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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Feb. 7 a bill on an agreement between Russian and Turkish governments on the construction of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline. The agreement on the project entered into force through publication in Turkey’s Official Gazette on Dec. 6, 2016, four days after its ratification in parliament and signing into law by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia’s Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, approved the bill on Feb. 1 after the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified the agreement in January while Turkey ratified it late in 2016. In the intergovernmental…

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UN appeals for $2.1 bn for Yemen aid as famine looms The United Nations appealed for $2.1 billion to provide desperately needed aid to millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen this year, warning the country could soon face famine. Two years of war have devastated Yemen and millions of children, women and men desperately need help to survive the coming year. Without international support, they may face the threat of famine in the course of 2017. The appeal from U.N. agencies and other humanitarian organizations aims to gather funds to help some 12 million of the nearly 19 million people…

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Over 1 million people have signed the petition to stop Donald Trump visiting the UK. This is following his executive order to stop all types of immigration from 7 Muslim countries. The US President maintains that this is not a #MuslimBan, however the, in a television interview last week, the President said that Christians from these countries would be given extra support to come to the states. The PM is coming under extreme pressure to respond to Trumps Muslim Ban. However, her dilemma remains in connection to signing a deal with US post Brexit. On Saturday afternoon the petition had…

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The Manor team has collapsed after administrators failed to find a buyer for the stricken business. The F1 team Manor’s operating company Just Racing Services has been in administration since 6 January and FRP Advisory have been unable to find a buyer. The staff were sent home on Friday and told they they will be made redundant by the close of business on Tuesday after the payment of January salaries.

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The White House on Thursday said President Donald Trump is considering a 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for a southern border wall, but that the President is still weighing other options. Hours later, amid an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Press Secretary Spicer said that he was simply putting forward one idea Trump is considering to show how the administration could fund the multi-billion-dollar construction of a wall on the US’s southern border. “The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning…

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