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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + One third of planet under lockdown over virus + US deal on $2 trillion virus package + Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganising Games + Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder + Shaken New Yorkers turn to 'quarantini' Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India's billion-plus population goes into a three-week lockdown, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US politicians agreed to spend $2 trillion to counter the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words 0930 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moving: Health-virus-India,SCENE Health-virus-US-politics-economy-Congress,WRAP WASHINGTON The Senate and White House have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the coronavirus crisis, top lawmakers say. 750 words 1000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-economy,POINTS Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Japan embarks on the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after making the tough decision to postpone the Games by a year as the coronavirus pandemic locks down one third of the planet. 800 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-crime,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish prosecutors say they have charged 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi. 500 words 1030 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan Health-virus-US-alcohol,FOCUS NEW YORK Spirits shaken by coronavirus? Add some ice and pour out a "quarantini." 500 words moved by Laura Bonilla -- TOKYO OLYMPICS -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-property,FOCUS TOKYO Hundreds of luxury apartments overlooking Tokyo Bay that were due to be converted from the Athletes' Village have already been sold -- just one of the many headaches caused by postponing the Tokyo Olympics. 750 words moved by Richard Carter and Shingo Ito. File picture. Video Health-virus-Oly-2020-opposition,FOCUS TOKYO For many in Japan, the postponement of the Olympics is a heartbreaking necessity. But for a small and motley crew opposed to the Games altogether, it doesn't go far enough. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020-athletes-media,REAX TOKYO Japan's media and athletes react with disappointment to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but voice relief the Games had not been cancelled altogether over the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-economy-virus-health,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-torch,INTERVIEW Oly-2020-health-virus-athletes,REAX Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan- postponement,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-1940-history,FOCUS Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-disappointment,SCENE Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps,FACTS Oly-2020-cancellations,FACTS Health-virus-sport-calendar,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-prostitutes,FOCUS PARIS With their health in jeopardy and customers evaporating, sex workers in France are struggling as the novel coronavirus threatens their livelihoods -- and there is no safety net in sight. 800 words 1100 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Marisol Rifai Health-virus-Russia-migration,SCENE MOSCOW Aymudin Kamolov -- like hundreds of other Central Asian migrant workers -- is stranded in a Moscow airport hoping to get home after flights to his native Tajikistan were suspended due to the coronavirus. 600 words 1300 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Kenya-economy-flowers,FOCUS NAKURU, Kenya On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world's finest roses. But instead of flying them to Europe, or the Middle East, for weddings, funerals and romantic gestures, they take them to an improvised dumpsite where tens of thousands of roses lie rotting in the sun. 600 words 1200 GMT by Francois Ausseill. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran's president warns that his government is poised to introduce tough new measures against the coronavirus as the death toll from one of the world's deadliest outbreaks continues to rise. 400 words moved Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS KAFR LUSIN, Syria A doctor in a displaced persons camp in northwest Syria spells out precautions against the new coronavirus. But Abdallah Yassin, who lives in a tent with 14 people, fears an epidemic would spell a "humanitarian catastrophe". 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Kurds,FOCUS Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH Five years after launching its much-criticised military intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is stuck in a costly quagmire with no exit in sight while it grapples with multiple crises at home. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- ASIA -- Health-virus,POINTS TOKYO Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint and you might just see a few bright spots. 750 words moved by Sara Hussein. File picture Health-virus-China,SCENE MACHENG, Hubei Long queues form for trains and buses in China's Hubei province as people seize their first chance to leave after two months under lockdown at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Photo. Video Afghanistan-conflict-attack-claim,WRAP KABUL Gunmen storm a Sikh-Hindu temple in central Kabul and battle with security forces in the latest assault on the Afghan capital. 600 words 1100 GMT by Emal Haidary -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-guns,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead to social unrest. 550 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump declares the beginning of the end of the coronavirus crisis in the US, calling for a quick end to social distancing even as New York's governor compared the growing pandemic to a "bullet train." 700 words 1030 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture Health-virus-Chile-Peru-cruise,FOCUS SANTIAGO More than 1,800 people stuck onboard a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of South America, with 42 complaining of flu-like symptoms, are desperately hoping to be allowed to dock -- somewhere. 650 words moved by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Mexico-economy-art,FOCUS Health-virus-US-tourism,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-gaming-internet-computers,FOCUS HONG KONG When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of "FIFA 20" after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online -- part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry. 650 words moved by Sean Gleeson afp
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