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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 64016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus second wave in US may be even worse + Netflix sees record sign-ups during virus lockdown + Iran says military satellite launched + First virus case hits Palestinian refugee camp + British charity dogs to 'sniff out' virus Health-virus-WRAP WASHINGTON A second coronavirus wave in the US could be even more destructive, health experts warn, after the United Nations says the world is facing a devastating "a humanitarian catastrophe" because of the pandemic. 850 words 1100 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Health-virus-US-Netflix-internet-television-earnings-computers,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Netflix reports soaring profits as subscriptions surge by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Iran-military-satellite,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they have successfully launched the country's first military satellite at a time of fresh tensions with US forces in the Gulf. 600 words 0930 GMT by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Lebanon-refugee-Palestinians,lead BEIRUT A Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon is under lockdown after the UN announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in one of the country's numerous and crowded camps. 500 words 1300 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Britain-dogs,VIDEOESSAY MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity certainly thinks so, and is training canines with their keen sense of smell to sniff out coronavirus after previous screening success for malaria. 400 words 1100 GMT. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-medics,FOCUS MYTISHCHI, Russia Often forced to make or buy their own protective equipment, Russian medical workers tell AFP they fear that instead of helping people during the coronavirus pandemic, they're infecting them. 800 words 1030 GMT by Victoria Loguinova-Yakovleva with Marina Koreneva in Saint Petersburg Health-virus-Ukraine-economy-startup-education,FOCUS KIEV The headquarters of Dmytro Voloshyn's language e-learning startup in the historic centre of Kiev is eerily quiet. But online, his business is busier than ever. 600 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Climate-EU-warming PARIS Last year was the hottest in history across Europe as temperature records were shattered by a series of extreme heatwaves across the continent, the European Union's satellite monitoring surface says. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic Health-virus-oxygen PARIS As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe. Not ventilators, but oxygen itself. 1,200 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-rights-prison,FOCUS PARIS Activists and supporters of political prisoners are sounding the alarm over the risk that the novel coronavirus has penetrated deep into the Iranian prison system, even as officials insist the outbreak is beginning to slow. 1,000 words 1000 GMT by Stuart Williams and Lucie Peytermann Israel-Palestinians-conflict-attack,WRAP JERUSALEM A Palestinian man carrying a pipebomb is shot dead after he hits an Israeli police officer with a van and then stabs him with a pair of scissors at a West Bank checkpoint, police say. 400 words 1100 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Gulf-Asia-migrants,FOCUS DUBAI The body of the Indian migrant who died from coronavirus was kept in an ambulance outside a Dubai crematorium in case a friend came by for a last goodbye. But nearly an hour later no one had appeared, and the workers in protective suits had to carry out their grim task. 720 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid-politics-Congress,3rdlead WASHINGTON The US Senate approves a bipartisan, nearly half-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package, with funding earmarked for devastated small businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and a ramp-up of testing nationwide during the pandemic. 650 words moved Canada-crime-shooting-homicide,WRAP OTTAWA A message of condolence from Queen Elizabeth II and musical tributes for the victims of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history pour in as the death toll rises to 23. 650 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture Health-virus-US-contact-tracing,FOCUS WASHINGTON Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic -- an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralized system of government is unlikely to be able to follow. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-doctors-psychology,FOCUS NEW YORK Battling to keep intensive care patients alive at a hospital in one of New York City's worst-affected coronavirus neighborhoods is taking a toll on nurse Debbie Sanchez's mental health. 650 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Video. File Picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-medics,FOCUS Health-crime-woman-Canada WASHINGTON A woman's life was likely saved by her silicone breast implants after she was shot in the chest at close range while walking down a street in Toronto, doctors say. 350 words moved -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-children-Islam,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Crowds of child beggars wait for buses in northern Nigeria's Kano -- the first of some 250,000 pupils from controversial Islamic schools expected to be sent home over coronavirus fears. 650 words 1300 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. Photo. Video Health-virus-Ethiopia-Africa-aviation, INTERVIEW ADDIS ABABA In early March, Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told an aviation conference in Addis Ababa the coronavirus pandemic was "a temporary problem" -- now Africa's largest carrier is locked in a struggle for survival. 800 words 1100 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Cameroon-massacre-army-conflict,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon's presidency admits that three soldiers acting with militants killed 13 civilians including 10 children in an anglophone region in the west of the country in February. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-literature-rights,FOCUS BEIJING After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy that drew tens of millions of readers. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. File picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- India-IT-Facebook-Jio,WRAP MUMBAI Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, the two sides say, marking one of the biggest foreign investments in the country. 650 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Brent oil hits a two-decade low as the battered crude market dominates sentiment but European stock markets manage a slight rebound despite more dire earnings data. 650 words 1100 GMT Health-virus-EU-industry,FOCUS FRANKFURT Fears that cash-rich corporate raiders could use the coronavirus crisis to swoop on weakened European firms were exemplified by Donald Trump's alleged bid for a German biotech firm working on a vaccine. 700 words moved by Jean-Phillip Lacour Britain-energy-oil-climate-BP,FOCUS LONDON Ten years after an oil spill that BP's new boss admits tested the company "to the core", the firm is facing two existential challenges: the collapse of prices and climate change. 600 words moved by Veronique Dupont. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,lead BERLIN German football authorities are set to announce plans for Bundesliga matches to restart in empty stadiums on May 9, but the potential return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. 750 words moved by Ryland James. File picture afp
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