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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross addressed business leaders in Sao Paulo on Tuesday (July 30), warning that the EU-Mercosur deal could put at risk a possible free trade agreement between Brazil and the United States. Ross was in Brazil the same day that U.S. President Donald Trump said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas. Ross said a trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union, reached in principle last month, should avoid “obstacles” and “roadblocks” that would obstruct…

The PM on Thursday could face his first setback, when voters in the Brecon and Radnorshire constituency, in South Wales, votie in a by-election. The sitting Tory MP, Chris Davies, was convicted of filing false expenses and 18,000 voters signed a petition to recall him.  Conservatives then shocked many by selecting Mr Davies to stand again, although there may be method in the madness – the party believes they can portray the recall petition as a politicised overreaction to an honest mistake. The Liberal Democrats are heavy favourites to win the election, having made a pact with the Greens and…

A disorderly Brexit would be disastrous for the Irish economy, the head of Northern Ireland’s largest nationalist party warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at a meeting with Britain’s new leader. PM Johnson is meeting the leaders of the five main political parties in Northern Ireland, to encourage a resolution in talks between Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to restore a power-sharing government, which collapsed more a year and a half ago. Sinn Fein and the pro-British DUP — the largest parties in Northern Ireland — remain deeply divided over Brexit and the proposed Irish backstop which has…

Schools in areas with a higher risk of youth violence should be given dedicated police officers, say MPs. The Home Affairs Committee criticised the government’s current violence reduction strategy as “completely inadequate”. It called on the new prime minister, Boris Johnson, to take “personal responsibility” for tackling knife and gun crime among young people. But the Home Office said the MPs failed to fully recognise its action on crime. In its report, the committee called for more investment into neighbourhood policing – including a commitment to get a dedicated police officer into “all schools in areas with an above-average risk…

When Barcelona announced in January they had signed Frenkie de Jong from Ajax, the midfielder became the latest in an illustrious pipeline of Dutch imports to the Catalan club. Since Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff brought Dutch ‘Total Football’ to Barcelona in the 1970s, there has been a steady stream of talent moving south from the Netherlands. De Jong is proud to join the likes of compatriots Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer and Patrick Kluivert in heading to the Nou Camp, having dreamed of wearing Barca colours. “I think it’s a bit because of Cruyff,” De Jong told Reuters in…

Shares in Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct have plunged by up to 27% as investors gave their first reaction to financial results – delayed several times in bizarre fashion last week. The stock fell sharply at the open and settled around 10% down in early trading on Monday morning.It was not until after dealing had concluded on Friday that the retailer finally revealed numbers for the year to the end of April after several false starts. Market analysts wrote at the time that the handling of the results statement had amounted to a “shambles”. After the initial share price plunge on…

The chief executive of Vauxhall-owner PSA says it could move all production from its Ellesmere Port factory if Brexit makes it unprofitable. Carlos Tavares told the Financial Times that the carmaker has alternatives to the plant which it could use. The move would probably lead to the closure of the site, the FT said, threatening 1,000 jobs. That would leave Vauxhall’s Luton-based van plant as its last presence in the UK.

Meghan, wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, has chosen to feature 15 women she considers “Forces for change” on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue that she guest-edited, Buckingham Palace said. The Duchess of Sussex, who gave birth to her first child in May, spent seven months working with British Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful on the issue. The former actress, 37, said in a statement she had sought to steer the focus of the September issue – usually the year’s most-read – to “the values, causes and people making an impact in the world today”. The cover of…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned the European Union that the Irish backstop, which he said was undemocratic, needed to be ditched if they were to strike a Brexit Deal. Johnson, since taking office, has repeatedly warned that if the EU continues to refuse to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement agreed by his predecessor, Theresa May, then he will take Britain out on Oct. 31 without a deal. His biggest demand is that the most hotly contested element of the Brexit divorce agreement – the Irish border backstop – be struck out of the Withdrawal Agreement, a demand that has angered…

Turkish authorities raided a printing press in Istanbul, where nearly $271 million worth of fake banknotes were being printed. Stacks of counterfeit $100 banknotes were found by police and anti-crime and anti-smuggling authorities during the search in Istanbul’s Esenyurt neighbourhood Police said among the five people arrested, one had been earlier dismissed from the police force for suspected membership of a network that Ankara blames for orchestrating a failed military coup in 2016. Ankara has accused U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the attempted putsch in July 2016. He has denied any involvement. Authorities were searching for two more…