Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Japanese Ambassador Akio Miyajima, Azerbaijan Ambassador Hazar Ibrahim to present credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

ANKARA - Erdogan to separately meet Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet National Intelligence Organization Director Hakan Fidan.

ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli to hold news conference.

ANKARA - Health Minister Ahmet Demircan, Khayre to visit Somalis injured in Oct. 14 Mogadishu bombing, followed by news conference.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci.

ISTANBUL - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend Turkey-Uzbekistan Business Forum.

KENYA

NAIROBI - Polls open for rerun of August’s vote amid opposition calls for boycott, protests.

SPAIN

MADRID - Senate to begin debate on Catalan autonomy in wake of independence vote that could see Madrid government take control of region.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Opposition politician Imran Khan to appear in court for contempt case following remarks earlier this year that election commission was biased toward government.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Parliament to reveal winner of 2017 Sakharov Prize.​

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Turkish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ahmet Esref Fakibaba to attend forum on Turkish-Bosnian cooperation in agriculture.

UNITED STATES

SPECIAL REPORT - Desperation fuels hunt for health care in US

By Michael Hernandez

CHARLESTON, United States - As hundreds of Americans receive free health care at a massive makeshift clinic, its founder longs for the day when Congress passes a comprehensive plan so his services are no longer needed in the U.S.