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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + More major cities in virus lockdown + N.Korea tests 'super-large' launchers + India struggles to help millions of jobless + Tokyo Olympics to start in July 2021 + Thieves steal Van Gogh work from virus-shut museum Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Fears grow for the fate of the global economy as more major cities lock down against the coronavirus pandemic and numbers of deaths and infections spiral upward. 850 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video NKorea-diplomacy-defence-virus SEOUL Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tests "super-large multiple rocket launchers", state media says, but leader Kim Jong Un is not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches. 550 words moved Virus-health-India NEW DELHI Indian authorities struggle to help millions left jobless by a crippling coronavirus lockdown, potentially undermining efforts to stop the virus ravaging the world's second most-populous nation. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Oly-2020-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers say, after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until 2021. 700 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Netherlands-art-crime-VanGogh-health-virus THE HAGUE Thieves steal a painting by Vincent van Gogh from a Dutch museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus outbreak, the museum's director says 400 words 1500 GMT by Jan Hennop -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Hungary-politics,WRAP BUDAPEST Hungary's parliament endorses a bill giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1700 GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture Health-virus-Russia,3rdlead MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin urges Moscow's 12 million residents to respect a strict new lockdown in the capital, while other parts of Russia move to introduce similar steps to curb the coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1600 GMT by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID Spain confirms another 812 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, a slight decline on the previous day's toll, as health officials warn the system is struggling to cope. 550 words moved by Daniel Silva Health-virus-indigenous-plea,FOCUS PARIS Indigenous leaders from around the world issue a desperate plea for protection from COVID-19, warning that their voluntary isolation in nature renders them uniquely vulnerable to the deadly virus. 600 words 1630 GMT by Patrick Galey Health-virus-France-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS "I cry when I wake up. I cry eating breakfast." The strain on the medical staff fighting the coronavirus in France is beginning to show as the peak of the epidemic is set to hit the country. 700 words 1730 GMT by Anne Chaon. File picture Health-virus-France-funeral,INTERVIEW PARIS In normal times, this mortuary in Paris receives two to three corpses per day. But the mounting coronavirus death toll has seen it run out of cold chambers, with bodies piling up in the wake parlours. 550 words 1700 GMT by Maria Elena Bucheli -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,lead LAGOS Over 20 million Nigerians scramble to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggle to curb the spread of coronavirus. 650 words 1530 GMT by Celia Lebur and AFP Africa bureaus. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Nigeria,SCENE Health-virus-Zimbabwe,lead HARARE Police fan out across the streets as Zimbabwean authorities begin enforcing a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, but for many the restrictions mean tough times ahead. 600 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-social,SCENE JOHANNESBURG On day four of a coronavirus lockdown, 60-year-old Ntombi Dlamini is ushered past a queue of shoppers snaking outside a shopping in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, where she has come to withdraw her monthly payout. She is one of 17 million South Africans who live off social grants from the state. 600 words 1500 GMT by Sofia Christensen with Max Matavire in Port Elizabeth. Picture. Video Health-virus-ICoast-kings,FOCUS AZAGUIE-AHOUA, Ivory Coast "Good day, this message is about the coronavirus. It is a very dangerous disease," warns a voice relayed by loudspeakers around Azaguie-Ahoua, a small town in southeastern Ivory Coast. 750 words moved by Patrick Fort and Aly Ouattara. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Netanyahu JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close aides have been placed under precautionary quarantine after a staffer within his office tested positive for COVID-19. 400 words 1600 GMT. File picture Saudi-Yemen-conflict RIYADH The Saudi-led military coalition says it carried out multiple air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa in retaliation for missile strikes on Riyadh. 400 words moved Health-virus-Gulf-labour-rights,FOCUS DOHA Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement. 850 words moved by Gregory Walton with Ashok Dahal in Kathmandu and Gulf bureaux Health-virus-Iraq,FOCUS BAGHDAD For Saad Malik, losing his father to the novel coronavirus was only the beginning of his nightmare. For over a week, cemeteries across Iraq refused to allow the elderly man's burial. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK A US hospital ship prepares to dock in New York as America's coronavirus hotspot gears up for the peak of the pandemic amid grim warnings about the death toll and with President Donald Trump extending an emergency lockdown. 500 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Russia-US-sanction-politics,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump expects his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to request the lifting of US sanctions during an upcoming phone call. 600 words 1630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus-Panama-ship,WRAP PANAMA CITY Passengers on a virus-stricken cruise liner transit the Panama Canal in Central America after they are told the company is still searching for a port which will allow them to disembark, even as they plead for help. 600 words 1500 GMT by Juan Jose Rodriguez. Picture. Video Health-virus-Colombia-ELN,WRAP BOGOTA Colombia's last recognized leftist guerrilla group, the ELN, announces a month-long ceasefire in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Colombian senators hoping to establish a peace process with the group says. 450 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-Brazil-Bolsonaro-economy,lead SAO PAULO Two tweets by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in which he questions quarantine measures aimed at containing the novel coronavirus are removed, on the grounds that they violate the social network's rules. 400 words moved. Video Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,FOCUS NEW YORK New York food banks have become inundated with newcomers deprived of income since the near-total halt of business in the United States' economic capital. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video afp
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