Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, July 8, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

POLAND

WARSAW - Leaders of 28 NATO member states gather for two-day summit amid growing concerns over tensions with Russia in Europe.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - U.K. to announce deployment of hundreds of troops to Poland and Baltic states as part of an increase in NATO’s presence on the Russian frontier.

SPECIAL REPORT: Old divisions reopened with Chilcot

By Michael Sercan Daventry

LONDON – It takes more than 24 hours to digest a 2.6 million word report. After a wait of more than seven years, Wednesday saw the announcement of the most expensive, longest-lasting inquiry in British history: John Chilcot’s probe into the Iraq war. Its findings have reignited long-forgotten debates over a conflict that pitilessly divided the U.K. in 2003.

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - South African President Jacob Zuma to host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – American missile defense system heading to South Korea despite opposition locally as well as from China and Russia.

CHINA

BEIJING – Taiwanese Premier Lin Chuan described explosion on commuter train that left 25 people injured as “malicious incident”.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – Prime Minister Hun Sen’s family responds to Global Witness report placing them at center of Cambodia’s corruption with outrage, accusations that local media colluding with NGO.