Boris Johnson: We will have to do everything we can to stop energy firms failing
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “we’ll have to do everything we can” to prevent energy companies going under as wholesale gas prices surge in the UK.
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POLITICS
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GREEKS ABROAD 
September 20, 2021 A Bicentennial Epic Film: Cliffs of Freedom
Tripolitsa, 1821: the political, administrative, economic crossroads of the Ottoman Empire’s chokehold over Greece’s Peloponnese. Ali Pasha of Ioannina’s bold separatist efforts created the window of opportunity for the Greeks to launch their Revolution. It was now or never. The Greek’s war efforts are loosely coordinated, and battles loom large in smaller Ottoman strongholds. Tripolitsa […]
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CYPRUS
September 20, 2021 Cyprus President begins New York visit
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, arrived in New York on Sunday morning where he will address the UN General Assembly, will have a meeting with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and a lunch with the UN Secretary General and the Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. According to the presidency, President Anastasiades arrived in New York accompanied […]
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EUROPE
September 20, 2021 Volcano erupts on Spanish island of La Palma, PM suspends US trip
A volcano erupted Sunday (19 September) on the island of La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Island archipelago, following a week of seismic activity in the area. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.
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HISTORY
September 20, 2021 20 September 2021: This day in history
451: Roman General Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (Chalons-sur-Marne), halting Hun invasion of Roman Gaul 622: Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina) 1519: Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe (Magellan killed on route) 1854: Battle of the Alma: first major battle of Crimean […]
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UK NEWS
September 19, 2021 SAS ‘needs more posh officers amid influx of working-class recruits’
When your job involves abseiling out of helicopters, kicking down doors and taking out the bad guys, you might be forgiven for thinking that it doesn’t really matter what school you went to.
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UK NEWS
September 19, 2021 Britain’s ‘white van’ men face motor charges of £140 a day
Britain’s army of ‘white van’ tradesmen say they are being forced to pass on the cost of ‘extortionate’ council parking charges and motoring fees to customers –with some even threatening to boycott city centres altogether.
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GREECE
September 19, 2021 Greece opens new migrant holding camp on island amid tougher policy
By Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece opened a new holding camp for migrants on Saturday on the island of Samos, close to Turkey, and said other new facilities would follow in coming months as it tightens migration policy.
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WORLD
September 19, 2021 Pro-Putin party heads for Russian election win after Navalny clampdown
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians vote on Sunday in the final stretch of a three-day parliamentary election that the ruling party is expected to win after a sweeping crackdown that crushed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s movement and barred opponents from the ballot.
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POLITICS
September 19, 2021 ‘Freedoms need to be defended’: Truss hails AUKUS submarine deal amid deepening row with France
New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has defended the UK’s “hard-headed” security pact with the US and Australia, amid a deepening diplomatic row with France.
