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‘Dangerous’ UK government intent on forcing no deal, says Sturgeon

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Scotland’s first minister criticises Boris Johnson’s ‘hardline position’ on Brexit

Boris Johnson has been accused by Nicola Sturgeon of intentionally pushing the UK towards a no-deal Brexit, despite his “bluff and bluster” about wanting an agreement with EU leaders.

After meeting Johnson face-to-face in Edinburgh, the Scottish first minister said she believed he was pursuing a “dangerous” hardline strategy with EU leaders, with the likely outcome of no-deal Brexit.

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Amazon gold miners invade indigenous village in Brazil after its leader is killed

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Brazil’s police have been urged to investigate a ‘very tense situation’ in Amapá state

Dozens of gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon where a local leader was stabbed to death and have taken over a village after the community fled in fear, local politicians and indigenous leaders said. The authorities said police were on their way to investigate.

Illegal gold mining is at epidemic proportions in the Amazon and the heavily polluting activities of garimpeiros – as miners are called – devastate forests and poison rivers with mercury. About 50 garimpeiros were reported to have invaded the 600,000-hectare Waiãpi indigenous reserve in the state of Amapá on Saturday.

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‘I Should Be More Careful With Twitter’: Marianne Williamson on Those Mental Health Comments

A hack job, i a hack job, is a hack job. It’s clear that drug companies promote over-prescription of their products and that some over-prescribe as a result. Drugs would cost less, if drug companies were not spending millions upon millions pushing them in medical offices and on screen in ads using paid actors to pretend they are benefiting from the drug being advertised on tv or online. Ms. Williamson, a spiritual adviser and long shot presidential candidate, stood by her claim that antidepressants are overprescribed, which experts say stigmatizes mental illness.

‘What keeps me going? My patients,’ says France’s oldest doctor at 98

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After 70 years, Dr Christian Chenay still wants to help people in the ‘forgotten’ suburbs of Paris

On a quiet street in a low-income Paris suburb, the doctor’s waiting room was so full that patients spilled out on to the pavement. Some from distant housing estates had travelled here as early as 4am to be sure of a place in line.

“This doctor is really loved because he takes time to listen to you, he calms you down,” said Yamina Derni, 63, who had been treated for benign tumours. “You don’t even notice his age.”

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Boris Johnson plans to frighten Europe then charm it. Here’s why he’ll fail | Jonathan Powell

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I spent 10 years negotiating with EU leaders. They don’t trust him, and simply won’t be fooled by his bluster

• Jonathan Powell was chief of staff to Tony Blair

The new prime minister insists blind ambition is enough. Like Peter Pan, if we do believe, we do, we do, then it will come true. We can have a new exit deal with the European Union within 99 days without the “undemocratic” Irish backstop because he wills it so. This Tinkerbell delusion is about to be tested on the wheel of harsh reality when Boris Johnson goes to meet his European colleagues. But even his first step has backfired. When he, unwisely, upped the ante by making refusal of the Irish border backstop a precondition for talks, the EU negotiator Michel Barnier immediately rejected the move. Now Johnson will have to back down even to get a meeting.

The prime minister’s strategy, however, remains clear: he will combine public threats and private charm. First, he will frighten Europe by giving every impression of going hell for leather for a no-deal Brexit. He has certainly appointed the right team to frighten them – Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings. Like us, EU leaders have seen the movie. And then he hopes the leaders will melt in the face of his personal charm when he comes to visit them.

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A US-born teen was in border custody for 23 days. Now he’s suing the government

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Francisco Galicia and his mother are speaking out on the inhumane conditions they say he endured while detained

A mother and her American-born teenage son are suing two US government agencies and speaking out over the inhumane conditions they said he endured while taken into border custody for more than three weeks.

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