Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing

ANKARA

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

• German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for the first time since the beginning of Russia’s war in February and met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

• More than 9 million Americans have cast early ballots with two weeks to go before November's midterm elections.

• Rishi Sunak officially became the UK’s 57th prime minister after meeting King Charles III.

• Adidas decided to terminate its partnership with Kanye West, also known as Ye, over "unacceptable comments and actions.”

• The TurkStream gas pipeline is one of the world's biggest gas transport systems and has serious potential for expansion, said the Kremlin.

• Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end a devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region began in South Africa.

• Ash Carter, the man who served as former US President Barack Obama's final defense secretary, died at 68.

• Mexico's Foreign Ministry said a Trump-era immigration policy had officially come to an end.

• The UN warned that a cholera outbreak was rapidly spreading throughout Syria and asked for $34.4 million for a three-month response plan.

• Mioadrag Mitrasinovic, a Bosnian Serb recently convicted over war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, escaped from a hospital in Bosnia and Herzegovina where he was set to receive treatment.

• US President Joe Biden said it would be an "incredibly serious mistake" if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine amid allegations by Moscow that Kyiv is planning to use a "dirty bomb."