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బడ్జెట్ 2019
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2019-02-01 15:42:31
ఎన్నికల బడ్జెట్
2019-02-01 15:42:31
ఎన్నికల బడ్జెట్
పీయూష్ గోయల్ బడ్జెట్ ప్రసంగం పూర్తి. లోక్సభ సోమవారానికి వాయిదా. బడ్జెట్పై కేంద్ర మంత్రుల హర్షం.
AP TELEVISION 1700GMT OUTLOOK FOR 31 JANUARY 2019
Here are the stories AP Television aims to cover over the next 12 hours. All times in GMT.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
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VENEZEUAL GUAIDO - Venezuela's Guaido present at opposition 'National Plan' forum. STORY NUMBER 4193811
US CHICAGO LAKE - Chicago braces for cold even as temperatures rise. STORY NUMBER 4193804
SOUTH SUDAN EBOLA - WHO starts vaccinations to stop Ebola reaching S Sudan. STORY NUMBER 4193803
ITALY MIGRANTS 4 - Save The Children reax as Sea Watch migrants land. STORY NUMBER 4193796
GERMANY SNOW - Travel disrupted by heavy snowfalls in Cologne. STORY NUMBER 4193782
ITALY GOLD SEIZURE - Police dog sniffs out haul of gold and cash in Italy. STORY NUMBER 4193786
EU IRAN SANCTIONS - Mogherini, Belgian FM on EU proposal on Iran. STORY NUMBER 4193768
CHINA PANDAS - Baby pandas send new year congratulations. STORY NUMBER 4193747
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TOP STORIES
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EU IRAN ANNOUNCEMENT - The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday said there would be a joint formal announcement of the establishment of a financing mechanism that would allow EU governments and businesses to continue to trade with Iran despite US sanctions (a "special purpose vehicle", or SPV) later Thursday by FMs of France, Germany and the UK.
::Edit expected
US WINTER WEATHER – The painfully cold weather system that put much of the Midwest into a historic deep freeze was expected to ease Thursday, though temperatures still tumbled to record lows in some places.
::Edits available, covering and accessing the latest
VENEZUELA POLITICAL CRISIS – Continued coverage as tensions grow between embattled president Nicolas Maduro and the opposition led by self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido.
::Edits available, covering developments
Pro government demonstration in Caracas
:: TBC/Time TBA
:: Live via VTV
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EUROPE/AFRICA
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FRANCE CANADIAN - Expecting verdict in a rape case brought against two French police officers, charges alleged by a Canadian tourist who says they raped her in a central police station five years ago. The woman might be there to hear the verdict.
::Accessing edit on merit
GERMANY MERKEL - German chancellor Angela Merkel meets the heads of German states.
::1400GMT – Meeting followed by press briefing. Self cover on merit.
UK ROYALS - Duchess of Sussex attends a Commonwealth Universities event.
::Accessing edit.
UK WEATHER - A yellow weather warning has been issued as up to 10cm of snow is possible in places with 2-5cm expected across the country the Met Office says.
::Monitoring
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MIDDLE EAST
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SYRIA FIGHTING - Following developments as area controlled by IS shrinks to a couple of villages in the east under SDF pressure
::Monitoring
YEMEN CEASEFIRE - Monitoring situation as ceasefire seems to unsolidify
::Monitoring
SUDAN UNREST - Monitoring protests against Omar Bashir's government
::Monitoring
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AMERICAS
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NORTHAM
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US CHINA TRADE TALKS - U.S. and Chinese negotiators are holding high-level talks aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the global economy.
::Edit on merit
US SANDERS TRUMP - WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tells Christian Broadcasting Network Wednesday that God wanted Donald to be president.
::Edit on merit
US PELOSI NEWS CONF - Weekly news conference with Speaker Pelosi.
::Edit on merit
US PENCE DEA - VP Pence visits meets with DEA officials about border operations (closed) and speaks to DEA employees.
::Edit on merit
US TRUMP AFGHANISTAN - As the Trump administration pushes for peace in Afghanistan, a new U.S. watchdog report says Afghan security forces are shrinking, gaps in security are growing, and the Taliban are largely holding their own despite a surge in American bombing.
::Edit on merit
US SUPER BOWL ADS PREVIEW – A look at some of the ads that will air during Super Bowl LIII, and analysis from an Emory University professor who has studied Super Bowl ads.
