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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Email: Ben.Sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Deaths surge in Spain as pandemic intensifies + Italy warned of 'very long' lockdown + North Korea fires two more missiles + Wild animals explore empty city streets + July 2021 for Tokyo Olympics? Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus deaths surge in Spain as more than 40 percent of the world's population is urged to stay home to halt a disease that has claimed some 32,000 lives. 850 words 2030 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture, Video, Graphic Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government prepares Italians for a "very long" lockdown that will only be lifted gradually despite its economic hardship and traumatic impact on daily lives. 500 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video We have also moved: Health-virus-Italy-food Health-virus-Italy-mafia,FOCUS NKorea-defence-diplomacy-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, the fourth such launch this month as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File Picture Health-virus-wildlife,FOCUS PARIS Wild animals are taking advantage of coronavirus lockdowns to explore the empty streets of some of our biggest cities. 700 words moved by Julie Pacorel and Laure Fillon. Picture Oly-2020-Tokyo-Japan-virus TOKYO Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media report, following the decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics WASHINGTON Senior US scientist Anthony Fauci issues a cautious prediction that the novel coronavirus could claim as many as 200,000 lives in the United States, as state and local officials describe increasingly desperate shortages in hard-pressed hospitals. 750 words moved by Brian Knowlton Health-virus-Panama-ship,WRAP PANAMA CITY A virus-stricken cruise liner is expected to begin moving through the Panama canal en route to the United States with the bodies of four people who died of COVID-19 as well as more than 100 suspected cases on board. 600 words 2100 GMT by Juan-Jose Rodriguez. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-Moscow MOSCOW Moscow's mayor announces strict isolation rules for the city from Monday, as coronavirus cases climb in the capital and Russia closes its borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. 450 words 1930 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Health-virus-France,3rdlead NANCY, France France stages its largest evacuation of coronavirus patients to date from hospitals in the hard-hit east, increasing efforts to free up intensive care units as officials brace for even more serious cases in the coming days. 600 words 1930 GMT. Picture. We have also moved: Health-virus-France-drugs-chloroquine,FOCUS Health-virus-France-chefs,FOCUS Health-Britain-virus LONDON Life in locked-down Britain may not return to normal for six months or longer as it battles the coronavirus outbreak, a top health official warns, as the death toll passes 1,200. 550 moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Also moving: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Germany-politics-Merkel-virus-health,FOCUS BERLIN Angela Merkel's long-struggling conservatives have rebounded in the polls thanks to the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and widespread faith in the outgoing German chancellor's ability to manage the upheaval. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his erstwhile rival Benny Gantz announce "significant progress" in talks toward forming an emergency unity government amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Jonah Mandel Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM In Israel, Jewish and Arab doctors work side by side on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus fight, also battling entrenched schisms between their communities and stressing their unity in the face of the crisis. 740 words moved by Majeda El-Batsch. Picture Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH Saudi air defences intercept Yemeni rebel missiles over Riyadh and a city on the Yemen border, leaving two civilians wounded in the curfew-locked capital amid efforts to combat coronavirus, state media says. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria,2ndlead ABUJA Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari orders the "cessation of all movements" for two weeks in largest city Lagos and capital Abuja to stop the spread of coronavirus. 400 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Mali-vote,WRAP BAMAKO Malians vote in a long-delayed parliamentary election, barely a day after the country recorded its first coronavirus death and with the leading opposition figure kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists. 850 words moved by Kassim Traore and Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Zimbabwe HARARE Zimbabwe braces for a three-week lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, but for many the restrictions mean tough times ahead. 600 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. File Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,FOCUS WUHAN, China The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Pictures. Video. -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Japan-Oly-Tokyo-economy-tourism-hotels,FOCUS TOKYO The shock postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has dealt a savage blow to Japan's hotels and tourism industry already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. File picture afp
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