Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Sept. 1, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend opening ceremony of new judicial year to be held in Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet separately with PACE President Pedro Agramunt, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri, UNHCR's Filippo Grandi and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz.

ANKARA - Erdogan to depart for official visit to China.

ANKARA - Environment and Urban Planning Minister Mehmet Ozhaseki guest of Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - UK Brexit Secretary to hold talks with local leaders in Northern Ireland.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Britain and France's impasse over Calais

By Michael Daventry

CALAIS, France - A year on from Europe's refugee crisis, migrants at the notorious camp known as 'the Jungle' are still waiting for their chance to cross into the UK.

GERMANY

BERLIN- German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier to hold a press conference after OSCE foreign ministers meeting.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to hold a press conference following International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force meeting.

UNITED STATES

SPECIAL REPORT:

Iran plane deals threaten boost in support for Assad

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON - Leading aviation companies are pushing ahead with the planned sale of commercial aircraft to Iran despite fears they could be helping Tehran airlift weapons and troops to the Syrian government.

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Ethics row rages over Kenya's 'slum tourism'

By Magdalene Mukami and Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI – Tour operators in Kenya -- home to some of the world’s most dazzling destinations -- claim to have found a gap in the market and are introducing so-called 'slum tourism'.

UGANDA

SPECIAL REPORT:

South Sudan refugees struggle to survive one day at a time in Uganda

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda - A surge of refugees since the crisis in South Sudan in July has been the cause of overcrowding in Ugandan refugee camps.

JAPAN

TOKYO – Tokyo set to deploy army unit specially trained to come to aid of endangered allies to Africa, five months after security laws that expanded scope of troops’ operations overseas came into effect.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Arrested member of gun smuggling ring reveals customers’ alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Duterte.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Health Ministry reveals Malaysia’s first case of Zika virus infection in woman who traveled to Singapore, where number of cases has hit 115.