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Prime Minister meets Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany on the sidelines of UN engagements in New York




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Prime Minister meets Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia on the sidelines of 74th session of UNGA in New York [ph]Photo Courtesy - Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Mathew Sahr Nyuma, Deputy Leader of Parliament of Sierra Leone calls upon Vice President in Freetown, Sierra Leone [ph]Photo Courtesy: Shiv Raj[/ph]




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External Affairs Minister meets Ababu Namwamba, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, on the sidelines of the NAM Ministerial Meeting in Baku [ph]Photo Courtesy: Gajendra Singh, Photo Division[/ph]





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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany arrives in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]





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Prime Minister and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany along with the delegation members of the 5th Inter-Governmental Consultations in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Mukesh, Photo Division[/ph]




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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany pays homage at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi during her visit to India [ph]Photo Courtesy: B M Meena, Photo Division[/ph]




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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany pays homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Dinesh, Photo Division[/ph]




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President meets Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany in New Delhi during her visit to India [ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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Prime Minister and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany witness the Exchange of Agreements in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Prime Minister and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany participate in the delegation level talks in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Mukesh, Photo Division[/ph]




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Prime Minister meets Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany at Hyderabad House, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany inspects the Guard of Honour during her Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Photo Division[/ph]




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Prime Minister meets Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Photo Division[/ph]




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Prime Minister attends the inaugural ceremony of Raisina Dialogue 2020 in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister attends Munich Security Conference 2020 during his visit to Germany





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External Affairs Minister meets Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2020





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External Affairs Minister meets Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defence of Germany in Berlin





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Why did Shelter back a squatter in my dad's house? TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

My father bought a house in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in 1971. Several years ago, a tenant tried to seize ownership by claiming squatter's rights.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: I smell a rat in this tale of a criminal tenant

I rented out my late mother's house. I chose Howards Estate Agents to find a suitable tenant in full time employment, but it later became apparent they were not and defaulted on the rent.




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'Why would a luxury hotel in Tokyo buy wine I never owned?' TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I invested in wine through the Bordeaux Wine Company which has collapsed. I have now been contacted by Empire Investment Capital Limited, which says it has a buyer for my wine.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Since your last intervention, Revolut has taken £2,500 from my wife!

I had hoped that after your probe into Revolut, we could move on. But it has messaged my wife, saying that her account has been closed and funds returned 'to source'. Well, I was that source. Where's the cash?




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TONY HETHERINGTON: It's your call... but I'd take offer to scrap £1,238 Vodafone debt

My son has experienced no end of problems since upgrading his contract. His phone has been cut off, debt collectors have demanded money, and now he's being threatened by bailiffs.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: I bought wine with Global Wine Exchange for £6,000

Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: We're watching you 

Two South London men awaiting trial on fraud charges have been ordered to hand over £8.6 million.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: £47k bill for new build with no planning permission

In January 2018, my son Michael paid a deposit on an off-plan new build apartment in Smithfield Square, Birmingham. Last year, we discovered that there was still no planning permission.




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I owe £2,232 in tax but the new Chancellor isn't too bothered: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates 

I closed my company in March last year. Final corporation tax due stood at £2,232 and I have tried repeatedly to pay this, but now the company is closed, the Revenue just does not accept it.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: ScottishPower's billing shambles may bankrupt us

P.S. writes: I am secretary of a not-for-profit charity. ScottishPower for some reason reduced the utility payments for our premises from £748 a month to just £1.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Sorry, Barclays, but I find your requests offensive

S.C. writes: I am sending you a request for information I received from Barclays Smart Investor and I wonder whether you find it as offensive as I do.




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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam - and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed

I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any money. I have filled in several withdrawal forms, but it never happenes.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority is a disgrace and your £20k loss is proof

I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm

'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.'




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TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Please help...we just want to stop living in fear of Scottish Power'

My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than 18 months, as it insists we owe more than £7,000. The company claims we have not paid since 2013




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland

I have received a letter from Lowell Portfolio, claiming an alleged debt of £599 which it says I owe to PayPal. But I rang PayPal and was told that in fact no money is owed on my account.




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ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund

My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer.




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ASK TONY: We caught car theft on CCTV but insurer still wouldn't pay out

Our leased Range Rover Velar was stolen in October. The police never recovered it because the thieves ripped out its tracker, which was later found thrown in a ditch.




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ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill

My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going.




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ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450

Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week.




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ASK TONY: Water torture of our £1,300 bowls club bill

I am the treasurer of a 300-year-old bowling club. In October, I received a water bill for £1,335.29 (£1,220.72 actual plus £114.57 estimated). Bills had previously been about £30 per quarter.




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ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017

My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess.




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ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain

I was contacted regarding potential fraudulent activity on my Tesco Mastercard in early October 2019. In total, £3,700.20 of illicit transactions were refunded.




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ASK TONY: TalkTalk won't let me cancel my care home dad's phone bill

My father, 92, was admitted to a dementia care home last September. I have Lasting Power of Attorney. I rang TalkTalk to cancel his account but they refused because I wasn't the account holder.




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ASK TONY: TSB - The bank that said 'NO' to my frail 86-year-old mother

I took my mother to a TSB branch to open an account because she has been told she can no longer receive her state pension via the Post Office. We took several documents showing her address.




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Tony Hazell: Why I WON'T sell in the coronavirus panic

It's been a sobering week for investors. As someone who has been investing for more than 30 years, I have drawn on all my experience to sit on my hands and do very little.




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ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it

I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.




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ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.




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ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up?

I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised.




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ASK TONY: We waited two weeks for Morrisons order, then RBS blocked it

My wife and I received a message from our bank saying there had been an 'unusual' request for payment on our account and it had declined to pay it. The payment was to Morrisons.




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ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus

For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band.