Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's parliamentary group meeting, chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to separately receive ambassadors of Rwanda, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Portugal, Kazakhstan and Cuba.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Labor Force Statistics (Unemployment Rate) for October 2018, and Turnover Indices for November 2018.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce Central Government Budget Balance Table for December 2018.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Security personnel at Germany’s eight major airports to stage warning strikes amid ongoing dispute over pay rise.

UK

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to seek approval from House of Commons for her Brexit deal in key vote.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa.

MOSCOW - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

Crunch time for Brexit as lawmakers prepare to vote

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking much needed approval from the House of Commons for her European Union withdrawal agreement in a historical vote to be held Tuesday evening.