Go to to consult AFP Agenda HONG KONG (AFPTV) - We plan to file the following videos: TBA indicates that times are to be announced, but coverage is confirmed. TBC indicates that coverage is to be confirmed. For all editorial requests, email afptv@afp.com or contact the appropriate regional video desk. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021 + HIGHLIGHTS ROSSLARE (Ireland): New 'Brexit-busting" ferries avoid the UK 'landbridge' by linking Ireland direct to EU LONDON (United Kingdom): Home of cricket, Lord's, opens as vaccination centre ROME (Italy): Arrivals of party leaders at Quirinale palace for talks with President Mattarella on forming new government + ASIA PACIFIC NEW DELHI (India): Monitoring after demonstrators and police clash at farmers protest. SOURCE: AFPTV BEIJING (China): Second round of mass testing in district where UK coronavirus variant found. SOURCE: CCTV (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 0300 GMT .Taiwan Affairs Office holds regular press conference. SOURCE: CCTV (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0200 GMT .Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT MADIUN (Indonesia): Indonesia turns train wagons into Covid-19 treatment center - SOURCE: MADIUN CITY GOVERNMENT - RESTRICTIONS: NO RESALE - EDIT 1600 GMT + EUROPE SOFIA (Bulgaria): Growing anger of restaurant and café owners against the lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT OSWIECIM (Poland): .Drone images of Auschwitz - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT .Online ceremonies marking 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz - SOURCE: AUSCHWITZ MUSEUM - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Cleaning staff, invisible heroes of the pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT DAVOS (Switzerland): .Speech by South Korea's President Moon - SOURCE: WEF - EDIT TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE 0700 GMT .Speech by Italy's PM Guiseppe Conte - SOURCE: WEF - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1000 GMT .Speech by Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu - SOURCE: WEF - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1400 GMT .World Economic Forum holds virtual 'Davos Agenda' gathering - TBA ANKARA (Turkey): Erdogan gives first parliamentary speech of 2021 - SOURCE: TURKISH PRESIDENCY - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0900 GMT ANTWERP (Belgium): A fake baby to measure pollution in Antwerp, second most air polluted city of Europe - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0930 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Commemoration at the Bundestag to honour victims of Nazism in WWII - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MATLOCK (United Kingdom): Cheshire Cheese maker to switch £1m investment to France because of Brexit - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT GRÂCES (France): Shuttered mask factory finds new lease on life as Covid-19 revives demand for FFP2 masks SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT PARIS (France): Intensive care unit of Tenon Hospital prepares for influx of Covid patients - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - SOURCE: PRU (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1200 GMT BRATISLAVA (Slovakia): Slovaks aged 15-65 allowed to circulate freely with negative Covid test - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT PARIS (France): Press briefing report after the Council of Ministers - SOURCE: ELYSEE - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .French president Macron meets with Mali transition president Bah Ndaw SOURCE : AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1215 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW KIEV (Ukraine): Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto visits Ukraine amid bilateral tensions - SOURCE: UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 1300 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Economy Minister Peter Altmaier presents annual economic report - SOURCE: POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1330 GMT BATH (United Kingdom): Racecourse opens as vaccination centre - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Home of cricket, Lord's, opens as vaccination centre - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT ROME (Italy): Arrivals of party leaders at Quirinale palace for talks with President Mattarella on forming new government. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .President Mattarella holds talks with party leaders on forming new government. SOURCE: ITALIAN PRESIDENCY (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Monitoring meetings and statements - SOURCE: ITALIAN PRESIDENCY - LIVE TBA PARIS (France): Appeal trial of Sandra Muller, who initiated #balancetonporc movement in France, sued by man she accused of sexual harassment - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT MARSEILLE (France): Restitution of a Derain painting to the heirs of a looted Jewish art collector - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT ROSSLARE (Ireland): New 'Brexit-busting" ferries avoid the UK 'landbridge' by linking Ireland direct to EU - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT ROME (Italy): President Sergio Mattarella set to start government consultations with political parties - TBA + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TEHRAN (Iran): Iran President Hassan Rouhani's addresses weekly cabinet meeting - SOURCE: IRANPRESS (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0700 GMT RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum - SOURCE: SAUDI TV (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TEL AVIV (Israel): Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Virtual World Economic Forum - SOURCE: HANDOUT (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA ACCRA (Ghana): State funeral of Jerry John Rawlings, former President of Ghana - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MOGADISHU (Somalia): Parents of Somali soldiers fear sons fighting in Ethiopia - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0900 GMT BISESERO (Rwanda): From France to Rwanda's hills, the husband-and-wife genocide hunters - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0900 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Blinken addresses employees on his first day at the State Department. SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF STATE/HANDOUT LIVE 1430GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Senate Foreign Relations Committee considers Biden UN ambassador nominee Lina Thomas-Greenfield. SOURCE: C-SPAN POOL LIVE 1500GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Press Secretary Psaki briefs. SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE - EDIT TO FOLLOW - Timing to be announced by the White House .DACA 'Victory Party' marking Biden administration action on immigration. SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1700GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .White House regular COVID-19 briefings start. SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE/EDIT - Timing to be announced by the White House .Biden expected to announce oil and gas drilling bans on federal lands. SOURCE: POOL LIVE/EDIT - Timing to be announced by White House .Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds presser on interest rate decision. SOURCE: US FED/HANDOUT LIVE 1930 GMT/EDIT TO FOLLOW .Secretary of State Blinken holds presser on first day at work. SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF STATE/HANDOUT - LIVE 2030GMT/EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN PUEBLA (Mexico): A giraffe is born at Puebla Zoo during pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2000 GMT + SPORT WEST BROMWICH (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. West Bromwich-Manchester City post-match presser - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT 0130 GMT ISTANBUL (Turkey): Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil signs with Fenerbahce. Source: AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LAUSANNE (Switzerland): IOC President Thomas Bach holds presser after Executive Commission meeting - SOURCE: IOC - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (France): Sailing/Vendee Globe. Monitoring arrivals as skippers reach end of round-the-world race - SOURCE: AFPTV and © SAEM VENDÉE / NEFERTITI PROD (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE TBC - EDIT TBA + FEATURES CLUJ-NAPOCA (Romania): Orthodox pro-vaccine priest targets hatred on the internet - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT PARIS (France): During the second lockdown, with closed cafés, Parisians getting passionate about mulled wine - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT LE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL (France): One of France's most visited, the Mont Saint-Michel starts a massive three year renovation project SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT BELGRADE (Serbia): Belgrade unveils controversial 23-metre-tall statue, embraced by fans as 'beautiful' but mocked by critics as an act of aesthetic 'terrorism' - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT * SPORT : AFPTV Sport subscribers only Editorial contacts: Email: afptv@afp.com Europe (excluding France) desk: +44 207 776 2768 France desk: +33 1 40 41 81 17 Asia desk: +852 2829 6216 Middle East & North Africa desk: +357 22 391 450 Sub-Saharan Africa desk (Mon-Fri): +33 1 40 41 46 81 North America desk: +1 202 414 0664 Latin America desk: +598 2 900 5095 ext. 257 AFPTV LIVE MCR: +33 1 40 41 79 63