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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. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus worse for US than Pearl Harbor, 9/11: Trump BELFAST (United Kingdom): Murals to frontline workers join paramilitary tributes as Belfast faces COVID-19 united AYIA NAPA (Cyprus): Cyprus among islands proving safe ports in virus storm JAKARTA (Indonesia): Forced exorcisms touted as 'cure' for LGBT Indonesians. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT + ASIA PACIFIC TOKYO (Japan): Live from Tokyo streets after virus emergency extended - LIVE 0300 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo residents react after virus emergency extended - EDIT 0600 GMT TAIPEI (TAIWAN): Taiwan's professional baseball is gaining fame worldwide as one of the few active professional sports leagues in the world. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT DHAKA (Bangladesh): Mosques reopen in Bangladesh as lockdown eases. SOURCE: AFPTV. EDIT TBC - EDIT TBA SHANGHAI (China): Government-organized tour inside a school that opened after months of no classes because of coronavirus. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KOCHI (India): India nationals stuck abroad because of virus restrictions return on special flights as part of evacuation operation. SOURCE: MMTV. EDIT TBC - EDIT TBA HANOI (Vietnam): Vietnamese monks don face masks to pray on Buddha's birthday. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0700 GMT ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Pakistan cricket team train online during corona lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV, PCB (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 0800 GMT + EUROPE LONDON (United Kingdom): Government to review virus restriction rules - DETAILS OF COVERAGE TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE/EDIT - LIVE TBA AYIA NAPA (Cyprus): Cyprus among islands proving safe ports in virus storm - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT WARSAW (Poland): With strip clubs, massage parlours and brothels shuttered under the coronavirus lockdown, Polish sex workers are still working, despite the risk of infection - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT COPENHAGEN (Denmark): WHO Europe holds weekly online media briefing on COVID-19 - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT TBA WARSAW (Poland): Parliament votes on introducing postal vote for May 10 presidential election amid coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA COLCHESTER (United Kingdom): Ahead of 75th anniversary, British WWII veteran remembers 'completely wild' VE Day. SOURCE: AFPTV web video interview - EDIT 0400 GMT PARIS (France): Images of French National Assembly as France prepares to ease lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Bicycle vendors and repairers are facing an influx of requests from city dwellers, who are often worried about using public transport - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT PARIS (France): While Paris is at a standstill, visit each district of the capital and its key sites. Episode 17: images of the 17th district - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0830 GMT PARIS (France): Images of Montmartre as France prepares to ease lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1050 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Disinfection operation in a Parisian school - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT PARIS (France): French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to present final adjustments to deconfinement in France - SOURCE : POOL - NO ACCESS FRANCE - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NOISY-LE-GRAND (France): Suburban trains are disinfected at the SNCF (French National Railway Company) - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT NICE (France): Nice airport presents a "disinfecting robot" among other measures to resume air traffic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT 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 PARIS (France): Parisians join in nightly round of applause for healthcare workers - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1750 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Robert Koch Institute for disease control holds briefing on coronavirus crisis - SOURCE: RKI POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0800 GMT BERLIN (Germany): German history museum gets ready to open its new exhibition on Hannah Arendt, with anti-COVID-19 hygiene rules and social distancing - EDIT 0800 GMT PARIS (France): The third anniversary of Emmanuel Macron's election as president of France - FILE 0900 GMT VIENNA (Austria): Chancellor Sebastian Kurz gives press conference after a videoconference with leaders of smaller, "smart" countries on fighting the coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: ORF POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0900 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spaniards head out for exercise or a walk as lockdown eased SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1030 GMT BELFAST (United Kingdom): Murals to frontline workers join paramilitary tributes as Belfast faces COVID-19 united - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT ATHENS (Greece): Greece cleans classrooms ahead of re-opening of high schools - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT MOSCOW (Russia): Images of one of the main Moscow COVID-19 hospitals as number of infected patients continues to rise in Russia - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1230 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Postmen, essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic - EDIT 1500 GMT Demydiv (Ukraine): Ukrainian zoo closed because of coronavirus calls for help SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT MILAN (Italy): A restaurant installs plexiglass screens between tables to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmissions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DOHA (Qatar): Qatar's Ministry of Public health conducts voluntary drive-through COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic residents and citizens to assess the extent of community spread - EDIT 1200 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA CHITUNGWIZA (Zimbabwe): Zimbabwean woman tries to feed the community around her as the most vulnerable are hard hit by the lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0900 GMT NAIROBI (Kenya): A neighborhood of Nairobi Eastleigh, which counts more then 60 cases of COVID-19 virus is put in lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1200 GMT KINSHASA (DR Congo): Kinshasa's medical centre inaugurates an intensive care center for COVID-19 patients - SOURCE: AAFPTV EDIT 1500 GMT DAKAR (Senegal): Workers rush home just in time for night curfew in Senegal's capital - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1900 GMT - FILE 2100 GMT BLANTYRE (Malawi): President Peter Mutharika registers for fresh election - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1900 GMT MASERU (Lesotho): Lesotho PM delivers statement - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1100 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus worse for US than Pearl Harbor, 9/11: Trump. Already filed BOSTON (United States): National Guard and dairy farmers donate excess milk to locals. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): Mayor Bill de Basio briefs the press on COVID-19 - LIVE 1330 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Mayor Bill de Blasio briefs the press on COVID-19. Source : HANDOUT - 1330 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily COVID-19 briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1530 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): Testing around the US capital, which was declared a COVID-19 hotspot this week. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BLAINE (United States): Trapping efforts to contain Asian giant hornets, a deadly breed newly-arrived in the US. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT LOS ANGELES (United States): AFPTV talks to producer Matt Wolf about his documentary SpaceShip, a story about a 1991 quarantine project. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Safety patrol group 'Guardian Angels' delivers food and supplies to help homeless survive COVID-19 pandemic. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Beer shortage in Mexico due to pandemic - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil): More and more corpses are buried in the São Francisco Xavier cemetery, the largest in Rio de Janeiro, on a daily basis due to the coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2300 GMT BARRANQUILLA (Colombia): Young people test a drone they built to distribute medicines to residents while respecting social distancing amid the pandemic - SOURCE JOSE OTERO / NO RESALE EDIT 2330 GMT + FEATURES JAKARTA (Indonesia): Forced exorcisms touted as 'cure' for LGBT Indonesians. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT HAVANA (Cuba): Interview with Cuban writer Leonardo Padura - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT TIRANA (Albania): Albanian doctors care for patients in two hospitals converted into COVID-19 hubs - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS + ASIA PACIFIC JAKARTA (Indonesia): Then and Now images illustrate how partial lockdown and Ramadan in Indonesia capital Jakarta has reduced traffic on the city's notoriously congested streets. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT NEW DELHI (India): India lifts some restrictions as virus lockdown extended. SOURCE: AFPTV. LIVE 0430 GMT - LIVE 0430 GMT ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Friday prayers as Pakistan mosques stay open during Ramadan despite COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0820 GMT + EUROPE FRANCE: No ceremonies held as France commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945. - LIVE, EDIT TBA UNITED KINGDOM: Scaled-down programme of events, due to COVID-19, marks 75 years since defeat of Nazi Germany - SOURCE: TO BE CONFIRMED - EDIT TBA LONDON (United Kingdom): Senior politicians and public figures hold minute's silence to mark 75 years since defeat of Nazi Germany - SOURCE: TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE 1000 GMT WINDSOR (United Kingdom): Queen's address to mark 75 years since defeat of Nazi Germany - SOURCE: BBC/UK POOL - TAPE TURN - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 2000 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Eurozone finance ministers videoconference - SOURCE: EBS - TIMING OF EVENT TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE/EDIT - LIVE TBA MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag president Wolfgang Schäuble lay wreaths at the Neue Wache (New Guardhouse) memorial in memory of the victims of WWII, President Steinmeier holds a speech - SOURCE: ZDF - NO RESALE - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT SERBIA: Belgrade's cafes fill up and shopping malls reopen as Serbia loosens its coronavirus lockdown. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican government holds daily press conference on coronavirus - SOURCE CEPROPIE / NO RESALE LIVE 0000 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexico City residents thank medical staff for fighting against pandemic - SOURCE AFPTV LIVE 0200 GMT MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Stories of face masks in Mexico, Chile, and Bolivia - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Interview with Argentine singer Fito Paez - SOURCE FITO PAEZ / NO RESALE EDIT 0500 GMT LIMA (Peru): Peruvian travel agent turned fumigator now disinfects Lima streets amid pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT + SPORT NEW TAIPEI CITY (Taiwan): One thousand baseball fans allowed into Taiwan stadium to watch pro league match as the island relaxes it's coronavirus restrictions. SOURCE:AFPTV. 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