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Record number of fires rage through Brazilian Amazon
With a record number of fires blazing across the rainforest, environmentalists are blaming the President for encouraging loggers and farmers to clear more land.
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Macron warns Johnson that Irish backstop is ‘indispensable’
Behind all the bonhomie, there was a stern line from Mr Macron, who warned the Irish backstop was “indispensable”.
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Mikaela Weisse: ‘This is only the beginning of the fire season. The next two months are critical’
Discussion with Anthony Pereira, director of the Brazil Institute at King’s College University, and Mikaela Weisse, manager of the Global Forest Watch.
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Brian Hook: ‘Iran is resorting to its usual playbook of terror because it doesn’t like being told no’
Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, has declared that talks with the United States would be “useless” – amid heightened tensions between the two countries. President Trump re-imposed strict sanctions on Iran after pulling out of an internationally agreed nuclear deal. Britain has stayed in, but Iran is accused of violations and there have been months of…
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Number of EU citizens coming to UK continues decline
New figures show that the number of EU citizens coming to the UK has continued to fall since 2016.
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How Scotland’s police force is preparing for a no-deal Brexit
Among the possible consequences of a no-deal Brexit: the risk of civil unrest and food shortages, according to the Cabinet Office’s ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ report leaked at the weekend. I interviewed the Deputy Chief Constable of Police Scotland about how officers are planning to cope in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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Man admits sending fake anthrax to female politicians
A man has admitted sending packages of fake anthrax to a series of female politicians.
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Underage marriage in Iraq
The facts are shocking – young girls, some as young as nine – forced into marriage – in a country which should give women equal rights in everything from education to marriage and divorce.
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Prince Andrew denies witnessing any suspicious behaviour by Jeffrey Epstein
Prince Andrew has denied he had any knowledge of criminal behaviour by the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – saying again that it had been a ‘mistake’ to visit Epstein in 2010 after he was released from a prison term on prostitution charges.
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Afghan refugee who arrived in a dinghy now in pilot training
A teenager from Iran who arrived by dinghy on a Kent beach on Christmas day has won a place at college – and hopes to become an airline pilot.
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Hong Kong protests: Riot police fought with bricks and petrol bombs
Protesters in Hong Kong have thrown bricks and petrol bombs at riot police – who fired tear gas in response – leading to chaotic scenes outside a police station and nearby shopping mall as the two sides faced off for several hours.
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Tusk hopes Johnson won’t be remembered as ‘Mr No Deal’
This is definitely not just a ‘wonderful boondoggle in some posh hotel’ Boris Johnson insisted this afternoon as he arrived here in Biarritz for his first G7 summit as Prime Minister, and although in typically upbeat form, Mr Johnson has got a long list of dilemmas to resolve – not least the looming prospect of a no deal Brexit.
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Director Pedro Almodóvar on semi-autobiographical film ‘Pain and Glory – and refusing to work in Hollywood
Celebrated the world over for his exuberant and rich dramas, the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has just released his 21st movie.
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Scotland’s national poet says Glasgow is leading the way on slavery reparation
In Glasgow this morning a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Universities of Glasgow and the West Indies. The move coincides with the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade. A plaque to mark today’s signing was also unveiled and Scotland’s national poet Jackie Kay read a poem specially commissioned for the event.
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Glasgow University first institution to pay slave-trade reparations
Glasgow University has become the first UK institution to raise money to pay reparations in recognition of the benefits it gained from the slave trade.
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Bury FC in race against time to avoid expulsion from the Football League
An English league football club faces an end to its history of 134 years.
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Trump vows to hit back after China places $75bn tariffs on US goods
China’s move to slap tariffs on $75 billion worth of US goods today has provoked President Trump into another series of outbursts. Dani Isdale is in Washington, D.C.
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Bake Off’s Prue to advise new government review into hospital food standards
Hospital food doesn’t have the greatest reputation. But the government hopes – not for the first time – that, this will soon change. Today, the Department for Health and social care announced a review into hospital food standards in England, with celebrity Bake Off star, Prue Leith on board to advise. The move comes after…
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Amazon fires: France and Ireland threaten to block Brazil trade
Political pressure is growing on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to take more urgent action to control the fires that are burning in the Amazon.
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Police forces observe silence week after death of PC Andrew Harper
Police forces across the UK observed a minute’s silence this morning, a week after the death of PC Andrew Harper. The Thames Valley Police Constable died while responding to reports of a burglary. His family also paid tribute – and said the general public’s response to his death had helped them “keep faith in the…
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Number of students passing GCSEs edges up
The number of students passing their GCSEs or scoring top grades has edged up for the second year running – despite claims that the exams have got harder.
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Nathalie Loiseau MEP: ‘If PM Johnson has a magical wand to find a better solution, we will look at it’
Interview with Nathalie Loiseau, the former French Europe Minister. I began by asking her whether the withdrawal agreement could be changed.
