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| - The coronavirus emergency is leading to the rescheduling or cancellation of events around the world. To view events updated in real time, go to AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com Please note that all times are in GMT. 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 16, 2020 Asia-Pacific (*) HONG KONG (China) - One year anniversary of the 'two million' protest march Europe ANKARA (Turkey) - Main trial resumes over 2016 coup attempt, with 475 defendants (0630 GMT) (To 30) (*) FRANCE - Protests to demand better working conditions for health workers (1100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) PARIS (France) - Parliament investigation into handling of virus (1500 GMT) (To December 31) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (France) - Renault central committee meeting on budget cuts (0700 GMT) VIDEO. ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial resumes of local US consulate employee (0800 GMT) (*) FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Trial opens against two far-right suspects over murder of CDU politician Walter Luebcke (0800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Ministers unveil coronavirus-tracing app (0830 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MARCY L'ÉTOILE (France) - President Macron visits Sanofi vaccine production site (0830 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO chief Stoltenberg gives press conference ahead of defence ministers' meeting (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Parliament votes on ending controversial state of emergency (0900 GMT) (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - Iran FM Javid Zarif visits (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU launches consultation on redefining trade policy (1000 GMT) (+) WARSAW (Poland) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits (1100 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Atos, IT multinational, holds AGM (1200 GMT) (*) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers hold videoconference, briefed by Barnier on Brexit talks (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Talks on post-Brexit relations (To July 3) (+) YEREVAN (Armenia) - Armenia MPs vote to strip opposition leader of immunity VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Terraces, museums, libraries, offices reopen in Moscow VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. AUSTRIA - Austria-Italy border to reopen VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU defence ministers hold virtual meeting LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. CHIASSO (Switzerland) - Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis meets Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio PICTURE. North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Trump signs police reform executive order after Floyd death (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (*) UNITED STATES - Partial US ban on Chinese airlines comes into force (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Powell semi-annual testimony before Senate (1400 GMT) VANCOUVER (Canada) - Extradition hearings for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou VIDEO. (To 26) Middle East and North Africa (+) JERUSALEM - Visit by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 17) TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Nasrallah gives televised address (1730 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of leading opposition activist Fodil Boumala ALGIERS (Algeria) - Journalist Said Bouddour on trial for blackmail Latin America (+) BOGOTA (Colombia) - Protest against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (To 16) Sports NORWAY - Football championship resumes BREMEN (Germany) - Football: Bundesliga - day 32: Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich (1830 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. BARCELONA (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 29: Barcelona v Leganes (2000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 17) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020 Asia-Pacific (+) BEIJING (China) - Xi Jinping to host China-Africa Special Summit on coronavirus Europe (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on racism PICTURE. MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (+) ANKARA (Turkey) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio visits VIENNA (Austria) - OPEC monthly report GRANADA (Spain) - The Alhambra opens to visitors PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Parliament plenary session VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 19) SAINT-NAZAIRE (France) - 80th anniversary of Lancastria sinking, Britain's worst maritime disaster LONDON (United Kingdom) - Monthly inflation data released (0500 GMT) PARIS (France) - New vehicle data for EU in May (0600 GMT) ATHENS (Greece) - Trial of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn resumes (0630 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Industrial orders and results for April released (0800 GMT) PARIS (France) - Videoconference by Academy of Medicine on virus (0900 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prime Minister's Questions held in Parliament (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Verdict in fraud trial of Syrian president's uncle Rifaat al-Assad (1130 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly session by videoconference (1130 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel holds talks with premiers of Germany's 16 states, followed by press conference (1300 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO defence ministers meet virtually, with US withdrawal from Open Skies treaty top of agenda (1300 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 18) North America UNITED NATIONS (United States) - Election of five new rotating members of UN Security Council VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - 'Caesar Act' US sanctions against Syria come into force CHARLESTON (United States) - Fifth anniversary of Charleston church mass shooting by white supremacist WASHINGTON (United States) - Senate hearing on aircraft certification after Boeing 737 MAX crisis (1400 GMT) (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before House and Senate committees (1400 GMT) (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Powell semi-annual testimony before House (1600 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) MASERU (Lesotho) - Police expected to arrest ex-PM Thomas Thabane for murder of former wife (To 18) Sports ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 28 PICTURE. VIDEO. NYON (Switzerland) - UEFA executive committee meets virtually (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. ROME (Italy) - Football : Coppa Italia final (1900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - Procedural hearing in 1MDB case against Goldman Sachs (*) HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong Disneyland reopens after virus closure (0200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE. Europe COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Copenhagen Democracy Summit, held virtually (To 19) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Videoconference of EU heads of state with 6 east European partners (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Macron visits in first trip abroad since pandemic, meets PM Johnson (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Picasso artworks auctioned at Sotheby's KOUROU (France) - Space rocket Vega due to take off (date subject to change) MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. BELGRADE (Serbia) - Russian FM Lavrov visits LONDON (United Kingdom) - 80th anniversary of call by France's Charles de Gaulle to resist Nazi Germany GENEVA (Switzerland) - UN publishes annual report on world's refugees, displaced persons (0500 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel briefs parliament ahead of EU summit (0700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Top