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| - View events updated in real time on AFP Agenda For a selection of upcoming events and a preview of our top stories, sign up to our newsletter, AFP Agenda Highlights Please note that all times are in GMT. Major events are listed under 'Highlights'. For full details of our coverage of top stories, please see our regularly updated News Advisory (+) : Event added in the last 24 hours. (*) : Event updated in the last 24 hours. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021 Asia-Pacific (+) SYDNEY (Australia) - Masks required on public transport, indoor retail outlets in greater Sydney (To July 1) Europe CATANIA (Italy) - G20 labour and education ministers meet (To 23) PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week Menswear (To 27) MOSCOW (Russia) - Moscow Conference on International Security (To 24) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Democratic and Republican primaries for mayoral election VIDEO. PICTURE. WASHINGTON (United States) - Senate committee hearing on statehood for Washington DC PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - White House Covid response team holds press briefing (1630 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies on pandemic response (1800 GMT) PICTURE. WASHINGTON (United States) - Israel's army chief Aviv Kohavi visits (To 24) Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - International conference on cannabis research (To 25) DOHA (Qatar) - Qatar Economic Forum (To 23) Sub-Saharan Africa SOUTH AFRICA - Africa honours Zambia's Kaunda with days of mourning (To 28) Latin America (+) CARACAS (Venezuela) - President Maduro holds press conference Sports GROS-ISLET (Saint Lucia) - Cricket: Second Test Match between West Indies and South Africa (To 22) GLASGOW (United Kingdom) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group D Croatia v Scotland (1900 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group D Czech Republic v England (1900 GMT) PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 Highlights BERLIN (Germany) - New round of Libya peace talks PICTURE. VIDEO. (*) SAN ISIDRO (Argentina) - Diego Maradona's doctor and six other caregivers face fresh round of questioning over his death (1500 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) Asia-Pacific (+) PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visits PICTURE. HONG KONG (China) - First trial under new national security law expected to start (0130 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BANGKOK (Thailand) - Hearing in trial of two Uyghurs over Erawan shrine bombing (0200 GMT) (To July 2) Europe UNITED KINGDOM - Fifth anniversary of Britain's vote to leave the European Union VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - FM Lavrov meets Ethiopian counterpart SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - International Maritime Defence Show VIDEO. (To 27) PARIS (France) - EU Commission chief von der Leyen visits to launch Covid recovery plan VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel hosts talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. VIENNE (France) - Jazz in Vienne festival (To July 10) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Christie's auctions collection of Roger Federer's tennis rackets, T-shirts and shoes VIDEO. (+) ROME (Italy) - PM Draghi addresses lower house of parliament ahead of EU summit (0700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Senate committee quizzes representatives of Google and Facebook France (0730 GMT) PARIS (France) - European Space Agency provides preliminary information on astronaut recruitment drive (0800 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - FM Maas, US Secretary of State Blinken hold talks, give press conference (0915 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - Ukraine, Georgia presidents hold press conference (0940 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - UN Secretary-General Guterres meets EU chief von der Leyen, other commissioners (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel takes questions from lawmakers at government question time (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) OSLO (Norway) - Government holds press conference on Covid-19 (1200 GMT) PARIS (France) - Highest court of appeal hands down verdict on cannabidiol (CBD) (1200 GMT) (*) PARIS (France) - Extradition hearing for Italian far-left militants (1400 GMT) PARIS (France) - President Macron holds talks with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen (1445 GMT) PARIS (France) - President Macron holds talks with Kosovar PM Albin Kurti (1730 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America (*) LOS ANGELES (United States) - Britney Spears appears in court for guardianship case VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. WASHINGTON (United States) - German Economy Minister Altmaier visits (To 25) UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Assembly General holds annual vote on US embargo on Cuba (1400 GMT) MONTREAL (Canada) - UN aviation agency ICAO publishes interim report on diversion by Belarus of Ryanair flight (1800 GMT) NEW YORK (United States) - Winston Churchill's painting 'The Moat, Breccles' goes up for auction (2200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Emirates airline resumes flights from India TUNISIA - Five-year state of emergency expires (*) TEHRAN (Iran) - President Hassan Rouhani addresses weekly cabinet meeting (0600 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (+) KIGALI (Rwanda) - Rwanda imposes new Covid restrictions MAPUTO (Mozambique) - Southern African Development Community summit on Mozambique's jihadist insurgency VIDEO. Latin America (+) BOGOTA (Colombia) - Ingrid Betancourt meets her former kidnappers at peace commission Sports SEVILLE (Spain) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group E Slovakia v Spain (1600 GMT) PICTURE. SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group E Sweden v Poland (1600 GMT) PICTURE. MUNICH (Germany) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group F Germany v Hungary (1900 GMT) PICTURE. BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Football: