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. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS MELBOURNE (Australia): Mask-wearing in public becomes mandatory in Melbourne amid ongoing virus outbreak - LIVE, EDIT TOKYO (Japan): Japan marks one year to go until the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - LIVE, EDIT WENCHANG (China): Expected launch of first Chinese Mars probe - LIVE, EDIT BAMAKO (Mali): Five West African presidents visit Mali to try to defuse political crisis - LIVE, EDIT + ASIA PACIFIC MELBOURNE (Australia): Mask-wearing in public becomes mandatory in Melbourne amid ongoing virus outbreak. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SHANGHAI (China): Since China ended the one-child policy in 2016, giving the maternal surname to a baby is gaining traction in Chinese cities, defying deeply entrenched family traditions in the country. - EDIT 0400 GMT BEIJING (China): Activists fear for Uighur culture as scholars vanish in China crackdown. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT GHOR PROVINCE (Afghanistan): Afghan girl recounts killing of Taliban militants after they executed her parents. SOURCE: RFE/RL - EDIT 0300 GMT MUMBAI (India): Mumbai deploys "smart helmets" to fight coronavirus. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT WENCHANG (China): Expected launch of the first Chinese Mars probe. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT WENCHANG (China): Expected launch of first Chinese Mars probe. Press conference. SOURCE: AFPTV - Chairperson: Ms. Meng Hua, Director of the Press Office, CNSA Speakers: Mr. Liu Tongjie, spokesperson for China's First Mars Exploration Mission and deputy director of Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, CNSA. Mr. Wang Jue, Chief commander of the Long March-5 rocket. Mr. Mao Wanbiao, deputy chief of launch mission command of China's First Mars Exploration Mission and Deputy Director General of XSLC. LIVE 0600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT HONG KONG (China): Interview with Gabriel Leung, dean of Hong Kong University's medical school, as coronavirus cases spike in the city. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0930 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Interview with Thailand's Minister of Tourism on the kingdom's desire to move away from mass tourism after the pandemic. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Tour guide Yos waits desperately for tourists at Bangkok's famous Pho temple as the country keeps its borders closed. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): A red or black card decides who will be conscripted into the Thai army. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): Press conference updating Belgian government virus restrictions. SOURCE: Belgian National Security Council - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): Images of people in Brussels, some wearing masks, some not, ahead of Belgium's National Security Council meeting on how to counter a surge in virus infections SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT SZTUTOWO (Poland): Stockshots of former Nazi concentration camp Stutthof - SOURCE : AFPTV - STOCKSHOTS 0200 GMT HAMBURG (Germany): Verdict expected in trial against a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard - SOURCE: AFPTV+POOL - TAPE TURN 1000 GMT - LIVE 1000 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW VIENNA (Austria): Ministerial Conference on Combating Illegal Migration (day two) - REGULAR UPDATES .Roundtable - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT .Family photo - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0930 GMT .Press conference with Austrian Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer, German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer and Vice-President of the EU Commission Margaritis Schina - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0930 GMT GETAFE (Spain): Strike at Airbus over job cuts - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): Beginning of European Parliament session as it studies virus recovery plan agreed at EU summit SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BESANÇON (France): French PM Jean Castex presents youth employment plan - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BENIDORM (Spain): To avoid new outbreaks of COVID-19 Benidorm's beaches are divided into lots which beachgoers can reserve through an app - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT PARIS (France): President Emmanuel Macron meets Cyprus counterpart Nicos Anastasiades - SOURCE: AGENCIES POOL - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LECCE (Italy): Dior cruise collection fashion show - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT PARIS (France): Gathering against French Interior Minster Gerald Darmanin - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1015 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): Outgoing WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo gives press conference after two-day general council to decide on interim chief - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LILLE (France): French ice-cream artisan David Wesmaël wants to revolutionize the consumption of ice cream - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT STOCKHOLM (Sweden): Press conference by Swedish health authorities - SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT AND LIVE ON MERIT - 1200 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO press conference on COVID-19 - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Paris unveils the three winners of the call for tenders for self-service scooters - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1530 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MOSCOW (Russia): Court expected to give verdict for three air traffic controllers in the case of former Total CEO Christophe de Margerie's death in 2014 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA BAMAKO (Mali): Five West African presidents visit Mali to try to defuse political crisis - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1000 GMT BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): WHO Africa briefing on health workers infected with coronavirus - SOURCE: APO/WHO LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia): Analyst comments on mega-dam dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1700 GMT + NORTH AMERICA PORTLAND (United States): Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler meets protesters after 8 weeks of clashes with the police. