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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to curb immigration over virus + Oil prices on a rollercoaster ride + Iran puts first military satellite into orbit + Race to develop vaccine gathers pace + British charity dogs to 'sniff out' virus Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump vows to sign an order partially blocking immigration to the United States, as health experts warned a second US coronavirus wave could be even more destructive. 800 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Brent oil strikes a two-decade low before crude prices rebound sharply as the market appears to temporarily recover confidence after a meltdown that saw the US benchmark price turn negative. 600 words 1600 GMT Iran-military-satellite-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has put its first military satellite into orbit, making it a "world power", as US President Donald Trump issues a new threat amid rising naval tensions in the Gulf. 700 words 1430 GMT by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-US-Britain-vaccine,FOCUS BERLIN The race to develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus gathers pace, as clinical trials on humans were approved in Germany and launched in the UK. 600 words moved by Kit Holden with Sylvain Peuchmaurd in London Health-virus-Britain-dogs,VIDEOESSAY MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity certainly thinks so, and is training canines with their keen sense of smell to sniff out coronavirus after previous screening success for malaria. 400 words moved. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-attack,WRAP JERUSALEM A Palestinian man carrying a pipebomb is shot dead after he hits an Israeli police officer with a van and then stabs him with a pair of scissors at a West Bank checkpoint, police say. 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Lebanon-refugee-Palestinians,lead BEIRUT A Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon has been put under lockdown after the UN announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in one of the country's numerous and crowded camps. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-flood-health-virus ADEN Eight people, including five children, are killed and dozens injured in flash floods in Yemen's second city Aden where residents struggle with submerged streets and destroyed homes. 480 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Gulf-Asia-migrants,FOCUS DUBAI The body of an Indian migrant-worker killed by the coronavirus lies in an ambulance outside a Dubai crematorium in case a friend comes by for a last goodbye. But nearly an hour later no one has appeared, and the workers in protective suits carry out their grim task. 720 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-tourism,FOCUS EILAT, Israel In Israel's popular Red Sea resort of Eilat, carousel music from a shuttered amusement park echoes in the emptiness of a locked-down city robbed of its main livelihood by the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Climate-EU-warming PARIS Last year was the hottest in history across Europe as temperature records were shattered by a series of extreme heatwaves across the continent, the European Union's satellite monitoring surface says. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic EU-summit-health-virus,ADVANCER BRUSSELS EU leaders are set to meet via videoconference Thursday to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus, but with the group bitterly divided, hard decisions -- or substantial progress -- are unlikely, officials say. 550 words moved by Damon Wake Health-virus-Russia-medics,FOCUS MYTISHCHI, Russia Often forced to make or buy their own protective equipment, Russian medical workers tell AFP they fear that instead of helping people during the coronavirus pandemic, they're infecting them. 800 words moved by Victoria Loguinova-Yakovleva with Marina Koreneva in Saint Petersburg -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-immigration-politics-economy,3rdlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump confirms he will sign an order on Wednesday partially blocking immigration to the United States, in a move he argues will protect workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 1630 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-lifestyle,FOCUS SIOUX FALLS, United States A former Eritrean refugee in Ethiopia, Andom Yosef has been spending his nights cutting up pig carcasses in a South Dakota factory for years. Like more than 700 of his colleagues, mostly immigrants, he caught the coronavirus. 800 words 1700 GMT by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-contact-tracing,FOCUS WASHINGTON Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic -- an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralized system of government is unlikely to be able to follow. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-crime-woman-Canada WASHINGTON A woman's life was likely saved by her silicone breast implants after she was shot in the chest at close range while walking down a street in Toronto, doctors say. 350 words moved -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-children-Islam,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Crowds of child beggars wait for buses in northern Nigeria's Kano -- the first of some 250,000 pupils from controversial Islamic schools expected to be sent home over coronavirus fears. 650 words moved by Aminu Abubakar Health-virus-Niger-Ramadan,FOCUS NIAMEY As the holy Muslim month of Ramadan is set to kick off this weekend, authorities in Niger fear a surge of violence after several cities were hit by riots over anti-coronavirus lockdowns banning collective prayers. 600 words 1530 GMT by Boureima Hama Health-virus-Africa-traditional-medicine,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Traditional healing is widely respected in Africa and the emergency of coronavirus is stoking a rush for almost anything claimed to prevent or cure coronavirus, despite stern scientific warnings. 900 words moved by Susan Njanji and African bureaus. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-literature-rights,FOCUS BEIJING After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy that drew tens of millions of readers. But now that her journal is about to be published in several languages abroad, she faces a nationalist backlash at home. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Ethiopia-Africa-aviation, INTERVIEW ADDIS ABABA In early March, Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told an aviation conference in Addis Ababa the coronavirus pandemic was "a temporary problem" -- now Africa's largest carrier is locked in a struggle for survival. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video India-IT-Facebook-Jio,WRAP MUMBAI Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, the two sides say, marking one of the biggest foreign investments in the country. 650 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-oxygen PARIS As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe. Not ventilators, but oxygen itself. 1,200 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,lead BERLIN German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart in empty stadiums on May 9, but the potential first return of a major European league in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. 700 words moved by Ryland James. File picture Britain-Saudi-fbl-ENG-Pr-Newcastle-health-virus-politics,FOCUS LONDON A Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United appears to be nearing completion at a time when the rest of the football industry is on its knees due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic -- and opposition from human rights groups and Saudi's regional rival Qatar is growing. 750 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture afp
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