Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet governors, then chair ruling AK Party’s executive board meeting.

DENIZLI - Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet businesspeople, industrialists, and NGO representatives.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Washington’s recent decision to lift sanctions from Sudan comes into effect.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron to meet with union leaders over government’s controversial labor reforms and budget cuts.

UK

LONDON - Fifth round of Brexit negotiations to end, press conference expected.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend campaign event in Lower Saxony ahead of regional election there on Sunday.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Deputy prime minister to attend 8th term meeting of Turkey-Indonesia Joint Economic and Technical Cooperation Commission.

US

WASHINGTON - Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to attend bilateral meetings on sidelines of annual World Bank-IMF meetings.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Trump edges closer to war with Iran decertification

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - If President Donald Trump chooses to decertify Iran nuclear deal later this week, he is knowingly resuscitating specter of war with Tehran.

LIBERIA

MONROVIA - Provisional results from Liberia’s presidential election to be announced.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

KINSHASA - Congolese opposition supporters to hold mass rally following postponement of presidential election to 2019.