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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy reports 500 coronavirus deaths in one day + Financial markets slump despite rescue packages + Sanders reviewing future amid Biden clean sweep + China expulsions inflame US media freedoms spat + Gigs stream online as coronavirus thwarts tours Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy reports nearly 500 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation, as US President Donald Trump takes new sweping moves including sealing the Canadian border to contain the pandemic. 1,000 words 2100 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with Shaun Tandon in Washington and Jenny Vaughan in Paris. Pictures. Video. Graphic. Videographic Moved: Health-virus-Italy-peak,FOCUS Health-virus-Italy-Brescia,SCENE Health-virus-Italy-socialmedia,FOCUS Health-virus-Italy-economy,POINTS Markets-world, WRAP NEW YORK Global stock and oil markets plunge, as vast stimulus measures failed to offset heightened concerns that the worsening coronavirus outbreak will tip the world into a deep downturn. 650 words 2230 GMT by John Biers US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders was talking to supporters as pressure mounted for him to end his campaign following a drubbing by Joe Biden in the latest Democratic presidential primaries. 700 words 2030 GMT by Chris Lefkow and Paul Handley. Photo. Video. Graphic China-US-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China announces it will expel US journalists from three major US newspapers in one of the communist government's biggest crackdowns on the foreign press, escalating a bitter row over media freedoms. 750 words 2030 GMT by Laurent Thomet with Shaun Tandon in Washington Health-virus-US-entertainment-music-streaming,FOCUS NEW YORK As the coronavirus pandemic hits indefinite pause on concerts and touring, many musicians are instead streaming shows for tens of thousands of fans self-quarantining. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK The US is to deploy military hospital ships to fight the coronavirus, Donald Trump says, as he likens himself to a "wartime president" and invokes a Korean War-era law. 650 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Live video US-China-media-politics-health-virus,lead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump criticizes China for its unprecedented expulsion of around 13 US reporters as press advocates fear that media freedom is falling victim to US-China tensions over the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 2000 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is increasingly sure Joe Biden will be his Democratic challenger, but coronavirus is already the more dangerous opponent -- sending his campaign reeling and throwing the entire contest into uncertainty. 600 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-bread,FOCUS PARIS As anxious consumers around the world stockpile toilet paper and pasta, the French are thronging their bakers for baguettes, fearing a shortage of their daily bread. 600 words moved by Mariette le Roux and Joelle Garrus. File picture Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain announces it will be closing schools in the coming days to stem the spread of coronavirus, as the death toll topped 100 and Londoners braced for tougher measures to tackle the outbreak. 750 words 2000 GMT by Alice Ritchie, Joe Jackson, Phil Hazlewood Health-virus-Germany-Merkel,2ndlead BERLIN Germany is facing its biggest challenge "since the Second World War" in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a television address urging citizens to heed sweeping confinement measures. 650 words 1930 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick and Tom Barfield. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Iran,lead TEHRAN Iran says its novel coronavirus death toll has surpassed 1,000 as President Hassan Rouhani defends the response of his administration, which has yet to impose a lockdown. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-diplomacy-G20,lead RIYADH Saudi Arabia calls for a "virtual" summit of world leaders from the Group of 20 major economies next week to address the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Saudi-energy-economy,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-Burkina,3rdlead OUAGADOUGOU Sub-Saharan Africa records its first coronavirus death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organisation urges the continent to "prepare for the worst". 700 words moved by Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-NewZealand-travel-aviation,4thlead SYDNEY Australia tells its citizens not to travel abroad and warns those already overseas to rush home as it imposes unprecedented steps to choke off the spread of the coronavirus epidemic taking off Down Under. 650 words moved by David Millikin. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-recovery,FOCUS SHANGHAI Restaurants are reopening, traffic and factories are stirring, and in one of the clearest signs yet that China is awakening from its coronavirus coma, the country's "dancing aunties" are once again gathering in parks and squares. 700 words moved by Dan Martin with Qian Ye in Beijing. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & TECH -- Health-virus-US-retail-Amazon,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Amazon is finding itself in a new role in the coronavirus crisis as hunkered-down consumers increasingly relying on the tech giant as a lifeline -- for anything from toilet tissue to streaming television. 750 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman Health-virus-US-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK With New York restaurants closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, residents unused to eating at home are increasingly relying on the city's army of bicycle delivery men for their dinner. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-health-virus-opposition TOKYO Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi says athletes are being forced to take health risks as competitors start to speak out about holding the Tokyo Games during the coronavirus crisis. 500 words moved. File picture Health-virus-tennis-FRA-Open-players,WRAP LONDON The global tennis calendar has been thrown into further chaos after the decision by French Open organisers to postpone the Grand Slam, with players and rival tournaments critical of the apparently unilateral move. 650 words 2030 GMT by John Weaver. File picture afp
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