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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 7 83 57 87 21 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain virus deaths soar as world faces long lockdown + US faces up to 200,000 virus deaths: Top scientist + North Korea test fires two 'balistic missiles' + Israeli rivals see progress in forming unity govt + French chefs cook up antidote to confinement Health-virus-world,WRAP MADRID Spain reports another national daily record of coronavirus deaths in a fresh warning to the world that long-term lockdowns may be needed to halt the march of a disease that has claimed more than 31,000 lives. 900 words 1600 GMT by Diego Urdanet and Thomas Perroteau with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-US-politics,lead WASHINGTON A top US scientist cautiously estimates that United States faces 100,000 to 200,000 deaths from the new coronavirus epidemic sweeping the country. 500 words 1530 GMT by Brian Knowlton NKorea-defence-diplomacy-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, the fourth such launch this month as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Sunghee Hwang Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his erstwhile rival Benny Gantz announce "significant progress" in talks toward forming an emergency unity government amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 1800 GMT by Jonah Mandel Health-virus-France-chefs,FOCUS PARIS Frustrated at stay-at-home confinement, France's celebrity chefs are cooking up an antidote to the gloomy days of pandemic and quarantine with the help of television and social networks. 500 words moved by Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-food PALEROMO, Italy Police with batons and guns have moved in to protect supermarkets on the Italian island of Sicily after reports of looting by locals who could no longer afford food. 400 words moved by Marco Gulla. Video Health-virus-Italy-mafia,FOCUS ROME As Italy mourns thousands of coronavirus dead, and survivors brace for life in an economic wasteland, one rung of society looks to win big: organised crime. 600 words moved by Ella Ide and Ljubomir Milasin. File picture Health-virus-France,lead NANCY, France France stages its largest evacuation of coronavirus patients to date from hospitals in the hard-hit east, increasing efforts to free up intensive care units as officials brace for even more serious cases in the coming days. 500 words moved Health-virus-France-drugs-chloroquine,FOCUS PARIS A controversial French professor claims a second study shows that the anti-malaria drug chloroquine can help beat the coronavirus despite critics casting doubt on his findings. 600 words by Paul Ricard moved. File picture Germany-politics-Merkel-virus-health,FOCUS BERLIN Angela Merkel's long-struggling conservatives have rebounded in the polls thanks to the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and widespread faith in the outgoing German chancellor's ability to manage the upheaval. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warns that "the new way of life" is likely to be prolonged as the country's declared death toll from the novel coronavirus rises to 2,640. 400 words moved Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM In Israel, Jewish and Arab doctors work side by side on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus fight, also battling entrenched schisms between their communities and stressing their unity in the face of the crisis. 750 words moved by Majeda El-Batsch. Picture Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH Saudi air defences intercept ballistic missiles over Riyadh and a city on the Yemen border in an incident that leaves two civilians wounded in the capital that is under curfew to curb the spread of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture Health-virus-Mideast-rights,FOCUS CAIRO Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance: sweeping measures to fight the coronavirus have raised concerns in the Middle East over the erosion of already threatened human rights. 900 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-vote,WRAP BAMAKO Malians vote in a long-delayed parliamentary election, barely a day after the country recorded its first coronavirus death and with the leading opposition figure kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists. 700 words 1700 GMT by Kassim Traore and Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Zimbabwe HARARE Zimbabwe braces for a three-week lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, but for many the restrictions mean tough times ahead. 650 words 1500 GMT by Fanuel Jongwe. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-technology,FOCUS NEW YORK The biggest reputational risk Facebook and other social media companies expected in 2020 was fake news surrounding the US presidential election. Misinformation about the novel coronavirus, however, has changed that. 900 words moved by Arthur MacMillan with W.G. Dunlop in Washington Health-virus-US-politics-Democrats,FOCUS WASHINGTON Three weeks ago, Joe Biden and rival Bernie Sanders were hosting rallies that attracted thousands. Today, they appear online as lonely candidates hunkered down in their homes, forced off the trail as the coronavirus pandemic upends the Democratic presidential primaries. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Colombia-Venezuela-US-drugs,lead BOGOTA A retired Venezuelan general who was charged by the United States with "narco-terrorism" along with President Nicolas Maduro and other officials has surrendered in Colombia to US authorities, prosecutors say. 450 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Canada MONTREAL Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the novel coronavirus, she says. 200 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,FOCUS WUHAN, China The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Pictures. Video. -- BUSINESS -- Japan-Oly-Tokyo-economy-tourism-hotels,FOCUS TOKYO The shock postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has dealt a savage blow to Japan's hotels and tourism industry already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. File picture -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-Tokyo-Japan-virus TOKYO Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported Sunday, following the historic decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus. 300 words moved afp
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