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW YORBA LINDA (United States): Secretary of State Pompeo will deliver a speech on "Communist China and the future of the free world". SOURCE : DEPARTMENT OF STATE. - LIVE 2040 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN VALPARAÍSO (Chile): Chilean police expected to take murder suspect Nicolas Zepeda from his home - SOURCE: AFPTV + HANDOUT CHILEAN POLICE TBC (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) LIVE 0030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SANTIAGO (Chile): Chilean police due to hand over Nicolas Zepeda to French authorities at the airport - SOURCE: AFPTV + HANDOUT CHILEAN POLICE TBC (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) LIVE 0100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Trucks take used protective overalls amongst other medical items to special refuse dump on city outskirts - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0300 GMT VALPARAÍSO (Chile): Reactions from Valparaiso and Santiago after Chilean senate (upper house) vote on a constitutional reform to allow emergency withdrawals from private pension system - SOURCE: AFPTV + CHILEAN SENATE (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) / TO BE DEFINED, DEPENDING ON TIME OF VOTE EDIT TBA SAO PAULO (Brazil): Images of physical remnants of slavery as deputy proposes their withdrawal - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT CARACAS (Venezuela): A family without resources lives in an abandoned bus - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT + SPORT WASHINGTON (United States): Dr. Anthony Fauci throws the first pitch as Nationals resume baseball season. SOURCE: HANDOUT - EDIT 0100 GMT LOS ANGELES (United States): Home baseball team the Dodgers start the season in a stadium used until now as a testing centre. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. Liverpool-Chelsea post-match presser - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT 0130 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Timelapses and hyperlapses of Tokyo. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo residents give their opinions on the Summer Olympics as Tokyo marks subdued Games year-to-go. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Ceremony at Olympic Stadium marks one year until start of postponed 2020 Tokyo Games: - Images from ceremony - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL (restrictions apply) - LIVE 1055 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW - Images from ceremony - SOURCE: OBS / Olympic Channel (restrictions apply) - LIVE 1055 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW - One year to go message - SOURCE: ©Tokyo 2020/ ©Tokyo Metropolitan Government (restrictions apply) - EDIT EMBARGOED UNTIL 1100 GMT - Images of Olympic Games countdown clock - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT - LIVE 1055 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne pre-match presser - SOURCE: FFF - LIVE 1330 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Presentation of Germany winger Leroy Sane who joins FC Bayern Munich from Manchester City - SOURCE: FC BAYERN - NO RESALE - EDIT 1400 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): Jean Todt, president of the International Automobile Federation, hands over proceeds from F1 paraphernalia auction to Red Cross director for COVID-19 fight - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne. PSG pre-match presser - SOURCE: FFF - LIVE 1515 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne pre-match training - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1615 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne. PSG pre-match training - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1745 GMT UDINE (Italy): Football/Serie A. Udinese-Juventus post-match presser. SOURCE: LEGA SERIE A - NO RESALE - ITALY OUT, SAN MARINO OUT, VATICAN OUT - NO ARCHIVE - FOR USE DURING 48 HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE MATCH - FOR USE UNTIL 25 JULY 2020 AT 1915 GMT. - EDIT 2330 GMT + FEATURES RMEILANE (Syria): Black waters: Oil spills contaminate river in NE Syria - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT CHAUVRY (France): The "ink disease" caused by global warming is threatening the Montmorency forest - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT + EUROPE LONDON (United Kingdom): Face coverings become compulsory in shops. Scene & vox pops on Oxford Street - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ISTANBUL (Turkey): First Muslim prayers to be performed in Hagia Sophia - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1000 GMT AMALFI (Italy): Lemon growers striving for traditional agriculture squeezed by COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Tate Modern gallery prepares for its reopening to public after lockdown. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA GERMISTON (South Africa): Elderly residents of nursing home reflect on life under quarantine - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0100 GMT ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia): Ethiopian foreign ministry gives two-weekly briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1600 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican Health ministry holds a press conference on COVID-19 pandemic (SPEAKERS Mexican Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell and Director Epidemiology Mexican Government Jose Luis Alomia) - SOURCE: CEPROPIE - LIVE 0000 GMT - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0000 GMT BESANÇON (France): Chilean national to be extradited to France for the murder of Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki in 2016 - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT + SPORT NEW YORK (United States): Preview of the Michael Jordan game-worn sneakers up for auction at Christie's - EDIT 1700 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne. Atmosphere around stadium - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Football/French Cup final. PSG-Saint-Etienne post-match presser - SOURCE AND COVERAGE TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE 2145 GMT TBC * 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 6279 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