Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Nov. 3, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Living Human Treasures award ceremony at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan to separately meet opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli and intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Chinese Vice Prime Minister Wang Yang at Cankaya Palace.

ANKARA - Labor and Social Security Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu to be guest at Anadolu Agency's Editors’ Desk.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - High Court expected to give final verdict on legality of U.K. government's Brexit moves

LONDON - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to release global growth estimates. Special interview planned on Turkey's economic outlook.

LONDON - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos's state visit to U.K. continues with trip to Northern Ireland.

FRANCE

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hosts UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria head Paulo Pinheiro for talks.

PARIS - Les Republicains party holds second of three planned debates ahead of Nov. 20 (and 27) primary and next year's presidential election.

PARIS - Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, to be announced.​

SPECIAL REPORT

Refugees, migrants of Paris's 'Stalingrad,' speak out

By Hajer M'tiri

PARIS (AA) - After high-profile closure of 'Jungle' in Calais, many desperate migrants travelled south to Paris to try and find shelter. Anadolu Agency spoke to some of the thousands also facing eviction from Parisian camp of Stalingrad.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Riad Hijab, general coordinator of Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC), to discuss efforts for ceasefire and resumption of peace talks in Syria.

SWITZERLAND

BERN - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter to discuss bilateral relations, including Syria, Iraq, and other international and regional issues.

LAUSANNE - Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Akif Cagatay Kilic to meet International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in Lausanne.

GENEVA - International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force to convene in UN at Geneva, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to hold press conference afterwards.

SPAIN

MADRID - New Spanish government led by conservative PM Mariano Rajoy to unveil Cabinet after Socialists agreed to form administration with Popular Party rivals.

GREECE

ATHENS - Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik to meet Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Nikos Ksidakis.

​​ATHENS - Greek leader Alexis Tsipras to speak at EU-Arab World Summit. Meeting follows Russian foreign minister's visit to Greece on Wednesday as Moscow announced upcoming 'humanitarian pause' in Aleppo airstrikes.

SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT

African rights groups, NGOs decry ICC defections

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG - Rights groups and experts across Africa express disappointment at recent decisions by Burundi, South Africa, and Gambia to leave International Criminal Court.

YEMEN

SANAA – UN envoy to arrive in Yemeni capital to discuss peace prospects.​

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – President Park Geun-hye chooses new chief of staff at risk of drawing more calls for her own resignation over evolving Blue House scandal.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Series of attacks and bombings rock insurgency-plagued south, leaving a soldier and 2 civilians dead and 3 other people injured.

BANGKOK – Court dismisses defamation case against British migrant rights activist Andy Hall.