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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump warns Americans to brace for 'very horrendous' number of virus deaths + China releases leading human rights lawyer + France expands terror probe after fatal stabbings + Spaniard in lockdown goes skiing in his flat Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump warns Americans to brace for a "very horrendous" number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days as Queen Elizabeth II prepares a rare speech to rally hard-hit Britain. 900 words 1200 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic China-rights-lawyer BEIJING A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said. 400 words 1000 GMT. File picture France-stabbing-Sudan-crime,WRAP PARIS French police have arrested a third suspect, another Sudanese national, in an expanding terror probe after a knife attack in the country's southeast left two people dead. 550 words 0930 GMT by Guillaume Daudin and Katell Prigent. Picture Virus-health-ESP-ski-mountaineering-offbeat MADRID When Philipp Klein Herrero had to cancel a skiing holiday because of the coronavirus pandemic he recreated the winter sport experience in confinement in his Barcelona flat. The video has gone viral. 350 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS PARIS One day, the battle against the novel coronavirus will be won. But the world that emerges may look very different from the one we lived in before the pandemic began. 750 words 1100 GMT by Didier Lauras Health-virus-Italy-testing,FOCUS ROBBIO, Italy The mayor of a pandemic-hit Italian town is trying to get everyone's blood tested in a controversial attempt to end weeks of lockdown and finally get back to work. Most Italian authorities wish he would stop. 550 words 1000 GMT by Francesco Giliolo. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Lebanon-refugees,FOCUS BEIRUT Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees living in overcrowded and run-down camps in Lebanon are bracing for the coronavirus as aid groups mobilise to help. 760 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture Health-virus-Mideast-conflict,FOCUS BEIRUT The coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and could topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations. It has also impacted, in different ways, the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Iraq. 800 words moved Health-virus-Iraq-economy-food,FOCUS BAGHDAD On an abandoned sidewalk in Baghdad, under strict government curfew to contain the novel coronavirus, a handful of volunteers with masks and gloves make food packages for needy families. 800 words moved by Salam Faraj and Khalil Jalil. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Angola,SCENE LUANDA "How can anyone stay home without anything to eat?" asks motorcycle taxi driver Garcia Landu out on the streets of the Angolan seaside capital of Luanda, openly defying government-imposed restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus. 650 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Garelo Pensador. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork NEW YORK New York state's coronavirus toll continues rising at a devastating pace, as authorities issue an emergency plea for volunteers to assist at US outbreak epicenter. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture Health-virus-Canada-agriculture,FOCUS MONTREAL As sweet syrup flows from trees in a maple grove near the village of Saint-Alexis, Simon Lanoue laments his losses due to Quebec province's measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. 600 words moved by Jacques Lemieux. Picture. Video Health-virus-Chile-drought-water,FOCUS LAGO PENUELAS, Chile With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Giovanna Fleitas. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Pakistan-health-virus-religion LAHORE Pakistani authorities are searching for tens of thousands of worshippers who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month just as the novel coronavirus was taking root in the impoverished nation, officials tell AFP. 500 words moved. File picture Solomons-maritime-weather-health-accident HONIARA, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands police confirm that 27 people are believed to have been swept off an inter-island ferry which ignored weather warnings and sailed into a severe storm. 300 words moved Australia-virus-pandemic-crime SYDNEY Australian police launch a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Sydney and 10 later died of the illness. 350 words moved Health-virus-Thailand-economy-sex,FOCUS BANGKOK A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand's party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and on to desolate streets. She's scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent. 600 words moved by Aidan Jones. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-FBL-ENG-Pr-wages, WRAP LONDON Wayne Rooney has criticised the British government and the Premier League for placing footballers in a "no-win situation" over the issue of pay cuts, branding their interventions "a disgrace". 600 words 1100 GMT by John Weaver -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Quibi,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it can transform entertainment with short, Hollywood-quality clips to watch "on the go" -- even as much of the world is trapped at home. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-US-economy-poverty,FOCUS WASHINGTON Miguel Rodriguez was enjoying a pleasant life, working as a waiter in a job he held for 20 years. Everything changed overnight when his French restaurant was forced to close amid statewide shutdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Delphine Touitou. File picture afp
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