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• Impatience Swells as Venezuelans Protest Maduro in Caracas Again

  09-03-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Juan Guaido, the challenger to President Nicolas Maduro, brought thousands of supporters to the streets of Caracas, though fewer showed up than in late January after the National Assembly he heads proclaimed him interim president.More than 50 nations, including the U.S., support Guaido as president and want Maduro, the autocratic heir to Chavismo, gone.
  
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• R. Kelly freed from Chicago jail after child support paid

  09-03-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The performer, 52, was arrested on Wednesday over the unpaid support for three children he has with Andrea Lee."I promise you, we're gonna straighten all this stuff out," Kelly told reporters and a smattering of fans who had gathered outside Cook County Jail."That's all I can say right now."Sam Randall, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said in a phone interview on Saturday that the source of the payment was unclear, noting that the name section of the bond slip was left blank.
  
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• For Jussie Smollett, 1 story equals 16 felony counts

  09-03-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — News that a grand jury had indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16.
  
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• More blackouts hit Venezuela as opposition, government rally

  09-03-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition and government loyalists held rival demonstrations in Caracas on Saturday, as both sides prepared for what some fear could be a protracted power struggle.
  
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• Exclusive: Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of 'sleeper cells'

  09-03-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Mounsef al-Mkhayar, a 22-year-old of Moroccan descent who grew up in Italy, spoke to Reuters in his first interview since surrendering to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) two months ago.Mkhayar gave an account of growing chaos among jihadists on the brink of defeat, and of disputes in the ranks as top commanders fled Syria.
  
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• AP source: Trump to seek money for border wall, Space Force

  09-03-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official said.
  
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• Rancho Cucamonga: Gunman sought after shooting at woman during attempted carjacking at gas station

  09-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities continued their search for a man who opened fire on a woman's vehicle after attempting to carjack her at a gas station in Rancho Cucamonga.
  
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• The internet can't stop editing live cats into the 'Captain Marvel' poster

  09-03-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  If you need a reminder of how amazing the internet is, look no further than the trending hashtag for Captain Marvel's cuddly cat -- sorry, I mean Flerken -- named Goose.Following the release of Disney's latest superhero blockbuster in South Korea, the hashtag for Goose, "캡틴마블_우리집구스," started trending. But whereas most Twitter hashtags are usually filled with text, this one quickly turned into a gallery of cute kitty overload.SEE ALSO
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan stands by Russia missile deal

  09-03-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning."It is very clear why Turkey has bought this air defence system, under what conditions it has bought them and how it will be used," Erdogan said in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.The "issue was not about the S-400s" but about Turkey "taking actions on its own accord", especially in Syria, he added.
  
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• Warren Says Breaking Up Tech Giants Will Keep Market Competitive

  09-03-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator spoke Saturday at the annual South by Southwest cultural festival in Austin, Texas, a day after proposing to take steps to break up companies like Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Co.’s Google if she’s elected.On Friday she called for legislation that would designate large technology companies as “platform utilities,” and for the appointment of regulators who’d unwind technology mergers that undermine competition and harm innovation and small bus
  
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• Two more Isil brides stripped of British citizenship

  09-03-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Two more jihadi brides who joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are believed to have been stripped of their UK citizenship while living in a refugee camp in Syria. The disclosure came as a row intensified over the death of a three-week-old baby whose mother Shamima Begum had been stripped of her British citizenship. Reema Iqbal, 30, along with her sister Zara Iqbal, 28, are mothers of five children between them, and are also in a camp. Legal sources told the Sunday Times that the sisters
  
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• R. Kelly released from jail after paying child support

  09-03-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Singer R. Kelly was released from jail Saturday after paying child support following a previous detention on sex abuse charges.The R&B superstar was taken into custody Wednesday after failing to come up with the $161,000 he owed in payments to his ex-wife and their three children."I promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out," Kelly, 52, told journalists as he left prison.
  
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• Will President Trump pardon Paul Manafort?

