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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy on lockdown as China signals progress in virus fight + Putin lays out path to staying in power + Biden-Sanders showdown heats up in White House race + Stocks, oil bounce back after dizzying losses over virus + London man second patient to be cured of HIV Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy imposes unprecedented restrictions on its 60 million people to control the deadly COVID-19 epidemic as China signals major progress in its own battle against the global epidemic and eases travel curbs. 700 words 1530 GMT by Jastinder Khera with Laurent Thomet in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin lays out a path to staying in power after 2024 as lawmakers approve sweeping reforms to the constitution. 700 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mainville and Maria Antonova. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Former US vice president Joe Biden hopes to deal a decisive blow against leftist Bernie Sanders as Michigan, the day's top prize, and five other states vote in Democratic presidential primaries. 750 words 1600 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Graphic Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stocks and oil prices rebound on hopes of US economic stimulus measures as the coronavirus rages, one day after suffering their biggest one-day losses in more than a decade. 800 words 1630 GMT by Roland Jackson Health-HIV-cancer-cure,WRAP PARIS A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors say, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. 550 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Galey -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy,SCENE ROME Italians adapt to the "I'm staying at home" motto announced by the government with streets, squares and cafes emptying out in a bid to beat the virus. 600 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Italy-transport,FOCUS Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-economy,2ndlead Health-virus-China-politics,6thlead WUHAN, China Chinese President Xi Jinping says that Wuhan has turned the tide against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, as he pays his first visit to the city at the heart of the global epidemic. 700 words moved by Noel Celis with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-China-accident-hotel Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON President Donald Trump prepares to announce "substantial" measures including tax relief to counter the threat to the faltering economy of the coronavirus epidemic, which has killed 26 people in the US. 500 words 1630 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-Germany-hospital,FOCUS GROSS-GERAU, Germany In the small German town of Gross-Gerau, you don't go to the drive-through for a burger and fries. You go to get tested for the novel coronavirus. 600 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-religion-Purim,SCENE BNEI BRAK, Israel Israel's new tight restrictions to contain coronavirus do not stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from hitting the streets to partake in a treasured custom: getting drunk on the Purim holiday. 500 words 1630 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt-tourism,FOCUS CAIRO Just when Egypt's crucial tourism sector was recovering from years of political strife and jihadist attacks, the industry finds itself bracing for a potential battering by the new coronavirus. 750 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture Health-virus-healthcare-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS Regional and national health officials must do everything possible to "flatten the curve" of new COVID-19 cases to avoid overwhelming hospitals, as happened in Wuhan and northern Italy, experts warn. 750 words 1530 GMT by Paul Ricard Health-virus-France-dating,FOCUS PARIS At a time that people are advised against cheek-kissing and handshakes for fear of coronavirus spread, some on the dating scene are reassessing their mission to get up close and personal with new acquaintances. 550 words 1500 GMT by Alice Lefebvre and Daphne Rousseau. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-France-religion-Mulhouse,SCENE Health-virus-China-therapy,FOCUS BEIJING Therapists, counselling hotlines and online wellness groups in China are struggling to cope with surging demand for emotional help as the coronavirus outbreak upends normal life. 700 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara and Helen Roxburgh. File picture Health-virus-Fbl-ESP-Liga,2ndlead MADRID Spain's La Liga confirms that first and second division football matches will be played behind closed doors for at least two weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak. 450 words 1430 GMT by Tom Allnutt. File picture Fbl-Asia-CHN-training-virus-health SHANGHAI Chinese football clubs and national teams must undertake "spring military training" to defeat the coronavirus and help fulfil President Xi Jinping's dream of making the country a force in the sport, officials say. 450 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-trial,WRAP BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of interfering with the probe into the downing of flight MH17 and casting a "dark shadow" over the trial of four suspects in the disaster. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-accident-aviation,WRAP TULU FARA, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines marks the one-year anniversary of the crash of Flight 302 by bringing relatives of the dead together for a ceremony at the crash site southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa. 550 words 1530 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-environment-poverty,FOCUS SAO PAULO At first glance, it looks like any other shantytown in Brazil: a precarious jumble of tin-roof shacks and shoddy streets -- but this "favela" is remarkably green. 700 words moved by Pascale Trouillaud. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-UN-probe-Khashoggi-Turkey GENEVA The lack of action by the United Nations after the brutal slaying of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi raises questions about the organisation's credibility, says his bereaved fiancee. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Russia-Saudi-oil,WRAP MOSCOW Russia says it is open to renewing cooperation with OPEC as Saudi Arabia escalates its price war with Moscow by announcing it will flood oil markets with new supplies. 650 words 1500 GMT by Andrea Palasciano Saudi-markets-Aramco-oil,2ndlead RIYADH Energy titan Saudi Aramco says it will boost crude oil supplies to 12.3 million barrels per day in April, flooding markets as it escalates a price war with Russia. 450 words moved afp
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