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Pound recovers after British Government U-Turn

The pound rose against the dollar after the UK government announced it was scrapping plans to cut taxes for top earners.

The pound rose against the dollar after the UK government announced it was scrapping plans to cut taxes for top earners, get the latest from London with Gemma Tetlow, an economist at the Institute for Government.

Former OPEC official Jorge Leon discusses fears the group of oil producing countries could reduce supplies, leading to brent crude prices rising 4%.

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Investigation has found that the owner of the UK's biggest power station, Drax, is cutting down key forests in Canada. We speak to reporter Joe Crowley who's been investigating the story.

We get the latest from the Brazilian elections with Bruno Carazza, a professor at Dom Cabral Foundation, who told us what to expect in the second round of votes between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

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