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-schools,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school -- a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education. 650 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-unemployment-realestate,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Terra Thomas, one of the millions of Americans who have lost their income due to the coronavirus pandemic, was stuck between a rock and a hard place -- pay her rent or put food on the table? 800 words moved by Julie Jammot. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ecuador,FOCUS GUAYAQUIL Darwin Castillo's father died in Guayaquil during the coronavirus pandemic that has caused the Ecuadoran city's health system to collapse. But when Castillo went to the overwhelmed morgue to recover him, he opened a body bag to find the person inside wasn't his father. 700 words moved by Xavier Letamendi. Picture. Video afp
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