CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo: President Donald Trump closed out his midterm election rallies with one in Missouri that featured conservative stars, Republican hopefuls, favorite Democratic targets, and a little drama.
Joining Trump on stage in the Mississippi River town of Cape Girardeau was native son and radio host Rush Limbaugh plus Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro.
Trump’s stump speech was interrupted for several minutes Monday night when a woman in the crowd required medical attention. People sang the hymn “Amazing Grace” as she was taken outside.
Trump’s Missouri rally was his third of the day and his 11th in a spate of campaigning during which he accused Democrats of planning to ruin the country if they succeed in gaining power in Congress after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Trump closes out furious campaign effort with Missouri rally
Trump closes out furious campaign effort with Missouri rally
- Trump accused Democrats of planning to ruin the country if they succeed in gaining power in Congress
- Conservative stars joined Trump on stage including two Fox News hosts
Italy says it can reactivate coal-powered plants if Gulf crisis worsens
- Fratin said Italy has “coal-powered stations that I wouldn’t like to re-activate but they are there in reserve to safeguard our country“
- Italy has a diversified portfolio of gas suppliers, which include Norway, Algeria and Azerbaijan
ROME: Italy’s energy minister said on Wednesday that the country can reactivate some coal-fired power stations if conflict in the Middle East should lead to an energy crisis.
Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said in a television interview that Italy has “coal-powered stations that I wouldn’t like to re-activate but they are there in reserve to safeguard our country.”
Israeli and US forces struck targets across Iran on Tuesday, prompting Iranian strikes against energy infrastructure in other Gulf states considered US allies, in a region that accounts for just under a third of global oil production.
Iran has also targeted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flows. Traffic remained effectively closed for a fourth day after Iran attacked five ships.
Italy has a diversified portfolio of gas suppliers, which include Norway, Algeria and Azerbaijan among others.
In addition the country’s quantities of gas storage are at relatively high levels.
“On the (energy) security front, our country is ... quite safe quantitatively,” Pichetto Fratin said.
“We have the highest storage levels in Europe, we have diversified sources, and therefore we can say there is not an extremely severe situation regarding the quantities of resources, and I am speaking mainly about gas,” he added.
