Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

BITLIS - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremonies to mark 951st anniversary of Victory of Malazgirt.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit military training facility in Oldenburg, where Ukrainian soldiers are receiving training from German experts.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - End of mandate press conference by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to be followed.

UK

LONDON - Home Office to release quarterly immigration statistics.

NORWICH - Conservative Party leadership race to continue with Norwich debate.

UKRAINE

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

US

WASHINGTON - US Justice Department faces noon deadline to file redacted version of search warrant affidavit that led to FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

UNITED NATIONS - UN Security Council to discuss Israel-Palestine situation.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to share road motor vehicles figures for July.

BERLIN - Destatis to announce Germany's 2nd quarter GDP growth final reading.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal capacity utilization rate for manufacturing sector in August.

MUNICH - Research institution Ifo Institute for Economic Research to announce Germany’s Business Climate Index for August.

WASHINGTON - US Commerce Department to announce 2nd quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth final reading.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League's group stage draws, announcements of Player of the Year, Coach of the Year to be held.

ISTANBUL/SIVAS - In playoff round of UEFA Europa League, Fenerbahce to host Austria Wien while Demir Grup Sivasspor to host Malmo.

ANTWERP - In return game of UEFA European Conference League playoffs, Medipol Basaksehir to face Belgium's Antwerp.

SPECIAL REPORT

Türkiye-Israel cooperation may fulfil energy demands in West: Expert

By Rabia Iclal Turan

ISTANBUL (AA) - Energy cooperation will be one of the basis of the rapprochement between Israel and Türkiye, said an expert as the two countries last week agreed on restoring full diplomatic ties and reappointing ambassadors.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Growing propaganda against Rohingya to halt repatriation effort’

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA)-Human rights experts speak for a social cohesion in Bangladesh refugee camps for holding live opportunities of sharing thoughts, culture and plights between Rohingya and host community amid a growing propaganda against the persecuted Muslims.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rohingya youths learning English to keep hope alive

By Md. Kamruzzaman

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) - It was five years back. Mobarak Ali, a Rohingya teenager of nearly 15 years old at the time, fled a brutal military crackdown in the home country of Myanmar’s Rakhine state with thousands of others.

SPECIAL REPORT

Frustrated Rohingya desperate to move to third countries

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The ‘no progress’ of Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar has caused a growing frustration among the persecuted Muslims that often push them to join deadly sea voyages in search of better living in third countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

Hot weather, low rainfall dry up farmers' profits in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Md Fazlu Mia had been waiting for days to get his share of water from the Teesta Barrage Irrigation Project as weeks had passed and the monsoon season was yet to bring enough rain so he could transplant rice seedlings into puddled and leveled fields.