US SUPER BOWL-NFL CHOIR - Austin Carr is one of the current players who are members of the NFL Choir, which will perform in Atlanta as part of the annual Super Bowl Gospel celebration. The Saints receiver said his participation stems from him performing as a youngster in the youth choir at church on Sundays growing up in California.
::Edit on merit
US SUPER BOWL-LOS ANGELES STADIUM - A first look, through virtual reality, of Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the new home of the Los Angeles Rams, which will host Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
US SUPER BOWL-TRAVEL - Monitoring air travel and mass transit as fans arrive in Atlanta for Super Bowl Weekend.
US 2020 BROWN - Potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender Sherrod Brown takes his "dignity of work" message to Iowa, meeting with Democrats in Cresco.
Edit on merit
US CALIFORNIA SNOW SURVEY - California officials will measure the Sierra Nevada's snowpack for the second time this year. Monitoring/Access on merit
US GATES - Interview with Bill and Melinda Gates about their annual letter and other topics.
::Edit
LATAM
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BRAZIL DAM COLLAPSE - An environmental group plans to conduct tests on the water and mud in 20 points around the site of a dam collapse in Brazil that left dozens dead and could have long-term ecological impact. While the company that owns and operated the mine, Vale SA, says the waste from the iron-ore mine was not toxic, environmental groups say most likely it is laden with dangerous metals. An Associated Press crew will go with the group, SOS Mata Atlantica, which could have preliminary results by late Wednesday.
BRAZIL INDIGENOUS PROTEST - Indigenous peoples will gather in various cities of Brazil to protest against government's policies toward protect land and the environment.
::2100gmt, on merit
CUBA CANADIAN DIPLOMATS - Canada announced Wednesday it is removing up to half of the Canadians at its embassy in Cuba after another diplomat was found to have fallen mysteriously ill. Canada has confirmed 14 cases of mysterious health problems since early 2017. Twenty-six American embassy workers in Cuba have also been affected, suffering a range of symptoms and diagnoses including mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion.
EL SALVADOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - Nayib Bukele, the favorite to win the presidential election in El Salvador this Sunday outlines his plans to face gangs, corruption and migration. AP interview.
FRIDAY PLANNING
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ASIA
-----------------------------------------------------
SKOREA NKOREA HIDDEN CHRISTIANS - North Korea bans genuine religious freedom, and its Christians cannot openly maintain their beliefs.
::Defectors interviewed by AP say they often kept their faith individually or only within direct families.
::But some North Korean Christians evangelized or revealed their faith in prison even as they faced death.
::Expect by 0100G
PAKISTAN PROTEST - Pakistan's radical Islamic groups call for nationwide protest after the country's top court upheld the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted for blasphemy.
::1030G - Protest starts. Covering in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi
::1100G-1200G. Covering live in Karachi
CHINA NEW YEAR TRAVEL - More than 1-million people are expected to crowd Beijing's railway stations on a peak travel day for next week's Lunar New Year holiday.
::Nationwide, an estimated 3-billion passengers will flood public transport during the annual Spring Festival travel rush.
::0200G – Covering at railway station. Covering live, edit to follow
SKOREA SEX SLAVE FUNERAL - Funeral procession for South Korean woman who was forced as a girl into a brothel and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during World War II, stops by at the Japanese embassy in Seoul before heading to the burial site.
::Kim Bok-dong who died Monday, had been a vocal leader at the rallies that have been held every Wednesday in Seoul for nearly 30 years.
::She was 92.
::From approx 0020G- Procession. Covering live, edit to follow
THAILAND PRAYUTH PRESSER -Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha holds press conference about government's achievements.
::0200G – Presser. Covering live, edit to follow
AUSTRALIA BAHRAIN REFUGEE - Human rights groups, politicians, and Australian football personalities gather in Sydney and in Melbourne to support Bahrain football player detained in Thailand.
::Hakeem Al-Araibi, a former Bahraini team player who says he fled political repression, was detained in November on arrival in Bangkok on a holiday.
::He was granted asylum by Australia in 2017, but Bahrain wants him extradited. He had been sentenced there in absentia in 2014 to 10 years in prison for vandalizing a police station, which he denies.
::Timings TBC. Accessing for News and SNTV
AUSTRALIA CLIMATE - January is confirmed to have been one of Australia's hottest Januaries on record as the summer of heatwaves and wildfires continues.
