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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain, France impose sweeping virus restrictions + US extends travel ban to UK, Ireland + Israel postpones Netanyahu graft trial + Japan says Olympics to go ahead despite virus Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France and Spain become the latest European nations to impose lockdowns, while Australia and New Zealand order self-isolation for all new arrivals, as the number of coronavirus infections around the world passes 150,000, with nearly 6,000 deaths. 900 words 1200 GMT by Mariette Le Roux, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Health-virus-US-politics-travel-diplomacy-Britain-Ireland,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States says it is stepping up its fight against the coronavirus and extending a European travel ban to include the United Kingdom and Ireland, while acknowledging that some domestic travel curbs are also being considered. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-politics-Netanyahu JERUSALEM An Israeli court postpones Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's graft trial over coronavirus, as the premier relaunches his appeal for an emergency unity government to tackle the crisis. 600 words 1000 GMT by Michael Blum Health-virus-Japan-Abe TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resists pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his physician says, following concerns over his exposure to a disease that has paralyzed the globe. 750 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-NewYork,SCENE Health-virus-US-lifestyle-IT,SCENE PALO ALTO, California David Tollner gets text messages telling him when meals are placed outside the door of the family guest room, where he was banished after developing a cough. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman with Julie Jammot in San Francisco. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-media,FOCUS WASHINGTON The ailing US news industry is bracing for more turmoil with the coronavirus pandemic expected to deliver an economic shock to the sector -- just when people need credible information the most. 750 words moved by Rob Lever Entertainment-health-US-film-virus,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Hollywood directors who had their glitzy premieres canceled due to coronavirus are finding inventive ways to build buzz for their films -- including bringing the red carpet into their living rooms. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,ANALYSIS LONDON "I think the patient is stabilised," then US president Barack Obama declared after G20 powers prescribed unprecedented remedies to steady the crisis-wracked world economy just over a decade ago. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-Philippines,LEAD MANILA Police are closing off access to the Philippines' sprawling and densely populated capital Manila, imposing a quarantine that officials hope will curb the nation's rising number of coronavirus cases. 400 moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-vote-Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France goes to the polls in nationwide local elections, defying a mounting health crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak that still risks keeping many voters at home. 700 words 1000 GMT by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-anniversary,WRAP BEIRUT Syria's brutal conflict enters its 10th year with President Bashar al-Assad's regime consolidating its hold over a war-wracked country with a decimated economy where foreign powers flex their muscle. 750 words 1000 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-health-virus WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders meet for the first one-on-one debate of the Democratic presidential primary campaign, now overshadowed by the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Also moved: US-Cuba-vote-politics-minorities,FOCUS Health-virus-UN-diplomacy,FOCUS -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-rate-bank-health-virus,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve will have one job next week: convince the world they are doing everything they can to blunt the coronavirus impact on the economy even if their tools aren't the best ones for the job. 750 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-aviation-transport-Boeing,FOCUS Health-virus-Argentina-economy-debt,FOCUS Health-virus-banking-debt,FOCUS PARIS A decade of easy money sloshing around the economy may come to haunt policymakers as legions of firms hooked on cheap credit have no buffers to make it through the coronavirus crisis without serious damage, or outright failure. 750 words moved by Boris Cambreleng Health-virus-economy-mining-SAfrica,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa may still have relatively few confirmed coronavirus cases but the flailing economy's two major foreign exchange earners -- mining and tourism -- are bracing to take a hit. 650 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings,WRAP RIYADH Energy titan Saudi Aramco reports a 20.6 percent drop in 2019 net profit due to lower crude prices and production levels, in its first annual results as a listed company that were overshadowed by an escalating oil price war with Russia. 600 words 1000 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hasan in Dubai -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool,FOCUS LONDON Liverpool could have been crowned Premier League champions on Monday for the first time in a generation. Instead, the stadium will be silent and the streets empty. 600 words moved by John Weaver afp
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