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, DECEMBER 16, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia): Mongolians preserve traditional script after protests in China LHOKSEUMAWE (Indonesia): Rohingya refugee reunites with family he thought was dead VERSAILLES (France): One of France's most popular attractions, the Château de Versailles, will remain shuttered despite the lifting of some Covid-19 measures + ASIA PACIFIC SEOUL (South Korea): South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. Images of testing at Seoul Station - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia): Mongolians preserve traditional script after protests in China - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT CORAL COAST (Fiji): Fiji tourism hit with climate, pandemic double whammy - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT LHOKSEUMAWE (Indonesia): Rohingya refugee reunites with family he thought was dead - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT, PKG 0400 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TEHRAN (Iran): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chairs weekly cabinet meeting - SOURCE: IRANPRESS (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0700 GMT DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): Visit of the French pavilion at Expo 2020 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): Statements by Council and Commission to European Parliament plenary session following EU summit - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): World Economic Forum presents its Global Competitiveness Report 2020 - SOURCE: WEF - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0800 GMT LYON (France): Verdict expected at the appeal trial of Cécile Bourgeon and her ex-boyfriend, accused of killing young girl - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0830 GMT BERLIN (Germany): First day of partial lockdown in Germany, shops and schools are closed - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Verdict expected in Pope's ex-envoy Luigi Ventura trial for sex assault - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0900 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Scene outside Supreme Court as Heathrow third runway ruling handed down - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0930 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Supreme Court hands down ruling on Heathrow third runway project - SOURCE: UK SUPREME COURT (Restrictions apply) - LIVE 0945 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WARRENPOINT (United Kingdom): Northern Irish businesses plead for Brexit certainty - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Scene outside Southwark Coroner's Court as air pollution ruling delivered inside - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1045 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Mother reacts to court verdict in case over whether air pollution was a cause of death of her daughter, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah - AFPTV via video call - EDIT 2200 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Awards ceremony for the Sakharov Prize, won by the Belarus opposition - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): Press conference by EP President David Sassoli and laureates Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Veranika Tsapkala - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1150 GMT PARIS (France): Press briefing report after the Council of Ministers - SOURCE: ELYSEE - LIVE 1130 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Boris Johnson answers final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) before Christmas recess - SOURCE: PRU (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Angela Merkel answers questions from MPs - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Emmanuel Macron receives Antonio Costa, Portugal Prime Minister - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1215 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PRAGUE (Czech Republic): Czech hospitals launch blanket voluntary testing for Covid-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1330 GMT PARIS (France): Verdict at the trial of the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Digital opening of the new Berlin Castle - WAITING FOR DETAILS ON THE POOL - TBC ANKARA (Turkey): Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhemi visits - SOURCE: TURKISH PRESIDENCY - EDIT TBA + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA MAKOKOU (Gabon): The scientist virus hunters in Gabon rainforest - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1100 GMT KANKARA (Nigeria): Trauma of parents, survivors after Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds of students - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1800 GMT + NORTH AMERICA MONTREAL (Canada): X Verdict expected in rape trial of former producer Gilbert Rozon. SOURCE : TBA - LIVE 1430 GMT NEW YORK (United States): NYSE opening bell amid virus crisis, encouraging vaccine news. SOURCE: NYSE HANDOUT - LIVE 1430 GMT NEW YORK (United States): NYSE closing bell amid virus crisis, encouraging vaccine news. SOURCE: NYSE HANDOUT - LIVE 2100 GMT MONTREAL (Canada): Verdict expected in rape trial of former producer Gilbert Rozon. SOURCE : TBA - EDIT 1800 GMT PHILADELPHIA (United States): Healthcare workers at Thomas Jefferson University hospital receive COVID-19 vaccine. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): PAHO media briefing on Covid-19 in the Americas - SOURCE PAHO - RESTRICTIONS APPLY EDIT 1900 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Already battered by COVID restrictions, city restaurants close ahead of snowstorm. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT WILMINGTON (United States): Biden to introduce cabinet team members including former rival Pete Buttigieg. SOURCE: POOL - Timings to be announced by transition team - LIVE, EDIT TBA BOSTON (United States): Major winter snowstorm expected to hit northern east coast. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE, EDIT TBA GALVESTON (United States): Healthcare workers receive COVID-19 vaccines. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN LETICIA (Colombia): Meet the largest gay community in the Colombian Amazon, in the Ticuna indigenous reserve of Nazareth - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT NITERÓI (Brazil): Sueli da Silva became a ''doll doctor' amid the pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT CARACAS (Venezuela): Communities drill wells for water as lack of drinking water deprives locals of basic necessity - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT BRASÍLIA (Brazil): Brazilian government presents Covid vaccination plan - SOURCE: HANDOUT - RESTRICTIONS APPLY LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HAVANA (Cuba): Traditional Procession of San Lazaro, near Havana, amid Covid-19 pandemic - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT + SPORT LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. Liverpool-Tottenham Hotspur post-match presser - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT TBA LEICESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. Leicester-Everton post-match presser - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT TBA PARIS (France): Football/Ligue 1. PSG-Lorient post-match presser - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 2215 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + FEATURES VERSAILLES (France): One of France's most popular attractions, the Château de Versailles, will remain shuttered despite the lifting of some Covid-19 measures - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC INDONESIA: Women warriors: Indonesia's female rangers fight to save forests - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KARACHI (Pakistan): Balochistan: Pakistan's land of the disappeared - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SIDI BOUZID (Tunisia): Tunisia marks 10 years since the start of the Jasmine Revolution that swept Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power and kicked off the Arab Spring - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT REGULAR UPDATES + EUROPE MOTHERWELL (United Kingdom): Colour-changing face masks show when they're no longer safe to use - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT BELGRADE (Serbia): Parents turn to SMS-based fundraising campaigns to finance medical treatment for their children. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT PARIS (France): Verdict expected in trial of the 2015 Thalys attack SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Bank of England decision on monetary policy - SOURCE: BANK OF ENGLAND - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MOSCOW (Russia): President Putin's annual press conference - SOURCE: KREMLIN - EDIT 1500 GMT PRATO (Italy): Doctors in the ICU of Santo Stefano hospital wear protective gear with their real face pictured on it to be recognized by patients - EDIT 1700 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: SPANISH HEALTH MINISTRY - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1730 GMT ROME (Italy): Murder trial of two US students who fatally stabbed an Italian officer continues. SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT TBA + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA YAOUNDÉ (Cameroon): Three military officers on trial over killing of 13 civilians - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT TBA + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): New York expected to wake up to a blanket of snow. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW VIRTUAL (United States): FDA's advisory committee on vaccines meets to discuss Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine. SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Federal Reserve Chair Powell holds press conference after interest rate announcement. SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN SAO PAULO (Brazil): Covid-19 pandemic ha snot affected the cosmetic surgery sector in Brazil - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT LIMA (Peru): One day around Miraflores, the upscale shopping district south of downtown Lima, amid pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1500 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Argentine Senators expected to announce discussion on abortion bill date at the Senate - SOURCE HANDOUT - RESTRICTIONS APPLY - TO BE CONFIRMED AWAITING COVERAGE DETAILS EDIT TBC CUBA: Cuba to start pension payments which have been increased fivefold, as part of reforms as it unifies its two official currencies - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT + SPORT CHENGDU (China): Winter Olympics prompts skiing construction boom in China - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT LAUSANNE (Switzerland): Football. 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