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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS BEIRUT (Lebanon): Anger mounts in Lebanon as rescuers search for the survivors of cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port BEIRUT (Lebanon): France's Macron visits following huge blasts HIROSHIMA (Japan): Ceremony to mark 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing NEW YORK (United States): Hindus celebrate the construction of the new Ayodhya temple in India with commemorations in New York's Times Square BRAZIL: AFPTV looks back at the spread of COVID-19 across the Amazon + ASIA PACIFIC NEW YORK (United States): Hindus in the US celebrate the construction of the new Ayodhya temple with commemorations in Times Square - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT HIROSHIMA (Japan): Ceremony to mark 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing - SOURCE: Hiroshima city - EDIT 0300 GMT HIROSHIMA (Japan): File images of Hiroshima atomic bombing - SOURCE: US NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS TOKYO (Japan): Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombings 75th anniversary. Interviews with survivors - SOURCE: AFPTV - REFILE EDIT 0300 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo government to remove Olympic symbols for maintenance - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT - 0800 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Digital artwork on Piccadilly Circus big screens commemorates 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0710 GMT DANANG (Vietnam): Vietnam's central Danang city to complete makeshift field hospital to treat COVID-19 patients - EDIT 0200 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese foreign ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - LIVE 0700 GMT BEIJING (China): Art exhibition showcases China's COVID-19 fight - EDIT 0200 GMT HANOI (Vietnam): Vietnam's foreign ministry press briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT PYONGYANG: (North Korea): Images of the State Hydro-Meteorological Administration as parts of North Korea hit by heavy rain - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500GMT + EUROPE ATHENS (Greece): Athens Muslims fear mosque delay after Hagia Sophia conversion - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0200 GMT BORDEAUX (France): Heatwave hits southwest France - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Start of another heatwave in French capital - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HANOVER (Germany): Migrant rescue NGO Sea-Watch presser - SOURCE: Sea-Watch - NO RESALE - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 0900 GMT PARIS (France): Funerals held for trailblazing French feminist Gisele Halimi at Père-Lachaise Cemetery - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WARSAW (Poland): President Andrzej Duda sworn in for second term at Parliament - SOURCE: TVN - POLAND OUT - EDIT 1030 GMT TBC WARSAW (Poland): President Andrzej Duda sworn in for second term: military ceremony - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1330 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): One of Belgium's biggest meat-processing plants puts more than 200 employees in quarantine - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT MOSCOW (Russia): Verdict expected in trial of 10 young anti-fascist activists - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT Kotsiubynske (Ukraine): Ukraine will sell several prisons to finance new penal institutions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgium sizzles under European heatwave - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT MINSK (Belarus): Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya stages rally ahead of presidential polls - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): World Health Organization press conference on COVID-19 - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW RIPOLLET (Spain): COVID-19: A city on the outskirts of Barcelona tests its residents to control the increase of cases - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Kenyan stateswoman Amina Mohamed speaks to Chatham House on WTO candidacy - SOURCE: CHATHAM HOUSE LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW THE HAGUE (Netherlands): Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his deputy Hugo de Jonge expected to announce new restrictions to counter rise in coronavirus infections - SOURCE: NOS - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA BEIRUT (Lebanon): Anger mounts in Lebanon as rescuers search for the survivors of cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port - SOURCE: AFPTV - REGULAR UPDATES BEIRUT (Lebanon): France's Macron visits following huge blasts - SOURCE: FTV POOL - SOURCE AND RESTRICTIONS TBC - LIVE TBA + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA HARARE (Zimbabwe): Opposition members react to Emmerson Mnangagwa's "flush out" threat - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1500 GMT CONAKRY (Guinea): Ruling Guinean People party holds congress to choose presidential candidate - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1600 GMT + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): Rockefeller Center's observation deck reopens to the public - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1430 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW OTTAWA (Canada): The bells of Canadian Parliament ring 75 times to mark the 75th anniversary for Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Illustrations at Penn Station on how New York State educates travelers about the home quarantine orders - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2030 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN SAO PAULO (Brazil): New graves are being dug in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Priests organise and help with COVID-19 preventative efforts in poor neighbourhoods - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexicans receive COVID-19 checks at a mobile testing site as virus death count nears 50,000 - LIVE 1400 GMT + SPORT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Manchester City-Real Madrid. Manchester City pre-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1530 GMT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Manchester City-Real Madrid. Manchester City pre-match training - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1600 GMT TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais. Juventus pre-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1730 GMT TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais. Olympique Lyonnais pre-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1830 GMT TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais. Juventus pre-match training - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1830 GMT TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais. Olympique Lyonnais pre-match training - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1900 GMT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Manchester City-Real Madrid. Real Madrid pre-match training - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 2000 GMT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Manchester City-Real Madrid. Real Madrid pre-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 2015 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo government to remove Olympic symbols for maintenance - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT - 0800 GMT + FEATURES BRAZIL: AFPTV looks back at the spread of COVID-19 across the Amazon - SOURCE: AFPTV FILE 0500 GMT PARIS (France): Once described as a "no-go zone" by some foreign media, Paris' African neighbourhood is also a vibrant cultural hotspot where tourists now start to venture - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC BEIJING (China): Chinese foreign ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT + EUROPE MINSK (Belarus): FILE of incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko - SOURCE: AFPTV, VARIOUS - FILE 0100 GMT BELARUS: FILE of opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0100 GMT LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands): Arrivals at the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon ahead of it giving its verdict in the 2005 suicide bombing assassination of prime minister Rafic Hariri - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0630 GMT LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands): UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon gives verdict in the 2005 suicide bombing assassination of prime minister Rafic Hariri - SOURCES: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON + AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands): Reactions outside the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon following its verdict in the suicide bombing assassination of prime minister Rafic Hariri - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SPLIT (Croatia): Croatia's tourist hub tries to survive the pandemic with arrivals down 50 percent - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT DEGGENDORF (Germany): A herd of therapy alpacas help people with psychological conditions to get a footing in society - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT BELARUS: Belarusians speak about their expectations for Sunday's presidential vote - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): 60th anniversary of independence from France - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican health ministry holds a press conference on COVID-19 pandemic (SPEAKERS Mexican Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell and Director Epidemiology Mexican Government Jose Luis Alomia) - SOURCE: CEPROPIE - LIVE 0000 GMT - EDIT ON MERIT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Social movements gather on San Cayetano Day, celebrating the saint of bread and labour, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis - SOURCE: AFPTV / TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING TURNOUT LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexicans receive COVID-19 checks at a mobile testing site as virus death count nears 50,000 - SOURCE: AFPTV / DATE DEPENDS ON EVOLUTION OF DEATH COUNT LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SPORT BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli. FC Barcelona training - SOURCE: BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT TBA BARCELONA (Spain): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Barcelona-Napoli pressers - SOURCE: BARCA TV - NO RESALE - EDIT TBC MUNICH (Germany): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. FC Bayern Munich-Chelsea pre-match training and pressers - SOURCE: TO BE CONFIRMED - AWAITING ACCESS DETAILS FROM CLUB - EDIT TBA TURIN (Italy): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. Juventus-Olympique Lyonnais post-match presser - SOURCE: UEFA (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 2100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Football/Champions League. Last 16 second leg. 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