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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus toll tops 65,000 + China frees leading rights lawyer + France arrests three over knife attack + Man kills five in Russia for 'talking loudly' + Star footballers bristle over pay cuts Health-virus,WRAP ROME Pope Francis appeals for courage in the face of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 65,000 lives across the globe in just three months as the US braces for "horrendous" numbers of deaths but Spain and Italy show cautious signs of hope. 900 words 1700 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with Phil Hazlewood in London and Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video China-rights-lawyer BEIJING A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said. 600 words moved. File picture France-stabbing-Sudan,WRAP PARIS French police arrest a third Sudanese national in a terror probe into a knife attack in the country's southeast that left two people dead. 600 words 1430 GMT by Guillaume Daudin and Katell Prigent. Picture Russia-crime MOSCOW A man in central Russia shoots dead five people for talking noisily at night under his windows, investigators say 200 words moved Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-wages,WRAP LONDON Wayne Rooney criticises the government and the Premier League for placing footballers in a "no-win situation" over proposed pay cuts after players were urged to make sacrifices during the coronavirus crisis. 700 words 1530 GMT by John Weaver. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-economy-Spain-Germany,lead BERLIN Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urges the EU to issue "coronabonds," controversial pooled debt instruments to help the bloc's hardest hit countries fund their battle against the devastating economic impact of the pandemic. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo 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 confinement and finally get people back to work. Most Italian authorities wish he would stop. 600 words moved by Francesco Giliolo. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS With those worst hit by the virus facing an agonising death from asphyxia, palliative care specialists in France are struggling amid drug shortages to give victims the most humane end possible. 550 words moved by Brigitte Castelnau Health-virus-France-religion LOURDES Shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak, France's Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine marks the start of "Holy Week", an event that normally draws millions of pilgrims every year, with not a soul in sight. 450 words moved by Thomas Rossi. File picture Health-virus-politics,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. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Mideast-drones AMMAN Jordan deploys drones against the coronavirus pandemic, joining other Middle Eastern countries that use the devices to enforce curfews, deliver public health messages and even measure people's body temperature with AI-enabled thermal cameras. 500 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-Lebanon-repatriation,lead BEIRUT Lebanon starts repatriating nationals stranded abroad in its first flight in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus. 500 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video 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 novel 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. Video -- 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 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 -- 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 1500 GMT by Daniel Garelo Pensador. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- 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 afp
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