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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel. +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus cases top five million worldwide + 'Super cyclone' kills 22 in South Asia + Pompeo calls firing claims 'crazy stuff' + World-first liver stem cell for Japanese baby + FC Seoul gets record fine for sex dolls crowd Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of global infections from the novel coronavirus crosses five million as the pandemic plays out unevenly across the planet, with China eager to declare a victory, Europe tentatively emerging from its shell and deaths still rising on the American continent. 750 words 1000 GMT by Valentine Graveleau with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic India-Bangladesh-weather-cyclone,WRAP SATKHIRA, Bangladesh Bangladesh and eastern India clean up after the fiercest cyclone this century, but the death toll remains at a relatively modest 22 thanks to millions being brought to shelters and a weaker-tban-feared storm surge. 700 words 1000 GMT by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: India-Bangladesh-weather-cyclone-surge,FACTS India-health-virus-weather-cyclone,SCENE US-politics-diplomacy-Pompeo,lead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faces calls to testify before Congress over his firing of an internal watchdog, as he brushes off allegations against him as "crazy stuff". 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon Japan-health-research-children TOKYO Doctors in Japan successfully transplant liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn baby, in a world first that could provide new treatment options for infants. 300 words moved Health-virus-Fbl-KOR-SKorea-social SEOUL South Korea's FC Seoul are fined a record $81,000 for using sex dolls to fill seats at a closed-door match with K-League officials saying the football club "deeply humiliated women fans". 300 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-sports-stadiums-innovations,POINTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-social,FOCUS WASHINGTON Rico Montego, 22, is out and about in the US capital on his daily routine, chatting with friends on a street corner despite the strict stay-at-home orders. Compliance with the lockdown in Washington has been patchy. 650 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Health-virus-US-nurse,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Seven weeks ago Dianne King left her Alabama home to fight COVID-19 in hard-hit New York, a city she'd never seen before. Now, the 43-year-old nurse is returning home this week with renewed motivation. 650 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-entertainment-US-television,FOCUS NEW YORK For the first time since its debut in 1963, and after more than 14,500 episodes, "General Hospital" -- the longest-running scripted television drama in US history -- will be on forced hiatus due to disruptions in production sparked by the coronavirus crisis. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain Health-virus-Brazil-politics-medicine,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: "Right-wingers take chloroquine." 750 words moved by Louis Genot. File Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-sewage,FOCUS MELBOURNE Australia is getting down and dirty to combat the coronavirus pandemic -- unrolling a vast programme of sewage testing this week in the hope of finding hidden clusters of the virus. 550 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video US-Japan-court-auto-Ghosn,WRAP TOKYO Japanese prosecutors say they will seek the extradition of a former special forces soldier and his son arrested in the United States and accused of helping fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn jump bail and flee Japan. 700 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture China-politics-health-virus BEIJING China's annual high-level political meetings opens with a minute's silence for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed over 4,600 lives in the country since emerging late last year. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-NZealand-bar WELLINGTON Wellington pub owner Matt McLaughlin is all smiles as a barman pours his establishment's first beer in two months, but he remains fearful trouble is brewing for an industry hit hard by coronavirus. 550 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Belgium-trace,FOCUS BRUSSELS With no political agreement on how to deploy a smartphone app to monitor the spread of coronavirus, Belgium is recruiting a unit of "Covid tracers" to interview carriers and identify those who may have infected. 500 words 1100 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Health-virus-Cyprus NICOSIA The Mediterranean island of Cyprus exits a strict coronavirus lockdown, reopening outdoor restaurants, barber shops and beaches, but for now keeps closed its airports and crossings to the Turkish-occupied north. 450 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-France-migrants,FOCUS LONDON The number of unaccompanied young migrants crossing the Channel from France to Britain has spiked during the coronavirus outbreak, as travel restrictions force them onto boats rather than trucks. 650 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Video Art-Picasso-charity-Africa-France-Italy PARIS An Italian woman has won a Picasso painting worth more than $1 million in a charity raffle to raise money for village water projects in Africa. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-television-Ramadan-Israel,FOCUS RIYADH Two Ramadan television dramas on a Saudi-controlled network have stirred controversy as they test public perceptions over quietly warming relations between the Gulf monarchy and Israel. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Iraq-health-virus-Islam-Ramadan,FOCUS BAGHDAD Baghdad, a city of nearly ten million residents, is running on an unusual rhythm this Ramadan since Iraq imposed an overnight curfew to curb the spreading coronavirus. 700 words moved by Ayman Henna. Picture. File video Syria-conflict-economy-religion,FOCUS DAMASCUS In a Damascus flea market, Sham Alloush rummages through a pile of clothes for something nice to wear for Eid al-Fitr that isn't too expensive. War-ravaged and heavily sanctioned Syria is grappling with a severe economic crisis. 700 words moved by Maher Al Mounes. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-EU-eurozone-economy,2ndlead BRUSSELS The eurozone's economy has "likely bottomed out" after suffering a disastrous collapse from lockdowns to contain the new coronavirus that are now lifting, a closely watched survey by IHS Markit says. 500 words 1000 GMT by Marc Burleigh -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-Bach,lead TOKYO Olympics chief Thomas Bach says that 2021 is the "last option" for holding the delayed Tokyo Games, stressing that postponement cannot go on forever. 500 words moved Fbl-ENG-Pr-health-virus LONDON Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he will not put his players at risk or force them back into action against their will as the Premier League leaders return to training in small groups. 600 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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