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| - Duty Editor: Bryan McManus Tel: +33 1 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope goes livestream as virus cases top 100,000 + Saudi Princes detained in 'coup plot' + Oil prices collapse as growth fears mount + Erdogan halts refugees crossing Aegean + Woody Allen memoir scrapped over backlash Health-virus,WRAP ROME Pope Francis decides to deliver Sunday's prayer by livestream as the number of cases from the new coronavirus topped 100,000 worldwide. 800 words 1530 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Saudi-politics-royal-crackdown,WRAP RIYADH Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, US media report, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler. 600 words moved OPEC-oil-energy-politics,WRAP VIENNA OPEC and its allies fail to reach a deal on oil production cut after Moscow refuses to tighten supply to counter the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, sending crude prices tumbling. 650 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Turkey-Greece,WRAP PAZARKULE, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders the Turkish coastguard to stop migrants from making risky Aegean sea crossings, as fresh clashes erupt pitting migrants against Greek border police. 750 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. US-entertainment-film-books-Allen-Hachette,WRAP NEW YORK A leading publisher scraps plans to release the autobiography of filmmaker Woody Allen -- long accused of molesting his daughter -- following an outcry and a staff walkout. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture - CORONAVIRUS - Health-virus-Italy-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis decides to deliver Sunday's prayer by livestream and Italy calls in retired doctors as the new viral epidemic gathers strength and empties streets in Europe's most affected country. 600 words 1430 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-US-oil,ANALYSIS NEW YORK Oil prices have plummeted by more than 30 percent since the start of the year, but the worst may be yet to come, warn experts, as the coronavirus epidemic weighs heavily on demand. 700 words 1600 GMT by Daniel Hoffman Health-virus-epidemic-China-gender,FOCUS BEIJING China's fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng Health-virus-China-social,FOCUS BEIJING An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. 500 words moved by Ludovic Ehret Health-virus-US-retail,SCENE LOS ANGELES Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by the new coronavirus soars in Los Angeles. 450 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Health-virus-China-US-diplomacy-language,lead WASHINGTON The novel coronavirus is getting a new name from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -- the "Wuhan virus" -- despite objections from China where the illness was first detected. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Britain-UAE-Jordan-royals-court-police,LEAD LONDON British police are reviewing an old investigation into the disappearance of the ruler of Dubai's daughter, after a court found that she had been abducted by her father. 600 words 1430 GMT by Alice Ritchie. -- AMERICAS -- US-Congress-aviation-accident-Boeing,WRAP WASHINGTON Boeing made missteps and withheld information about the 737 MAX while federal regulators failed to provide proper oversight, leading to a "fundamentally flawed" aircraft that demands tighter rules, a US congressional committee says. 600 words moved by Heather Scott US-politics-vote-gender,FOCUS WASHINGTON Elizabeth Warren's exit from the Democratic presidential race leaves America's highest glass ceiling still intact, prompting some to ask whether the country will ever be ready to put a woman in the White House. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-US,WRAP KABUL Kabul reels after Islamic State jihadists kill 32 people and wound dozens more, with injured survivors describing scenes of terror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US-Taliban deal. 750 words moved by Emal Haidary. Picture. Video India-unrest-religion,SCENE NEW DELHI Hazra Begum has been living in fear since witnessing men chanting Hindu religious slogans hack, bludgeon and burn Muslims to death in Delhi's worst sectarian riots in decades. 650 words moved. Video. Picture Pakistan-media-women-rights,FOCUS LAHORE He calls himself "Pakistan's biggest feminist", but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week when he hurled abuse at a women's rights activist on live television. 650 words moved by Fatima Kaneez -- AFRICA -- Guinea-constitution-vote,FOCUS CONAKRY In a dingy room reeking of blood and sweat hidden inside a gated compound in Guinea's capital Conakry, supporters of the West African state's beleaguered political opposition treat men and boys they say were injured during raids by security forces. 850 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-ManCity-Fernandes,PREVIEW LONDON Bruno Fernandes can cement his status as Manchester United's new talisman when the Portugal midfielder gets his first taste of the derby rivalry with Manchester City on Sunday. 600 words moved by Steven Griffiths afp
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