Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

SPAIN

MADRID - Extreme heat wave expected across Spain, with temperatures predicted to soar above 42C in south.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to address Turkish ambassadors serving abroad and at home at opening of 14th Ambassadors Conference.

PHILIPPINES

MANILA - Monitoring developments as tensions between the Philippines and China escalate over water cannoni​​​​​ng of Filipino vessel by Chinese Coast Guard.

SPORTS

SYDNEY / MELBOURNE, Australia - England to face Nigeria and Australia to play against Denmark in the last 16 of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

NYON, Switzerland - UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League playoff round draws to be held.

SPECIAL REPORT

Summer 2023: 'Highly likely' it will be hottest summer world has ever seen

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - It is highly likely that this will be the warmest summer the world has ever seen, a senior official of EU's climate change program said following record scorching temperatures in June and July.

SPECIAL REPORT

Quran burnings ‘assertion of broader anti-immigrant’ bias, says law professor

By Rabia Iclal Turan

WASHINGTON (AA) - The wave of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark is "an assertion of a broader anti-immigrant, anti-non-European right-wing bias that has grown to be quite politically strong,” according to a former UN human rights rapporteur and expert on international law.