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Venezuelans Accused Of Smuggling $5 Mn In Gold Into US

Mugshots released on September 24, 2019, by the Broward County Sheriff's office shows Venezuelan national Jean Charles Sanchez Rojas (L) and Victor Fossi Grieco who were arrested by US Marshals service for smuggling gold into the country
Hours after her impassioned speech against world leaders for failing to act on climate change, Donald Trump described Greta Thunberg as a 'very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future'

Trump Slammed For Trolling Greta Thunberg Climate Speech

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg responded to US President Donald Trump's mocking of her online by embracing his words on her Twitter page Tuesday.Trump stirred up fresh outrage on social media late Monday with a tweet that sneered at an impassioned speech made by the 16-year-old at the UN climate summit in New York.Her voice shaking with emotion in an address that was the defining moment of the summit, Thunberg accused world leaders of betraying her generation by failing to act on rising emissions, repeating the words "how dare you" four times.
Protesters outside the court yelled for parliament to be reopened

UK PM Vows To Pursue Brexit Plan Despite Supreme Court Blow

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with his plans for Brexit on October 31 despite a momentous Supreme Court ruling that found his decision to suspend parliament unlawful.The judgement dealt a huge blow to Johnson's authority, coming after a series of defeats in parliament that have curbed his plans to leave the European Union even if there is no divorce deal with Brussels.
Like this test at Eurotunnel last week, staff have been checking trucks on their way to Britain in a test of post-Brexit customs measures

Cross-Channel Trade Put To No-deal Brexit Test In Calais

A handful of truck drivers in the French port of Calais got a taste Tuesday of what awaits if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal, as authorities there simulated the return of customs checks.Didier Verhaeghe, a trucker with 35 years experience, was one of a handful of drivers whose vehicle was searched on his arrival in Europe's busiest port for cross-Channel traffic."This is my Brexit today," the 52-year-old driver told reporters wearily as officials in Calais's new Brexit customs hangar counted the bags of cement he was transporting from London.

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