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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS UNITED STATES: Donald Trump and Joe Biden on respective campaign trails FRANCE: On-going coverage following church attack VARIOUS: Anti-Macron protests expected in several cities FRANCE: New month-long national lockdown starts KINMEN (Taiwan): Anti-landing spikes on Kinmen Island are stark reminders that Taiwan lives under constant threat of a Chinese invasion TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo jellyfish aquarium in mood for Halloween + ASIA PACIFIC TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo jellyfish aquarium in mood for Halloween - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese officials hold news conference following conclusion of key meeting of country's top leaders that sets direction for coming years - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW KINMEN (Taiwan): Anti-landing spikes, abandoned tanks on Kinmen Island are stark reminders that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KINMEN (Taiwan): Cutting edge: Taiwan smith turns Chinese artillery shells into knives - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT JAKARTA ( Indonesia): Anti-Macron protests expected - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE COVERAGE IF EVENT HAPPENS - ESTIMATED TIMING - 0530 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT ON MERIT TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan same-sex soldiers to join military mass wedding for first time - SOURCE: AFPTV - COVERAGE DEPENDS ON ACCESS - EDIT 0800 GMT DHAKA (Bangladesh): Tens of thousands expected to protest in Bangladesh against French President Macron's comment on caricatures SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Anti-Macron protest in Pakistan after Islam remarks - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE TBC - EDIT 1000 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo's Meiji Shrine celebrates 100th anniversary with lanterns, night-time worshippers - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Thai king expected to hand out diplomas to Thammasat students while many of them have been protesting to reform the monarchy - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1430 GMT KARACHI (Pakistan): Processions in Pakistan to mark Prophet Mohammed's birthday - SOURCE: AFPTV -LIVE TBC - EDIT 1500 GMT HANOI (Vietnam): US Secretary of State Pompeo visits - LIVES/EDITS COVERAGE DEPENDS ON ACCESS - EDIT TBC + EUROPE FRANCE: New month-long national lockdown starts - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT CHISINAU (Moldova): Voxpops ahead of Sunday's presidential election - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT CHISINAU (Moldova): Images of election posters and the Moldovan capital ahead of parliamentary elections - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT Vienne (Austria): Located in Vienna's Central Cemetery, the Bestattungsmuseum, the Funeral Museum, gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT PARIS (France): Paris' Champs-Elysees wakes up to first day of new national lockdown - SOURCE AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Outdoor markets like the Belleville market in eastern Paris among 'essential' services remaining open during new lockdown - SOURCE AFPTV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NICE (France): Tributes in front of Nice Notre-Dame basilica after a knife attack left 3 people dead - SOURCE AFPTV - LIVE 0730 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Economy Minister Peter Altmaier presents economic projections for the autumn - SOURCE: CORONA POOL - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Opening statement - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0830 GMT .Roundtable - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0900 GMT .Press conference - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1130 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU Health Ministers hold video conference - REGULAR UPDATES LISBON (Portugal): Travel restrictions imposed in Portugal around All Saints weekend - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Berlin Brandenburg Airport scheduled to open after nine-year delay: unveiling of Terminal 1 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Drive-through scares on offer as Halloween becomes socially-distanced - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on COVID-19 - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WARSAW (Poland): Women rally against near-total abortion ban - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LE TOUQUET (France): People arrive and leave Le Touquet sea resort in northern France as re-confinement comes into effect - EDIT 1600 GMT DUSHANBE (Tajikistan): Strongman Emomali Rahmon inaugurated for a seventh term after re-election - SOURCE: TAJIK PRESIDENCY - EDIT TBC BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgian coordination committee on Covid-19 response holds press conference after revising latest measures - SOURCE: BELGIAN GOVERNMENT, TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE, EDIT TBA + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DOHA (Qatar): From food chains like Monoprix and Carrefour to