::Checking for uppick. TBC
INDIA BUDGET - India's federal budget will be presented in parliament, the last by Prime minister Narendra Modi's government ahead of national elections due in April/May.
::0530G- Budget session begins. Accessing live, covering reax. Edit to follow
MYANMAR JOURNALISTS - Lawyers for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, file an appeal to the country's supreme court.
::This comes after a high court judge rejected their appeal in January.
::Meanwhile, a police officer who testified during the case that he was ordered to help entrap the two journalists and had been sent to prison as punishment under police regulations is scheduled to be released
::0330G – Lawyers file appeal at Naypyitaw supreme court. Covering outside court
::Timing of release of police from Yangon prison is TBC. Covering outside prison
-----------------------------------------------------
EUROPE/AFRICA
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UK BREXIT _Covering developments after a key member of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's government acknowledged that Britain's exit from the European Union may have to be delayed if negotiations on the divorce deal drag on until late March.
::1000GMT - International Trade Secretary makes a speech on Britain's position in the global trading system. Accessing.
SPAIN CATALONIA _Protesters are expected to line the streets as nine high-profile Catalan separatists who have spent over a year in pre-trial jail for their part in Catalonia's illegal - and unsuccessful - declaration of independence in October 2017 after holding a banned referendum are transferred from Barcelona to Madrid where they will go on trial next week.
Barcelona
::0700GMT – Expecting the separatists to leave prison. Edited self cover outside prison.
::Separatists are expected to be transported in unmarked cars to another location in Barcelona and from there to a van to Madrid
Madrid
::TBA – Arrival in Madrid's prison. Edited self cover
::1100GMT - Spanish cabinet holds weekly meeting, followed by government spokesperson's briefing. Accessing on merit.
NETHERLANDS ICC IVC _ International Criminal Court appeals judges hold a hearing to discuss whether to release Ivory Coast's former president pending the appeal against his acquittal.
::0830GMT – Court session begins. Accessing live. Edit to follow
::Following Friday's hearing the ICC will order Gbagbo and Ble Goude's provisional release (under conditions intended to ensure they show up for appeals hearings).
ROMANIA EU FMs _Second of two-day informal EU foreign ministers meeting.
::0715GMT – Arrivals. Accessing live. Edits to follow (EbS+)
::0900GMT – Family photo, roundtable. Accessing live. Edits to follow (EbS+)
::1100GMT – News conference by EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu . Accessing live. Edits to follow
GERMANY ARMENIA_ German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
::1100 GMT - Arrival with honor guard. Edited coverage. Covering live. Live U quality. Edit to follow.
::1215 GMT - News conference. Covering live. Live U quality. Edit to follow.
SWITZ UN EBOLA _ Two top officials at World Health Organization brief reporters about latest on Ebola in Congo as the outbreak hits the six-month mark.
::0900GMT – Briefing. Edited self cover.
BRITAIN WEATHER _Warnings for widespread snow and ice have been issued for Wales and most of England on Thursday and Friday, taking effect from 3pm on Thursday until midday on Friday.
::Accessing edits on merit
UK ROYALS _ Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit Bristol.
::Accessing edits.
FRANCE FUNERAL _Funeral for Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and the song "The Windmills of Your Mind," who died at age 86.
::1030GMT – Begins. No access inside. Covering outside arrivals. Edited self cover.
-----------------------------------------------------
MIDDLE EAST
-----------------------------------------------------
SYRIA FIGHTING - Following developments as area controlled by IS shrinks to a couple of villages in the east under SDF pressure
::Monitoring
YEMEN CEASEFIRE - Monitoring ceasefire situation in Hodeida and elsewhere
SUDAN UNREST - Monitoring protests against Omar Bashir's government
IRAQ FOREIGN WORKERS - Foreign workers from the Far East, who make up a substantial part of the labour force in Iraq's Kurdish region, gather every Friday in the central park of Sulaymaniyah for relaxing and cooking food
::ETA 17G
IRAN KHOMEINI FAMILY - Ayatollah Khomeini's family largely shunted by Iran politics
::Edit expected
GAZA VIOLENCE — Monitoring events at Gaza-Israel border following Friday prayers
:: LIVE ex Hamas-affiliate Al Aqsa TV. Usually starts at 1330GMT.
:: Self-cover on merit
IRAQ FRIDAY PRAYERS — Friday prayers in Karbala attended by representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who may comment on latest developments in Iraq
:: Baghdad uppicking on merit. SD. NOT POOL.
