Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Aug. 26, 2022

By Vakkas Dogantekin

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved an historic regulation that will require 35% of all new vehicles sold in the state to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2026 and 100% by 2035.

A federal judge gave the Justice Department one day to make public a redacted version of the warrant affidavit the FBI used to search former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents.

Women were allowed for the first time to watch a league match between two prominent football clubs at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was disconnected from the electricity grid for the first time, the state energy operator said.

Any attempt to disconnect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and divert it to Russian-occupied areas is "unacceptable," said the US State Department.

The UN human rights chief called for the immediate demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to recruit 137,000 more staff into the country's armed forces for a total of nearly 2.04 million amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The president of Germany said that far-right attacks in the northeastern city of Rostock 30 years ago had caused shame for the country.

Karim Benzema was named the 2021-22 UEFA Men's Player of the Year.

Russia rejected claims that it has “lost interest” in resolving the Syria issue amid the Ukraine war.

Türkiye will continue with anti-terror operations until its southern border is secure, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

The US carried out more retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed fighters in northeast Syria after American forces stationed in the area came under rocket fire that injured three troops.

Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Rome will not abandon the Ukrainian people.

The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) is leading in the country’s general elections, according to provisional results released by the National Electoral Commission.

A senior aide to the Greek prime minister did not rule out the Russian factor as the wiretapping scandal continues to shake the country’s political scene, the local newspaper Avgi reported.

Myanmar has detained former UK Ambassador Vicky Bowman and her husband in the city of Yangon, said British authorities.

Israel and Türkiye are moving to the next phase of relations courtesy of a well-managed normalization process, said the Israeli chargé d'affaires in Ankara.

Türkiye has never pursued a policy of dividing people in the Balkans, North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski said.

The trial of three journalists from Finland’s largest newspaper accused of publishing classified defense intelligence will start next month, with proceedings kicking off in the capital Helsinki.