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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 + HIGHLIGHTS SYDNEY (Australia): Facebook says it will block news content sharing in Australia MELBOURNE (Australia): Melbourne lockdown ends as spectators expected to return to Australian Open HARARE (Zimbabwe): First injections of the Sinopharm vaccine given to health workers in Harare + ASIA PACIFIC BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT YANGON (Myanmar): Anti-coup protests to take place as Myanmar military tightens grip - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT REGULAR UPDATES SYDNEY (Australia): Facebook says it will block news content sharing in Australia - Australian Treasury press conference - SOURCE: ABC - EDIT 0230 GMT . Voxpops - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBC + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA MARIB (Yemen): Women and children flee fighting between Huthi rebels and Yemen government forces - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT ALGIERS (Algeria): Images from outside the court during the trial over 2014 abduction, murder of French mountain guide - SOURCE: AFPTV - COVERAGE DEPENDS ON ACCESS - EDIT 1600 GMT + EUROPE PARIS (France): Air France-KLM 2020 annual results - 0515 GMT PARIS (France): Carrefour 2020 annual results - FILE 0830 GMT RUEIL-MALMAISON (France): Danone 2020 annual results - FILE 0830 GMT DUNKIRK (France): Hospital hit hard by UK strain of Covid-19 - 0900 GMT .Mario Draghi gives speech at lower house of parliament - SOURCE: RAI - LIVE 1030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Vote of confidence - Source: RAI/AFPTV - EDIT TBA SAINT-SENIER-DE-BEUVRON (France): Normandy village fights off Elon Musk's space antenas - EDIT 1100 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives presser following second day of defence ministers' meeting - SOURCE: NATO TV - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BOBIGNY (France): Policeman tried for insulting Adama Traoré, man who died in custody - EDIT 1600 GMT PARIS (France): Protest outside Myanmar Embassy -SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT SOCHI (Russia): Russian FM Lavrov holds talks with Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria - SOURCE: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY - WAITING FOR DETAILS ON HANDOUT TBC BIHAC (Bosnia and Herzegovina): EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson visits migrant camp near Bosnia's border with Croatia. SOURCE: EBS - EDIT 2300 GMT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Residents of the town of Jezero, that gave its name to the landing site of NASA's Perseverance rover, watch live as it touches down - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): WHO Africa holds online press briefing on Covid-19 in Africa - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HARARE (Zimbabwe): First injections of the Sinopharm vaccine given to health workers in Harare - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT CAPE TOWN (South Africa): S African President Ramaphosa replies to questions in parliament. - SOURCE: PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA - LIVE 1200 GMT NIAMEY (Niger): Reactions in Niamey ahead of the second round of Sunday's presidential election - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1500 GMT + NORTH AMERICA UNITED NATIONS (United States): UN Security Council discusses Yemen. SOURCE: UNTV - LIVE 1500 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): New Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds first press briefing. SOURCE: DC POOL - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW VIRTUAL (United States): GameStop trading frenzy: Robinhood and Reddit CEOs testify before a House financial committee - SOURCE: HOUSE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): State Department spokesman Ned Price holds daily briefing. SOURCE: US DOS - LIVE 1930 GMT IN SPACE (Undefined): NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Landing. SOURCE : NASA TV - LIVE 2055 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Argentina begins vaccinating over-70s against Covid-19 - SOURCE AFPTV LIVE 1100 GMT BOGOTA (Colombia): Bogota begins vaccinating its population against COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT AND LIVE TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING EVENT DETAILS LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CARACAS (Venezuela): Venezuela begins Covid immunization program with Sputnik V - SOURCE TO BE CONFIRMED - AWAITING ACCESS DETAILS LIVE, EDIT TBA + SPORT MELBOURNE (Australia): Melbourne lockdown ends as spectators expected to return to Australian Open. Images from Melbourne's CBD as well as any spectators arriving for morning matches at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting (Opening Remarks). SOURCE : AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0330 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo 2020 to hold a second meeting (Opening Remarks) (AWAITING FOR DETAILS AND OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT) SOURCE : AGENCY POOL. - LIVE 0700 GMT TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo 2020 to hold a press conference. SOURCE : AGENCY POOL - LIVE 0830 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + FEATURES LONDON (United Kingdom): Charity steps in to provide laptops to students as pandemic highlights IT poverty - EDIT 0200 GMT SKARDU (Pakistan): A remote village in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region is a magnet for mountaineers - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT TABARKA (Tunisia): Market for edible flowers blossoms in Tunisia - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT GRIGNY (France): Paris suburban town hit hard by crisis - EDIT 1000 GMT BONNEUIL-EN-FRANCE (France): Wannabe airline workers' dreams crushed by Covid - EDIT 1000 GMT TARBES (France): Dozens of planes remain grounded, waiting for business to take off again - EDIT 1430 GMT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021 + ASIA PACIFIC PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia): Verdict in contempt of court case against news outlet Malaysiakini - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand): On 22 February, New Zealand will mark the tenth anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake - Interviews with survivors and images of the city as it gears up for official memorial - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry regular briefing - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0700 GMT YANGON (Myanmar): Anti-coup protests to take place as Myanmar military tightens grip - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT REGULAR UPDATES + EUROPE BERLIN (Germany): Press conference of German Health Minister Jens Spahn and Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0830 GMT TIRANA (Albania): EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson holds a press conference with Albanian PM Edi Rama. SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 0900 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Munich Security Conference held virtually, with addresses from Biden, Merkel, Guterres - WAITING FOR DETAILS ON PROGRAMME AND POOL - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (France): Renault 2020 annual results - FILE 1000 GMT TIRANA (Albania): EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson holds a press conference with Albanian PM Edi Rama. SOURCE: EBS - ON MERIT - EDIT 1100 GMT PRESOV (Slovakia): Priests help out in overworked hospitals as Slovakia battles world's highest Covid mortality rate - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a press conference following the video conference with the G7 heads of state and government. SOURCE : GERMAN POOL - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO virtual briefing on Covid-19 - SOURCE: WHO - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HANAU (Germany): Commemoration on the first anniversary of the attack in Hanau - WAITING FOR DETAILS ON THE POOL AND PROGRAMME - 1700 GMT TBC + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico): Voxpop of asylum-seekers stranded in Mexico who are now eligible to enter the United States - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 1900 GMT + SPORT NAIROBI (Kenya): Despite risks, Nairobi gives cycling a spin in pandemic bike push - SOURCE: AFPTV PKG 0800 GMT ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): Football/CAF. Ivorian Jacques Anoma outlines his bid for the CAF presidency at press conference - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MUNICH (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Eintracht Frankfurt-FC Bayern Munich pre-match pressers - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 1900 GMT MADRID (Spain): Football/Liga. Real Valladolid-Real Madrid. 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