Galerie Lafayette and the National Museum signed by French architect Jean Nouvel, France's commercial and cultural presence in Qatar and how the controversy may affect its standing - EDIT TBA + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA NAIROBI (Kenya): Sentencing of two convicted of Westgate Mall terror attack - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania): Protest in Mauritania against France over Prophet Mohammed cartoons - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2000 GMT + NORTH AMERICA HOUSTON, TEXAS (United States): Texans cast ballots on last day of in-person early voting in the southern state ahead of election day - SOURCE: AFPTV . Polls open. LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW . Vote underway. LIVE 2200 GMT . Polls close. LIVE 0000 GMT (Fri) - EDIT TO FOLLOW DES MOINES, IOWA (United States): Joe Bidens holds a drive-in event in key state Iowa - SOURCE: POOL LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - Waiting for timings from Biden-Harris campaign FORT WORTH/MCALLEN/HOUSTON, TEXAS (United States): Kamala Harris has three campaign stops in the key state of Texas on last day of in-person early voting - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW -Waiting for timings from Biden-Harris campaign WASHINGTON (United States): Donald Trump departs White House for campaign rallies - SOURCE: POOL - TAPE TURN WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN (United States): Donald Trump campaigns in battleground state Michigan -SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN (United States): Donald Trump campaigns in battleground state Wisconsin -SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 1930 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ST PAUL, MINNESOTA (United States): Joe Biden to hold a drive-in event - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 2045GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW DETROIT, MICHIGAN (United States): Testing at COVID site as Michigan sees spike in cases - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900GMT SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA (United States): Joe Biden campaigns in key state Minnesota - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 2045 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TUSCON (United States): Mike Pence holds MAGA rally - SOURCE: POOL-LIVE 2130GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA (United States): Donald Trump campaigns in battleground state Michigan - SOURCE: AFPTV + POOL LIVE 2200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN (United States): Joe Biden gives remarks in battleground state Wisconsin - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 2200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN TACUEYO (Colombia): Ceremony marks first year anniversary of the murder of indigenous governor Cristina Bautista and five indigenous people - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT SANTIAGO (Chile): Demonstrators expected to gather in protest square Plaza Italia after voters decided to throw out their dictatorship-era constitution in a landslide referendum - SOURCE: AFPTV - TBC AWAITING TURNOUT - LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SPORT ABERDEEN (United Kingdom): Ahead of US election, new Trump golf course given all clear in Scotland - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo 2020 to hold press conference - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BELLINZONA (Switzerland): Verdict in the trial of PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 1300 GMT ROME (Italy): Rugby/Six Nations. Italy-England. England pre-match presser - SOURCE: RFU - EDIT 1400 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Liga. Deportivo Alaves-FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona pre-match training and presser - SOURCE: FC BARCELONA - EDIT 1500 GMT MADRID (Spain): Football/Liga. Real Madrid-Huesca. Real Madrid pre-match training and presser - SOURCE: REAL MADRID TV - EDIT 1530 GMT SUANCES (Spain): Cycling/Vuelta. Stage 10 highlights - SOURCE: ASO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1900 GMT COLOGNE (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. FC Cologne-FC Bayern Munich pre-match pressers - SOURCES: SID + FC-TV + FCB.tv - EDIT 1930 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Ireland. France pre-match training - SOURCE: France Rugby - EDIT 2030 GMT SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Ireland. France pre-match presser - SOURCE: France Rugby - EDIT 2030 GMT ROME (Italy): Rugby/Six Nations. Italy-England. Italy pre-match presser - SOURCE: FIR Communications Department - EDIT TBC ROME (Italy): Rugby/Six Nations. Italy-England. Italy pre-match training - SOURCE: FIR Communications Department - EDIT TBC SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Ireland. Ireland pre-match presser - SOURCE: IRFU - EDIT TBC SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Ireland. Ireland pre-match training - SOURCE: IRFU - EDIT TBC + FEATURES NANCY (France): Nancy hospital offers olfactory rehabilitation for Covid-19 patients deprived of their sense of smell - EDIT 1100 GMT SAINT-LÉGER-DE-FOUGERET (France): Freedom of expression, secularism: at the school of