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Friday 25 September 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger to 265 million.
Trump came face to face with Putin for the first time since extensive evidence was found of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
The soldier was arrested when the plane made a stopover in Spain.
The pair are hoping to follow-up their historic summit in Singapore in June.
The summit marks a quick return to the international stage for Prince Mohammed after the kingdom came under fire for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
If Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, the Falklands’ economy could be dealt a hammer blow.
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Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
It has emerged that the two spoke at a dinner on the final night of the recent G20 summit.
Ivanka’s presence at the summit has been criticised.
As the G20 summit ends, world leaders take stock of each other.
Police have been attacked with iron rods and petrol bombs.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the violent protests as “unacceptable”.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that neither of the pair wanted to stop talking once they’d started.
The G20 summit is being hosted in the German city of Hamburg.
Protesters were dispersed as riot police charged the demonstration.
Both parties think it will give a boost to their economies.
Over 100,000 protesters are expected on the streets of Hamburg on Friday.
“They drank, danced, pissed and, yes, apparently also bonked, as our press officer put it so well,” the police statement said.
The country has sought to justify its weapons programme as a defence against US nuclear “blackmail”.
Jean-Claude Juncker has defended the decision after attacks from the US
The missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan without navigational warning being given to that country.
There was no staircase and there were squabbles with the US media.
An email with the details was inadvertently sent to the wrong person by an Australian immigration department worker.
Putin’s camp deny that the Russian President is bowing out under pressure from Western leaders, who have accused him of “bullying” Ukraine.
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Putin has emerged as one of the most implacable critics of military intervention against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy urged caution as Russian President Vladir Putin said the Syrian conflict would be discussed over dinner.
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Washington has called off a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders, which had been due to take place on the fringes of next month’s G20 summit.
Ian Tomlinson, 47, was hit with a baton and shoved by a riot policeman and later collapsed and died at the G20 protests in London in 2009.
The Guardian says diplomats at a finance ministers’ summit in 2009 were tapped – on the day that a British-hosted G8 begins.
The tabloid has advertised in an English-language newspaper telling Argentina’s president: ‘Hands off.’
David Cameron has today dismissed a renewed call by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner for Britain to return the disputed Falkland Islands.
Germany has reportedly relented and will allow the ESM to buy bonds directly, which could save Spain and Italy.
Julian Assange yesterday walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
The world’s 20 largest economies will put $430bn more into the IMF in order to boost its lending capacity.
“We still have to build the mother of all firewalls,” warned the head of the OECD at the meeting in Mexico City.
George Osborne told EU finance ministers that Britain would only act as part of a G20 plan, and not within the EU.
Meanwhile Greece has entered political deadlock in a bid to form a coalition government…
George Papandreou has made a pledge to step aside if necessary, and has called for a new coalition government.
IT’S BEEN A tough few months since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the nation.
Many people have been affected by job losses, isolation and a lack of social interaction, and the loss of loved ones.
Today, youth mental health charity Jigsaw said it saw a 50% increase in demand for its services in August this year compared to the same period last year.
There has also been an over 400% increase of traffic to its e-mental health platform over the last six months, a surge in demand for its schools supports and a month-on-month increase to calls to 1800 JIGSAW support line.
So, today we want to know: Has your mental health been affected since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic?
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