EU court rules on Hungary law requiring NGOs to disclose foreign donors (0700 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Trade figures for April released (0800 GMT) PARIS (France) - Annual report on racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia (0830 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Extradition case for Spanish MEP Clara Ponsati, wanted for sedition over Catalonia independence referendum (0900 GMT) PICTURE. OVIEDO (Spain) - Princess of Asturias Award for Literature (1000 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Nicola Sturgeon expected to announce further easing of Scottish lockdown (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - Ukrainian court to rule on possible arrest of country's ex-president (1215 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Bank of England monetary policy decision (1300 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US government releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1230 GMT) (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF spokesman Gerry Rice press conference (1330 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) TUNIS (Tunisia) - Public hospital staff strike for reforms over epidemic TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (+) BUJUMBURA (Burundi) - Swearing-in of new president Ndayishimiye VIDEO. BISSAU (Guinea-Bissau) - Deadline set by president for parties to form government or face dissolution of parliament (To 19) XAI-XAI (Mozambique) - Verdict in trial of police officers accused of murdering an election observer (0700 GMT) Sports MADRID (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 29: Real Madrid v Valencia (2000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 19) FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 Asia-Pacific (+) CHENNAI (India) - Lockdown reimposed for 12 days PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Majority of businesses set to reopen Europe (*) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit (0800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Central Bank expected to revise rates at meeting MINSK (Belarus) - Russian FM Lavrov visits PARIS (France) - Closing session of the Citizens' Climate Convention (To 21) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Monthly retail sales, public finances data released (0600 GMT) (*) BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (France) - Renault AGM (1300 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America UNITED STATES - 'Juneteenth' celebrating the end of slavery in 1865 VIDEO. NEW YORK (United States) - Bob Dylan releases first album of original work since 2012 NEW YORK (United States) - Cobain 'Unplugged' guitar goes up for auction with starting bid of $1 million VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (+) BAMAKO (Mali) - Opposition to Malian president calls for a new rally (1400 GMT) Latin America BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - Deadline for restructuring $66 billion in debt (2100 GMT) Sports JAPAN - Baseball league restarts without spectators MOSCOW (Russia) - Russian football league to restart with limited spectators POLAND - Football fans allowed to attend matches SWITZERLAND - Swiss Football League resumes SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - World Refugee Day Europe (*) ATHENS (Greece) - Protest to mark World Refugee Day (0930 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Black Lives Matter protest calling for Melville Monument to be taken down for slavery connection (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. WARSAW (Poland) - Anti-government protest (1300 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. North America (*) TULSA (United States) - Trump holds first campaign rally since virus erupted (2300 GMT) ELMONT (United States) - Belmont Stakes race held without spectators BATON ROUGE (United States) - Louisiana holds presidential primary contests PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (*) KUWAIT CITY (Kuwait) - Visit by Qatari foreign and Iraqi defence ministers TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports SHANGHAI (China) - Chinese Basketball Association season resumes ROME (Italy) - Italy's Serie A resumes VIDEO. SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - Annular solar eclipse visible from Africa to Asia Asia-Pacific JAKARTA (Indonesia) - 50th anniversary of independence leader Sukarno's death (+) BEIJING (China) - WHO chief Tedros Adhanom to address Tsinghua students (1000 GMT) Europe FRANCE - Fete de la Musique music festival LIVE VIDEO. (*) SPAIN - Lockdown ends and borders reopen to tourists except with Portugal PICTURE. VIDEO. SERBIA - Parliamentary and local elections VIDEO. PICTURE. KIEV (Ukraine) - Annual gay pride march VIDEO. GREECE - Migrant camp lockdown due to end VIDEO. PICTURE. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer (1000 GMT) Middle East and North Africa SAUDI ARABIA - End of virus lockdown IRAN - 30th anniversary of earthquakes which killed 37,000 people Sub-Saharan Africa NIGERIA - Domestic flights to resume (*) MONROVIA (Liberia) - International airport reopens MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 Europe VIENNA (Austria) - US, Russia hold talks on expiring New START Treaty (*) FRANCE - School becomes compulsory as lockdown ends LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. CANNES (France) - Cannes Film Marche held online (To 26) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Foreign ministers of Russia, China and India meet via video link BERLIN (Germany) - 30th anniversary of removal of Checkpoint Charlie, landmark border crossing between East and West Berlin RETHONDES (France) - 80th anniversary of French-German armistice imposed by Nazi Germany (*) FRANCE - Campsites and holiday resorts reopen LIEGE (Belgium) - New trial of Buddhist sect accused of sexual abuse, extortion (To 30) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Banco Central de Venezuela resumes litigation for release of £1bn in Bank of England gold reserves (To 24) (+) SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Trial of historian accused of murdering, dismembering partner continues (0900 GMT) North America OTTAWA (Canada) - US-Canada border reopens (date subject to change) (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Ex-Trump advisor Bolton gives first interview ahead of tell-all book (0100 GMT) TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI (China) - Huawei opens 'global flagship store' PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 24) Europe (+) PARIS (France) - Moliere theatre awards, without spectators MOSCOW (Russia) - Playgrounds, gyms and swimming pools reopen PARIS (France) - Musee d'Orsay and other galleries reopen LONDON (United Kingdom) - British automotive sector conference BONN (Germany) - Launch of global UNESCO report on inclusion in education (0800 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Democrats hold presidential primaries in New York, Kentucky and Oregon states PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - John Bolton, ex-Trump ally, releases memoir PICTURE. Sub-Saharan Africa PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa) - Hearing in ex-president Zuma's corruption trial VIDEO. MALAWI - Presidential election Sports CHARLESTON (United States) - Tennis: WTA stars in first major tournament since virus shutdown (To 28) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 Asia-Pacific MONGOLIA - Parliamentary elections Europe PARIS (France) - Fijian rugby player Josaia Raisuqe in court on sexual assault charge (0700 GMT) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial begins of journalists for reporting on intel officer's funeral (0700 GMT) MOSCOW (Russia) - Military parade for 75th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany (0700 GMT) PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Hearing into case brought by anti-lockdown activists (0730 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF releases updated World Economic Outlook afp
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