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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 10, 2019

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event marking 174th anniversary of foundation of Turkish Police Force, take part in inauguration ceremony of new headquarters of Police Special Operations.

ANKARA - Erdogan to chair meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s top decision-making body.

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak to announce new set of structural reforms for 2019.

THE NETHERLANDS

AMSTERDAM - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold meeting with Dutch and Turkish businesspeople.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Leaders of EU member states meet to discuss possible Brexit extension for UK.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to respond questions at parliament before heading to Brussels to attend special EU leaders summit on Brexit.

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to questions at parliament before flying to Brussels to meet European Council President Donald Tusk and attend emergency Brexit summit.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Review of FY2020 State Department budget request.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Turkish, Russian, Iranian lawmakers to meet to discuss Syria crisis.

ISRAEL

TEL AVIV - Monitoring results from Tuesday’s general elections.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring developments after Khalifa Haftar, commanding forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government, launched campaign to capture capital Tripoli, where UN-backed unity government is headquartered.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK Muslims call for action against rising Islamophobia

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – Muslims are calling for action from Downing Street after a nearly 600% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in the UK following the New Zealand terrorist attacks.

Kaynak:

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