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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + G20 leaders seek united front on virus + US sees virus deaths surge, jobless claims jump + NZ mosque gunman changes plea to guilty + Fake cures, risky rumours: virus misinformation hits home Health-virus,WRAP RIYADH World leaders hold emergency online talks to build a united front against the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed 21,000 lives and dealt a huge blow to the global economy. 900 words 1530 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Daniel Silva in Madrid and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-virus-US NEW YORK Hospitals are overwhelmed as the United States sees a surge in coronvirus deaths, with new figures showing the biggest jump in new jobless claims in history. 500 words 1600 GMT by Catherine Triomphe with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video NZealand-mosques-attack-court-plea,WRAP WELLINGTON An Australian far-right extremist charged with murdering 51 Muslim worshippers in last year's mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques unexpectedly flips his plea to guilty. 600 words moved. File Picture. Video Health-virus-internet-misinformation,FOCUS HONG KONG From being duped into taking poisonous "cures", to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering devastating real-world impacts of a deluge of online virus misinformation. 800 words moved by Katie Forster with Uzair Rizvi in New Delhi -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-distancing-study PARIS The lockdown in the Chinese outbreak city of Wuhan brought the COVID-19 epidemic crashing to a halt, giving health systems crucial breathing room to deal with serious cases, new research shows. 550 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Galey Health-virus-G20 RIYADH Saudi Arabia's King Salman urges G20 leaders to take "effective and coordinated" action to combat the global crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, amid forecasts of a deep economic recession. 750 words 1500 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-EU-summit,lead BRUSSELS EU leaders try to unify their scattershot response to the COVID-19 outbreak that has crippled Europe, with France and Italy calling for "corona bonds" to share the economic burden. 500 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman. Video Health-virus-Britain-hospitals,FOCUS LONDON London hospitals are overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, according to the head of an organisation representing health bosses, as the government unveils help for self-employed workers. 650 words 1800 GMT by James Pheby and Phil Hazlewood. Picture Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID Spain's coronavirus toll surges above 4,000 but the rise in both fatalities and new infections slows, leaving officials hopeful that a nationwide lockdown is starting to curb the spread of the disease. 500 words 1430 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-Spain-medics,FOCUS MADRID Meet Sara, Regina, Sonia and Irene, healthcare workers on the front line of the battle against the coronavirus epidemic that has brought Spain's hospitals to the brink of collapse. Here they talk to AFP about what they have seen and how they are coping. 850 words 1500 GMT by Álvaro Villalobos and Michaela Cancela-Kieffer. Picture Health-virus-Belgium-hospital,SCENE BRUSSELS The huge Erasmus hospital in Brussels is on a war footing, with dozens of beds lined up at a triage centre ahead of what Belgium fears will be its turn to face the worst of the coronavirus epidemic. 600 words 1600 GMT by Kilian Fichou. Video. Picture Health-virus-Russia-diplomacy,FOCUS MOSCOW Since the coronavirus took hold in Europe, Moscow has been sending planes of virus experts and aid to Italy and faced accusations of spreading disinformation, flexing its "soft power" in various ways during the pandemic. 650 words moved by Olga Rotenberg and Maxime Popov. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-unrest-US-rockets,WRAP QAYYARAH BASE, Iraq Two rockets slam into the Iraqi capital's high-security Green Zone, hours before US-led forces were set to pull out of a second base in the country. 650 words moved by Ahmad Al-Rubaye. Picture Yemen-conflict,Q&A DUBAI Five years after Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war, leading a military coalition to prop up the government which had been driven out of its capital, the Huthi rebels are only stronger, more resilient and gaining ground. 800 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa braces for a nationwide lockdown, joining a host of other African countries that have imposed stringent curfews in desperate attempts to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus as cases climb on the continent. 600 words 1530 GMT by Susan Njanji and AFP African bureaus. Picture. Video Mali-vote-kidnap,WRAP BAMAKO In a first for war-torn Mali, a leading opposition figure, Soumaila Cisse, has been kidnapped while campaigning ahead of a long-delayed parliamentary poll in the West African state. 500 words 1430 GMT by Kassim Traore. File picture. Video Health-virus-Africa-misinformation, FACTCHECK JOHANNESBURG African nations fighting the novel coronavirus face a foe as stealthy and dangerous as the microbe itself: misinformation and apathy, fuelled by deep distrust of government. 1,100 words 1430 GMT by AFP Fact Check in Africa. Chad-unrest-army,FOCUS N'DJAMENA The jihadist group Boko Haram this week killed almost 100 soldiers in Chad, damaging the reputation of an army President Idriss Deby Itno presents as a regional bulwark against terrorism. 700 words 1530 GMT by Ali Aba Kaya. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,FOCUS WASHINGTON With streets in major cities barren, and shops and restaurants forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, there was a record explosion of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. 600 words 1630 GMT by Heather Scott Health-virus-US-economy-politics,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON The US Congress is pushing through a massive emergency spending measure unlike any ever seen to help ease the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, but analysts warn it is only a first step. 750 words 1700 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Also moving: Health-virus-US-economy-politics,POINTS Health-virus-US-politics-media-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Forced by the coronavirus to suspend his rallies, President Donald Trump is transforming daily White House briefings on the pandemic into mini campaign speeches, dominating the airwaves while his main rival sits quarantined in his basement. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-Iran-diplomacy-prisoners,WRAP WASHINGTON A former FBI agent who mysteriously vanished in 2007 died in Iranian custody, his family concludes, saying US intelligence had made them give up 13 years of hope. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- ASIA -- Health-virus-UNICEF-Afghanistan-children-vaccines,lead KABUL The novel coronavirus pandemic that has forced billions of people across the globe to stay home is making parents skip routine immunisations for their kids, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF warns. 400 words 1430 GMT Health-virus-China,SCENE HUANGGANG, Hubei Banners hang over streets warning that playing cards together is suicide and guards yell at crowds to separate: a Chinese city near the coronavirus ground zero remains far from normal even after emerging from a two-month quarantine lockdown. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Photo. Video Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-Rohingya-camps KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh The sewage-soaked alleys and cramped canvas and bamboo shacks that house one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are a horrifying scene for experts watching the coronavirus pandemic creep closer. 650 words moved by Suzauddin Rubel with Sam Jahan in Dhaka. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON US stocks shoot higher, brushing aside a record surge in unemployment benefit claims, as a massive stimulus plan advances. 650 words 1700 GMT -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-Tokyo-politics-virus-health-Abe,FOCUS TOKYO In 2016, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke with his staid public image to pop up in Rio dressed as Super Mario for the official handover of the Olympic Games to Tokyo. 750 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama Oly-2020-Japan-culture-manga-cartoon,FOCUS TOKYO Next to a countdown showing the number of days to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is scrawled "just cancel it". Not a scene from real life but from "Akira", a remarkably prescient cult Japanese manga series. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture afp
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