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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope goes livestream as virus cases top 100,000 + Saudi Arabia detains 3 princes over 'coup plot' + Turkey to stop migrants' risky Aegean crossings + Equality the winner at Thai transgender pageant + Flying Fernandes set for first Manchester derby Health-virus,WRAP ROME Pope Francis decides to deliver Sunday's prayer by livestream as the number of cases from the new coronavirus tops 100,000 worldwide. 750 words 1930 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Saudi-politics-royal-crackdown,WRAP RIYADH Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, US media report, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler. 600 words moved Europe-migrants-Turkey-Greece,WRAP PAZARKULE, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders the Turkish coastguard to stop migrants from making risky Aegean sea crossings, as fresh clashes erupt pitting migrants against Greek border police. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-beauty-pageant-LGBT,lead PATTAYA, Thailand After her friends were killed in transphobic attacks at home in Brazil, Ariella Moura's aim was to make a statement against gender discrimination at the world's top transgender pageant in Thailand. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-ManCity-Fernandes,PREVIEW LONDON Bruno Fernandes can cement his status as Manchester United's new talisman when the Portugal midfielder gets his first taste of the derby rivalry with Manchester City on Sunday. 600 words moved by Steven Griffiths - CORONAVIRUS - Health-virus-Italy-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis decides to deliver Sunday's prayer by livestream and Italy calls in retired doctors as the escalating coronavirus epidemic empties streets in Europe's worst affected country. 600 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US LOS ANGELES Passengers trapped aboard a US cruise ship stranded by a coronavirus outbreak speak of their growing anxiety as New York State announces a state of emergency over a spike in new cases. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture Health-virus-US-oil,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Oil prices have plummeted by more than 30 percent since the start of the year, but the worst may be yet to come, warn experts, as the coronavirus epidemic weighs heavily on demand. 700 words moved by Daniel Hoffman Health-Iran-virus TEHRAN Iran's official death toll from the new coronavirus rises by 21, with a lawmaker among the latest fatalities, while the foreign minister accuses Washington of hampering Tehran's response to the virus. 550 words moved Health-virus-epidemic-China-gender,FOCUS BEIJING China's fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng Health-virus-China-social,FOCUS BEIJING An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. 500 words moved by Ludovic Ehret -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Greece-Turkey-camps,2ndlead LESBOS ISLAND, Greece A fire engulfs a refugee shelter on the island of Lesbos as Greece announces further restrictions on asylum seekers in response to a migration surge enabled by Turkey. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Britain-UAE-Jordan-royals-court-police,LEAD LONDON British police are reviewing an old investigation into the disappearance of the ruler of Dubai's daughter, after a court found that she had been abducted by her father. 750 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture -- MIDEAST -- Lebanon-economy-debt,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's premier says the country will default on its Eurobond debt for the first time and seek out restructuring agreements due to a spiralling financial crisis that has hit foreign currency reserves. 650 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-US,WRAP KABUL Kabul reels after Islamic State jihadists kill 32 people and wound dozens more, with injured survivors describing scenes of terror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US-Taliban deal. 750 words moved by Emal Haidary. Picture. Video India-unrest-religion,SCENE NEW DELHI Hazra Begum has been living in fear since witnessing men chanting Hindu religious slogans hack, bludgeon and burn Muslims to death in Delhi's worst sectarian riots in decades. 650 words moved. Video. Picture Pakistan-media-women-rights,FOCUS LAHORE He calls himself "Pakistan's biggest feminist", but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week when he hurled abuse at a women's rights activist on live television. 650 words moved by Fatima Kaneez -- AFRICA -- Guinea-constitution-vote,FOCUS CONAKRY In a dingy room reeking of blood and sweat hidden inside a gated compound in Guinea's capital Conakry, supporters of the West African state's beleaguered political opposition treat men and boys they say were injured during raids by security forces. 850 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video afp
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