Euro 2020 - 1st round day 3: Group F Portugal v France (1900 GMT) PICTURE. GOIANIA (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 4: Group B Ecuador v Peru (2100 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 Highlights BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU leaders' summit (1300 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 25) Asia-Pacific (+) SINGAPORE (Singapore) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visits BEIJING (China) - Defence ministry monthly press conference (0700 GMT) Europe (*) GOMEL (Belarus) - Trial of husband of Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya begins (+) ANKARA (Turkey) - US defence officials visit, discuss Turkish plan to secure Kabul airport after US troop withdrawal GIBRALTAR (United Kingdom) - Gibraltar holds postponed abortion referendum VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. BERLIN (Germany) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds discussion with young Germans, Americans VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Appeal trial of Russian Alexander Vinnik, jailed in 2020 for money laundering (0700 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel addresses parliament ahead of EU summit (0700 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU's highest court hears case on social benefits for EU citizens in Britain (0730 GMT) VIENNA (Austria) - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launches 2021 World Drug Report (0800 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Holocaust memorial (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Bank of England decision on monetary policy (1100 GMT) TÜBINGEN (Germany) - CureVac annual general assembly (1200 GMT) North America OTTAWA (Canada) - Auction of David Bowie painting ends WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, third estimate (1230 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - Weekly unemployment benefit claims (1230 GMT) NEW YORK (United States) - Nike Q4 results (2030 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Technical accord on nuclear inspections between Iran and IAEA due to expire CAIRO (Egypt) - WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean holds press conference (0930 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - ANC's top official Magashule in court to challenge suspension (To 25) Latin America CUSCO (Peru) - Inti Raymi or Sun Festival Sports NAIVASHA (Kenya) - Auto: World rally championship (WRC), Safari Rally Kenya (To 27) RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 4: Group B Brazil v Colombia (0000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. CUIABÁ (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 4: Group A Bolivia v Uruguay (2100 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 Highlights HONG KONG (China) - Board of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily to decide on closure (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden hosts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani MINNEAPOLIS (United States) - Sentencing hearing for ex-police officer Derek Chauvin for George Floyd's murder Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Toshiba annual general assembly (0100 GMT) (*) AUCKLAND (New Zealand) - PM Ardern offers formal apology for 'racist' historic police raids Europe GERMANY - Borders reopen for fully vaccinated travellers from non-EU countries (*) PARIS (France) - US Secretary of State Blinken visits (To 27) PARIS (France) - President Macron holds talks with US Secretary of State Blinken (1430 GMT) SLOVENIA - 30th anniversary of Slovenia and Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Gazprom shareholders' annual general meeting NUREMBERG (Germany) - GFK index on consumer sentiment (0600 GMT) KRIMML (Austria) - Premier of theatrical reenactment of Jewish refugees' exodus over an Alpine mountain pass in 1947 (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa TEL AVIV (Israel) - Tel Aviv Pride march (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. Latin America ARGENTINA - Virus curbs lifted QUITO (Ecuador) - Ecuador's largest indigenous organization elects governing council (To 27) Sports ASSEN (Netherlands) - Moto world championship Dutch Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 27) BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 4: Group A Chile v Paraguay (0000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021 Highlights BREST (France) - Cycling: Tour de France 2021 begins PICTURE. Worldwide WORLD - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Europe SPAIN - End to mandatory mask wearing outdoors PICTURE. ARLES (France) - Frank Gehry's Luma Arles tower opens NETHERLANDS - Most virus restrictions lifted, included mask wearing in most places (*) PARIS (France) - Paris Pride march VIDEO. (*) ROME (Italy) - Rome Pride march VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - LGBT Pride march (1400 GMT) VIDEO. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Bruce Springsteen's 'Springsteen on Broadway' show resumes ST. PETERSBURG (United States) - US band Teenage Bottlerocket give concert, with tickets at $18 for the vaccinated, $1,000 for the unvaccinated Sub-Saharan Africa LUANDA (Angola) - Protests calling for the removal of President Lourenco VIDEO. BAMAKO (Mali) - State of emergency due to end VIDEO. Latin America (*) MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - Mexico Pride march (1500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. Sports ST. GEORGE'S (Grenada) - Cricket: First Twenty20 International between West Indies and South Africa (*) AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: Wales v Denmark (1600 GMT) PICTURE. (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: Italy v Austria (1900 GMT) PICTURE. SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 Europe FRANCE - Second round of municipal and regional elections (*) ROME (Italy) - US Secretary of State Blinken visits, attends ministerial meeting of US-led coalition against IS group (To 28) Middle East and North Africa (+) AMMAN (Jordan) - Hearing in trial of two suspects accused