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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. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2020 Europe UNITED KINGDOM - Hospitality and tourism sector reopen VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE REPORT. PARIS (France) - Paris LGBT Pride March (1400 GMT) MADRID (Spain) - Pride rally online (1700 GMT) North America LOS ANGELES (United States) - Los Angeles beaches close for holiday weekend as virus spikes (To 5) (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Trump holds second 'Salute to America' event on Independence Day (2200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. NEW YORK (United States) - 9/11 Memorial reopens (1600 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. Sports (+) LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (France) - Sailing: Start of Vendee-Arctic challenge (1330 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) EPSOM (United Kingdom) - Horse: Derby Meeting behind closed doors (1300 GMT) PICTURE. BERLIN (Germany) - German Cup final: Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich (1800 GMT) PICTURE. (*) JAPAN - Football season resumes without spectators INDIANAPOLIS (United States) - IndyCar: GMR Grand Prix DETROIT (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour 20192020 - PGA Tour - Rocket Mortgage Classic: Day 3 MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 33: Manchester United v Bournemouth (1400 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. TURIN (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 30: Juventus v Torino (1515 GMT) PICTURE. ROME (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 30: Lazio v AC Milan (1945 GMT) PICTURE. SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Election of Tokyo governor VIDEO. SYDNEY (Australia) - Protests call for end to Indigenous Australian deaths in custody (0300 GMT) PICTURE. BEIJING (China) - Luckin Coffee chain holds extraordinary shareholder meeting to remove directors amid fraud scandal (0700 GMT) Europe CROATIA - Parliamentary elections VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. UNITED KINGDOM - Nationwide thank-you clap for the National Health Service, on its 72nd anniversary (1600 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. NUR-SULTAN (Kazakhstan) - Two-week second lockdown as virus cases grow VIDEO. (To 19) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer (1000 GMT) PICTURE. ATHENS (Greece) - Extended deadline for virus lockdown on migrant camps (1700 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (+) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Burial of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during French colonial rule PICTURE. VIDEO. TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokeswoman holds COVID-19 press conference (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BAALBEK (Lebanon) - Iconic Baalbek festival stages single concert from landmark Roman temple (1800 GMT) Latin America DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - General election VIDEO. PICTURE. Sports SPIELBERG (Austria) - Auto: Formula One - Austrian Grand Prix, Grand Prix (1310 GMT) PICTURE. DETROIT (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour 20192020 - PGA Tour - Rocket Mortgage Classic: Day 4 BILBAO (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 34: Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid (1200 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. MILAN (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 30: Inter Milan v Bologna (1515 GMT) PICTURE. LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 33: Liverpool v Aston Villa (1530 GMT) PICTURE. SOUTHAMPTON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 33: Southampton v Manchester City (1800 GMT) PICTURE. VILLARREAL (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 34: Villarreal v Barcelona (2000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 6) MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 Asia-Pacific SEOUL (South Korea) - Presser by activists on North Korea flyers (0600 GMT) VIDEO. TAKTSER (China) - Dalai Lama's 85th birthday SEOUL (South Korea) - Samsung Electronics releases Q2 earnings estimates (2330 GMT) PICTURE. Europe PARIS (France) - Louvre museum reopens PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Haute couture fashion week online (To 8) ANKARA (Turkey) - Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell visits (To 7) SWITZERLAND - Masks become obligatory on public transport EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Scottish beer gardens allowed to open VIDEO. PSKOV (Russia) - Verdict for journalist Svetlana Prokopieva, accused of condoning terrorism (0900 GMT) VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Videoconference of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (To 7) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Brexit negotiators Barnier and Frost meet (To 10) ANKARA (Turkey) - Large coup-related trial of land forces command resumes (0600 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Industrial orders data for May (0600 GMT) PARIS (France) - French ex-intelligence agents in China spying trial (0730 GMT) (To 10) PARIS (France) - Appeal hearing of British drug-trafficker Robert Dawes (0800 GMT) (To 10) (*) PARIS (France) - Credit Mutuel and European