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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump bans travellers from Europe over virus + Markets plunge as spectre of recession looms + Weinstein gets 23 years for rape, sexual assault + Sanders says still in fight despite Biden surge + Six-fold jump in polar ice loss since 1990s Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump announces a shock 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the spiralling coronavirus pandemic that has sparked unprecedented lockdowns, widespread panic and another financial market meltdown. 900 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets and oil prices plunge after President Donald Trump bans all travel from mainland Europe to the United States for a month to fight the coronavirus pandemic, ramping up fears that the global economy will slump into recession. 700 words 1100 GMT US-court-entertainment-abuse-Weinstein-sentence,WRAP NEW YORK Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, capping a sensational downfall for the once-powerful producer in a landmark case for the #MeToo movement. 850 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video. Live video US-politics-vote,WRAP BURLINGTON, Vermont Bernie Sanders shrugs off a string of primary defeats and pressure to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying he remains in the fight against centrist frontrunner Joe Biden. 750 words moved by Bastien Inzaurralde with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-music-politics-Sanders-offbeat,FOCUS Climate-oceans-sealevel-Antarctica-Greenland PARIS Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s, and driving a sea level rise that could see the annual flooding by 2100 of regions home to some 400 million people, scientists warn. 650 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-health-virus-sport,WRAP LOS ANGELES Sport across the United States and Canada is gripped by coronavirus fears, with the NBA suspending its season after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for COVID-19. 750 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Also moved: Basket-NBA-US-virus-health,WRAP Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy shuts all stores except for pharmacies and food shops in a desperate bid to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 827 in the country in just over two weeks. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-US-entertainment-Hanks,5thlead GOLD COAST, Australia Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson test positive for the new coronavirus and enter isolation at a hospital in Australia, where the multi-Oscar-winner had been working on a film. 600 words moved by Abbey Smith. Picture. Health-virus-ECB-EU-eurozone-rate,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is under pressure to show it too has the firepower to respond to the coronavirus crisis and shore up the eurozone economy after other major central banks take action. 700 words 1100 GMT by Tom Barfield Also moved: Health-virus-ECB-EU-eurozone,POINTS Health-virus-tourism-Paris,FOCUS PARIS Paris hotels and restaurants are bracing for an even bigger hit as coronavirus fears keep tourists away from one of the world's most visited cities, with many business owners worried they are on the brink of "catastrophe." 750 words 1000 GMT by Marie Elena Bucheli. Video Health-virus-patient,INTERVIEW SEATTLE, United States An American woman who has recovered from the novel coronavirus has a simple message for people who are worried: Don't panic -- but do think about high-risk individuals and stay home if you feel ill. 800 words moved by David Albright with Issam Ahmed in Washington. Picture. Video Oly-2020-Japan-JPN-virus-health,WRAP TOKYO Cancelling the 2020 Olympics is "unthinkable" although the classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will likely have some impact on the Games, says the Tokyo city governor. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture Health-virus-Italy-south,FOCUS NAPLES, Italy It's a race against time at the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, where a new intensive care unit is being assembled as southern Italy's underfunded and overstretched healthcare system braces for the worst. 700 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture. Video Health-virus-LatAm,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Latin American countries step up measures to slow the advance of the coronavirus, announcing a slew of restrictions on travelers from the worst-affected countries and shutting down major sports events. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-unrest-rockets-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi and United Nations officials scramble to contain the fallout from a rocket attack that killed three US-led coalition members and threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US tensions. 600 words 1030 GMT. Graphic. File picture Syria-conflict,FOCUS BEIRUT As it enters its 10th year, the war in Syria is anything but abating as foreign powers scrap over a ravaged country where human suffering keeps reaching new levels. 800 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Syria-conflict,SCENE Syria-conflict-Damascus,SCENE Syria-conflict,CHRONO Syria-conflict-interventions,FACTS Syria-conflict-numbers,FACTS -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Australia-assault-crime-Catholic,lead CANBERRA Australia's High Court delays judgement in Cardinal George Pell's appeal against child sex abuse convictions, with a decision now not expected for months. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-royals-politics,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria An outspoken ruler mired in conflicts is ousted without warning from his palace and banished under armed guard into an uncertain exile beyond the borders of his realm. This is not the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy, but the real-life drama that has played out in northern Nigeria's influential Islamic emirate of Kano. 800 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. File picture Senegal-environment-concrete DAKAR Residents of Senegal's booming capital Dakar are petitioning to transform one of the city's last empty spaces into a leafy park, hoping to beat back an ever-rising tide of concrete. 550 words moved by Elimane Ndao. Picture -- SPORT -- Athletics-world-doping-RUS-Oly-2020 MONACO World Athletics is to decide whether to start the procedure of reinstating the new-look Russian athletics federation, as well as initiating the process to allow Russian athletes who test clean to compete under a neutral banner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 600 words 0930 GMT by Luke Phillips. Picture -- SCIENCE -- Science-India-amputee NEW DELHI When amputee Shreya Siddanagowder was offered new hands, the Indian student didn't hesitate -- even though they were big, dark and hairy, and once belonged to a man. Now though, not only have her new hands become more slender, they have also changed colour to match her skin tone, mystifying the doctors who carried out the rare 13-hour transplant. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- BUSINESS/ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-environment-coal-finance-energy PARIS Investors in coal plants risk losing more than $600 billion as power from renewables proves cheaper than electricity generated from new coal projects, market watchdog Carbon Tracker says 500 words moved by Patrick Galey afp
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