ENDS//
Here are the stories AP Television aims to cover over the next 12 hours. All times in GMT.
==============
EDITOR'S PICKS
==============
VENEZEUAL GUAIDO - Venezuela's Guaido present at opposition 'National Plan' forum. STORY NUMBER 4193811
US CHICAGO LAKE - Chicago braces for cold even as temperatures rise. STORY NUMBER 4193804
SOUTH SUDAN EBOLA - WHO starts vaccinations to stop Ebola reaching S Sudan. STORY NUMBER 4193803
ITALY MIGRANTS 4 - Save The Children reax as Sea Watch migrants land. STORY NUMBER 4193796
GERMANY SNOW - Travel disrupted by heavy snowfalls in Cologne. STORY NUMBER 4193782
ITALY GOLD SEIZURE - Police dog sniffs out haul of gold and cash in Italy. STORY NUMBER 4193786
EU IRAN SANCTIONS - Mogherini, Belgian FM on EU proposal on Iran. STORY NUMBER 4193768
CHINA PANDAS - Baby pandas send new year congratulations. STORY NUMBER 4193747
---------------------------
TOP STORIES
---------------------------
EU IRAN ANNOUNCEMENT - The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday said there would be a joint formal announcement of the establishment of a financing mechanism that would allow EU governments and businesses to continue to trade with Iran despite US sanctions (a "special purpose vehicle", or SPV) later Thursday by FMs of France, Germany and the UK.
::Edit expected
US WINTER WEATHER – The painfully cold weather system that put much of the Midwest into a historic deep freeze was expected to ease Thursday, though temperatures still tumbled to record lows in some places.
::Edits available, covering and accessing the latest
VENEZUELA POLITICAL CRISIS – Continued coverage as tensions grow between embattled president Nicolas Maduro and the opposition led by self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido.
::Edits available, covering developments
Pro government demonstration in Caracas
:: TBC/Time TBA
:: Live via VTV
-----------------------------------------------------
EUROPE/AFRICA
-----------------------------------------------------
FRANCE CANADIAN - Expecting verdict in a rape case brought against two French police officers, charges alleged by a Canadian tourist who says they raped her in a central police station five years ago. The woman might be there to hear the verdict.
::Accessing edit on merit
GERMANY MERKEL - German chancellor Angela Merkel meets the heads of German states.
::1400GMT – Meeting followed by press briefing. Self cover on merit.
UK ROYALS - Duchess of Sussex attends a Commonwealth Universities event.
::Accessing edit.
UK WEATHER - A yellow weather warning has been issued as up to 10cm of snow is possible in places with 2-5cm expected across the country the Met Office says.
::Monitoring
-----------------------------------------------------
MIDDLE EAST
-----------------------------------------------------
SYRIA FIGHTING - Following developments as area controlled by IS shrinks to a couple of villages in the east under SDF pressure
::Monitoring
YEMEN CEASEFIRE - Monitoring situation as ceasefire seems to unsolidify
::Monitoring
SUDAN UNREST - Monitoring protests against Omar Bashir's government
::Monitoring
-----------------------------------------------------
AMERICAS
-----------------------------------------------------
NORTHAM
--------
US CHINA TRADE TALKS - U.S. and Chinese negotiators are holding high-level talks aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the global economy.
::Edit on merit
US SANDERS TRUMP - WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tells Christian Broadcasting Network Wednesday that God wanted Donald to be president.
::Edit on merit
US PELOSI NEWS CONF - Weekly news conference with Speaker Pelosi.
::Edit on merit
US PENCE DEA - VP Pence visits meets with DEA officials about border operations (closed) and speaks to DEA employees.
::Edit on merit
US TRUMP AFGHANISTAN - As the Trump administration pushes for peace in Afghanistan, a new U.S. watchdog report says Afghan security forces are shrinking, gaps in security are growing, and the Taliban are largely holding their own despite a surge in American bombing.
::Edit on merit
US SUPER BOWL ADS PREVIEW – A look at some of the ads that will air during Super Bowl LIII, and analysis from an Emory University professor who has studied Super Bowl ads.
US SUPER BOWL-NFL CHOIR - Austin Carr is one of the current players who are members of the NFL Choir, which will perform in Atlanta as part of the annual Super Bowl Gospel celebration. The Saints receiver said his participation stems from him performing as a youngster in the youth choir at church on Sundays growing up in California.
