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| - Go to to consult AFP Agenda 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, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS TOKYO (Japan): Japanese parliament expected to vote on new Prime Minister - LIVE, EDIT PASCAGOULA (United States): Hurricane Sally expected to make landfall - LIVE, EDIT WASHINGTON (United States): Mike Pompeo meets with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan - LIVE, EDIT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Social distancing measures force Independence day's traditional 'Grito de Dolores' to adapt to the pandemic - EDIT + ASIA-PACIFIC TOKYO (Japan): Yoshihide Suga to hold his first press conference as new PM of Japan. SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE TBA - AWAITING FOR TIMING DETAILS FROM AUTHORITIES. EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE TBA TOKYO (Japan): Photo session of the new Suga cabinet. AWAITING FOR TIMING DETAILS FROM AUTHORITIES (late afternoon or evening) - LIVE TBA TOKYO (Japan): Parliament expected to vote on new PM - SOURCE: NHK - RESULT TO BE ANNOUNCED AROUND 0450 GMT - LIVE 0400 GMT, EDIT TO FOLLOW TOKYO (Japan): Japan's Abe to leave PM office. SOURCE: AFPTV TAPE TURN 0400 GMT TAIPEI (Taiwan): Stockshots of Taipei SOURCE: AFPTV - STOCKSHOTS 0200 GMT MANALI (India): India seeks fast track to disputed border with China - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT HONGKONG (China): Swiss photographer accused of enabling assault on Chinese mainland citizen during last year's democracy protests arrives for final hearing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0630 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW JALALABAD (Afghanistan): Afghan women call for ceasefire between the government and the Taliban. Demonstration. SOURCE: AFPTV. On merit - EDIT 0730 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TRIPOLI (Libya): Bomb disposal robots dismantle explosives left over from Libyan conflict. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU chief von der Leyen gives her first State of the Union address to the European Parliament SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW VATICAN CITY (Holy See): Pope's general audience with a limited audience - SOURCE: AFPTV - TAPE TURN - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Press briefing following French cabinet meeting - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - SOURCE: PRU - LIVE 1100 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Boris Johnson gives oral evidence to the Liaison committee. SOURCE : PRU - LIVE 1430 GMT PARIS (France): Press conference by a transgender woman fighting to be recognised as the mother of her daughter. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Press conference on the progress of the construction of Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, whose completion scheduled for 2026 could be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT THE HAGUE (Netherlands): Iran to plead at International Court of Justice during hearings on Iran-US sanctions row SOURCE: ICJ - LIVE 2100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BELGRADE (Serbia): Perched above a beautiful bend in the Danube river, Belgrade is the only capital city in Europe to dump its wastewater directly into the venerated waterway, which fisherman say is changing the local habitat. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA MAKAMBA (Burundi): Burundian mass grave exhumation ceremony - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1900 GMT + NORTH AMERICA TALENT, OREGON (United States): Wildfire destruction in southern Oregon. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): Protest followed by presser by groups against normalisation deals between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. SOURCE: APFTV - LIVE REGULAR UPDATES - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Director testifies at Senate Committee hearing on Covid-19 response. SOURCE : SENATE POOL - LIVE 1000 GMT PASCAGOULA (United States): Hurricane Sally expected to make landfall. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PASCAGOULA (United States): Aftermath after Hurricane Sally landfall. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE REGULAR UPDATES WASHINGTON (United States): Mike Pompeo meets with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. SOURCE : DOS ( Camera Spray) - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Mike Pompeo holds a joint presser with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. SOURCE : DOS - LIVE 1540 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW UNITED NATIONS (United States): UN chief Guterres holds press conference ahead of annual General Assembly. SOURCE : UNTV - LIVE 1600 GMT WILMINGTON (United States): Joe Biden delivers remarks after meeting with public health experts on a coronavirus vaccine. SOURCE : POOL - LIVE 1830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): PAHO holds presser on Covid-19 across the Americas - SOURCE: PAHO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) EDIT 1930 GMT NEW YORK (United States): Sentencing of Honduras president's brother, Tony Hernandez, for drug trafficking. