Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing – July 8, 2022

ANKARA 

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped down Thursday after his government was rocked by a series of resignations over the last two days.

• A group of British politicians resigned from the government Thursday morning amid the political crisis surrounding the Boris Johnson government.

• Türkiye’s foreign minister on Thursday chaired the 21st meeting of MIKTA foreign ministers in Indonesia.

• US President Joe Biden is willing to work with Congress on the renewal and modernization of Türkiye’s F-16 fighter jet fleet, a State Department official said Thursday.

• Russia has not yet started its “special operation” in Ukraine “in earnest,” Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday.

• Boris Johnson held a meeting with newly appointed Cabinet ministers hours after resigning as the UK’s prime minister.

• The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled against Greece in a landmark case concerning the 2014 sinking of a migrant boat in the Aegean Sea.

• Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Thursday that Israel has signed arms deals worth more than $3 billion with countries in the region since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020 with Arab countries.

• Türkiye on Thursday reacted to the remarks of the US State Department’s spokesman over a decision by the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) to block access to the websites of Deutsche Welle (DW) and Voice of America (VOA) in the Turkish language.

• Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has criticized a group of left-wing parliamentarians for posing with flags symbolizing the PKK terrorist group.

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