ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 1, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Prime Minister Binali Yildirim at presidential palace.
ANKARA - Erdogan to address a meeting with of village, neighbourhood leaders at palace.
ANKARA - Yildirim to meet representatives of workers, civil servants unions at Cankaya Palace.
ISTANBUL - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to announce export figures for May.
NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - President Mustafa Akinci to receive Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, followed by news conference.
LEFKOSA - Parliament Speaker Sibel Siber, Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun, Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu to meet Cavusoglu.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang to discuss economic, political ties.
LEIPZIG - International Transport Forum's 2017 Summit. Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan to attend.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expected to announce decision on Paris Climate Accord.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Anti-Islamophobia program faces legal backlash in US
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) - A California school district’s plan to combat what activists and school officials call an epidemic of Islamophobic bullying may be derailed as a coalition of opponents prepares to challenge the proposal in court.
SENEGAL
DAKAR - Save the Children report launched on International Children’s Day says 700 million “robbed of childhood” through conflict, poverty among other factors.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY - 10 soldiers killed in “friendly fire” airstrike as government forces battle to retake Marawai City in south from Daesh-tied militants.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - New book by The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien released.