Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Sept. 21, 2022

ANKARA

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

• The Istanbul deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports has been one of the UN’s greatest achievements in recent years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters after the Turkish president addressed the General Assembly.
• Hundreds of workers at Britain’s largest west coast dock have launched a two-week strike due to a dispute over pay.
• Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have signed a protocol to end border clashes that claimed scores of lives, Kyrgyz media reported.
• Germany's producer prices increased by 45.8% year-on-year in August, hitting a historical high level.
• Valery Polyakov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at the age of 80, Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos announced.
• At least two people were killed and 115 others injured when a strong typhoon battered parts of Japan.
• Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions will hold referendums on joining Russia on Sept. 23-27, representatives of the separatist regions said.
• The Belgian region of Wallonia started turning off lights this week on motorway roads at night to save energy.
• The fiercest and most widespread battles between government forces and Tigray rebels are being fought Tuesday in northern Ethiopia on frontlines along the more than 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) Eritrea-Ethiopia border, a military source told Anadolu Agency.
• UEFA confirmed that Russia has been banned from participating in the 2024 European Football Championship.