Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ESKISEHIR - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in northwestern Eskisehir province. He is also due to address election rally and attend iftar (fast-breaking) dinner in Eskisehir.

IZMIR - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov and attend signing ceremony for launch of Izmir Technology Base.

CANKIRI/KIRIKKALE/AMASYA - Yildirim to attend his Justice and Development (AK) Party's election rallies in Cankiri, and Kirikkale. He is also due to attend opening ceremony of Ferhat Tunnel in Amasya.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to host National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli.

SINGAPORE - Desk to follow historic meeting between the U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

FRANCE

PARIS - French rail strike to continue with scheduled major ‘day of action’.

STRASBOURG - European Parliament to hold debates on preparations for June 28-29 European Council with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Iran nuclear agreement with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, and Ebola outbreak in DRC.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz for talks on bilateral ties, migration crisis and other EU issues.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/HOMS - Desk to monitor Syrian civil war.

UNITE KINGDOM

LONDON - Ex-Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati to appear for extradition hearing in Scottish capital Edinburgh.

LONDON - Anti-Brexit protests to continue as UK parliament to discuss EU Withdrawal Bill.

SPECIAL REPORT

Neolithic arrowhead points to Britain's first murder

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – A pile of skeletons exhibited in a box with a glass lid in a small museum in the British Midlands could be evidence of one of the earliest murders in Britain, if not the oldest.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey: President vows new houses will spur reading

By Sena Guler

ANKARA (AA) – Last week Turkey’s president presented a proposal to help ignite the habit of reading in the nation’s youth.

SPECIAL REPORT

'World Cup trophy could go outside Europe this time'

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Brazil is close to claiming the 2018 FIFA World Cup but Argentina has a great attacking line, according to a top Turkish football pundit.