Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

Israeli forces continue genocidal attacks in Gaza

Ongoing Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on the Gaza Strip, which continue to claim the lives of more Palestinians and worsen their living conditions.

In one area of Gaza, 16 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Nuseirat refugee camp.

In southern Gaza Strip, the Civil Defense agency reported that three more Palestinians were killed when an Israeli strike targeted two civilian vehicles in the city of Khan Younis.

The death toll in relentless Israeli attacks on the besieged territory since October last year has climbed Friday to 43,259, with over 101,800 injured.

Israel’s siege, ground incursion in northern Gaza Strip

Israel's weeks-long siege, ground invasion, and bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip continue amid food, water, fuel, and medicine shortages.

According to Gaza's Health Ministry, the Israeli army has killed over 1,200 Palestinians in its siege of northern Gaza that started nearly four weeks ago.

Palestinians, there, continue to endure the heavy Israeli bombardment and the lack of life essentials including food, water and health services.

Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Israel's continuous attacks on Lebanon and the Hezbollah group's targeting of Israel with rockets.

On Friday, Israeli forces launched further airstrikes across several areas in Lebanon, with one airstrike on a residential area in the town of Makneh left six members of a same family dead and six others wounded.

The Israeli army also issued on Friday evacuation orders for residents of certain neighborhoods in Beirut's southern suburbs as Israel continued its air and ground attacks on the country.

More than 2,800 people have been killed, and nearly 13,000 injured in Israeli attacks since October last year, according to Lebanese health authorities.

In separate statements, Hezbollah said it continued attacking Israeli targets, hitting the settlements of Karmiel, Maalot-Tarshiha and Kiryat Shmona with rocket salvos.

Lebanon-Israel cease-fire talks

US envoys are engaged in ongoing efforts to reach a cease-fire settlement between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

On Friday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that Israeli statements and diplomatic indicators received by Beirut confirm Tel Aviv's stubbornness and refusal to accept proposed solutions, insisting instead on a path of violence and destruction.

Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday told commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that Israel has wasted since September several opportunities to achieve a cease-fire and implement UN resolution 1701

Gaza cease-fire talks

Latest developments in Gaza cease-fire talks after two months of hiatus.

Statements and outcomes of meetings by involved parties to be followed.

According to Egyptian media, delegations from the Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah headed to Cairo Friday to discuss an Egyptian proposal aimed at addressing the governance of the Gaza Strip in the phase after a cease-fire is reached.

West Bank raids

Israeli military raids on Palestinian cities and towns in occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces on Friday prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting olives in the town of Deir Istiya, northwestern Salfit in the central West Bank.

Israel has killed at least 767 people since last October, including 160 children, and injured nearly 6,300 others, with over 11,500 taken into custody.

Pro-Palestine demonstration in London

Palestine solidarity groups to hold march from Whitehall toward the US Embassy to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. A 'Stop the Hate UK' counter-protest also to take place at Millbank and Vauxhall Bridge.

⁠Lavrov to address Russian World Assembly

Moscow will host 16th Russian World Assembly, the largest annual event of the Russkiy Mir (Russian World) Foundation, which brings together about 300 of the most active and prominent science and culture figures, Russianists, translators, philologists, writers, and journalists who speak Russian, as well as representatives of the Russian diaspora abroad.

The Assembly will be opened by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, and Presidential Advisor Yelena Yampolskaya, chair of the Supervisory Board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

The theme of the current Assembly is Spiritual and Moral Values of the Russian World.

⁠Fighting between Russian, Ukrainian troops continues in Kursk, Donetsk

Russia and Ukraine continue fighting in Russia’s border region of Kursk, where Kyiv began an incursion in August, and in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow continues to claim advances on multiple fronts. Developments to be followed on Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims that about 2,000 Ukrainian troops are encircled in Kursk.

Political tensions rise in Georgia as opposition rejects parliamentary election results

Political tensions in Georgia rose as the pro-EU opposition rejected the results of the country’s parliamentary election, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party won about 54% of the vote. Statements from key figures in the country, as well as domestic and regional developments in this regard, including remarks from Ukraine and Russia, the latter of which has been accused of interfering in the vote.

African Union hosts Pan-African Youth Forum

African Union to host three-day Pan-African Youth Forum in Algeria aimed at empowering young people through training and opportunities to thrive in various spaces, including education, employment, and entrepreneurship.

Thailand’s foreign minister arrives in India on 2-day trip

Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa to pay two-day trip to India where he is scheduled to meet his counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Two sides will discuss bilateral relations and ways to strengthen economic ties.

South Korea likely to react to North Korean foreign minister’s trip to Russia

South Korea is likely to react to North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s statement during her visit to Russia. She said Pyongyang will back Moscow until it achieves victory in its war on Ukraine. Seoul has claimed North Korea has deployed troops to Russia.

THE ECONOMY

Türkiye's international trade

Türkiye’s Trade Ministry to reveal provisional foreign trade figures for October. On a monthly basis in September, Türkiye's exports were at $21.98 billion, down 1.9%, while imports totaled $27.11 billion, down 1.4%. The foreign trade deficit was at $5.13 billion in September.

SPORTS

Week 9 of German Bundesliga (Football)

B.Dortmund - Leipzig

Bayern Munich - Union Berlin

Week 10 of English Premier League (Football)

Newcastle - Arsenal

Liverpool – Brighton

Bournemouth - Manchester City

SPECIAL REPORTS

US election: Decisive Muslim vote split between Stein and Harris

By Darren Lyn

Houston, US - Report presenting an update on the preferences of Muslim voters in the US.

The story is based on the final national poll on Muslim Americans released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which shows Kamala Harris and Green Party candidate Jill Stein in a statistical tie, while Donald Trump lags far behind.

The report explains the significance of the latest findings and lays out how the decision of Muslim voters could impact the final result of the race to the White House.