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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. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - International Migrants Day PICTURE. VIDEO. WORLD - Hanukkah Jewish holiday Asia-Pacific INDIA - UK Foreign secretary Dominic Raab visits VIDEO. ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - High-level Taliban delegation visits PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) NEW TAIPEI CITY (Taiwan) - Disney-themed Christmas lights festival VIDEO. NAVI MUMBAI (India) - Ikea opens second store in India PICTURE. Europe UNITED KINGDOM - Ex-Beatle McCartney releases new solo album VIDEO. (*) PARIS (France) - UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting, held online (To 19) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK monthly retail sales figures (0600 GMT) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Turkish businessman Osman Kavala, US researcher Henri Barkey face new trial (0630 GMT) VIDEO. (*) BERLIN (Germany) - UN Secretary General Guterres gives speech at Bundestag lower house of parliament (0800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) MADRID (Spain) - King Felipe VI inaugurates monument in memory of health workers who died during pandemic (0930 GMT) PICTURE. MOSCOW (Russia) - Armenian Deputy PM Grigoryan visits (To 19) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin takes part in CIS leaders online summit VIDEO. PICTURE. (*) VOSTOCHNY (Russia) - Russia launches satellites PICTURE. (*) VILNIUS (Lithuania) - Police set up roadblocks to halt Christmas travel PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - Turkish foreign and defence ministers visit THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - International Court of Justice rules in Guyana vs Venezuela case LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. CZECH REPUBLIC - Overnight curfew and closure of bars and restaurants come into force GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO press briefing on Covid-19 LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. North America (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Vice President Mike Pence to get Covid vaccine (1300 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Nancy Pelosi holds weekly presser as lawmakers haven't agreed on in the stimulus negotiations LIVE VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa DOHA (Qatar) - National day celebrations LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa DR CONGO - Night curfew comes into force in Covid-19 fight KINSHASA (DR Congo) - UN deputy general secretary Jean-Pierre Lacroix visits Sports MERSIN (Turkey) - European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics (To 20) ADELAIDE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v India in first Test (day/night) PICTURE. (To 21) AUCKLAND (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Pakistan in first T20 International (0600 GMT) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020 Europe (+) ARMENIA - National mourning for victims of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict VIDEO. (To 21) WATTRELOS (France) - Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe tries to break world record for longest full body contact with ice cubes VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (+) JERUSALEM - PM Netanyahu gets Covid-19 vaccination as Israel starts vaccine rollout (1800 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. CAIRO (Egypt) - Trial of Egyptian rapper charged after posting pictures with Israeli celebrities Sub-Saharan Africa KHARTOUM (Sudan) - 2nd anniversary of anti-regime protests which toppled Bashir PICTURE. VIDEO. Sports AL WAKRAH (Qatar) - Football: AFC Champions League final, Persepolis v Ulsan Hyundai LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 14: Everton v Arsenal (1730 GMT) PICTURE. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 Europe MOSTAR (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Municipal election MINSK (Belarus) - Anti-government protests expected VIDEO. (*) BELARUS - Land borders shut in virus fight WARSAW (Poland) - 50th anniversary of resignation of Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka after workers' revolt in Baltic Sea ports VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer on Saint Peter's square (1000 GMT) PICTURE. Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby: European Champions Cup, 1st round day 2: Pool B Harlequins (ENG) v Racing92 (FRA) (1300 GMT) PICTURE. HAMILTON (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Pakistan in second T20 international (0600 GMT) MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020 Highlights AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - EU regulator EMA holds meeting on Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine authorisation LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Europe ITALY - Restrictions on travel between regions come into effect (*) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Ministerial meeting of Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) signatories COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Parliament holds debate and vote over ban on all mink breeding in the country until 2022 MAGDEBURG (Germany) - Verdict in trial over foiled Halle synagogue attack in 2019 (1000 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO virtual briefing on Covid-19 (1600 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. North America LOS ANGELES (United States) - 80th anniversary of US novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's death NEW YORK (United States) - Tesla to join S&P 500 market index (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) ORAN (Algeria) - Human rights activist Kaddour Chouicha, several journalists on trial for illegal protest TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Trial begins for teen protester shot as he attacked police (0100 GMT) Europe (*) YEREVAN (Armenia) - Opposition calls for nationwide open-ended strike VIDEO. NUR-SULTAN (Kazakhstan) - Kazakhstan to begin production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK public sector finances data for November (0600 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (+) JERUSALEM - Deadline for parliament to approve state budget or else Israel holds new elections (2230 GMT) (To 23) Sports (*) TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting (0600 GMT) UNITED STATES - Basketball: Opening day of NBA 2020-21 regular season PICTURE. UNITED STATES - Basketball: NBA regular season PICTURE. VIDEO. (To May 16, 2021) NAPIER (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Pakistan third T20 international (0600 GMT) BRAUNSCHWEIG (Germany) - Football: German cup - 2nd round: Eintracht Braunschweig v Borussia Dortmund (1900 GMT) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 Europe VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's general audience (0830 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of journalist Abdelkrim Zeghileche against 2-year jail term (*) TEHRAN (Iran) - President Hassan Rouhani chairs weekly cabinet meeting (0700 GMT) VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) DAKAR (Senegal) - Musicians protest against Covid-19 restrictions Sports WHANGAREI (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Pakistan in fourth T20 international (0100 GMT) AVEIRO (Portugal) - Football: Portugal supercup final, Porto v Benfica (2045 GMT) PICTURE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2020 Europe AUSTRIA - Restrictions on skiing, individual outdoor sports lifted VIDEO. PICTURE. (*) MOLDOVA - President-elect Sandu sworn in PICTURE. VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Outgoing Moldovan president Dodon visits VIDEO. (To 25) PARIS (France) - Christmas concert at Notre-Dame cathedral VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis leads Christmas eve mass (1830 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. KRASNOYARSK (Russia) - Court hearing in case against mining giant Nornickel (0700 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1330 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) BETHLEHEM (Palestinian Territories) - Christmas Eve Midnight Mass without public LIVE VIDEO. Sports NAGANO (Japan) - Japan National Figure Skating Championships (To 27) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2020 Highlights WORLD - Christmas Day Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Queen Elizabeth II delivers 2020 Christmas message (1500 GMT) VIDEO. (*) DENMARK - Non-essential shops to close in virus fight SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Verdict in case of Russian historian charged with murder (0930 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis delivers Christmas 'urbi et orbi' address (1100 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America (+) MONTREAL (Canada) - Non-essential shops to close in virus fight Middle East and North Africa TUNISIA - Five-year state of emergency expires Sports MELBOURNE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v India in second Test (2200 GMT) PICTURE. (To 30) MOUNT MAUNGANUI (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Pakistan in first Test (To 30) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2020 Middle East and North Africa (*) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeals trial of 'Madame Maya' who claimed to be secret daughter of Bouteflika LIVE VIDEO. Sports SYDNEY (Australia) - Sailing Sydney to Hobart yacht race (To 31) afp
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