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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’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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