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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Head of Wuhan lab denies virus link + Orthodox Easter services hit by virus + Top music stars play virtual gig + Football team makes emotional return to virus ground zero Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A laboratory in the Chinese city at ground zero of the global coronavirus outbreak rejects US theories that it spawned the pandemic, as President Donald Trump warns Beijing of consequences if it was "knowingly responsible". 900 words 1700 GMT by Helen Roxburgh with Chris Lefkow in Washington and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Orthodox-Easter MOSCOW More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Sunday, with church leaders urging worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus. 800 words 1600 GMT by Romain Colas with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-US-entertainment-music-aid NEW YORK A virtual concert packed with A-listers -- from The Rolling Stones to Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish -- entertains fans around the world with a show celebrating health workers. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus-Wuhan SHANGHAI Wuhan Zall, the Chinese Super League team from the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, made an emotional return to the city after more than three months torn from their families. 400 words by Peter Stebbings. Moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON The British government insists that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "on top of things" as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Greece-migrants-fire-unrest,WRAP ATHENS Many asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Chios are left homeless as a fire rips through one of the country's largest migrant camps after the death of an Iraqi woman sparks unrest. 550 words 1500 GMT by John Hadoulis Health-virus-Slovenia-media-politics,FOCUS LJUBLJANA The new government of Slovenia's conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa has so far kept the coronavirus under control -- but critics fear he will exploit the crisis to bring to heel the media he brands "presstitution". 700 words moved by Bojan Kavcic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-US-Iran-tensions,FOCUS BAGHDAD It has been weeks since Iran-backed factions in Iraq traded fire with US forces, but experts warn the rivals could be using the time to prepare for escalation. 750 words 1430 GMT by Maya Gebeily. Health-virus-Libya-conflict TRIPOLI Already tired of the tribulations of war, Libyans in the capital are reluctant to respect intensified lockdown measures introduced to forestall the spread of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-politics-army,WRAP MASERU Lesotho troops deployed by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane in a showdown with opponents demanding his resignation are withdrawn from the streets of the capital 680 words moved by Pascalinah Kabi. File picture Mali-vote-unrest-health-virus,WRAP BAMAKO Malians vote in the final round of legislative elections that aim to revive public faith in the country's embattled institutions despite a bloody jihadist conflict and the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1500 GMT by Serge Daniel -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-food,FOCUS NEW YORK American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File video. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-Fauci-people,FOCUS WASHINGTON A feisty super senior in Washington is captivating American hearts. Anthony Fauci is everywhere these days -- not just as the straight-talking coronavirus point man at President Donald Trump's daily pandemic briefings but on T-shirts, coffee mugs and, yes, even donuts. 750 words moved by Daxia Rojas. Picture Health-virus-US-lifestyle-NewYork-parks,SCENE NEW YORK Gone are the softball games, horse-drawn carriages and hordes of tourists. In their place are pronounced birdsong, solitary walks and renewed appreciation for Central Park's beauty during New York's coronavirus lockdown. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-divorce-children,FOCUS CHICAGO It has been more than a month since Jennifer Leeper's ex-husband has seen their 12-year-old daughter, despite him being granted regular contact after the divorce. Leeper is defying the custody settlement fearing that Chloe risks contracting COVID-19 by being with her father. 750 words moved by Bob Chiarito. Picture Health-virus-Colombia-prostitution,FOCUS BOGOTA Ana Maria broke quarantine rules to make a "home visit," while Estefania left home to sell drugs. Survival has become a struggle for Colombia's sex workers during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, as cupboards are bare and bills pile up. 700 words moved by Rodrigo Almonacid. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-migrants-social,FOCUS NEW DELHI Tens of thousands of stranded labourers have been herded into camps and shelters across India like the Yamuna sports complex in Delhi where their suffering has been forgotten amid the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivasta. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-environment-energy-oil-disaster,ANALYSIS NEW YORK On April 20, 2010, the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform claimed the lives of 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. A decade later, deep-water drilling remains widespread off the lengthy coasts of the United States. 800 words moved by Daniel Hoffman -- SPORTS -- Turkmenistan-football-health-virus-Fbl,Focus ASHGABAT Turkmenistan is rebooting its football season with fans flocking back to stadiums in one of the few countries yet to declare a case of coronavirus. 550 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture afp
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