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US Nato envoy’s threat to Russia: stop developing missile or we’ll ‘take it out’

How long will it take to walk this back?

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  • Kay Bailey Hutchison seems to raise prospect of strike
  • Washington says cruise missile breaks 1987 INF treaty

The US ambassador to Nato has warned Russia that if it does not halt the development of a new cruise missile in violation of a treaty between the countries, the US will “take out” the missile.

Kay Bailey Hutchison was speaking to reporters about a longstanding issue of contention, a Russian ground-launched cruise missile which Washington says breaks the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

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Trump reportedly picks handbag designer as ambassador to South Africa

This is why people laugh at him.

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Lana Marks, whose products retail for $10,000 to $400,000, was born in South Africa but has not lived there for more than 40 years

A luxury handbag designer in Palm Beach, Florida, has reportedly been chosen by Donald Trump as the next US ambassador to South Africa.

The appointment of Lana Marks, whose products sell between $10,000 and $400,000, would be likely to cause some surprise: Marks was born in South Africa but has not lived there for more than 40 years.

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May says EU immigrants will lose priority status after Brexit

Have lost their way

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Highly skilled migrants to be favoured as free movement ends ‘once and for all’

EU citizens will no longer be given priority to live and work in Britain in a radical overhaul of immigration policy after Brexit, Theresa May has said, admitting Britons may in turn have to apply for US-style visas to visit and work in Europe.

The prime minister said the terms of the final deal with the EU could include mobility concessions, but insisted that would be within the control of the British government.

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‘They want us to be robots’: Whole Foods workers fear Amazon’s changes

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Employees have begun to organize in an attempt to push back on changes made since Amazon acquired the company in 2017

Whole Foods staff are worried that Amazon, the grocery chain’s new owner, is trying to turn them into “robots” and are seeking to set up a union to protect their jobs.

Workers at “America’s healthiest grocery store” say management is trying to cut jobs and reduce wages as they reshape the 38-year-old grocery chain in Amazon’s image.

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