ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's parliamentary group meeting, chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to separately receive ambassadors of Rwanda, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Portugal, Kazakhstan and Cuba.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release Labor Force Statistics (Unemployment Rate) for October 2018, and Turnover Indices for November 2018.
ANKARA – Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce Central Government Budget Balance Table for December 2018.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Security personnel at Germany’s eight major airports to stage warning strikes amid ongoing dispute over pay rise.
UK
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to seek approval from House of Commons for her Brexit deal in key vote.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa.
MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
Crunch time for Brexit as lawmakers prepare to vote
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking much needed approval from the House of Commons for her European Union withdrawal agreement in a historical vote to be held Tuesday evening.
