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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. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. (+) GLASGOW (United Kingdom) - Protesters 'take the knee' in Black Lives Matter protest (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Thousands expected to attend protest against police brutality at Washington Monument (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing (1800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference (1830 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports MUNICH (Germany) - German cup football semi-final: Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt (1845 GMT) PICTURE. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 Asia-Pacific BEIJING (China) - State Council Information Office press briefing on economy (0700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Europe BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel holds videoconference with Chinese PM Li Keqiang (0800 GMT) MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers hold videoconference LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Employment figures for first quarter (0530 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Industrial production figures for April (0800 GMT) SANDVIKA (Norway) - Verdict due for far-right extremist who fired at mosque, killed sister (0800 GMT) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Landmark fountain 'Jet d'Eau' restarted after virus shutdown (1330 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LEDNICE (Czech Republic) - Visegrad-four premiers focus on EU rescue fund (1400 GMT) VIDEO. ALICANTE (Spain) - Opening of Europe's largest drive-in cinema and music venue Cinemacar (1700 GMT) PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US government releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1230 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Snapchat annual conference: Snap Partner Summit 2020 (1700 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - US agriculture ministry gives world production data (1700 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Sony online event to unveil PlayStation 5 games (2000 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Trial of former general Hocine Benhadid accused of 'demoralising the army' TUNIS (Tunisia) - PM's special powers for handling COVID 19 crisis due to end (1100 GMT) (+) TATAOUINE (Tunisia) - Protests at oil site calling for greater share of profits TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports SYDNEY (Australia) - Aussie rules football resumes after virus suspension OSLO (Norway) - The Impossible Games, a Diamond League athletics exhibition event PICTURE. SPAIN - La Liga resumes after virus shutdown STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Golf: first men and women's European Tour tournament (To 14) FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 Asia-Pacific SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Second anniversary of first Trump-Kim summit PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. (+) MANILA (Philippines) - Protest against proposed anti-terror law in the Philippines (0100 GMT) VIDEO. Europe (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week, held online (To 14) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin set for public appearance on Russia Day national holiday PICTURE. VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. VIDEOGRAPHICS. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU health ministers meet virtually BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU industry ministers hold virtual meeting LONDON (United Kingdom) - Office of National Statistics publishes UK GDP data for April (0500 GMT) GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO briefing on coronavirus (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. North America CALIFORNIA (United States) - Film, TV production can resume WASHINGTON (United States) - Consumer confidence data released (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Latin America ARGENTINA - Deadline for debt talks with international creditors VIDEO. GRAPHIC. Sports DÜSSELDORF (Germany) - Pole vault competition in drive-in cinema touted as first spectator event since outbreak PICTURE. (*) NEW ZEALAND - Super Rugby Aotearoa competition starts PICTURE. ROMANIA - Romanian football league resumes TURKEY - Super Lig to resume SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 Europe (+) SANTORINI (Greece) - PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits to open tourist season PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 14) ZAGREB (Croatia) - Indoor sports events without spectators allowed to resume (+) ERFURT (Germany) - State of Thuringia lifts social distancing rules VIDEO. (+) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Black Lives Matter protest calling for Melville Monument to be taken down for slavery connection (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. VENICE (Italy) - Reopening of the Palazzo Ducale on St Mark's Square (1100 GMT) VIDEO. (+) PARIS (France) - Anti-racism protest (1230 GMT) North America WEST POINT (United States) - Trump speaks at military academy's graduation ceremony PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa ALGERIA - Lockdown measures eased TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports PRAGUE (Czech Republic) - Tennis tournament pitting teams led by Karolina Pliskova, Kvitova (To 15) BELGRADE (Serbia) - Regional tennis tournament organised by Djokovic PICTURE. VIDEO. (To July 5) LE MANS (France) - Virtual version of 24 Hours of Le Mans car race (1300 GMT) (To 14) MUNICH (Germany) - Football: Bundesliga - day 31: Bayern Munich v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1630 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. PALMA (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 28: Real Mallorca v Barcelona (2000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 14) SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2020 Europe (+) AZERBAIJAN - Two-day lockdown in big cities over virus (To 16) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Football and professional sports resume North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Trump celebrates 74th birthday Middle East and North Africa TUNIS (Tunisia) - Lockdown due to be lifted if progress made in virus fight TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) TUNIS (Tunisia) - Protest outside parliament against speaker, his Islamist-inspired party (1000 GMT) MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020 Asia-Pacific MANILA (Philippines) - Verdict due in controversial libel trial of journalist PICTURE. VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - Court hearing for 15 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists (0630 GMT) Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Brussels Airlines gradually resumes flights ROME (Italy) - Cinemas, theatres set to reopen GERMANY - Reopening of land borders LIVE VIDEO. REYKJAVIK (Iceland) - Iceland starts testing airport arrivals for COVID-19 ATHENS (Greece) - Museums reopen (*) ATHENS (Greece) - Athens, Thessaloniki airports reopen to arrivals from select airports VIDEO. (To 23) AUSTRIA - Austrian Airlines flights resume SWITZERLAND - Borders reopen with all EU and EFTA countries NORWAY - Cultural, sporting events of up to 200 people resume VIENNA (Austria) - IAEA governors meet with Iran top of agenda VIDEO. UNITED KINGDOM - Reopening of non-essential shops, places of worship PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. MOSCOW (Russia) - Verdict in espionage trial of ex-US marine Paul Whelan (0800 GMT) PICTURE. 