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World Service,29 Aug 2019,53 mins

UK parliament suspension sparks furious backlash

Newsday

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The British government’s decision to suspend parliament for nearly five crucial weeks in the run-up to the country's withdrawal from the European Union has provoked an impassioned backlash; in an exclusive interview the former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the BBC, from prison; and a study says around 250 million people living along the river Nile are likely to see more rain but have less water.

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