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France says it opposes Mercosur trade deal because of Brazil president’s ‘lies’
The spat comes amid concern about wildfires in the Amazon rainforest which prompted a spat between Emmanuel Macron and Jair Bolsonaro.
Billionaire and US conservative campaigner David Koch dies aged 79
He was one of the wealthiest men in the US.
Fire at tower block near Grenfell sees firefighters battling huge blaze
The blaze at Markland House on Silchester Estate.
Hasbro slammed for release of “mean-spirited” socialist edition of Monopoly
"It goes without saying that this game is entirely uninterested in trying to understand what socialism actually is and how it might function".
“The amazon is burning. Unnaturally, illegally, irreversibly. Will the world just watch?”
Brazil’s government has complained that it is being targeted in smear campaign
Minister & close ally of Boris accused of ‘cosying up’ to Brazil government as Amazon rainforest burns
Wildfires in the Amazon, which produces a fifth of the world’s oxygen, have increased by 84% since last year.
The Hajj could fall victim to global warming
Saudi Arabia's heat and humidity is set to get so bad even fit individuals will face "extreme danger".
Tories ‘failing a whole generation of children’ with rising homelessness and poverty warns Corbyn
The Children’s Commissioner for England has estimated there could be more than 210,000 youngsters without a permanent home in England.
Revealed: children young as four caught with knives at school
The number of knife possession offences in school have more than doubled over the past five years.