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. EDIRNE (Turkey) - 'Justice March' to Ankara after three opposition MPs stripped of jobs PICTURE. VIDEO. KIEV (Ukraine) - Controversial Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky presents plan for Holocaust Memorial Centre UKRAINE - International air travel to resume as lockdown eases PICTURE. VIDEO. (*) PALMA (Spain) - Arrival of German tourists at the Balearic Islands PICTURE. NORWAY - Border with Denmark reopens BELGIUM - Borders reopen VIDEO. DENMARK - Borders with Germany, Norway and Iceland reopen CZECH REPUBLIC - Czechs free to travel to most EU countries with requirement dropped for COVID-19 test upon return BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers hold virtual meeting VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. NETHERLANDS - Easing of travel warnings for Europe AUSTRIA - Masks no longer compulsory FRANCE - Transavia flights resume (*) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Human Rights Council 44th session (To 19) UNITED KINGDOM - Masks become compulsory on public transport VIDEO. UNITED KINGDOM - Some EasyJet flights resume, mainly in UK and France PICTURE. VIDEO. SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Trial continues of historian accused of murdering, dismembering partner (0900 GMT) PARIS (France) - Verdict in trial of six men in 'Karachi affair' case over arms sales, illegal kickbacks scandal (1130 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers videoconference with US counterpart Mike Pompeo (1200 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Manufacturing data for New York region released (1230 GMT) VANCOUVER (Canada) - Extradition hearings for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou (1630 GMT) VIDEO. (To 26) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Corruption trial of businessman and Bouteflika ally, Ali Haddad ALGIERS (Algeria) - Trial of car tycoon Mahieddine Tahkout amid corruption allegations (+) DOHA (Qatar) - Some mosques allowed to reopen TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports NEW YORK (United States) - US Open fate to be decided TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020 Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Monetary policy decision from Bank of Japan (0300 GMT) Europe 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. MOSCOW (Russia) - Terraces, museums, libraries, offices reopen in Moscow PARIS (France) - Atos, IT multinational, holds AGM (+) AUSTRIA - Austria-Italy border to reopen BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU defence ministers hold virtual meeting VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. FRANCE - National protests for health workers GERMANY - Inflation data for May (0600 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK labour market monthly statistics (0600 GMT) FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Trial opens against two far-right suspects over the murder of CDU politician Walter Luebcke (0800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO chief Stoltenberg gives press conference ahead of defence ministers' meeting (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU launches consultation on redefining trade policy (1000 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Chinese airlines temporarily banned from US (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies in Senate (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of leading opposition activist Fodil Boumala ALGIERS (Algeria) - Journalist Said Bouddour on trial for blackmail TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports NORWAY - Football championship resumes BREMEN (Germany) - Football: Bundesliga - day 32: Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich (1830 GMT) VIDEO. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020 Europe 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. VIENNA (Austria) - OPEC monthly report 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) MILAN (Italy) - Industrial orders and results for April released (0800 GMT) PARIS (France) - Verdict in fraud trial of Syrian president's uncle Rifaat al-Assad (1130 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO defence ministers meet virtually, with US withdrawal from Open Skies treaty top of agenda (1300 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 18) North America UNITED NATIONS (United States) - Election of five new rotating members of UN Security Council 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 Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokesman holds press conference on COVID-19 epidemic (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports UNITED KINGDOM - Premier League resumes PICTURE. VIDEO. NYON (Switzerland) - UEFA executive committee meets virtually (1200 GMT) THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - Procedural hearing in 1MDB case against Goldman Sachs Europe KOUROU (France) - Space rocket Vega due to take off (date subject to change) LONDON (United Kingdom) - 80th anniversary of call by France's Charles de Gaulle to resist Nazi Germany ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Turkish Airlines resumes some international flights PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - UN publishes annual report on world's refugees, displaced persons (0500 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Trade figures for April released (0800 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Extradition case for Spanish MEP Clara Ponsati, wanted by Spain on sedition charges (0900 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Bank of England monetary policy decision (1300 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 BISSAU (Guinea-Bissau) - Deadline imposed by the president for parties to agree on 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) afp
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