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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. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS BEIJING (China): China car sales begin recovery after virus plunge NAMPHO (North Korea): Rice planting season kicks off in North Korea CAIRO (Egypt): Egypt lion tamers hold shows from home during pandemic LADISPOLI (Italy): Italian surfers return to the waves after lockdown + ASIA PACIFIC NAMPHO (North Korea): Rice planting season kicks off in North Korea - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT YANGON (Myanmar): Yangon streets awake to morning rush hour. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0200 GMT NEW DELHI (India): World's biggest lockdown enters 50th day. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0430 GMT BEIJING (China): China ministry of foreign affairs daily briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - 0800 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Royal Thai Air Force installs special barrier inside taxis to shield drivers and customers from the virus. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT BEIJING (China): China car sales begin recovery after virus plunge. Images from a Mercedes plant in Beijing. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Now and then: traffic back to pre-coronavirus times in Southeast Asia. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgian government to announce new measures to ease virus lockdown - SOURCE: VRT POOL - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): European Parliament plenary session - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE REGULAR UPDATES .Opening statement by EP President David Sassoli - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1300 GMT .EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel give speeches - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Images of Place de la Concorde as France lifted the lockdown three days ago - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Images of Place de la Republique as France lifted the lockdown three days ago - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1050 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): French Health Ministry update on coronavirus outbreak - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - SOURCE: FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW DARMSTADT (Germany): German 3D printing buffs pitch in with virus-fighting network - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): European Commission presents rescue plan for tourism sector - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Weekly French cabinet meeting - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Angela Merkel faces parliament questions - SOURCE: BUNDESTAG - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1100 GMT SEVENOAKS (United Kingdom): Garden centres among businesses set to reopen as lockdown measures eased in UK - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): Interview with Sylvie Briand, head of the WHO epidemics and pandemics department - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT LILLE (France): Traditional sheds selling French fries transformed into COVID-19 testing centers SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT TIMISOARA (Romania): Volunteers give out laptops to students for home schooling in one of the EU's poorest countries - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT FATIMA (Portugal): Celebration without pilgrims at the Catholic sanctuary - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT ASKRIGG (United Kingdom): Car parks reopen in Yorkshire Dales National Park as lockdown restrictions ease - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA CAIRO (Egypt): Egypt lion tamers hold shows from home during pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT JERUSALEM (Undefined): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - SOURCE: GPO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW JERUSALEM (Undefined): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Netanyahu's partner Benny Gantz - SOURCE: GPO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW UNKNOWN (Lebanon): Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gives televised speech - SOURCE: AL-MANAR (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA KAMPALA (Uganda): Coronavirus creeps along East Africa's trucking corridors - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT, FILE 0800 GMT DAKAR (Senegal): Dakar engineering students innovate to help out caregivers fight Covid-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0800 GMT BAMAKO (Mali): Malians go to Great Mosque for Ramadan prayers as night curfew is lifted - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 2100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + NORTH AMERICA ALBANY (United States): Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily coronavirus briefing - LIVE 1530 GMT VENICE BEACH (United States): Los Angeles county beaches reopen - EDIT 2200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BRASILIA (Brazil): Nurses call for a protest amid coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0300 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives a daily government press conference on COVID-19 - SOURCE: CEPROPIE NO RESALE LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LIMA (Peru): Nurses and Social Security workers in Peru protest against bad working conditions amid COVID-19 outbreak - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1230 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CHAPADA DOS GUIMARAES (Brazil): Expected arrival from Argentina of Mara, a 55-year-old elephant, to a Brazil sanctuary amid coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: Brazil Elephant Sanctuary EDIT 2300 GMT + SPORT LADISPOLI (Italy): Italian surfers return to the waves after lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT YANGJU (South Korea): Media day events take place a day ahead of the opening for The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Championship that will feature three world top-10 players. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT + FEATURES KABUL (Afghanistan): Afghan police force carves out tentative post-war role - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): The number of women who decide to have their baby at home due to the pandemic increases - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT MENDOZA (Argentina): Lack of internet connectivity compels teachers to reform their programs for children in countryside amid COVID-19 outbreak - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Two COVID-19 patients explain how they live their quarantine in the Villa 31 neighborhood in Buenos Aires - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 + EUROPE HELSINKI (Finland): Schools reopen after eight weeks of closure as government starts to lift coronavirus restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0550 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT + NORTH AMERICA VENICE BEACH (United States): Los Angeles county beaches reopen - LIVE 0000 GMT + SPORT KARACHI, PAKISTAN: The hijab-wearing cycling girls of Karachi. 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