Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Nov. 2, 2022

By Merve Berker

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Voting began Tuesday morning in Israel’s fifth election in less than four years.

In the wake of Russia’s suspension of the Black Sea grain deal, the Turkish national defense minister on Tuesday stressed the importance of implementing the initiative in separate phone calls with Ukrainian ministers.

Turkish forces “neutralized” a ringleader of the YPG/PKK terrorist group in northern Syria, security sources said Tuesday.

Air raid alerts were declared Tuesday all over Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, said local authorities.

Dozens of people are missing after a boat reportedly carrying around 70 migrants sank in the Aegean Sea overnight, Greek authorities said Tuesday.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said Tuesday that 87,000 of 300,000 reservists have already been sent to the combat zone in Ukraine.

Algeria and France have resolved to mend strained relations, which hit a new low last year, but it remains to be seen whether the steps taken by both countries can turn the page on the past.

The Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday expressed hope over the renewing of the UN-led grain deal.

The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia's intelligence service has information about London's involvement in the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Tuesday that Russia will continue dialogue with the UN and Türkiye on the resumption of the grain deal.

Türkiye's president approved agreements with eight nations in various fields, including trade and security, according to a notice published Tuesday in the country's Official Gazette.

Ankara expects Germany to return to its neutral stance on Türkiye-Greece relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday.

Türkiye will continue to take necessary initiatives with all parties to solve problems related to the implementation of the grain export deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The Turkish parliament on Tuesday extended for one year the deployment of troops sent to Azerbaijan in the wake of a 2020 conflict with neighboring Armenia over the Karabakh region.

The number of people in Iran who have been killed in nationwide protests over the death of a young woman in police custody has risen to 253, a Norwegian-based NGO said Tuesday.

The Turkish defense minister said Tuesday that Ankara is in contact with both Russia and Ukraine to address their concerns following Moscow’s recent suspension of the Istanbul grain deal.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro spoke for the first time Tuesday since his defeat in runoff elections, promising to comply with the country’s Constitution without directly mentioning his loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.