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G7 offer help with Amazon fires and talks with Brazil on reforestation of ‘lungs of the world’
Bolivia and Paraguay have also struggled to contain fires that swept through woods and fields, in many cases set to clear land for farming.
Award-winning BBC food champion denied settled status after Brexit despite living 31 years in UK
The baking author and teacher described the government's settlement scheme to allow EU citizens to stay in the UK as "shambolic".
Boris Johnson accused of ‘violating international law’ with ‘inflammatory’ remarks about sending migrants back
“Those who are forced to take dangerous means of reaching our shores have a legal right to have their voice heard and we should be creating safe and legal routes for vulnerable people to come. “Johnson’s comment is misleading, designed to inflame tension and, if put in practice, would violate international law.”
Two earth tremors in two days at UK’s only fracking site
Cuadrilla are under fire after a secret non-disclosure agreement between the fracking firm and the UK’s earthquake monitor, the British Geological Survey, was unearthed.
Temperatures rise as UK faces hottest August bank holiday on record
Roads are expected to be jammed as tourists head for the coast with the hottest August Bank Holiday weather ever forecast in the South.
PM warns migrants trying to illegally enter UK: ‘We will send you back’
Boris Johnson made the comments after nearly 100 people tried to cross the English Channel from France in one day
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.