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ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of Cabinet ministers at the presidential complex.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce foreign trade figures for September.

UNITED STATES​

WASHINGTON - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to attend 35th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkey relations

SPECIAL REPORT: Latinos vastly soured by Trump's remarks as Election Day looms

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON – With less than a week to go before Americans choose their next president, the Republican nominee faces a major obstacle largely of his own making.

Like national polls, Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton amongst registered Latino voters. Nearly 60 percent of Latinos have said they will vote for Clinton, compared to just shy of 20 percent for Trump, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center.

SPAIN

SPECIAL REPORT: Uncertain road ahead for Spain’s new government

By Alyssa McMurtry

MADRID - Mariano Rajoy is being officially sworn in as prime minister on Monday, but although Spain finally has a government after nearly a year of political limbo, uncertainty clearly remains.

Rajoy now has the honor of officially presiding over the most fragmented parliament in Spanish history. With a minority government, he now faces the challenges of running a country facing serious pressures from Spanish voters, the European Union, and the rebellious government of Catalonia.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande to make remarks on the opening day of the World Cancer Congress.

U.K.

LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to attend ministerial meeting on the situation in Libya.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Follow up on ongoing Iraqi operation to retake Daesh-held Mosul city.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Human Rights Watch says new satellite imagery shows “evident fire-related destruction” in at least three villages in northern Rakhine State, an area where government troops have been engaged in a crackdown following fatal attacks on police outposts earlier this month.

CHINA

BEIJING - Defense for British banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women tells Hong Kong court that Rurik Jutting suffered from personality disorders, in a case that has prompted calls for justice from migrant workers groups.