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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

MARDIN - PM Davutoglu to deliver speech at 'Brotherhood Meetings' conference in Mardin province, where he is expected to announce a 'master plan' to compensate citizens for terror-related losses in southeast region.

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reflect on United Nations in its 70th year during a panel discussion co-hosted by Chatham House.

LONDON - UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to publish verdict on Julian Assange’s ‘detention’ in London’s Ecuadorian embassy. WikiLeaks to respond through a press conference in London’s Frontline Club. Assange expected to participate via video link.

FRANCE

PARIS - French deputies to begin discussing proposed changes to constitution, including declaring a state of emergency and stripping French citizenship away from people with dual nationalities convicted of terrorist offenses.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkey's EU minister Volkan Bozkir is expected to meet European Commissioner for Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to issue press release on Julian Assange case. Christophe Peschoux, secretary of UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to hold press conference.

GENEVA - United Nations Special Representative of Secretary-General for International Migration, Peter Sutherland, to hold a press conference to update on current UN initiatives on refugees and migration.

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Bosnia-Herzegovina to mark 22th anniversary of first Markale shelling that killed 68 civilians at a marketplace in downtown Sarajevo.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry to hold joint press availability with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at State Department.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denies that either he or immigration minister have seen an alleged leaked document detailing changes to humanitarian resettlement program, including additional screening of Syrian refugees.

CHINA

BEIJING - Top anti-graft watchdog removes Wei Hong from post as Sichuan governor after probe finds him ‘disloyal and dishonest’ to the Communist Party of China, accusing him of attempting to ‘subvert the investigation’.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Foreign minister says Tokyo expects to sign bilateral investment pact with Iran later Friday, after lifting sanctions on resource-rich country. [MERITS]