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Oct 2022
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Iraq’s crop concern, Rishi Sunak declare...

The National
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Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, a report finds that 25 per cent of Iraq’s farmers have seen almost all their wheat crops fail this year due to drought.   Rishi Sunak is given a jubilant welcome by Conservative MPs in central London after being decl ... Show More
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