Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 3, 2022

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

The death toll from a stampede and riot at a football game in Indonesia rose to 174, a government official said Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid confirmed that Tel Aviv had received a US proposal for maritime border demarcation with Lebanon.

The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of Irit Lillian as Israel's new ambassador to Türkiye.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday submitted to parliament a draft constitutional law on the admission of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to the Russian Federation, state media reported.

Ukraine's application to join NATO is not a "fundamental issue at the moment," said the EU's foreign policy chief.

Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan hosted her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Istanbul amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

As polling stations closed at the end of Bulgaria's early general elections, the party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov appeared poised to take first place, according to unofficial results.

Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin met with US White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Istanbul.

Polls in Brazil closed as the country held elections to choose a new president, with the Supreme Electoral Court announcing that vote counting has begun.