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Stories for November 5th 2019
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
IAG, Iberia and British Airways parent company takes over Air Europa for €1bn
IAG, the parent company of Iberia and British Airways, has agreed to buy Spanish airline Air Europa for €1bn in a move it says will strengthen Madrid’s position as a European hub. It will be the airline group’s third Spanish brand, behind the flag-carrier and low-cost Vueling.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:31 UTC
Commons has a new Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, who promised “the House will change for better”
Long-serving Labour Party lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle was elected speaker of Britain’s House of Commons on Monday, taking up the job with a clear message: I’m not John Bercow.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
US formally notifies UN withdrawal from Paris climate accord
United States on Monday formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, making the world's largest economy the sole outlier from the agreement. President Donald Trump went ahead with the pullout despite mounting evidence of the reality and impact of climate change, with September the fourth month in the row with near- or record-breaking temperatures.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Spain votes on Sunday: Catalonia and a possible repeat of a hung parliament
The main candidates to become Spain's next prime minister clashed on Monday over how to handle Catalan separatism, as they tried to woo voters ahead of a repeat election that opinion polls show could be as inconclusive as the one in April.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Calls in opposition city Santa Cruz to paralyze Bolivian government institutions and to march on La Paz
A civic leader urged Bolivians to “paralyze” government institutions and block the borders as protests sparked by the contentious election victory last month of President Evo Morales entered their third week on Monday.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Morales helicopter in emergency landing due to mechanical problems
A helicopter carrying Bolivia's President Evo Morales made an emergency landing Monday due to a mechanical problem, the military said, raising suspicions among his supporters after opponents vowed to oust him.