of sedition against King Abdallah II (0800 GMT) Sports ST. GEORGE'S (Grenada) - Cricket: Second Twenty20 International between West Indies and South Africa BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: Netherlands v TBC (1600 GMT) PICTURE. (*) SEVILLE (Spain) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: Belgium v TBC (1900 GMT) PICTURE. GOIANIA (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 5: Group B Brazil v Ecuador (2100 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 5: Group B Venezuela v Peru (2100 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2021 Europe ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Fifth anniversary of triple suicide bombing at Ataturk Airport that killed 45 people (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Rule comes into force requiring restaurant-goers in Moscow to present an anti-Covid pass (*) PARIS (France) - Court rules on appeal by Islamist over suspected complicity in murder of schoolteacher Samuel Paty VIDEO. (+) ITALY - End to mandatory mask wearing outdoors VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BARCELONA (Spain) - Mobile World Congress PICTURE. VIDEO. (To July 1) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - High Court hears complaint against Lujeri Tea Estates, PGI Group by tea workers in Malawi alleging rape by supervisors (To 29) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - EBRD annual meeting and business forum, held online (To July 2) BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Zephaniah McLeod on trial for murder after mass stabbing in Birmingham city centre (dates to be confirmed) (To July 23) (+) ODESSA (Ukraine) - Ukraine, US lead Black Sea naval drills (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To July 10) WARSAW (Poland) - Polish Episcopate presents new data on child sex abuse by priests (0900 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Outgoing Israeli President Rivlin meets President Biden at White House LAS VEGAS (United States) - Cirque du Soleil resumes touring with Mystere show Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of pro-democracy figure Karim Tabbou, accusing of harming 'national unity' PICTURE. VIDEO. TUNIS (Tunisia) - Parliament questions PM Mechichi or his representative about police violence Latin America SANTIAGO (Chile) - Iraci Hassler sworn in as first communist mayor of Santiago Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon PICTURE. (To July 11) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: TBC v TBC (1600 GMT) PICTURE. BUCHAREST (Romania) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: TBC v TBC (1900 GMT) PICTURE. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 Europe MATERA (Italy) - G20 foreign and development ministers meet PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Food halls in malls, zoos, playgrounds reopen as restrictions on restaurant, cafe opening times lifted PARIS (France) - Artcurial auctions Toulouse-Lautrec's 'Docteur Pean Operating' (*) MADRID (Spain) - Court hearing for right-wing ex-minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal in alleged espionage case VALENCE (France) - Trial of 34 Greenpeace activists for entering Tricastin nuclear plant (0800 GMT) SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Court hearing on LGBT association's Facebook posts (1100 GMT) (*) WIESBADEN (Germany) - June inflation, 1st estimate (1200 GMT) North America LOS ANGELES (United States) - Over 1,200 Hollywood items for sale in 'Prop Store' auction (To July 1) WASHINGTON (United States) - US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT) VANCOUVER (Canada) - Extradition hearing for Huawei's Meng Wanzhou (1700 GMT) (To 30) Middle East and North Africa DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Israel's top diplomat Lapid visits VIDEO. (To 30) Latin America BOGOTA (Colombia) - Mega-auction of properties seized from organized crime groups Sports WORLD - Basketball: Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments in Europe and Canada (To July 4) ST. GEORGE'S (Grenada) - Cricket: Third Twenty20 International between West Indies and South Africa CUIABÁ (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 5: Group A Bolivia v Argentina (0000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Football: Copa America 2021 - 1st round day 5: Group A Uruguay v Paraguay (0000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: TBC v TBC (1600 GMT) PICTURE. GLASGOW (United Kingdom) - Football: Euro 2020 - Last 16: TBC v TBC (1900 GMT) PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 Europe (*) BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan) - 50 years since Russian Soyuz 11 cosmonauts died when their capsule depressurised on re-entry (*) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - UN court gives verdict on Milosevic aides Stanisic and Simatovic (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - President Vladimir Putin holds annual televised phone-in with Russians (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. FRANCE - Concerts with standing public resume KATOWICE (Poland) - Visegrad Four prime ministers meet PARIS (France) - Generation Equality Forum, convened by UN Women (To July 2) AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France) - International Festival of Lyric Art VIDEO. (To July 25) UNITED KINGDOM - Deadline for EU settlement scheme (*) SAINT HELIER (Jersey) - Expiry of rules allowing some French vessels to fish near Channel Islands following Brexit (+) BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan) - Progress cargo ship launches to ISS (0800 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Eurozone inflation for June, 1st estimate (1000 GMT) North America (*) DALLAS (United States) - Donald Trump visits Mexican border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - German President Steinmeier visits (To July 2) (*) TEHRAN (Iran) - President Hassan Rouhani addresses weekly cabinet meeting (0600 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa SOUTH AFRICA - 30 years since apartheid was formally abolished in South Africa afp
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