ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event marking 174th anniversary of foundation of Turkish Police Force, take part in inauguration ceremony of new headquarters of Police Special Operations.
ANKARA – Erdogan to chair meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s top decision-making body.
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak to announce new set of structural reforms for 2019.
THE NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold meeting with Dutch and Turkish businesspeople.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Leaders of EU member states meet to discuss possible Brexit extension for UK.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to respond questions at parliament before heading to Brussels to attend special EU leaders summit on Brexit.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to questions at parliament before flying to Brussels to meet European Council President Donald Tusk and attend emergency Brexit summit.
US
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Review of FY2020 State Department budget request.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Turkish, Russian, Iranian lawmakers to meet to discuss Syria crisis.
ISRAEL
TEL AVIV – Monitoring results from Tuesday’s general elections.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Monitoring developments after Khalifa Haftar, commanding forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government, launched campaign to capture capital Tripoli, where UN-backed unity government is headquartered.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
UK Muslims call for action against rising Islamophobia
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) – Muslims are calling for action from Downing Street after a nearly 600% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in the UK following the New Zealand terrorist attacks.
