Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 20, 2022

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

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian youth Wednesday who opened fire at a military checkpoint, killing a soldier, state media said.

Turkish soldiers reached Qatar on Wednesday under Operation World Cup Shield to provide security at FIFA World Cup 2022, Türkiye’s embassy in Doha said Wednesday.

A top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader and former foreign minister has emphasized the need to restore diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned Wednesday, ostensibly due to sharing an official document from her personal email. But in her resignation letter, she also criticized the direction of embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss named Grant Shapps as home secretary following Suella Braverman’s resignation.

Türkiye is ready to make any and all contributions needed to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war through talks, the Turkish president told his Ukrainian counterpart Wednesday.

Alexey Likhachev, head of the Russian nuclear energy operator Rosatom, said Wednesday that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is under control.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday on the introduction of martial law in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions recently annexed from Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss said Wednesday that her government will commit to a triple-lock guarantee for boosting monthly payments to more than 12 million state pensioners.

Explosions were reported by state media in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and multiple regions in the country, including Vinnytsia and Kharkiv, amid air alerts announced since Wednesday morning.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Wednesday in Damascus with representatives of Palestinian factions, including the Hamas group.