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Revealed: Arron Banks puts controversial diamond mine up for sale
The millionaire businessman Arron Banks, who spent £8m on the Brexit campaign, has put a controversial South African diamond mine on the market. Mr Banks confirmed to Channel 4 News that the Newlands mine in Barkly West, Northern Cape province is up for sale for ZAR10m – just over £500,000. In a statement Mr Banks told…
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German villages bulldozed to make space for coal mine
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has promised to phase out coal by 2038 in order to meet climate change commitments. Yet it is expanding one of its biggest open cast mines, which is 48 square kilometres in size. The expansion will demolish five villages in the process, but the coal company responsible says it is not…
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Extinction Rebellion blocks access to Welsh oil refinery
Climate change protestors from the group Extinction Rebellion have blocked roads leading to an oil refinery in West Wales. The Pembrokeshire site, owned by Valero, is one of the biggest refineries in Europe – oil tankers have had to drive over nearby fields to reach the plant.
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Climate crisis: Americans forced to move twice because of rising sea levels
Let’s return to our special series on climate change. We’ve toured the glaciers of the Arctic and Europe.
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What would a ‘hard border’ in Northern Ireland actually look like?
Leo Varadkar’s office has told FactCheck that Ireland would not build any physical infrastructure on the border – even if there is no deal.
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Feminist groups lose battle to have strip club closed
Female strippers are celebrating after the club they work in had its licence renewed – despite a campaign by feminist groups to have it closed down.
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Johnson confronted during hospital visit – and Supreme Court hears prorogation case
A visit to a hospital in East London might have been designed to give Boris Johnson a break from Brexit, but it didn’t keep him away from an angry political confrontation.A visit to a hospital in East London might have been designed to give Boris Johnson a break from Brexit, but it didn’t keep him away from an angry political confrontation.
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Ratcliffe’s Ineos chooses Bridgend for 4×4 plant
Today Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced he is bringing up to 500 jobs to South Wales where his firm Ineos Automotive will be building a new 4×4 vehicle.
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91-year-old among those arrested in Extinction Rebellion climate protest
Extinction Rebellion campaigners attempted to block the main ferry terminal in Dover. But the Kent protests were a little less “school strike” and more “old school” – with men in their eighties and nineties amongst ten people arrested.
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Iran warns they will ‘destroy’ aggressors after Trump pledges troops to Saudi Arabia
We will “destroy any aggressor” – that was the message from the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, after the US announced it would send hundreds more troops to the Gulf to support Saudi Arabia – a move the US Defence Secretary described as “defensive in nature” Saudi Arabia said it would take appropriate steps if…
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‘A perfect example of how to shoot yourself in the foot’: Labour MP Stephen Kinnock on ousting deputy leader
Last night’s move dismayed supporters of Tom Watson. Cathy Newman spoke to Stephen Kinnock, who is a member of Future Britain – a group of Labour politicians set up by the deputy leader to discuss the direction of the party.
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Labour MP Ian Lavery insists ‘there isn’t any civil war in the party’
Cathy Newman asks Labour MP Ian Lavery if today’s row showed that Jeremy Corbyn had lost control of the situation?
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Jeremy Corbyn quashes attempt to axe deputy leader role amidst party infighting
Tom Watson might have survived last night’s attempt to abolish his role – for now – but the recriminations have dominated the first day of the Labour Party Conference. Some Labour ministers bemoaned the fact internal splits were distracting from important policy announcements. But will the rupture have an impact on Labour’s policy on the…
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Stanley Johnson: ‘I am probably siding with my eldest son’, Prime Minister Boris
Cathy Newman talks to author and former politician Stanley Johnson, who is also the father of Prime Minister Boris.
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Prince Andrew denies woman’s claim he had sex with her when she was 17
The woman at the centre of sexual abuse allegations against Prince Andrew has given details of what she claims happened to her. In her first TV interview about the allegations, Virginia Giuffre says she was trafficked to London by a friend of the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She alleges Prince Andrew bought her vodka in a…
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#ClimateStrike: Millions take to the streets to save the world
What began as a protest by the Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who decided to skip school on Fridays to draw attention to the plight of the planet, has today been called the biggest mass demonstration in history. Millions of people have marched in the streets in 150 countries to protest about global warming. Many of…
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The Welsh villagers who could become Britain’s first climate refugees
Climate change protests have taken place across the world. But nowhere in Britain is facing the consequences of global warming quite like Fairbourne, a village on the coast of North West Wales. Residents have been told that their homes will have to be abandoned because of the rise in sea levels.
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EU memo casts doubt on government’s Brexit proposals
A memo from the EU seen by Channel 4 News has poured cold water on the government’s proposals to unlock Brexit negotiations, just hours after the Brexit Secretary held meetings with the EU chief negotiator. Stephen Barclay said they were “moving forward” with momentum.
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Holidaymakers fear being stranded as Thomas Cook seeks to avoid collapse
A hundred and eighty thousand people could be stranded abroad if one of the world’s oldest travel companies can’t find money it needs to save it from collapse. Thomas Cook is facing the prospect of going into administration unless it can find someone to stump up £200 million. If it doesn’t, people who are on…
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Where the main parties are struggling to hold onto their seats because of Brexit
An election may not have been called yet, but on the streets of Britain the political parties appear to be gearing up for one. And because of Brexit, new battle lines are being drawn. Our Political Correspondent Liz Bates has been to Grimsby and Cheltenham where politics has polarised the public, leaving the two main…
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FactCheck: did austerity kill 120,000 people?
That was the claim shared by Jeremy Corbyn — but is it true?
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How likely is a Brexit deal?｜Politics: Where Next
Deal or No Deal? Boris Johnson’s search for a Brexit deal has intensified. Government insiders say parliament blocking the early election and passing a bill that tries to stop a no-deal Brexit has forced the government to throw itself into pursuing a last-minute compromise.
