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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS BEIRUT (Lebanon): Ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating blast - LIVE, EDIT TOKYO (Japan): Japanese Buddhist monk goes viral with tracks marrying religious chanting and beatboxing - EDIT VARIOUS: A series of features to mark International Cat Day on August 8 - EDITS + ASIA PACIFIC BANGKOK (Thailand): Thai craft beer brewers tap out on International Beer Day - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia): Ex-Malaysian finance minister expected to be charged for corruption - EDIT 0500 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese foreign ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT + EUROPE ASTRAVYETS (Belarus): Inauguration of Belarus's first nuclear power plant - SOURCE: ROSATOM - EDIT TBA MINSK (Belarus): FILE of opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0100 GMT MINSK (Belarus): FILE of incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko - SOURCE: AFPTV, VARIOUS - FILE 0100 GMT COURMAYEUR (Italy): Evacuation over risk of falling Mont Blanc ice - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0550 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Court rules on Spain's extradition request for Catalan separatist Lluis Puig - FILE 0200 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Catalan separatist politician Lluis Puig reacts to Belgian court decision on Spanish extradition request - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ROME (Italy): Interview with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBC BRUSSELS (Belgium): Visitors and Belgian residents react to Britain imposing quarantine on anybody coming from Belgium - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA MUNICH (Germany): International Beer Day: in Bavaria, a small brewery measures up to the big ones and is allowed to brew "Munich beer" and to have its tent at Oktoberfest - SOURCE: AFP TV - EDIT 0800 GMT THIVIERS (France): Travel of the French Minister of Health Olivier Véran in the Dordogne. Press briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0820 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Hot temperatures in the French capital, which is in the midst of a heatwave - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgium's National Crisis Centre gives its latest figures on COVID-19 infections - SOURCE: SPF SanteBelgique - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0900 GMT ZARAGOZA (Spain): COVID-19: Aragon, the European region with the most cases - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT ARANDA DE DUERO (Spain): A Spanish city imposes a new lockdown of two weeks due to the increase of coronavirus cases - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1130 GMT MINSK (Belarus): Belarusians tell of their expectations for Sunday's presidential vote - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Young people, powerful vectors of the virus and a difficult audience to convince - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT LITSCHAU (Austria): Five artists voluntarily isolate themselves for 14 days as part of a theatre festival - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT RIJEKA (Croatia): Croatian tourist hub tries to survive the pandemic with arrivals down 50 percent - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA BEIRUT (Lebanon): Ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating blast - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE, EDIT LEBANON: Hezbollah chief to give televised address after Beirut blast - SOURCE: AL MANAR (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1430 GMT AMMAN (Jordan): International flights resume at Queen Alia airport following strict sanitary restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT MANAMA (Bahrain): Bahraini government prepares to send aid flight to Lebanon - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): Ivory Coast marks 60th anniversary of independence from France - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 0930 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW DAKAR (Senegal): Senegal interior minister holds press conference on possible new virus restrictions - SOURCE: Senegal interior ministry - EDIT 1700 GMT + NORTH AMERICA OTTAWA (Canada): Lebanese community leader organises fundraiser to help families after blast in Beirut - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT POMPANO BEACH (United States): Florida retirement community strives to keep its senior guests virtually connected with their families, amid coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2000 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): The first theatre in Latin America reopens as Uruguay benefits from its low virus toll - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Social movements gather on San Cayetano Day, celebrating the saint of bread and labour, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis - SOURCE: AFPTV / TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING TURNOUT - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexicans receive COVID-19 checks at a mobile testing site as virus death count hits 50,000 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SAO PAULO (Brazil): Trade unions protest against president Bolsonaro's management of the COVID-19 crisis as Brazil's virus death toll nears 100,000 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRASÍLIA (Brazil): Lack of access to water makes washing hands difficult during pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2000 GMT + SPORT SHANGHAI (China): MMA fighters return to the octagon as the UFC training centre in Shanghai reopens after closure due to COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0700 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli. FC Barcelona training - BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT 1000 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Bayern Munich-Chelsea. Bayern pre-match training - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 1100 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli. Barcelona pre-match presser - SOURCE BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT 1230 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Bayern Munich-Chelsea. Bayern pre-match presser - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 1400 GMT LYON (France): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais. Fans in Lyon watch match - LIVE ON MERIT - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1850 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais post-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 2345 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli. Napoli pre-match presser - SOURCE BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT 1930 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Bayern Munich-Chelsea. Chelsea pre-match training - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 2045 GMT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Manchester City-Real Madrid post-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (CONDITIONS APPLY) - EDIT 2345 GMT + FEATURES ARGELÈS-SUR-MER (France): How do the Argelès campsites adapt to the sanitary rules imposed by Covid-19? Report - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT MARSEILLE (France): Report on the distress of foreign students stranded in France because of COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Japanese Buddhist monk goes viral with tracks marrying religious chanting and beatboxing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT LEPUIX (France): To prevent fish from suffocating in rivers with a severe lack of water, "rescue" fisheries are organised. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT To coincide with International Cat Day on 8 August: LONDON (United Kingdom): Photographer Justin Ng explains his obsession with the Downing Street cat Larry - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT PARIS (France): The famous Harcourt photo studio immortalises cats like stars - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT ISTANBUL (Turkey): International Cat Day: Hagia Sophia's viral cat Gli - EDIT 1000 GMT HONG KONG (China): Professional "cat consultant" in Hong Kong helps struggling pet owners to train their cats - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT LARNACA (Cyprus): Cyprus's stray cats, said to have been brought to the island by Roman empress Helena, charm tourists - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC TAOYUAN (Taiwan): Taiwan's China Airlines offers flight attendant lessons for children before families board a two-hour sight-seeing flight over the island - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT GMT 0900 + EUROPE BADEN-BADEN (Germany): 'Great Spas of Europe' vie for UNESCO World Heritage status - SOURCE: AFPTV - PKG 0200 GMT LYON (France): Dark Saturday on the roads for the last crossover hunt of the summer - LIVE TBA MINSK (Belarus): Images of electoral billboards ahead of presidential vote - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT KHABAROVSK (Russia): Anti-Kremlin protesters gather for rally over governor's arrest - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 0700 GMT NANTES (France): Preview of the new edition of artistic event "Le Voyage à Nantes" - EDIT 0800 GMT MUNICH (Germany): With bars and clubs closed because of the pandemic, groups of young people gather in the evenings near the Gärtnerplatz square - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT DEGGENDORF (Germany): A herd of therapy alpacas help people with psychological conditions to get a footing in society - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT THE HAGUE (Netherlands): Thousands are expected to flock to The Hague's North Sea beaches despite coronavirus measures - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgium sizzles under European heatwave - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT + NORTH AMERICA STANLEY (Virginia) (United States): The hard life of hemp producers: between theft and pressure from the authorities - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil): Copacabana busy as Brazil's virus death toll nears 100,000 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MINAS GERAIS (Brazil): "Death" wanders around streets as Brazil hits the 100,000 virus death toll - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1500 GMT + SPORT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli post-match presser - BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT 2330 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Bayern Munich-Chelsea post-match presser - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 2330 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 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
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