Imams, one learns "the Islam of France" - EDIT 1200 GMT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC YANGON (Myanmar): NLD supporters plan big campaign event just outside Myanmar's biggest city Yangon - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan stages Asia's largest LGBT Pride parade - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT CHIANG MAI (Thailand): Yee Peng, Thailand's lantern festival downsized as closed borders prevent foreign tourists from attending - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BANGKOK (Thailand): Thai king expected to hand out diplomas to Thammasat students while many of them have been protesting to reform the monarchy - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + EUROPE TBILISI (Georgia): Parliamentary elections - REGULAR UPDATES .Opening of polling stations, people voting - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0530 GMT .Georgians comment after voting - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0830 GMT .Vote counting - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT - EDIT 1830 GMT .PM Giorgi Gakharia casts his ballot - SOURCE: GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT, TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED - EDIT TBA KUTAISI (Georgia): Opposition leader Grigol Vashadze casts his ballot - SOURCE: UNITED NATIONAL MOVEMENT, TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED - EDIT TBA ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Kazakh opposition rallies against political repression - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT MOLDOVA: Residents in countryside areas comment ahead of Sunday presidential vote - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT WARSAW (Poland): Poles celebrate All Saints Day despite coronavirus restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT BRATISLAVA (Slovakia): Slovakia launches nationwide screening for coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Flights start to land at Berlin's new Brandenburg Airport - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PRISTINA (Kosovo): A group fighting food-waste in Kosovo celebrates 'Scary, Ugly Food' on Halloween - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ALGIERS (Algeria): People give their views ahead of Algeria's constitutional referendum which the government proclaims will establish a "new republic" - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0700 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA JOHANNESBURG (South Africa): Largest opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) holds congress to elect new leader - SOURCE: POOL - EDIT 1400 GMT + NORTH AMERICA RALEIGH (United States): Last day of early voting in battleground state North Carolina before election day - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW UNITED STATES: THREE DAYS UNTIL ELECTION: The three branches of government and how the US election will define them - EDIT 0100GM ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (United States): Joe Biden addresses drive-in election rally in swing state of Minnesota - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 2045 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MICHIGAN (United States): Barack Obama joins Joe Biden in Michigan for joint campaign rally 3 days before election day - SOURCE: US POOL ( EXACT LOCATION AND TIMING TO BE ANNOUNCED BY BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN) - LIVE - EDIT TBA ROCHESTER (United States): Donald Trump campaigns in Minnesota - SOURCE: US POOL - LIVE 2200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MILWAUKEE (United States): Joe Biden holds election rally in Wisconsin's biggest city - SOURCE: POOL - LIVE 2200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SALEM (United States): Pandemic scales back Halloween celebrations that traditionally draw hundreds of thousands of tourists to Salem, also known as "Witch City" - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexicans dedicate their traditional Day of the Dead altars to Covid-19 victims - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT + SPORT SYDNEY (Australia): Rugby/Bledisloe Cup. Fans arrive for the third text between All Blacks-Wallabies - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0930 GMT SYDNEY (Australia): Rugby/Bledisloe Cup. All Blacks-Wallabies post-match press conference after third test - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT SPAIN: Cycling/Vuelta. Stage 11 highlights - SOURCE: ASO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1900 GMT ROME (Italy): Rugby/Six Nations. Italy-England post-match presser - COVERAGE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED - AWAITING DETAILS FROM FEDERATIONS - SOURCE TO BE ANNOUNCED - LIVE 2030 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW SAINT-DENIS (France): Rugby/Six Nations. France-Ireland post-match presser - COVERAGE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED - AWAITING DETAILS FROM FEDERATIONS - SOURCE TO BE ANNOUNCED - LIVE, EDIT TBC NANTES (France): Football/Ligue 1. Nantes-PSG post-match presser - SOURCE: LFP - LIVE 2200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom): Football/Premier League. 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