Diary

ANKARA (AA) — Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

QATAR

DOHA - As part of three-nation Gulf tour, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to discuss bilateral ties, regional issues.

UK

LONDON - Ministers from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to respond to questions at House of Commons.

LONDON - Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace to speak at Future of Britain Conference as Defense Ministry publishes government's long-term ambitions for military.

GERMANY

BONN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet with Deutsche Telekom officials in Bonn, discuss cyberattacks, risk of using Chinese components in country's infrastructure network.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Third EU-CELAC summit bringing European, Latin American, Caribbean leaders together to conclude.

SPAIN/ITALY/GREECE

MADRID/ROME/ATHENS - Monitoring possible record-high temperatures in European nations, including Spain, Italy, Greece, as new anticyclone 'heat storm,' dubbed Charon, hits region.

CHINA

BEIJING - Following state visit to China by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

BEIJING - Monitoring climate talks by US presidential envoy John Kerry in China

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog at White House before receiving Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to brief media at Pentagon.

NEW YORK - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to chair first meeting of UN Security Council on opportunities, risks of artificial intelligence for international peace, security.

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly to debate situation in Russian-held territories of Ukraine.

SPORTS

PASSY, France - Tour de France to resume with Stage 16.

SPECIAL REPORT

Trump faces mounting legal jeopardy as 2024 presidential election nears

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) — Ex-US President Donald Trump faces a growing number of legal woes as state and federal prosecutors level or consider historic charges against the one-time commander-in-chief.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish ice cream takes Kashmir by storm

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) — In 2018, when two friends from Indian-administered Kashmir visited India’s capital New Delhi, they came across the delicacy that is Turkish ice cream.