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UK parliament suspension sparks furious backlash
The government says the five-week suspension in September and October will still allow time to debate Brexit.
The British government鈥檚 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 大象传媒, 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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