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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Three billion under virus lockdown + US Senate to approve huge virus stimulus + Tokyo scrambles to rearrange Olympics + Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder + Prince Charles tests positive for virus Health-virus,WRAP UNITED NATIONS More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures to stem the spread of the killer coronavirus that the United Nations warns is threatening all of humanity. 900 words 2030 GMT by Philippe Rater and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics WASHINGTON The US Senate stands poised to pass a massive relief package for Americans and businesses ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, as New York hospitals braced for a wave of sick patients. 700 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Japan sets about the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo 2020 Games as Olympics chief Thomas Bach opens the door to the possibility of them taking place next spring. 750 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-crime,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish prosecutors charge 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 moved Health-virus-Britain-royals,FOCUS LONDON Prince Charles, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of the new coronavirus and is self-isolating in Scotland, his office says, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson praises the country's response to tackling the outbreak. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video. Graphic. Videographic Also moved: Health-virus-celebrity,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-test,FOCUS PARIS "Test, test, test." The World Health Organization's prescription for success in wrestling the new coronavirus pandemic under control may seem simple. So why are so few countries able to follow it? 800 words moved by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Britain-modelling PARIS Authors of a headline-grabbing study into how many people in Britain may already be infected with COVID-19 insist their research shows the need for widespread antibody testing to contain the pandemic. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-confinement-tips,FOCUS PARIS With billions around the world suddenly adjusting to social distancing measures as part of the battle to slow the spread of COVID-19, some professionals used to confinement have some tips. 650 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The US Congress is poised to push through a emergency spending measure unlike any ever seen to help ease the unprecedented economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, but analysts warn this is only a first step. 700 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-economy-hotels-tourism-Trump,FOCUS Health-virus-Brazil-poverty,SCENE RIO DE JANEIRO Stay home, wash hands -- the rules of the coronavirus pandemic sound simple enough. But not for people who don't have homes, on the streets in places like Rio de Janeiro. 500 words moved by Carlos Fabal. Picture. Video Health-US-virus-comedy,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From quarreling couples to toilet paper hoarding, life under coronavirus lockdown across much of the United States has provided comedy material for those seeking light-hearted relief in these difficult times. 600 words 1930 GMT by Andrew Marszal Also moved: Health-virus-US-alcohol,FOCUS 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 -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy's coronavirus infections rate slows for a fourth successive day as more evidence emerges that painful long lockdowns against the pandemic work. 500 words 2030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Russia-politics-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin postpones a vote on constitutional reforms and urges Russians to stay home as authorities scramble to contain the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-internet-politics,FOCUS LONDON Help groups on social media are connecting people in London with those most in need during the coronavirus lockdown, fostering a community spirit often neglected in the capital's fast-paced life. 700 words moved by Charlotte Durand -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS KAFR LUSIN, Syria In a camp in northwest Syria, Abdallah Yassin listens to a doctor explain how to avoid coronavirus infection, desperately hoping it will never reach his tent of 14 people. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Kurds,FOCUS Health-virus-Syria-prisons Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM In a setback for Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a right-wing ally steps down as parliamentary speaker, paving the way for the premier's rival to fill the powerful post. 550 words 1930 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. File Video Health-virus-Algeria-Tunisia-Morocco-labour,FOCUS RABAT In Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, workers in informal or precarious jobs fear not only the novel coronavirus, but how they will survive emergency measures that have cut off their livelihoods. 650 words moved by Sophie Pons with Algiers, Tunis bureaux. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa BAMAKO Four countries led by war-ravaged Mali join the lengthening list of African countries hit by the novel coronavirus as Kenya orders a nighttime curfew and unveils tax breaks in the fight against the pandemic. 650 words 2000 GMT by Laurent Lozano with AFP Africa bureaus. Picture 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 moved by Francois Ausseill. Picture. Video Mozambique-unrest,WRAP MAPUTO Suspected jihadists stage a second brazen attack in northern Mozambique in three days, seizing and destroying a police station, with one assailant hoisting a black-and-white flag emblazoned with Arabic inscriptions. 550 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-attack,WRAP KABUL At least 25 people are killed in an attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Afghanistan's capital where worshippers were offering morning prayers, the latest brutal assault claimed by the Islamic State group. 650 words 1930 GMT by Emal Haidary. Picture. Video Health-virus-India,SCENE NEW DELHI Anxious Indians race for essentials during an unprecedented 21-day lockdown across the nation of 1.3 billion people that all but empties normally traffic-choked roads. 550 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar, with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video 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. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-religion-Indonesia-Bali,PHOTOESSAY afp
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