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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns youth 'not invincible' + North Korea fires two 'ballistic missiles' into sea + Country music legend Kenny Rogers dies at 81 + Iran frees French researcher in prisoner swap + Forgive me Father: US priest offers drive-thru confessions Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organization warned the young they were "not invincible". 950 words 1100 GMT by Dmitry Zaks and AFP bureaus. Picture NKorea-defence-diplomacy-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, the latest in a series of such launches by Pyongyang as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Claire Lee Entertainment-music-US-Rogers,OBIT LOS ANGELES Country music legend Kenny Rogers, whose career spanned six decades and produced massive hits such as "The Gambler" and "Islands in the Stream," has died at the age of 81. 500 words 1100 GMT. File picture Iran-France-diplomacy-prisoners,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron announces that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released an Iranian threatened with extradition to the US. 650 words 1000 GMT by Valerie Leroux. File Picture Health-virus-US-religion-Catholic,SCENE BOWIE, Maryland The United States has long loved its drive-ins and drive-throughs: for movies, fast food, pharmacies and banking. Now the coronavirus pandemic has added a new one: Catholic confessions. 550 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-epicentre,POINTS ROME Why Italy? Loads of people have been wondering why the beautiful Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Could it just be a matter of really bad luck? 600 words 1300 GMT by Dmitry Zaks Health-virus-Europe-children-parents,FOCUS PARIS With more and more countries effectively under lockdown because of the virus, parents are struggling to cope with children forced to stay inside all day. 600 words 1230 GMT by Julie Charpentrat. File picture Health-virus-Kosovo-politics,FOCUS PRISTINA As Europeans take to their balconies to cheer on health workers every evening, Kosovars join the chorus for a different reason: to protest a political debacle threatening to bring down the government in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. 750 words 1030 GMT by Ismet Hajdari. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK New York and Illinois follow California in locking down to stem the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump declares the United States is already "winning" the war despite a rapid rise in confirmed cases and deaths. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-US-China-diplomacy,lead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demands that China share more data on the novel coronavirus as Beijing angrily accuses him of lying and says Washington is trying to shift blame. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-California,SCENE LOS ANGELES Southern California residents appear to heed calls to stay home as the most populous state in the US battles the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-California,POINTS Health-virus-US-education-internet,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Limiting screen time and telling students to hush are things of the past now that coronavirus has many teachers swapping whiteboards for laptops. 550 words moved by Eleonore Sens. File picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-transport-food,FOCUS Health-virus-US-kindness,FOCUS Health-virus-US-politics-Burr,WRAP Health-virus-Uruguay-Argentina-Paraguay,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Much Uruguayan social life revolves around the sharing of a traditional hot herbal infusion called mate, but even that seemingly innocuous practice is under threat from the new coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Gabriel Vaz Health-virus-Brazil-beaches,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Street vendor Jorge Martins plods the fine sand of Ipanema as he tries to sell the last of his caipirinha cocktails to tourists before Rio de Janeiro's beaches shut down against the coronavirus. 450 words moved by Eugenia Logiuratto. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-Bondi,lead SYDNEY Sunbathers, surfers and tourists are ushered from Australia's Bondi beach and the country's vast Northern Territory says it will close its borders as the nation records over 1,000 coronavirus cases. 350 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-Netherlands-aviation NEW DELHI A KLM flight from Amsterdam to Delhi with 120 passengers is turned around midair, an official tells AFP, in apparent confusion about India's tight coronavirus regulations. 350 words 1000 GMT -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,WRAP JOHANNESBURG Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease. 850 words moved by Susan Njanji and AFP bureaus -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-aviation-government-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK About 12 years after the US government bailed out General Motors and Chrysler, Washington policymakers are debating how to throw Boeing a lifeline as it reels from dual crises over the coronavirus and 737 MAX. 700 words moved by Luc Olinga -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-health-virus-decision,Q&A LAUSANNE The rest of the global sporting calendar has been wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic but the International Olympic Committee insists the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in four months' time despite growing calls for them to be postponed. What is behind their stance? 650 words 1230 GMT by Eric Bernaudeau. Picture afp
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