::Edit on merit
US SUPER BOWL-LOS ANGELES STADIUM - A first look, through virtual reality, of Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the new home of the Los Angeles Rams, which will host Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
US SUPER BOWL-TRAVEL - Monitoring air travel and mass transit as fans arrive in Atlanta for Super Bowl Weekend.
US 2020 BROWN - Potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender Sherrod Brown takes his "dignity of work" message to Iowa, meeting with Democrats in Cresco.
Edit on merit
US CALIFORNIA SNOW SURVEY - California officials will measure the Sierra Nevada's snowpack for the second time this year. Monitoring/Access on merit
US GATES - Interview with Bill and Melinda Gates about their annual letter and other topics.
::Edit
LATAM
--------
BRAZIL DAM COLLAPSE - An environmental group plans to conduct tests on the water and mud in 20 points around the site of a dam collapse in Brazil that left dozens dead and could have long-term ecological impact. While the company that owns and operated the mine, Vale SA, says the waste from the iron-ore mine was not toxic, environmental groups say most likely it is laden with dangerous metals. An Associated Press crew will go with the group, SOS Mata Atlantica, which could have preliminary results by late Wednesday.
BRAZIL INDIGENOUS PROTEST - Indigenous peoples will gather in various cities of Brazil to protest against government's policies toward protect land and the environment.
::2100gmt, on merit
CUBA CANADIAN DIPLOMATS - Canada announced Wednesday it is removing up to half of the Canadians at its embassy in Cuba after another diplomat was found to have fallen mysteriously ill. Canada has confirmed 14 cases of mysterious health problems since early 2017. Twenty-six American embassy workers in Cuba have also been affected, suffering a range of symptoms and diagnoses including mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion.
EL SALVADOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - Nayib Bukele, the favorite to win the presidential election in El Salvador this Sunday outlines his plans to face gangs, corruption and migration. AP interview.
FRIDAY PLANNING
-----------------------------------------------------
ASIA
-----------------------------------------------------
SKOREA NKOREA HIDDEN CHRISTIANS - North Korea bans genuine religious freedom, and its Christians cannot openly maintain their beliefs.
::Defectors interviewed by AP say they often kept their faith individually or only within direct families.
::But some North Korean Christians evangelized or revealed their faith in prison even as they faced death.
::Expect by 0100G
PAKISTAN PROTEST - Pakistan's radical Islamic groups call for nationwide protest after the country's top court upheld the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted for blasphemy.
::1030G - Protest starts. Covering in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi
::1100G-1200G. Covering live in Karachi
CHINA NEW YEAR TRAVEL - More than 1-million people are expected to crowd Beijing's railway stations on a peak travel day for next week's Lunar New Year holiday.
::Nationwide, an estimated 3-billion passengers will flood public transport during the annual Spring Festival travel rush.
::0200G – Covering at railway station. Covering live, edit to follow
SKOREA SEX SLAVE FUNERAL - Funeral procession for South Korean woman who was forced as a girl into a brothel and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during World War II, stops by at the Japanese embassy in Seoul before heading to the burial site.
::Kim Bok-dong who died Monday, had been a vocal leader at the rallies that have been held every Wednesday in Seoul for nearly 30 years.
::She was 92.
::From approx 0020G- Procession. Covering live, edit to follow
THAILAND PRAYUTH PRESSER -Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha holds press conference about government's achievements.
::0200G – Presser. Covering live, edit to follow
AUSTRALIA BAHRAIN REFUGEE - Human rights groups, politicians, and Australian football personalities gather in Sydney and in Melbourne to support Bahrain football player detained in Thailand.
::Hakeem Al-Araibi, a former Bahraini team player who says he fled political repression, was detained in November on arrival in Bangkok on a holiday.
::He was granted asylum by Australia in 2017, but Bahrain wants him extradited. He had been sentenced there in absentia in 2014 to 10 years in prison for vandalizing a police station, which he denies.
::Timings TBC. Accessing for News and SNTV
AUSTRALIA CLIMATE - January is confirmed to have been one of Australia's hottest Januaries on record as the summer of heatwaves and wildfires continues.
::Checking for uppick. TBC
INDIA BUDGET - India's federal budget will be presented in parliament, the last by Prime minister Narendra Modi's government ahead of national elections due in April/May.
