Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets slide as WHO warns coronavirus 'is not a drill' + Rare calm in Idlib after ceasefire deal + Dozens killed in attack on Afghan rally + Coronavirus hits Hollywood Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Stock markets and oil markets are in turmoil over the coronavirus as world health officials warned that countries are not taking the global outbreak seriously enough. 800 words 1300 GMT by Roland Jackson, with Laurent Thomet in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict,WRAP IDLIB, Syria Syria's war-ravaged northwest wakes up to relative calm, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal. 700 words 1500 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-unrest,WRAP KABUL At least 27 people are killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban. 600 words 1600 GMT by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-entertainment-US-film,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The new James Bond movie delayed. Studios scrapping film festivals. Blockbuster productions shut down. Hollywood is being rocked by the new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-cruise SAN FRANCISCO Test results are to officially determine if any of the nearly 3,500 guests and crew stranded on a cruise ship off San Francisco contracted the new coronavirus. 500 words 1600 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-pregnancy,FOCUS BEIJING Scared of the deadly new coronavirus that has swept China, pregnant women and new mothers are giving birth alone, keeping their newborns inside and switching to pricier private hospitals to avoid the risk of infection. 750 words moved by Lillian Ding and Helen Roxburgh. File Picture Health-virus-France-chemicals-pharmaceutical,FOCUS CAEN, France The production lines are whirling at Gilbert, one of France's main producers of sanitary gels, in a bid to meet the soaring demand from consumers for the little bottles of hand sanitiser in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words 1500 GMT by Chloe Coupeau. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Spain-religion,SCENE MADRID Was it fear of coronavirus? Or disappointment at not being able to kiss the feet of a miracle-working wooden statue of Christ? At Madrid's Medinaceli Basilica, worshippers are scarce for an annual ritual that normally draws thousands. 650 words 1530 GMT by Emmanuel Michel. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Mideast-religion,WRAP Health-virus-EU,FOCUS BRUSSELS Smaller EU member states hit out after Germany, France and the Czech Republic block the export of some medical supplies that could help slow the novel coronavirus outbreak. 650 words 1500 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert. Picture. Video Health-virus-history-science,FOCUS PARIS As the novel coronavirus outbreak disrupts global markets and prompts unprecedented containment measures from health authorities, what, precisely, is a virus? 750 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey Fbl-Ita-SerieA-Italy-Health-virus MILAN A ghostly atmosphere awaits Juventus and Inter Milan as they prepare for their rescheduled title tussle in an empty Allianz Stadium while Italy grapples with the deadly coronavirus outbreak. 650 words by 1430 GMT US-economy-employment-trade-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Data shows the American economy booming, with surging hiring and rising wages, but the stock market paints a different picture amid fears about the coronavirus, which could be critical to Donald Trump's reelection bid. 600 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott Also moving: Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-parties-gaming-internet,FOCUS MOSCOW Before Vyacheslav Makarov announced in January he was leaving gaming, few could have expected the man who helped create the mega-hit "World of Tanks" wanted a career in Russian politics. 750 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-ceasefire,FOCUS ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came home with the Syrian ceasefire he wanted from his meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but the deal leaves many key challenges unresolved, not the least the fate of a million desperate refugees still trapped in the warzone. 600 words 1600 GMT by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE IDLIB, Syria A new ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey takes hold in northwestern Syria, but after years of failed truces residents like Fadi say they are not holding their breath. 600 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour with Aaref Watad in Dana. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Idlib,CHRONO Tunisia-attack,WRAP TUNIS A double suicide attack targets police guarding the US embassy in the Tunisian capital, killing an officer and wounding five other people in a country repeatedly hit by jihadist violence. 600 words 1500 GMT Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Saudi-religion,SCENE MECCA, Saudi Arabia An eerie emptiness envelops the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, where attendance at Friday prayers is hit by measures to protect against the deadly new coronavirus. 650 words 1430 GMT by Haitham El-Tabei. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Zambia-crime-gas,FOCUS LUSAKA All the woman remembers before she passed out was an overwhelmingly pungent odour that suddenly filled her sitting room. She was the latest victim of a wave of mysterious gas attacks that has sparked panic in Zambia. 650 words 1600 GMT by Obert Simwanza Mali-conflict-displaced,FOCUS SEVARE, Mali Two months ago, all 400 inhabitants of the Malian village Toou grabbed a few belongings and fled fighting between armed groups, leaving their homes to become part of the mass of a million people displaced by the country's war. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-gender,FOCUS WASHINGTON Elizabeth Warren's exit from the Democratic presidential nomination race leaves America's highest glass ceiling still intact, with fellow candidates, senior lawmakers and supporters warning of relentless misogyny in US politics. 650 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-BillClinton,WRAP NEW YORK Bill Clinton opens up about Monica Lewinsky in a new documentary, claiming their affair helped him "manage" his anxieties -- and lamenting that it came to define the life of the former White House intern. 500 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS -- Japan-France-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn-automobile-Kelly,INTERVIEW TOKYO Greg Kelly, a former associate of Carlos Ghosn, has told AFP he was "shocked" at the flight from Japan by the ex-Nissan's boss, and worries it could hamper his own fight against financial misconduct charges. 700 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture OPEC-energy-oil-politics,WRAP VIENNA All eyes are on Russia at the gathering of OPEC countries and their allies, with the cartel hoping to convince Moscow to back drastic oil production cuts to counter the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1700 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin. Picture. Video India-economy-banking-YesBank,WRAP MUMBAI Shares in India's Yes Bank plunge as much as 85 percent after the central bank seizes control and imposes withdrawal limits to prevent the collapse of the country's fourth-largest lender. 500 words 1430 GMT by Vishal Manve. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-France-US-music-Birkin,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Nearly three decades after Serge Gainsbourg's death, his former romantic and artistic partner Jane Birkin is still bringing his storied music catalogue to life. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video afp