‘Hello! This is Israeli intelligence’: The text message igniting fears of a crackdown when Gaza war ends
A text message from a local number flashed up on Omar’s* phone claiming to be Israeli intelligence informing him he would soon be arrested.
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WORLD
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UK NEWS 
May 20, 2021 Brexit: Boris Johnson warned trade deal with Australia could ‘decimate’ British farming
Boris Johnson has been warned his prospective free trade deal with Australia could “decimate” the British farming industry, as opposition parties unite against a zero-tariff agreement. Senior cabinet ministers are set to meet on Thursday morning to discuss the proposed deal – with several ministers believed to be against the plan pushed by international trade […]
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HEALTH
May 20, 2021 Home quarantine won’t stop Covid variants coming to Britain, says top scientist
Home quarantine will not stop Covid-19 variants coming into Britain because it is not working as originally hoped, a leading scientist said today.
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TOURISM
May 20, 2021 ‘Apply common sense’ over travel to amber list countries, says Shapps
Britons should “apply common sense” over whether or not they choose to fly to amber list countries, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says.
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GREEKS ABROAD
May 20, 2021 AHEPA Calls for President Biden to Recognize the Greek Genocide
WASHINGTON, DC – On May 18, the eve of the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Greek Genocide from the Pontus Region of Asia Minor, AHEPA calls on President Joseph Biden, Jr. to recognize the Greek Genocide, the systematic extermination of between one million and 1.5 million of the indigenous Greek minority of […]
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CYPRUS
May 20, 2021 Cyprus turns back immigrant boat from Lebanon
Cypriot authorities turned back a boat with 56 irregular immigrants who came from Lebanon, the state-run Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Monday. CNA said the boat was initially spotted on Sunday, sailing about 16 nautical miles off the southeastern coast of the island. Cypriot police said that they sent out two patrol boats, which […]
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EUROPE
May 20, 2021 EU Parliament backs ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen, despite Green opposition
A motion on the EU’s hydrogen strategy won support from the European Parliament on Wednesday (19 May), backing the use of “low-carbon hydrogen” made from fossil gas as a bridge towards 100% renewable production.
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HISTORY
May 20, 2021 20 May 2021: This day in history
1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea 1609: Shakespeare’s Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe 1862: US President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American West (80 million acres by 1900) 1864: Spotsylvania campaign […]
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TOURISM
May 19, 2021 Make your own mind up whether or not to travel to amber list countries, minister says
The decision to travel to amber list countries is a “personal responsibility”, a minister has said just a day after the PM warned they are “not somewhere where you should be going on holiday”.
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AUTO MOTO
May 19, 2021 Martin Lewis tells millions of drivers to check their licence over £1,000 fine warning
Martin Lewis tonight urged drivers to check their licences, after millions of motorists had their documents automatically renewed at the height of the Covid pandemic.
