Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 22, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL - Parties to sign agreement on unblocking Ukrainian grain exports, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UN chief Antonio Guterres, delegations from Kyiv and Moscow attending ceremony.

ITALY

ROME - Monitoring developments after parliament was dissolved, early elections were called following Prime Minister Mario Draghi's resignation.

SRI LANKA

COLOMBO - Following latest developments related to Sri Lanka after new president was appointed to replace predecessor who fled country amid protests.

UKRAINE

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to hold virtual meeting with economic team on progress towards lowering gas prices in US.

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump to hold 'Save America' rally in Arizona.

WASHINGTON - President Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to speak at Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

EGYPT

CAIRO - President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to pay official visit to Paris.

TUNISIA, MOROCCO

TUNIS, RABAT - Monitoring latest developments related to forest fires in Tunisia and Morocco.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Palestinian activists to stage anti-settlement protests in different parts of occupied West Bank.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON - UK's Office for National Statistics to announce retail sales for June.

MOSCOW - Russian Central Bank to announce interest rate decision.

SPORTS

CASTELNAU-MAGNOAC, France - Following stage 19 of Tour de France from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors.

SPECIAL REPORT

The Muslims who defended Poland

By Jo Harper

WARSAW, Poland (AA) - In Warsaw, the imposing Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East shows a pile of religious symbols – Catholic and Orthodox crosses as well as Jewish and Muslim symbols – on a railway flatcar set on tracks.