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Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com 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, JUNE 18, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS HONG KONG (China): Hong Kong Disneyland to reopen after 143 days of virus-enforced closure - LIVE TOKYO (Japan): For more than 15 years, 39-year-old Koji Ishii has photographed and recorded details about thousands of lone gloves he finds on the streets of his hometown Tokyo - EDIT LONDON (United Kingdom): French President Emmanuel Macron in London to mark 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle's WW2 call to arms - LIVE + ASIA PACIFIC HONG KONG (China): Hong Kong Disneyland to reopen after 143 days of virus-enforced closure. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CHIANG MAI (Thailand): Deluge of plastic during virus undercuts Thai pollution plans. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT TBC TOKYO (Japan): For more than 15 years, 39-year-old Koji Ishii has photographed and recorded details about thousands of lone gloves he finds on the streets of his hometown Tokyo. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT PHNOM PENH (Cambodia): Cambodia deploys hundreds of recently bought Chinese military trucks to its security forces. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hold a press conference to mark the end of the current parliament session, in which his administration has been widely criticized for the 'insubstantial and corrupted' Covid-19 measures. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + EUROPE LONDON (United Kingdom): London's theatreland faces ruin as return to pre-lockdown normal remains far off. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ALREADY FILED GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan holds press conference on research and development of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0900 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): French President Emmanuel Macron in London to mark 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle's WW2 call to arms - TIMINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY, NOT FOR PUBLICATION .Emmanuel Macron meets with Prince Charles at Clarence House. SOURCE: AFPTV OR UK POOL TBC - PLAYOUT - LIVE 1300 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Wreath laying & Légion d'honneur ceremony at Carlton Gardens. SOURCE: AFPTV OR UK POOL TBC - LIVE 1330 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Emmanuel Macron arrives at 10 Downing St. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron watch flypast. SOURCE: AFPTV & UK POOL - AFPTV live of flypast; UK POOL playout of Johnson & Macron watching - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Boris Johnson hosts Emmanuel Macron inside Downing Street. SOURCE: UK POOL - PLAYOUT - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): Interview with UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi as UN publishes annual report on global forced migration - EDIT 0500 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Merkel briefs parliament ahead of EU summit - SOURCE: BUNDESTAG - NO RESALE - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Emmanuel Macron visits the Museum of the Order of the Liberation - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SURESNES (France): Emmanuel Macron at the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Appeal of 18 June 1940 - SOURCE : AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0930 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Hearing of the President of the Scientific Council Jean-François Delfraissy by the National Assembly's Coronavirus Inquiry Commission - SOURCE: ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE, RESTRICTIONS: NO RESALE - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW EDINBURGH (United Kingdom): Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to announce further easing of Scotland's lockdown - SOURCE: UK POOL - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Demonstration of healthcare workers in front of the Robert-Debré Hospital - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CREMONA (Italy): Cremona, the birthplace of Stradivarius, faces Chinese competition SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT STOCKHOLM (Sweden): Press conference by the Swedish public health authority about the COVID-19 Pandemic. SOURCE - AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): After 32 years of flamenco, the emblematic Madrid venue Casa Patas closes in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT SABAC (Serbia): One of the last opposition mayors left in Serbia hopes to maintain his holdout status in Sunday elections. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): NATO Secretary general gives presser following NATO Defence Ministers video conference SOURCE: NATO TV - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1500 GMT BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan): Ex-leader Atambayev faces sentencing over illegal release from jail of crime boss during his presidency SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): European Council President Charles Michel gives presser following the Video conference of the Eastern Partnership Leaders SOURCE: EBS - EDIT on Merit - LIVE 1600 GMT KIEV (Ukraine): Court rules on whether to arrest ex-president Petro Poroshenko - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1600 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TEHRAN (Iran): Health ministry spokesperson holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic - SOURCE: IRAN PRESS/IRINN (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0930 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): WHO and World Economic Forum presser on COVID-19's impact on gender - SOURCE: WHO/WEF LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GITEGA (Burundi): Swearing-in of new president Ndayishimiye - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1400 GMT + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): Black Lives Matter vigil and march against racism and police brutality - EDIT 0200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN SAO PAULO (Brazil): Brazil's economic capital could change pace after the quarantine, with many bars and shops permanently closed - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Soup kitchen helps struggling Mexicans to make ends meet - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BRASÍLIA (Brazil): Brazil's Health Ministry holds press conference as pandemic rages - SOURCE: TV BRAZIL (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) / TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING ACCESS DETAILS LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SPORT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Post-match press conference after Man City-Arsenal clash - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT 0300 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Liga. Sevilla-FC Barcelona. Barcelona pre-match training and presser - SOURCE: FC BARCELONA - NO RESALE - EDIT TBA PARIS (France): Decision in the corruption trial of former IAAF world athletics chief Lamine Diack - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT + FEATURES DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): Construction continues at Dubai's mammoth Expo site - SOURCE: AFPTV / HANDOUT (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 0100 GMT PARIS (France): In Paris, a cinema prepares to reopen after months of closure - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC CHENNAI (India): Lockdown reimposed for 12 days in India's Chennai after surge in cases. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT NEW DELHI (India): PM Modi to hold a virtual all party meeting to talk about the deadly clash on the border with China. SOURCE : PMO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY). ON MERIT. - EDIT 1900 GMT + EUROPE ANKARA (Turkey): Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio visits. SOURCE : Pool Turkish Foreign ministry - LIVE TBA BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (France): Renault shareholders' meeting - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE, EDIT TBC BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU summit via videoconference - TBA BRUSSELS (Belgium): .Roundtable - SOURCE: EBS - TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED AT A LATER STAGE - EDIT TBA BRUSSELS (Belgium): .Final press conference by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW COPENHAGEN (Denmark): Danes gather for a dance by the harbour in morning to improve their wellbeing and spread good feeling following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT SERBIA: Serbia readies for election muted by virus and partial boycott - EDIT 1200 GMT MINSK (Belarus): Russian FM Lavrov visits - SOURCE: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 1500 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1600 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TEHRAN (Iran): Health ministry spokesperson holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic - SOURCE: IRAN PRESS/IRINN (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0930 GMT + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): Protest to mark 'Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery in 1865. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0100 GMT TULSA (United States): Anti-Trump demo on the eve of his first campaign rally since virus erupted. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT HOUSTON (United States): Back Lives Matter 'Juneteenth' protest on the day that marks the end of slavery in 1865. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT HOUSTON (United States): Confederate statues to be removed and relocated to museums on Juneteenth, anniversary of the end of slavery. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Deadline for restructuring $66 billion in debt - SOURCE: AFPTV FILE 0500 GMT + SPORT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Bayern Munich-Freiburg. 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