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Now playing Next Greece EU holds urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said the Turkish drilling must stop. 14/08/2020
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Now playing Next World News Britons rush to return home from France after UK quarantine move The UK has imposed a 14-day quarantine from Saturday on travellers arriving from several more countries including France, the Netherlands and Malta. 13/08/2020
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Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Chaos' as UK makes last-minute changes to exam results procedure Results for end-of-year exams in the UK that are of importance for higher education and job applications are, this year, being based on teachers' predictions - but the government has since made a last-minute change. 13/08/2020