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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe, NYC begin to emerge from lockdown + 19 Iran sailors killed by 'friendly fire' + W.House becomes new front in virus battle + Pandemic, oil slump force Saudi austerity + Britain signals June return for top sport Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK Swathes of Europe and New York begin the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns, but a resurgence of infections in China and South Korea offer a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of cases. 1,000 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison with AFP bureaus. Pictures. Graphics. Video Iran-military-Gulf,WRAP TEHRAN An Iranian warship is hit by a friendly fire missile during naval exercises, killing 19 sailors and injuring 15, amid tensions with the US in Gulf waters. 630 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-US-WhiteHouse,FOCUS WASHINGTON The White House is battling coronavirus infections within its ranks. But it's not an easy task in the notoriously cramped quarters of the famed West Wing. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. File picture Health-virus-Saudi-economy,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia unveils plans to triple its value added tax and halt monthly allowances to citizens as part of coronavirus-triggered austerity measures and deepens oil production cuts to prop up sagging prices. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Fbl-ENG-PR-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs receive a boost to their hopes of completing the season as the government publishes a "roadmap" that could see the return of elite sport in England from June 1. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil,PHOTOESSAY MANAUS, Brazil Ulisses is used to seeing death up close. It comes with the territory when you're a grave digger. But it had never come at him at the speed and scale it has since Manaus, his hometown in the Brazilian Amazon, got swept up in the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved by Michael Dantas, with Valeria Pacheco in Brasilia. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,3rdlead LONDON The British government publishes a "cautious roadmap" to ease the seven-week coronavirus lockdown in England, recommending people wear facemasks in some public settings. 650 words 2000 GMT by Joe Jackson and James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-Putin,3rdlead MOSCOW Vladimir Putin says stay-at-home orders for most workers in Russia will be eased this week even as the country registers a record increase in new coronavirus infections. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown and Maria Antonova. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization hails dwindling COVID-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but calls on nations to show "extreme vigilance" as they begin loosening restrictions. 550 words 1930 GMT by Nina Larson. Video Health-virus-AIDS-Africa-WHO-UN GENEVA The number of deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa could double if the provision of healthcare to HIV sufferers is disrupted during the coronavirus crisis, says the United Nations. 500 words moved by Robin Millard -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-politics-Assad-Makhlouf,FOCUS BEIRUT Syria's top tycoon publicly airing his grievances has revealed a power struggle within the ruling family as it tries to cement its position after nine years of war, analysts say. 750 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. File picture Health-virus-Lebanon-nurses,PHOTOESSAY BEIRUT In the harshly-lit corridors of a Beirut hospital, a team of nurses has been snapping pictures with their mobile phones of life behind the scenes of the battle against the coronavirus. 250 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-SKorea,3rdlead SEOUL South Korea announces its biggest daily spike in coronavirus infections in more than a month, driven by a cluster at Seoul nightclubs and forcing authorities to delay this week's planned reopening of schools. 550 words moved. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-unrest,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrest hundreds of people during weekend democracy protests -- including a 12-year-old boy -- in the first major political unrest since the coronavirus outbreak began. 550 words moved. Picture. Video China-consumers-internet-sex BEIJING Ikea says it will take "more careful" security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics-corruption-trial,WRAP KINSHASA A powerful top aide to DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi goes on trial for corruption in a case that is testing a government pledge to crack down on graft among the country's elite. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole -- BUSINESS AND TECH -- Health-virus-retail-Europe,SCENE BRUSSELS Queues of shoppers -- many with unkempt hair or beards -- form in parts of Europe, as more countries further ease anti-virus lockdowns. 400 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere with Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-education BEIJING Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever are being trialled at Beijing schools -- China's latest use of high-tech to track its population's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-naturalisation-BRA,FOCUS SHANGHAI Fernando skips down the wing and crosses for Ricardo Goulart, who tees up Elkeson to smash the ball into the top corner and put China into the 2022 World Cup. It is the stuff of make-believe, but the world's most populous nation will soon be able to field a team with a distinctly Brazilian flavour. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-China-Disney SHANGHAI Shanghai Disneyland reopens following a more than three-month coronavirus shutdown as China moved nearer to normality and Walt Disney Co seeks to plug the flow of red ink caused by the pandemic. 600 words moved by Lan Lianchao and Dan Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-culture-television-cartoon TOKYO Production of the world's longest-running cartoon and a mainstay of the Japanese weekend has been interrupted by the coronavirus, forcing the broadcast of re-runs for the first time in decades. 250 words moved afp
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