ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend launch of automobile industry domestic joint venture group.
ANKARA - Erdogan to meet National Intelligence Organization chief Hakan Fidan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar separately.
ANKARA - Yildirim to attend Defense Industry Executive Committee meeting.
ANKARA - Yildirim to attend closing session of symposium on role of women in decision-making.
ANKARA - Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus to attend Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk.
ANTALYA - Four-day Turkish Airlines’ international golf open to begin.
ITALY
ROME - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to hold talks with Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda, Economy and Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan.
GREECE
ATHENS - Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to meet Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit on centenary of Balfour Declaration. Expected to meet Prime Minister Theresa May, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
SPECIAL REPORT: UK opposition urges government to recognize Palestine
By Tugcenur Yilmaz and Inci Gundag
LONDON (AA) - Opposition figures are urging Prime Minister Theresa May to recognize a Palestinian state as she prepares to host Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to mark the centenary of the Balfour declaration.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY - Palestinians stage events to mark centenary of Balfour declaration, which paved way for the creation of Israel in 1948.
MYANMAR
YANGON - State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi visits northern part of Rakhine state, which has seen exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims amid security crackdown.
MADAGASCAR
SPECIAL REPORT: Madagascar plague outbreak delays start of school year
By Sandra Rabearisoa
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AA) - A plague outbreak in Madagascar that has claimed over a hundred lives since August has also disrupted life across the country, including in schools.