Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UK

LONDON - King Charles III, queen consort to travel to London from Balmoral estate, where Queen Elizabeth II died.

LONDON - Ceremonial gun salutes expected at Hyde Park and Tower Hill, national minute of silence to be observed.

LONDON - House of Commons to convene at midday to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Thursday.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Emergency meeting of EU energy ministers on market reform, consumer protection.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet European Council President Charles Michel for talks on energy crisis, war in Ukraine.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks at groundbreaking of semiconductor manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio.

WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris to speak with astronauts who are on International Space Station. Later she will chair her second National Space Council meeting.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Following developments as record-breaking floods cause massive destruction, killing more than 1,160 people, impacting over 33 million since mid-June.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Following 3-day governor elections in 9 regions.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia's war on Ukraine, sanctions, peace efforts, Istanbul grain shipment deal, related developments.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Turkish president's policy towards Israel constructive, moving in right direction'

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policy towards Israel is "constructive and moving in the right direction," a former US envoy and senior researcher at the Atlantic Council told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Floods-ravaged Pakistan braces for secondary disasters

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - As floodwaters have started receding from various inundated areas across Pakistan, the country is bracing for a string of secondary disasters, which, experts warn, could be "more disastrous and lingering."

SPECIAL REPORT

Cattle is new currency amid inflation in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

MBERENGWA, Zimbabwe (AA) - Thirty years ago, 64-year-old Benito Zhou, a communal farmer in Mberengwa district in Zimbabwe's Midlands province, started investing in cattle even as the animals were dying due to a menacing drought.