Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – April 6, 2022

ISTANBUL 

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed Tuesday to the UN Security Council to urgently adopt sweeping internal reforms after he suggested the body is incapable of achieving its principal objective.

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo on Tuesday praised Turkiye for hosting diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Civilian killings in the Ukrainian city of Bucha near the capital Kyiv show an "unbearable brutality" that Europe has not seen for decades, the NATO chief said Tuesday.

Turkiye's Embassy in Kyiv, which was temporarily moved to Ukraine's southwestern city of Chernivtsi due to the Russia-Ukraine war, returned to its location and is set to become operational as of Wednesday, an official statement said Tuesday.

Italy is expelling 30 Russian diplomats over “national security” concerns as Russia's war in Ukraine rages on, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday.

Spain will expel around 25 Russian diplomats and embassy staff, the Spanish foreign minister announced Tuesday.

The EU Commission proposed a fifth package of sanctions on Russia amid the Ukraine crisis, the commission head said Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday instructed the government to monitor food exports to “unfriendly” countries.​​​​​​​

The US, UK and Australia announced Tuesday plans to cooperate on the development of hypersonic and counter-hypersonic weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday that his government will continue settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.

Improving Turkish-Israeli relations will strengthen regional stability, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his election victory in a phone call Tuesday.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned Tuesday about the "alarming hunger situation" in Africa, saying that millions of people there are facing a food security crisis.

France has taken Turkiye off its orange list of COVID-restricted countries and moved it to its least-restrictive green list, according to an official announcement.

Elon Musk, the founder of electric carmaker Tesla and space exploration company SpaceX, has been appointed to Twitter’s board of directors, the company's CEO said Tuesday.