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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS ODISHA (INDIA): Cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal expected to make landfall in India BEIJING (China): Haunted by virus, China gears up for annual congress TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration ceremony for second term KABUL (Afghanistan): Afghan Muslims get ready for Eid with shopping amid virus outbreak DOUALA (Cameroon): Stigma hinders fight against coronavirus in Cameroon PARIS (France): French company opens a "hospital" for plants, offering to help plants in poor condition due to two months of confinement + ASIA-PACIFIC TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration ceremony for second term - SOURCE: PRESIDENTIAL POOL - LIVE 0100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ODISHA (INDIA): Cylone Amphan in Bay of Bengal expected to make landfall in India - SOURCE: AFPTV/VARIOUS - EDIT TBA KABUL (Afghanistan): Afghan Muslims get ready for Eid with shopping amid virus outbreak - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT PATHUM THANI (Thailand): Lives not lost -- Thai medics see traffic deaths slow in pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT HANOI (Vietnam): Vietnam's lawmakers meet online at the opening of National Assembly's summer session - SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HB - EDIT 0900 GMT BEIJING (China): Haunted by virus, China gears up for annual congress - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT + EUROPE MADRID (Spain): Coronavirus: Spanish Congress debates state of emergency extension until June 7 - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Queues possible as McDonald's opens 30 restaurants for drive-through orders - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT TBA BRUSSELS (Belgium): Hit by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic, people in need rely more on solidarity shops - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT LA DEFENSE (France): Second week of deconfinement in France. Images of La Defense business district - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): National Assembly hearing of the CEO of French national railway company Jean-Paul Farandou - SOURCE: ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SAINT-DENIS (France): After two months of shutdown, the Saint-Denis Military Recruitment Centre is welcoming candidates for enlistment again - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT LILLE (France): Report on the Parc de la Citadelle, the largest green space in the city, which reopened its doors to the public - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT PARIS (France): A French company has just opened a hospital for plants -- it offers to recover plants in poor condition after two months of confinement and to treat them in a warehouse near Paris - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT KIEV (Ukraine): President Zelensky holds press conference marking his first year in office - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SEVILLE (Spain): A robot serves beer to customers as a way to reduce human contact and avoid any risk of transmission of COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT PARIS (France): Weekly French cabinet meeting - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Prime Minister's Questions held in Parliament - SOURCE: PRU - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1100 GMT PARIS (France): National Assembly hearing of the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian - SOURCE: ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): French Government answers lawmakers' questions - SOURCE: SENATE - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW COLOGNE (Germany): Outdoor pools can reopen in the State of North Rhine Westphalia and start their summer season with new hygiene rules to avoid the spread of COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Beaches and parks reopen - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT ATHENS (Greece): Government announces plan to kickstart tourist season - SOURCE: ERT - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1500 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Merkel, heads of WTO, ILO, World Bank, IMF, OECD hold press conference after talks. SOURCE : CORONA POOL - NO RESALE - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1630 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA HAZMIEH (Lebanon): In crisis-hit Lebanon, foreign domestic workers are stranded and unpaid - EDIT 0100 GMT TUNIS (Tunisia): Tunisian Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ali Toumi announces new measures - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA BUJUMBURA (Burundi): Opening of the polling stations for the presidential elections - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 0400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NGOZI (Burundi): The opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa casts his vote for the Presidential elections - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1200 GMT MWUMBA (Burundi): Pierre Nkurunziza casts his vote for the presidential elections in his hometown - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1300 GMT GITEGA (Burundi): The the CNDD-FDD candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye casts his vote for the presidential elections - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1400 GMT BUJUMBURA (Burundi): Closing of the polling stations for the presidential elections - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SALY (Senegal): Senegal tourism hotspot turns into ghost town because of COVID-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0800 GMT DOUALA (Cameroon): In Cameroon, stigma hinders fight against coronavirus - EDIT 0900 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds press conference - SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): COVID-19 testing site in a church - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ALBANY (United States): Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1530 GMT LANSING (United States): Protesters offer free haircuts during a demonstration at the capitol to push back against the state's stay-at-home order - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CAPE CANAVERAL (United States): Press conference one week before NASA, SpaceX launch astronauts to ISS - SOURCE: NASA TV - LIVE 2000 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN CIUDAD JUAREZ (Mexico): International Organization for Migration (IOM) sets up a hotel for migrants to be under quarantine for COVID-19 at Mexican border with US - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0530 GMT LIMA (Peru): Nurses protest in front of a hospital in Lima to demand better safety conditions to battle COVID-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1230 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW Mexico City (Mexico): Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds press conference to announce easing of lockdown measures - SOURCE: MEXICO CITY GOVERNMENT - EDIT 2000 GMT BRASILIA (Brazil): Brazil Health Minister daily press conference on COVID-19 - SOURCE TV BRAZIL/ NO RESALE -- LIVE TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING DETAILS - LIVE 2000 GMT TBC MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Photo exhibition at 18 de Julio Avenue with projection of pictures of victims of Uruguay dictatorship - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2000 GMT MANAUS (Brazil): Doctors and nurses treat patients with coronavirus at a Manaus field hospital - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT + FEATURES BOGOTA (Colombia): Latin American cities get ready for the post-pandemic - SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): A wrestler practices in an empty arena as pandemic isolation measures prevent crowds from attending wrestling matches - SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT MUMBAI (India): Waxed chests, face masks, beard oil: Indian millennials defy gender norms - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 + EUROPE CODOGNO (Italy): Life during Phase 2 in Codogno, epicentre of the pandemic and first town to be locked down by Italian authorities - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT TBA DOVER (United Kingdom): More child migrants crossing by sea due to COVID-19 : Kent council - SOURCE: AFPTV - online video interview - EDIT 0300 GMT RITSONA (Greece): Migrant camp lockdown due to end - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): COVOD-19 trackers seek people potentially affected by coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT MENEN (Belgium): Belgian cities located near the French border have seen a sharp drop in activity. Many shops are desperately waiting for the return of French customers - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT GLASGOW (United Kingdom): New cycle lanes put in place in response to coronavirus commuting changes. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Virtual march to remember victims of Uruguay dictatorship amid the pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0300 GMT BRASILIA (Brazil): Brazil Health Minister daily press conference on COVID-19 pandemic caused by new coronavirus - SOURCE TV BRAZIL/ NO RESALE -- LIVE TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING DETAILS LIVE 2000 GMT TBC + SPORT *AFPTV Sport subscribers only DORTMUND (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund. 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