::0530G- Budget session begins. Accessing live, covering reax. Edit to follow
MYANMAR JOURNALISTS - Lawyers for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, file an appeal to the country's supreme court.
::This comes after a high court judge rejected their appeal in January.
::Meanwhile, a police officer who testified during the case that he was ordered to help entrap the two journalists and had been sent to prison as punishment under police regulations is scheduled to be released
::0330G – Lawyers file appeal at Naypyitaw supreme court. Covering outside court
::Timing of release of police from Yangon prison is TBC. Covering outside prison
-----------------------------------------------------
EUROPE/AFRICA
-----------------------------------------------------
UK BREXIT _Covering developments after a key member of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's government acknowledged that Britain's exit from the European Union may have to be delayed if negotiations on the divorce deal drag on until late March.
::1000GMT - International Trade Secretary makes a speech on Britain's position in the global trading system. Accessing.
SPAIN CATALONIA _Protesters are expected to line the streets as nine high-profile Catalan separatists who have spent over a year in pre-trial jail for their part in Catalonia's illegal - and unsuccessful - declaration of independence in October 2017 after holding a banned referendum are transferred from Barcelona to Madrid where they will go on trial next week.
Barcelona
::0700GMT – Expecting the separatists to leave prison. Edited self cover outside prison.
::Separatists are expected to be transported in unmarked cars to another location in Barcelona and from there to a van to Madrid
Madrid
::TBA – Arrival in Madrid's prison. Edited self cover
::1100GMT - Spanish cabinet holds weekly meeting, followed by government spokesperson's briefing. Accessing on merit.
NETHERLANDS ICC IVC _ International Criminal Court appeals judges hold a hearing to discuss whether to release Ivory Coast's former president pending the appeal against his acquittal.
::0830GMT – Court session begins. Accessing live. Edit to follow
::Following Friday's hearing the ICC will order Gbagbo and Ble Goude's provisional release (under conditions intended to ensure they show up for appeals hearings).
ROMANIA EU FMs _Second of two-day informal EU foreign ministers meeting.
::0715GMT – Arrivals. Accessing live. Edits to follow (EbS+)
::0900GMT – Family photo, roundtable. Accessing live. Edits to follow (EbS+)
::1100GMT – News conference by EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu . Accessing live. Edits to follow
GERMANY ARMENIA_ German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
::1100 GMT - Arrival with honor guard. Edited coverage. Covering live. Live U quality. Edit to follow.
::1215 GMT - News conference. Covering live. Live U quality. Edit to follow.
SWITZ UN EBOLA _ Two top officials at World Health Organization brief reporters about latest on Ebola in Congo as the outbreak hits the six-month mark.
::0900GMT – Briefing. Edited self cover.
BRITAIN WEATHER _Warnings for widespread snow and ice have been issued for Wales and most of England on Thursday and Friday, taking effect from 3pm on Thursday until midday on Friday.
::Accessing edits on merit
UK ROYALS _ Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit Bristol.
::Accessing edits.
FRANCE FUNERAL _Funeral for Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and the song "The Windmills of Your Mind," who died at age 86.
::1030GMT – Begins. No access inside. Covering outside arrivals. Edited self cover.
-----------------------------------------------------
MIDDLE EAST
-----------------------------------------------------
SYRIA FIGHTING - Following developments as area controlled by IS shrinks to a couple of villages in the east under SDF pressure
::Monitoring
YEMEN CEASEFIRE - Monitoring ceasefire situation in Hodeida and elsewhere
SUDAN UNREST - Monitoring protests against Omar Bashir's government
IRAQ FOREIGN WORKERS - Foreign workers from the Far East, who make up a substantial part of the labour force in Iraq's Kurdish region, gather every Friday in the central park of Sulaymaniyah for relaxing and cooking food
::ETA 17G
IRAN KHOMEINI FAMILY - Ayatollah Khomeini's family largely shunted by Iran politics
::Edit expected
GAZA VIOLENCE — Monitoring events at Gaza-Israel border following Friday prayers
:: LIVE ex Hamas-affiliate Al Aqsa TV. Usually starts at 1330GMT.
:: Self-cover on merit
IRAQ FRIDAY PRAYERS — Friday prayers in Karbala attended by representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who may comment on latest developments in Iraq
:: Baghdad uppicking on merit. SD. NOT POOL.
ENDS//
