Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 3, 2022
Daily briefing on latest global developments
ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
- The death toll from a stampede and riot at a football game in Indonesia rose to 174, a government official said Sunday.
- The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of Irit Lillian as Israel's new ambassador to Türkiye.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday submitted to parliament a draft constitutional law on the admission of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to the Russian Federation, state media reported.
- Ukraine's application to join NATO is not a "fundamental issue at the moment," said the EU's foreign policy chief.
- Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan hosted her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Istanbul amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
- As polling stations closed at the end of Bulgaria's early general elections, the party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov appeared poised to take first place, according to unofficial results.
- Polls in Brazil closed as the country held elections to choose a new president, with the Supreme Electoral Court announcing that vote counting has begun.