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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Whole of Italy in lockdown over virus fears + IMF calls for global plan to protect economy + Rockets mar Afghan presidential swearing-in + Harry, Meghan in final bow as senior Royals + Led Zeppelin did not copy 'Stairway': court Virus-health,WRAP ROME Italy goes into unprecedented national lockdown, with 60 million people told to stay at home over the deadly coronavirus that US President Donald Trump said had "blindsided the world". 700 words 0230 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-IMF-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund calls on governments worldwide to join forces to aggressively treat the global economy for infection from the coronavirus, including direct help for workers and businesses. 750 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Graphic Afghanistan-politics-inauguration,WRAP KABUL Rocket fire interrupts the swearing-in ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose second-term win has been undercut by his rival simultaneously claiming the leadership ahead of critical peace talks with the Taliban. 800 words moved by Emal Haidary and Najiba Noori. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bow out as senior royals, joining Queen Elizabeth II for a Commonwealth Day ceremony in London before setting off on their own. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Live video Entertainment-US-Britain-music-copyright-LedZeppelin SAN FRANCISCO A US appeals court reinstates a ruling that British rockers Led Zeppelin did not swipe part of the classic "Stairway to Heaven" from another band. 200 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Concern that President Donald Trump himself could have been exposed to the coronavirus through contact with two Republican lawmakers looms on a day when US stocks plummet, feeding growing national anxiety. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-US-cruise OAKLAND, California The first passengers are taken ashore from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship that docks at California's port of Oakland, with the infected "being dealt with in proper isolation," says US Vice President Mike Pence. 550 words moved by Sebastien Vuagnat with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Italy-jails,lead MILAN Prisoners take to the roof of a Milan jail, part of a string of violent country-wide convict protests against coronavirus measures, in which up to eight have died. 700 words moved by Miguel Medina with Ella Ide in Rome. Video. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Italy,3rdlead Health-virus-Italy-transport Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-Germany,2ndead Health-virus-Israel,2ndlead JERUSALEM Israel will impose a two-week quarantine on all travellers entering the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, toughening already significant travel restrictions. 350 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Israel-religion,FOCUS Health-virus-Egypt Health-virus-China-therapy,FOCUS BEIJING Therapists, counselling hotlines and online wellness groups in China are struggling to cope with surging demand for emotional help as the coronavirus outbreak upends normal life. 700 words 0300 GMT by Poornima Weerasekara and Helen Roxburgh. File Picture Health-virus-Egypt-tourism,FOCUS CAIRO Just when Egypt's crucial tourism sector was recovering from years of political strife and jihadist attacks, the industry finds itself bracing for a potential battering by the new coronavirus. 700 words 0300 GMT by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Surging US presidential candidate Joe Biden urges Michigan voters to help him bolster his lead over Bernie Sanders as the rivals make their final pitches on the eve of the battleground state's Democratic primary. 750 words 0330 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Brazil-environment-poverty,FOCUS SAO PAULO At first glance, it looks like any other shantytown in Brazil: a precarious jumble of tin-roof shacks and shoddy streets -- but this "favela" is remarkably green. 700 words 0130 GMT by Pascale Trouillaud. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Turkey-EU-children,WRAP BRUSSELS Stern-faced EU leaders warn President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to respect the terms of a previous deal to keep migrants away from Europe's borders, after the Turkish leader came to Brussels to demand more support. 780 words moved. Picture. Video Russia-politics-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's parliament is expected to back President Vladimir Putin's controversial constitutional amendments that the Kremlin leader hopes will secure the country's political future for decades to come. 650 words 0330 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-bomb-attack,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survives unharmed after a bomb and gun attack target his convoy in the capital Khartoum, officials and state media say. 600 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-health-rights-women-fertility,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Bongekile Msibi is one of dozens of women whose lives were wrecked by forced sterilisation conducted at 15 public hospitals in South Africa's largest provinces. 700 words 0400 GMT by Michelle Gumede. Video Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU At least 43 people have been killed in attacks in northern Burkina Faso in what local sources described as apparent vigilante reprisals for jihadist violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. 500 words moved by Armel Baily -- BUSINESS END ECONOMY -- OPEC-Russia-commodities-market-oil-price,ANALYSIS LONDON Following Russia's refusal to cut oil output faced with a coronavirus-fuelled slump in demand, its alliance with OPEC has been thrown into doubt, as has the cartel's influence on prices. 500 words moved by Kevin Strublet. Also moved: Saudi-oil-energy-markets,Q&A Also moving: US-oil-OPEC,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-accident-aviation,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's probe of last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash found that Boeing did not provide sufficient pilot training for the 737 MAX and that crucial flight software was flawed, according to an interim report. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet afp
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