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA WASHINGTON (United States): Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference after interest rates decision. SOURCE: POOL - LIVE TBA + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Social distancing measures force Independence day's traditional 'Grito de Dolores' to adapt to the pandemic - SOURCE: CEPROPIE (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) LIVE 0400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexicans share views on president who has been widely criticised for handling of pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2300 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican Independence Day military parade is celebrated with restrictions amid coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: CEPROPIE - NO RESALE EDIT 2300 GMT + SPORT PARIS (France): Athletics. Verdict due in the case of former IAAF President Lamine Diack. File images of Diack - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 1000 GMT PARIS (France): Athletics. Verdict due in the case of former IAAF President Lamine Diack. Court arrivals - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1130 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Trial opens in the case of a doctor accused of organising doping for dozens of athletes - SOURCE: POOL - NO RESALE - EDIT 1400 GMT GRENOBLE (France): Cycling/Tour de France. Stage 17. Grenoble-Meribel. Highlights - SOURCE: ASO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1900 GMT PARIS (France): Football/Ligue 1. French professional football league disciplinary committee rules on red cards distributed during PSG-Marseille Sunday - SOURCE: AFPTV - COVERAGE TO BE CONFIRMED - AWAITING DETAILS FROM LEAGUE - EDIT TBA + FEATURES PARIS (France): Toy shops prepare for Christmas after post-lockdown sales rebound - EDIT 0900 GMT GJIROKASTER (Albania): While the pandemic has dealt a blow to tourism in Albania, rare foreign tourists are still venturing into a secretive maze of tunnels that shine a light on the paranoia that gripped former dictator Enver Hoxha. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 + ASIA-PACIFIC BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0830 GMT KABUL (Afghanistan): Reaction from Afghans as Afghan government, Taliban talks get under way. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT + EUROPE LONDON (United Kingdom): 50 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix's former room in London can be seen exactly as it looked like. SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT MESSIMY (France): Demonstration and strike by homeopathic laboratory Boiron employees on the occasion of a works council charged with examining a restructuring plan for the company. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA PARIS (France): Confrontation between Tariq Ramadan and the Swiss plaintiff accusing him of rape. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBC GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO press conference on Covid-19 - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE TBA DELFT (Netherlands): World's first 'living coffin' created from mushrooms in the Netherlands. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA + SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA JOHANNESBURG (South Africa): Funeral of George Bizos, lawyer for Mandela at treason trial - SOURCE: SABC POOL LIVE 0900 GMT PRETORIA (South Africa): South Africa Reserve Bank presents monetary policy statement - FILE 1000 GMT JOHANNESBURG (South Africa): Human Rights Watch publishes report on xenophobia in South Africa - EDIT 1100 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Left-wing parties march to demand government help for families facing eviction from occupied land - SOURCE: AFPTV / TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING TURNOUT LIVE 1900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SPORT BANGKOK (Thailand): Skating downhill and steep bridges, a 60-year-old Thai grandma used longboarding to help recover from cancer. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT PARIS (France): Sailing/Vendee Globe. Press conference held ahead of 2020 edition of the Vendee Globe - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MERIBEL (France): Cycling/Tour de France. Stage 18. Meribel - La Roche-sur-Foron. Highlights - SOURCE: ASO (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1900 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. FC Bayern Munich-Schalke 04. Bayern pre-match presser - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT TBA + FEATURES CALI (Colombia): Mother-to-be prepares for a home delivery as number of home births increases amid pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT Editorial contacts: Email: afptv@afp.com Europe (excluding France) desk: +44 207 776 2768 France desk: +33 1 40 41 79 40 Asia desk: +852 2829 6279 Middle East & North Africa desk: +357 22 391 450 Sub-Saharan Africa desk (Mon-Fri): +33 1 40 41 46 81 North America desk: +1 202 414 0664 Latin America desk: +598 2 900 5095 ext. 257 AFPTV LIVE MCR: +33 1 40 41 79 63
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