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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China virus centre Wuhan opens up + US Olympic committee joins calls to delay Games + US slashes Afghan aid over impasse + Woody Allen memoir released despite protest + Virus claims Afro-jazz star Dibango Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China announces an end to travel curbs at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic as governments around the world tightened lockdowns affecting 1.7 billion people in a desperate effort to slow the spread of the deadly disease. 850 words 1030 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO The International Olympic Committee comes under pressure to speed up its decision about postponing the Tokyo Games as athletes criticise the four-week deadline and the United States joins calls to delay the competition. 700 words 1030 GMT by Richard Carter. Picture Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy-US-Pompeo,WRAP DOHA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slashes aid to Afghanistan's government after a mission to Kabul fails to bridge a divide between feuding leaders as he moved forward with the Taliban on a deal to pull out troops. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video US-entertainment-film-books-Allen,lead LOS ANGELES Woody Allen's controversial autobiography is released in the United States, swiftly finding a new home after its original publisher pulled out after protests over abuse allegations against the filmmaker. 500 words moved. File Picture Health-virus-music-Dibango,2ndlead PARIS Veteran Afro-jazz legend Manu Dibango dies after contracting the new coronavirus, one of the first worldwide stars to succumb to the disease. 300 words 1130 GMT -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain begins an unprecedented three-week lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak, after the government ordered the closure of non-essential shops and banned gatherings of more than two people. 450 words 1030 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-quarantine,FOCUS EYAM, United Kingdom In the 17th century, residents in the English village of Eyam quarantined themselves to prevent the spread of plague. But in the current coronavirus outbreak, the village has seen a steady stream of visitors ignoring warnings to stay at home. 650 words 1100 GMT by Lindsey Parnaby and Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's top novel coronavirus response official attributes two successive drops in the daily death rate to a two-week national lockdown that appears to be finally showing results. 450 words 1100 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS LAGOS Equipment shortages, scarce beds, poorly paid doctors: African nations are struggling for healthcare capacity as coronavirus infections mount and fears grow of a sudden surge in patients. 700 words 1200 GMT by Sophie Bouillon and AFP Africa Bureaus -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS AL HAJJAH, Yemen Hand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it's an unaffordable luxury for millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously scarce. 600 words moved by Mohammed Al-Wafi with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Also moved: Yemen-conflict-children-health Yemen-conflict-Saudi,CHRONO Health-virus-Arab-education,FOCUS TRIPOLI Either on television as in Libya or on tablets in the IT-savvy Gulf monarchies, in the time of novel coronavirus, millions of schoolchildren around the Arab world are now taking lessons at home. 750 words moved by Rim Tahar and AFP bureaux in the Middle East. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-IND-bodybuilding,FOCUS NEW DELHI While top gym chains in India are shuttered over the coronavirus pandemic, some workout dens are catering for their muscle-bound customers in defiance of a government lockdown. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal Also moved: Health-virus-Asia,POINTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK Anxiety heightens across an eerily deserted New York, America's coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump says he will soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-economy-Senate,lead WASHINGTON Democrats again block a nearly $2 trillion rescue package for the teetering US economy, highlighting a bitter partisan battle over how to best protect struggling Americans and crippled businesses from the ravages of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Moved: Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS Cuba-epidemic-health-tourism-virus,SCENE HAVANA Nesmi Orslom relished his Cuba vacation to the very end, but now he is in a hurry to leave, anxious to get out of a country that is set to start isolating tourists due to the new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Katell Abivan. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Cuba-epidemic-tourism,le Health-virus-US,PROFILE WASHINGTON Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease expert, has led the country's response to every major epidemic since the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s, long striving to ensure the science conveyed to the public is clear and accurate. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-US-testing-Florida MIAMI Michael Barker started feeling sick about two weeks ago while on vacation with friends in the mountains of Colorado. The 69-year-old retired firefighter thought at first that he was just suffering from dehydration. 500 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve launches an unprecedented effort to flood the US economy with money amid the chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as Congress debates a rescue plan for American workers and companies. 700 words moved by Heather Scott -- OLYMPICS -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-torch,INTERVIEW TOKYO Kazuo Goto still vividly remembers his pride as he carried the Olympic flame on the last day of the torch relay in 1964. But with coronavirus threatening the Games, he wants the 2020 relay to be scrapped. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. Also moved: Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps.FACTS TOKYO From a jaguar on the loose to an elaborate hoax involving burning underwear, the Olympic torch relay has had its fair share of mishaps. 700 words moved by Richard Carter. File picture afp
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