Investment Bank press conference on support for French business (0830 GMT) HAMBURG (Germany) - Prosecution summary in trial of ex-SS guard at Nazi Stutthof camp (0900 GMT) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Chinese ambassador Liu Xiaoming holds press conference (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) LISBON (Portugal) - Portuguese PM meets Spanish counterpart ahead of EU summit (1230 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - UN rapporteur releases post-COVID report on poverty in Spain (1500 GMT) GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO press conference on COVID-19 (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Virus restrictions ease further (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi gives press conference (0630 GMT) TEHRAN (Iran) - Health ministry spokeswoman holds COVID-19 press conference (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) LILONGWE (Malawi) - Official inauguration of new president VIDEO. Latin America (+) SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Bars, restaurants, gym, barbershops reopen (1800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports (+) CALENZANA (France) - Ultratrail champion tries to break 30-hour record for crossing Corsica (0900 GMT) (+) UNITED KINGDOM - Rugby: English Premiership clubs to resume contact training TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 Asia-Pacific CHINA - University entrance exams, following virus delay VIDEO. (To 8) Europe GREECE - One-year anniversary of PM Mitsotakis in power CROWBOROUGH (United Kingdom) - 90th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Online informal meeting of EU home affairs ministers LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Rodin Museum reopens WADOWICE (Poland) - Visegrad-4 foreign ministers meet ahead of key EU summit LONDON (United Kingdom) - 15th anniversary of deadly terror attacks on London's transport system LISBON (Portugal) - PM meets Italian counterpart Conte ahead of next EU summit PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Johnny Depp libel trial against The Sun newspaper VIDEO. (To 24) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Industrial production data for May (0600 GMT) AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France) - Appeal of two policemen convicted for violent arrest of Afghan (1200 GMT) PARIS (France) - African art charity auction (1600 GMT) (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO holds virtual press conference on COVID-19 impact on services for HIV and related health areas (1600 GMT) Middle East and North Africa DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Borders reopen to tourists ALGIERS (Algeria) - Journalist Said Bouddour on trial for blackmail Sub-Saharan Africa YAOUNDÉ (Cameroon) - Hearing in controversial trial of media boss Amadou Vamoulke Sports LECCE (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 31: Lecce v Lazio (1730 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 31: AC Milan v Juventus (1945 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2020 Asia-Pacific BEIJING (China) - Arms control presser (0100 GMT) Europe GENEVA (Switzerland) - Deadline for candidacies to head WTO BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Merkel presents programme for German EU presidency (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Merkel and EU chiefs meet on virus recovery plan pre-summit (1700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) held in Parliament (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. MOSCOW (Russia) - 10 years since major US-Russian spy exchange PAYERNE (Switzerland) - 10th anniversary of landing of Solar Impulse's first non-stop 26-hour solar-powered flight BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Decision on referral to court of policeman accused of killing Kurdish child during pursuit AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France) - Extradition hearing for Belhassen Trabelsi, brother-in-law of ex-Tunisian-dictator Ben Ali PARIS (France) - MPs debate extension of controversial anti-terror law LONDON (United Kingdom) - Finance minister unveils new fiscal stimulus measures LIVE VIDEO. TARRAGONA (Spain) - PortAventura World Resort reopening (0800 GMT) PICTURE. STUTTGART (Germany) - Daimler holds virtual shareholder meeting (0800 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Trump hosts talks with Mexican counterpart Obrador PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa SANAA (Yemen) - 6th anniversary of fall of Amran, first major city seized by Huthi rebels (+) BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah delivers televised statement (1730 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa LAGOS (Nigeria) - Domestic flights resume (*) CONAKRY (Guinea) - Opposition resumes anti-government protests after pause during virus crisis (1000 GMT) (To 20) Sports SOUTHAMPTON (United Kingdom) - West Indies face England in 1st Test match PICTURE. (To 12) ORLANDO (United States) - MLS soccer league resumes without spectators (To August 11) MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 34: Manchester City v Newcastle (1700 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. BRIGHTON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 34: Brighton v Liverpool (1915 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. BARCELONA (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 35: Barcelona v Espanyol (2000 GMT) PICTURE. (To 9) THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020 Europe PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week online (To 13) VILNIUS (Lithuania) - Launch of eurozone's first central bank-produced digital coin PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - New Eurogroup chief announced VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. WIESBADEN (Germany) - Trade data for May (0600 GMT) (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Presentation of the 2019 Report on the Protection of the Constitution by Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Thomas Haldenwang, head of the domestic intelligence service. (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Press conference on launch of new global initiative to address antibiotic resistance (1230 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits (1700 GMT) PARIS (France) - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra holds first concert since pandemic (1830 GMT) LYON (France) - Uber drivers present demand for full-time contracts to tribunal (2200 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1230 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - Pentagon chief Esper, army chief Milley grilled in Congress (1700 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ZERALDA (Algeria) - Oldest opposition group Socialist Forces Front holds party congress PICTURE. (To 10) Sports BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 34: Aston Villa v Manchester United (1915 GMT) PICTURE. VERONA (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 31: Hellas Verona v Inter Milan (1945 GMT) FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 Asia-Pacific YAMANASHI (Japan) - Mt Fuji closed for summer due to pandemic VIDEO. (To September 10) SINGAPORE (Singapore) - General election PICTURE. VIDEO. Europe GENEVA (Switzerland) - International AIDS Society holds online conference on COVID-19 (To 11) LONDON (United Kingdom) - England lifts quarantine for Germany, France, Spain, Italy VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet by videoconference LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. ANKARA (Turkey) - Trial of 18 students, lecturer resumes over Pride march (0700 GMT) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Verdict in case against former Swedish ambassador to China (0900 GMT) VIDEO. CANNES (France) - Exhibition of artworks by African-American painter Kehinde Wiley opens (1200 GMT) North America (*) NEW YORK (United States) - Live Nation holds US drive-in concert series (To 12) LOS ANGELES (United States) - Tom Hanks WWII naval thriller 'Greyhound' released on Apple TV+ OTTAWA (Canada) - Unemployment figures released (1230 GMT) Middle East and North Africa MOROCCO - End of virus state of emergency and lockdown VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa BAMAKO (Mali) - Opposition protests (if demands to dissolve parliament not met) VIDEO. Sports TOKYO (Japan) - Fans return to baseball, football events RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio football fans return to stadiums PICTURE. MADRID (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 35: Real Madrid v Alaves (2000 GMT) PICTURE. (To 11) SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2020 Europe SREBRENICA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre VIDEO. North America ORLANDO (United States) - Disney World reopens UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN authorisation for cross-border aid into Syria expires (0330 GMT) (To 11) Middle East and North Africa YAS ISLAND (United Arab Emirates) - First in 'Fight Island' series of UFC mixed martial arts contests ALGIERS (Algeria) - Trial of opposition politician Rachid Nekkaz (2300 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa KINSHASA (DR Congo) - 60th anniversary of secession of Katanga from Congo OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso) - Ruling party congress, expected to confirm President Kabore will run for re-election Sports ELKHART (United States) - IndyCar: Rev Group Grand Prix at Road America Race 1 CHAMONIX (France) - Climbing: IFSC World cup event in Chamonix (To 13) LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 35: Liverpool v Burnley (1400 GMT) PICTURE. ROME (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 32: Lazio v Sassuolo (1515 GMT) PICTURE. VALLADOLID (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 36: Valladolid v Barcelona (1730 GMT) VIDEO. BRIGHTON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 35: Brighton v Manchester City (1900 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. TURIN (Italy) - Football: Serie A - day 32: Juventus v Atalanta (1945 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020 Europe WARSAW (Poland) - Presidential election (0500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer (1000 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa (+) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of Samir Benlarbi, a key figure in Algeria's anti-government protest movement Sports SPIELBERG (Austria) - Auto: Formula One - GP Steiermark 2020, Grand Prix (1310 GMT) ELKHART (United States) - IndyCar: Rev Group Grand Prix at Road America Race 2 afp
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