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| - 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. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 + HIGHLIGHTS NEW DELHI (India): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits India TOKYO (Japan): Five-party meeting for Tokyo Olympics as overseas spectators expected to be discussed FRANCE: New lockdown in northern France to prevent spread of Covid-19 + ASIA PACIFIC NEW DELHI (India): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin inspects guard of honour during India visit. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0500 GMT NEW DELHI (India): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin press conference alongside Indian counterpart. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0630 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SILIGURI (India): Workers prepare colourful powder to be used in India's upcoming Holi festival. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Pro-democracy protesters call to gather near Grand Palace. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW YANGON (Myanmar): Myanmar junta continues crackdown on anti-coup protests despite international condemnation. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT REGULAR UPDATES + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): File images of Brussels terror attack ahead of five-year anniversary - FILE 0600 GMT TERVUREN (Belgium): Five years after the Brussels attacks, former basketball player Sebastien Bellin is slowly rebuilding his life. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT NOTTINGHAM (United Kingdom): Five years after the Brussels attacks, Briton Charlotte Dixon-Sutcliffe remembers her partner who was killed. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): Launch of 38 satellites, including the first one produced entirely by Tunisia. SOURCE: ROSCOSMOS - LIVE 0600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LILLE (France): New lockdown in northern France to prevent spread of Covid-19. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): New lockdown for French capital region, images on banks of Seine river. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ROUEN (France): Parts of Normandy enter new lockdown. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TARNÓW (Poland): Scene from southern city of Tarnow as three-week partial lockdown begins nationwide. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Famed Paris cabaret Moulin Rouge marks one year of Covid-19 closure. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT PARIS (France): Interview with Charlie Hebdo cartoonist 'Coco' as she is about to take on the job of number one cartoonist at daily Liberation. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT PARIS (France): Demonstration against controversial security bill. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW RENNES (France): Demonstration against controversial security bill. COVERAGE TBC DEPENDING ON TURNOUT - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1230 GMT TBC ISTANBUL (Turkey): Celebrations of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, as crackdown and threats against the main Kurdish party rise. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT ATHENS (Greece): Protest in support of refugees on day of action against racism. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LIESTAL (Switzerland): Protest against the coronavirus measures by 'Stiller Protest' group. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LA BAULE (France): Parisians flee to Brittany after new lockdown came into force in the capital - EDIT 1700 GMT DUBLIN (Ireland): Ireland's elderly receive virus vaccines in pandemic-shut theatre - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT KASSEL (Germany): Protest against virus restrictions - STARTS AT 1100 GMT - SOURCE AFPTV - LIVE, EDIT ON MERIT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Coverage ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Brussels suicide bombings on Monday, Belgium's worst peace-time atrocity - TBA BARCELONA (Spain): Protest to demand release of jailed Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 2230 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA JERUSALEM (Undefined): Anti-government protests gather in front of Benjamin Netanyahu's residence ahead of next week's vote. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1730 GMT + NORTH AMERICA ALASKA (United States): Top Chinese diplomats meet press after talks with US. SOURCE: CCTV - EDIT 0200 GMT RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT: Expert comments on coping with 're-entry anxiety' amid the return to work and school, over a year after pandemic lockdowns. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT MONTREAL (Canada): Anti-mask demonstration. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2100 GMT LOS ANGELES (United States): Chinese Theater holds first hand and foot print ceremony of the year with Mexican boxing world champion Canelo Alvarez. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil): Scene from Ipanema beach as Rio de Janeiro closes beaches on weekend to reduce virus spread. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SPORT TOKYO (Japan): Opening remarks of Tokyo Olympics five-party meeting as overseas spectators expected to be discussed. IOC President Thomas Bach, IPC President Andrew Parsons, Japan's minister of the Olympics Tamayo Marukawa, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto will attend the meeting. SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto meet press after five-party meeting. SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Liga. Real Sociedad-FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona pre-match training and presser - SOURCE: BARCA TV - EDIT 1530 GMT + FEATURES GAUJACQ (France): Chanel is opening an open-air laboratory in the south of the Landes region around the Camellia, Coco's favourite flower. EDIT 1700 GMT SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021 + ASIA PACIFIC TAIPEI (Taiwan): Myanmar nationals in Taiwan protest against the military coup. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0930 GMT YANGON (Myanmar): Myanmar junta continues crackdown on anti-coup protests despite international condemnation. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT REGULAR UPDATES + EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM: Key moments from the UK's year of fighting Covid-19. SOURCE: AFPTV / OTHERS - FILE 0100 GMT WOLVERHAMPTON (United Kingdom): Darren Buttrick was put on a ventilator with Covid and had to say goodbye to his family, but he pulled through and has since become Britain's most prolific plasma donor. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT LEICESTER (United Kingdom): Sanjiv Patel survived Covid-19, but on recovery heard his father had succumbed to the disease while being treated in the same hospital. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT ST ALBANS (United Kingdom): In the home city of the Campaign for Real Ale, pubs say post-lockdown reopening can't come soon enough. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT LAUSANNE (Switzerland): Swiss kids on 'Mission to Mars' - EDIT 0500 GMT PARIS (France): Day 2 of new Paris lockdown, images Place de la Concorde. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW VERSAILLES (France): Trial to start Monday for French subsidiary of Ikea, accused of having illegally spied on some of its employees. SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0900 GMT BERLIN (Germany): The Berlin Philharmonic reopens on Saturday night with a concert under strict hygiene conditions. SOURCE: POOL - EDIT 1000 GMT DIYARBAKIR (Turkey): Celebrations of Newroz, the Kurdish new year, as the crackdown and threats against the main Kurdish party rise. SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT UNITED KINGDOM: Ahead of the anniversary of the first UK national lockdown on March 23 - TBA + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ISRAEL: What's at stake in Israel's fourth vote in two years. Interview with analyst. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT DOHA (Qatar): Director of International Labour Organization (ILO) reacts to implementation of Qatar minimum wage for workers with existing contracts. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Opening of the polling stations for the presidential elections. SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 0600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Reactions of voters after the opening of the polling stations for presidential election. SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0830 GMT BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Closing of polling stations for presidential election. SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Denis Sassou Nguesso casts his vote in presidential election. SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE TBA BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas votes in presidential election. SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT TBA + NORTH AMERICA MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA: In rural West Virginia, US Republicans hesitant about Covid shots. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT MIAMI (United States): Security is reinforced around Ocean Drive as the city gets crowded for spring break. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT + SPORT LYON (France): Football/Ligue 1. OL-PSG post-match presser. SOURCE: @LFP - EDIT 0100 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Wales post-match reactions. 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