Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 25, 2022

Daily briefing on latest developments in Türkiye, other developments

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak became the UK’s first British Asian prime minister as the new Tory leader after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the race minutes before the candidacy deadline was reached.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's frequent contacts with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan are linked to Ankara's desire to continue mediation efforts on Ukraine and extensive trade and economic relations between Russia and Türkiye, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Israel that Russia would help Iran develop its nuclear program in exchange for drones.

Euro area manufacturing activity continued to contract for the fourth consecutive month, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) hitting a 29-month low in October.

An estimated 1 million people die from lead poisoning annually and millions more, many of them children, are exposed to low levels of lead, causing lifelong health problems, said the World Health Organization.

Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank.

The US charged two Chinese intelligence officers with trying to obstruct the prosecution of a Chinese-based telecommunications firm as it rolled out three separate cases against Beijing.

Iran has called for the designation of UK-based Persian-language news outlets as "terrorist organizations," accusing them of stoking unrest amid ongoing protests over the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody.

A prominent Pakistani journalist and TV host, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead by police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a global ban on the Russian RT news channel following a statement from presenter Anton Krasovsky saying that Ukrainian children should have been drowned.

Greek authorities have turned the historical Murat Reis Complex, a spiritual center for Muslim Turks living on Rhodes Island, into a music facility.

Two activists of Just Stop Oil attacked the waxwork model of King Charles III in London’s world-famous Madame Tussauds Museum.

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