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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. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS NEW DELHI (India): Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold all-party meeting over China conflict SHENYANG (China): Yisheng Biopharma, a company in Shenyang, is ramping up efforts to create a COVID-19 vaccine HOUSTON (United States): Back Lives Matter 'Juneteenth' protest CHENNAI (India): Lockdown begins again for 12 days in Chennai after surge in virus cases + ASIA PACIFIC NEW DELHI (India): Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold all-party meeting online over China conflict - SOURCE: PMO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY). EDIT ON MERIT - 1900 GMT SHENYANG (China): Images of Yisheng Biopharma, a company in Shenyang that is ramping up efforts to create a COVID-19 vaccine - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT DAEJEON (South Korea): Ceremony for joint burial of remains of six soldiers identified from the Korean War ahead of the 70th anniversary next week - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry's regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT CHENNAI (India): Lockdown begins again for 12 days in Chennai after surge in virus cases - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT SINGAPORE (Singapore): Shops reopen and restaurants welcome diners as Singapore further eases virus restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT DHAKA (Bangladesh): Virus fears fuel bicycle sales in congested Dhaka - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0130 GMT + EUROPE ANKARA (Turkey): Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio visits - SOURCE: Pool Turkish foreign ministry - LIVE TBA COPENHAGEN (Denmark): Copenhagen Democracy Summit takes place online - SOURCE: ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRACIES .Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen addresses online summit - LIVE 1115 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses online summit - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Angela Merkel press conference after the EU summit - CORONA POOL - WAITING FOR DETAILS ON TIMING, TO BE IN THE AFTERNOON - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Emmanuel Macron participates in EU summit via video conference - SOURCE: AFPTV / POOL - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU summit via video conference .Roundtable - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT 1000 GMT .Final press conference by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): The final session of the Citizens' Climate Convention starts - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW COPENHAGEN (Denmark): Danes gather for a dance by the harbour in the morning to improve their wellbeing and spread cheer following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT ERFURT (Germany): Press conference following a meeting of regional interior ministers to rule on resuming expulsions to Syria - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT -1200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas holds press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BELGRADE (Serbia): Serbia readies for election muted by virus and partial boycott - EDIT 1200 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgian police officers protest at politicians not defending them enough against wave of racism accusations - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT NICOSIA (Cyprus): Cypriot health minister speaks about measures taken to address the coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1330 GMT MINSK (Belarus): Russian FM Lavrov visits - SOURCE: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 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 BERLIN (Germany): Former pope Benedict in Germany to visit ailing brother. Images of Regensburg Cathedral and seminary - SOURCE: AFPTV - 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 STOCKHOLM (Sweden): Swedes celebrate Midsummer's Eve with warm weather expected but with coronavirus restrictions still in place. SOURCE - AFPTV - EDIT 1800 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 KINSHASA (DR Congo): Verdict in corruption trial of Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to President Tshisekedi - SOURCE: RTNC EDIT TBA BAMAKO (Mali): Protest called by opposition - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1600 GMT + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): Protest to mark 'Juneteenth', celebrating the end of slavery in 1865 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0100 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Silent Walk in Harlem to commemorate 'Juneteenth' - SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 2200 GMT TULSA (United States): Anti-Trump demonstration 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 WASHINGTON (United States): Members of the Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics basketball teams march to support Black Lives Matter and to mark 'Juneteenth'- SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW IN SPACE: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, Christopher Cassidy and Douglas Hurley, on board the International Space Station, hold Earth-to-space conversation with students - SOURCE: NASA TV - LIVE 1700 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN LIMA (Peru): The indigenous community of Cantagallo uses medicinal plants to try to battle COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Deadline for restructuring $66 billion in debt - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0500 GMT SAO PAULO (Brazil): Interview with former health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta who was fired by Bolsonaro in April - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT + SPORT * AFPTV Sport subscribers only TUAM (Ireland): Blind paralympic hopeful builds 'treadmill' pool in garden to train in lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Bayern Munich-Freiburg. Bayern pre-match presser - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 1330 GMT SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020 + EUROPE ANKARA (Turkey): Opposition party's 'Justice March' ends in Ankara - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA FOIX (France): Gathering in Ariege to denounce the death of a bear - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): First Belgian mayor of Congolese origins Pierre Kompany talks about anti-racist movement in Belgium - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT EDINBURGH (United Kingdom): Black Lives Matter protest calling for Melville Monument to be taken down for slavery connection - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LILLE (France): Gathering for the removal of a statue of Faidherbe, former administrator of Senegal in the 19th century - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ATHENS (Greece): Protest to mark World Refugee Day - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MOSCOW (Russia): Rehearsal of military parade to celebrate 75th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT WARSAW (Poland): Anti-government protest ahead of presidential election on June 28 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TBILISI (Georgia): Protesters rally outside Georgian parliament against Georgian Dream ruling party - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 2100 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA ABUJA (Nigeria): Domestic flights to resume - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1400 GMT NAIROBI (Kenya): Annular solar eclipse visible from Kenya - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2000 GMT + SPORT * AFPTV Sport subscribers only LONDON (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. Spurs-Manchester United post-match presser - SOURCE: PRESS ASSOCIATION - EDIT 0100 GMT MADRID (Spain): MADRID (Spain): Football/Liga. Real Sociedad-Real Madrid. Real Madrid pre-match training and presser - SOURCE: REAL MADRID TV - NO RESALE - EDIT TBA BERGAMO (Italy): Football/Serie A. Atalanta-Sassuolo. A football club and city in the eye of the storm as the Italian championship prepares to resume - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT BRØNDBY (Denmark): Up to 3,000 fans allowed in to watch a football match after COVID-19 measures eased in Denmark - EDIT 2100 GMT + FEATURES BRAZIL: World Rainforest Day: A look back over 2019's wildfires that ripped through the Amazon - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT, FILE 0500 GMT SAO PAULO (Brazil): World Rainforest Day: Researcher from the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Paulo Moutinho, explains the growing problem in the Amazon amid deforestation, fires and COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT BRAZIL: World Rainforest Day: Mitch Anderson, executive director and founder of Amazon Frontlines, explains the growing problem in the Amazon amid deforestation, fires and COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT 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 afp
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