Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend parliamentary group meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, combatant commanders at White House.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson to respond to questions from lawmakers.

LONDON - Lawmakers to discuss Lords' amendments to Nationality and Borders Bill.

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Assange to appear in court as part of extradition proceedings.

FRANCE

PARIS - Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to hold debate ahead of 2nd round of presidential election to be held on April 24.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to visit Kyiv.

KYIV - Following Russia’s war on Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, and related international developments.

FINLAND

HELSINKI - Finnish parliament to debate joining NATO.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Institute (Eurostat) to announce industrial production, trade balance for February.

ANKARA - TurkPatent to release trademark, patent and design statistics for 1st quarter.

ANKARA - Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce central government’s debt figures for March.

SPORTS

PIRAEUS / MADRID - Olympiacos Piraeus to take on AS Monaco; Real Madrid to play against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in EuroLeague playoffs.

LONDON - Chelsea to face Arsenal in English Premier League derby.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rabiye Kurnaz vs George W. Bush, a tragicomedy on Guantanamo

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - An award-winning film telling the story of the Turkish-German mother of a survivor of the US’ notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp this month hit Turkish theaters as part of the Istanbul Film Festival.

SPECIAL REPORT

Forest fires alarm environmentalists in India as heat waves persist

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - As India reels under severely hot weather conditions, the country's environmentalists are worried by reports of forest fires in various states.