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| - View events updated in real time on AFP Agenda For a selection of upcoming events and a preview of our top stories, sign up to our newsletter, AFP Agenda Highlights Please note that all times are in GMT. Major events are listed under 'Highlights'. 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. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Highlights (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Senators grill Facebook, Twitter CEOs over role of social media in US election (1500 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) GEORGIA - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Europe and Middle East PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 23) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Post-Brexit trade talks resume (To 20) Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Australian PM first foreign leader to meet with Japan's Suga VIDEO. COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) - New government presents first full budget for 2021 (0900 GMT) (*) BANGKOK (Thailand) - Protesters and counter-protesters gather at Parliament during charter amendment debate VIDEO. Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - BRICS Summit FRANCE - Second anniversary of 'yellow vest' protests GRAPHIC. VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) PARIS (France) - Protest over bill aimed at restricting photos and videos that identify police officers (1500 GMT) PICTURE. PARIS (France) - PM Castex gives testimony before National Assembly investigative committee on Covid-19 response (1700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (+) AUSTRIA - New lockdown enters into force to fight Covid-19 epidemic LONDON (United Kingdom) - Easyjet annual results (0600 GMT) VIDEO. (+) BERLIN (Germany) - German Foreign Minister Maas and Palestinian counterpart al-Malki hold press conference (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel hosts talks with chief executives of automobile companies (1700 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU agriculture and fisheries ministers hold videoconference FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Euro Finance Week (To 19) PARIS (France) - Trial over Thalys train attack in 2015 PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To December 18) (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Anniversary of a 1973 uprising, with ban on public commemorative gatherings PICTURE. (To 19) (+) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya visits BERLIN (Germany) - EU European affairs ministers meet VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) - Far-right groups organise protest against lockdown VIDEO. TBILISI (Georgia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Georgia VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. (To 18) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Pfizer CEO and top diseases expert Fauci speak about Covid-19 vaccine (1800 GMT) VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - Obama memoir published PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in conversation on the economy (1800 GMT) VANCOUVER (Canada) - US extradition hearings resume for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou (To 27) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Iran's government spokesman Ali Rabiei holds press conference (0930 GMT) VIDEO. ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected at trial of journalist and rights activist Said Boudour ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected in trial of 13 people over a banned anti-government demonstration in Tizi Ouzou Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - Ex-president Zuma testifies before anti-graft judicial panel VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 20) BAMAKO (Mali) - State funeral of former president Amadou Toumani Touré (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. Latin America (*) HONDURAS - Hurricane Iota VIDEO. (To 20) Sports SAINT-DENIS (France) - Football: UEFA Nations League - League A day 6: Group 3 France v Sweden (1945 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. SEVILLE (Spain) - Football: UEFA Nations League - League A day 6: Group 4 Spain v Germany (1945 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: ATP tour 2020 - ATP Finals (To 22) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific SEREMBAN (Malaysia) - Hearing in inquest into death of Franco-Irish teen VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) - President Rajapaksa addresses nation after first year in office (1500 GMT) Europe CZECH REPUBLIC - Partial reopening of primary schools (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) remotely due to Covid isolation order (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. FRANCE - 5G phone networks to go live in France THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Court hearing in Greenpeace case against KLM virus bailout PARIS (France) - EU car registrations data for October (0700 GMT) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Maersk shipping firm quarterly results (0700 GMT) MOSCOW (Russia) - Colleagues of theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov appeal embezzlement conviction (0800 GMT) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's general audience (0830 GMT) PICTURE. PARIS (France) - Appeals court ruling on Spanish extradition request for ex-ETA leader Josu Ternera (1300 GMT) VIDEO. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - US Embassy holds online press conference to launch initiative to support health care services (1300 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Monthly inflation data (1600 GMT) (+) WARSAW (Poland) - Polish women protest near-total abortion ban in front of parliament (1700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Mexico's ex-defense minister Cienfuegos in court on drug-trafficking charges (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (+) TEL AVIV (Israel) - Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdellatif al-Zayani visits DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - US pavilion handover ceremony at Expo 2020 site, with Ambassador John Rakolta (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. TEHRAN (Iran) - Iran weekly cabinet meeting (0730 GMT) Sports LOS ANGELES (United States) - Basketball: NBA draft (+) OUESSANT (France) - Sailing: Cammas and Caudrelier expected to start Trophee Jules-Verne round-the-world yachting race THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Highlights BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit on Covid-19 (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Worldwide WORLD - World Toilet Day Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Booker Prize winners announced VIDEO. THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - UN Court holds online status conference over Ratko Mladic genocide conviction appeal (1300 GMT) ASSISI (Italy) - Pope-organised videoconference "the economy of Francis" (0800 GMT) (To 21) PARIS (France) - 30th anniversary of Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe between NATO and the Communist bloc to end Cold War BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign affairs ministers hold videoconference LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun, suspected of massive fraud, heard by parliamentary committee over Wirecard collapse VIDEO. BRAUNSCHWEIG (Germany) - Trial of Volkswagen over alleged excessive pay for staff representatives LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU Court of Justice ruling on French ban of cannabis e-cigarettes (0830 GMT) (+) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU Court of Justice to rule over glue bird hunting (0830 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - ECB president Christine Lagarde speaks to European Parliament (1000 GMT) ANKARA (Turkey) - Central bank to decide interest rate (1100 GMT) VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel holds an online dialogue with healthcare workers (1300 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1330 GMT) Middle East and North Africa RELIZANE (Algeria) - Activists Abdellah Benaoum and Yacine Khaldi go on trial (+) CAIRO (Egypt) - WHO Eastern Mediterranean holds press conference (0900 GMT) Latin America COLOMBIA - Anti-government protests Sports ZHENGZHOU (China) - Table tennis: World Tour Grand Finals (To 22) PRAGUE (Czech Republic) - Judo: European championships (To 21) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Asia-Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - APEC summit held online (1200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BEIJING (China) - 40th anniversary of 'Gang of Four' trial for treason Europe GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO briefing on Covid-19 (1500 GMT) NUREMBERG (Germany) - President Steinmeier speaks at ceremony for 75th anniversary of start of Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders (1800 GMT) VIDEO. YEREVAN (Armenia) - Armenia to hand control of Aghdam district to Azerbaijan BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU defence ministers hold videoconference VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - European Banking Congress, with opening speech by ECB chief Lagarde North America MIAMI (United States) - Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held online (0100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. QUEBEC CITY (Canada) - Court hearing via video link of suspect over deadly Halloween sword attack WILMINGTON (United States) - President-elect Joe Biden turns 78 PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - G20 foreign ministers videoconference (+) RABAT (Morocco) - Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska visits Morocco SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 Highlights (*) RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - G20 summit held online PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 22) Asia-Pacific TAIPEI (Taiwan) - Taiwan's Golden Horse film awards ceremony, dubbed the 'Chinese Oscars' (1100 GMT) VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - Disneyland reopens its 'Castle of Magical Dreams' after refurbishment (0230 GMT) North America UNITED STATES - US border with Canada due to reopen to non-essential travel VIDEO. Sports AL-RAYYAN (Qatar) - Qatar inaugurates Al-Rayyan World Cup 2022 stadium SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Asia-Pacific (*) HONG KONG (China) - Singapore, Hong Kong launch 'travel bubble' flights (0200 GMT) VIDEO. PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - Anti-government rally held by opposition parties (0500 GMT) (*) TAIPEI (Taiwan) - Protest against lifting of restrictions on US pork containing ractopamine feed additive (0500 GMT) VIDEO. Europe BERLIN (Germany) - 15 years ago, Angela Merkel became first female chancellor of Germany LONDON (United Kingdom) - 30th anniversary of prime minister Margaret Thatcher's resignation VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer on Saint Peter's square (1000 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - World Government Summit (0500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. (To 25) Sub-Saharan Africa (+) DAKAR (Senegal) - Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya visits Senegal BURKINA FASO - Presidential election Latin America SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Gay Pride parade (To 25) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 Highlights AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - International Air Transport Association annual general assembly (To 24) PARIS (France) - Sarkozy becomes first French ex-president to stand trial on corruption charges (1230 GMT) (To December 10) Asia-Pacific WUZHEN (China) - World Internet Conference, where Beijing promotes its concept of controlled internet (To 24) SEREMBAN (Malaysia) - Hearing in inquest into death of Franco-Irish teen VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 27) HONG KONG (China) - Activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam on trial for anti-police protest (To December 1) Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - Gazprom Q3 results (To 30) MONS (Belgium) - Trial for officer who shot two-year-old Kurdish girl during police chase of migrant van (To 24) PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's first edition LONDON (United Kingdom) - Supreme Court hearing about whether to allow 'IS bride' Shamima Begum back to the UK to challenge removal of her UK citizenship (To 24) Middle East and North Africa BAGHDAD (Iraq) - US sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian gas expires (0700 GMT) Latin America HAVANA (Cuba) - Western Union shuts Cuba offices after new US sanctions VIDEO. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong government final appeal over mask ban constitutionality (0100 GMT) (To 25) Europe (+) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Ban on public gatherings of more than eight people comes into force PETROZAVODSK (Russia) - Appeal court hears case of Russian Gulag historian after child sex abuse conviction WARSAW (Poland) - CFO Strategy & Innovation virtual summit WIESBADEN (Germany) - GDP Q3 update (0700 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Family of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi appeal against his conviction (1000 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Compass Full Year Results 2020 (1000 GMT) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial in absentia resumes of 20 Saudi suspects over murder of dissident journalist Khashoggi (1400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - FinTech Abu Dhabi (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 26) Sub-Saharan Africa HARARE (Zimbabwe) - Trial opens of ex-vice chancellor of University of Zimbabwe for granting Grace Mugabe 'fake' PhD Sports Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4 (To 25) RENNES (France) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group E Rennes (FRA) v Chelsea (ENG) (1755 GMT) KIEV (Ukraine) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group G Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Barcelona (ESP) (2000 GMT) (To 25) MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group H Manchester United (ENG) v Büyüksehir Bld. Spor (TUR) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. PARIS (France) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group H Paris SG (FRA) v RB Leipzig (GER) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - 50th anniversary of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima's death in a ritual suicide HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong leader expected to make delayed policy address following Beijing visit (0200 GMT) Europe (*) KALBAJAR (Azerbaijan) - Armenia hands control to Azerbaijan of Kalbajar district VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected in appeal trial of Berber activist on charges of 'insulting Islam' afp
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