  09-03-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Great America Alliance co-Chair Eric Beach says he does not believe the president will pardon former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
  
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• Trump: Founder of alleged prostitution spa 'sold Chinese businessmen access to president’

  09-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese clients have allegedly been offered access to Donald Trump and his administration by the female founder of a massage parlour involved in a high-profile prostitution sting.Li Yang, the Chinese founder of the Orchids of Asia Day spa in Florida, made headlines last week when US media unearthed a photo of her smiling alongside the US president at his West Palm Beach country club during last month’s Super Bowl.Less than three weeks after the selfie was taken, Robert Kraft, owner of Supe
  
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• Trump: Chinese clients ‘sold access to president and family’ at Mar-a-Lago by founder of alleged prostitution spa

  09-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese clients have allegedly been offered access to Donald Trump and his administration by the female founder of a massage parlour involved in a high-profile prostitution sting.Li Yang, the Chinese founder of the Orchids of Asia Day spa in Florida, made headlines last week when US media unearthed a photo of her smiling alongside the US president at his West Palm Beach country club during last month’s Super Bowl.Less than three weeks after the selfie was taken, Robert Kraft, owner of Supe
  
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• UK official says EU playing games over Brexit

  09-03-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — With tensions escalating, Britain's House of Commons leader said Saturday that European Union officials need to take seriously British proposals for ending the Brexit impasse before a crucial vote in Parliament.
  
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• US-backed fighters could soon resume offensive against IS

  09-03-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed fighters could soon resume an offensive against the Islamic State group in the last area they control in Syria, an official said Saturday, adding that the battle against the extremists is expected to take three days.
  
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• Man wins mega millions jackpot to tune of $273m after stranger returns lost lottery ticket

  09-03-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  An unemployed New Jersey man won a $273m (£210m) Mega Millions lottery jackpot last week after a stranger found and returned the winning ticket he had left behind on a shop counter.The man, Michael J Weirsky, told reporters on Thursday he lost two tickets immediately after he bought them at a QuickChek in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, on the day before the lottery draw.Mr Weirsky had spent hours searching for the tickets when he got to his home in Alpha, New Jersey, near the Pennsylvania borde
  
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• More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault

  09-03-2019 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of people - many of them the wives of IS fighters and their children - have been streaming out of besieged enclave at Baghouz for weeks, forcing the SDF to delay the assault to wipe out the last vestige of the jihadists' territorial rule.The SDF has said it wants to make sure all civilians are out of the enclave before launching its final assault.Hundreds of IS fighters have also surrendered, but the SDF believes the most hardened foreign jihadists are still inside.
  
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• India returns key diplomat to Pakistan as tensions ease

  09-03-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan's capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbors, but also demanded that its archrival take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory.
  
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• UK official criticized after baby of IS teen dies in Syria

  09-03-2019 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary Sajid Javid faced criticism Saturday after the death of a U.K. teenager's baby in a Syrian camp.
  
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• British IS runaway teen's baby son dies in Syria

  09-03-2019 17:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The British government drew fresh criticism Saturday over its decision to revoke citizenship from a London teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, after her baby died in a refugee camp.Shamima Begum, 19, had asked to return home after giving birth to her son Jarrah last month in the camp in northeastern Syria, but London refused.A spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Mustefa Bali, told AFP the baby had died, without giving further details.
  
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• Ilhan Omar suggests Obama was a 'pretty face who got away with murder'

  09-03-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ilhan Omar has suggested Barack Obama is a “pretty face” who “got away with murder”.The Minnesota Democrat implied the former president’s “hope and change” message was an illusion – saying his immigration policies involved detaining children at the southern border and pointing to his repeated use of lethal drone strikes overseas.The article characterised her description of the former Democrat president’s policies as operating w
  
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• Severe thunderstorms expected on Saturday in parts of U.S. Midwest, South

  09-03-2019 16:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Portions of eastern Arkansas, southeastern Montana, southern Illinois and western Kentucky are under a risk of scattered severe storms on Saturday, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Lamers.Isolated severe thunderstorms are also expected from upper Mississippi and northeast Texas to the lower Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley.Last Sunday's tornadoes in Lee County, Alabama, were spawned by a late-winter "supercell" thunderstorm, ripping through homes and businesses with cyclo
  
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• ICE makes more arrests at decoy university

  09-03-2019 16:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal immigration authorities made more arrests at a decoy university created to catch illegal immigrants.
  
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• Stormy Daniels arrest not motivated by politics but still improper, investigation finds

  09-03-2019 16:35 via news.yahoo.com
  An internal police investigation found Ohio officers improperly arrested porn actress Stormy Daniels last year but weren't politically motivated.
  
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• Surprise sale slashes the two most popular Instant Pots to their lowest prices of 2019

  09-03-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Well what do we have here, bargain hunters!? It looks like Amazon is feeling particularly generous this weekend because out of the blue, it slashed the prices of the two most popular Instant Pot models on the planet to 2019 lows. Well, technically the Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker is within $2 of its 2019 low, but that's close enough for us -- clip the $18 coupon on the Amazon page and you'll snag this incredible $100 Instant Pot for only $71.99. If you hav
  
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• U.S. judge may force Trump administration to reunite more families separated at Mexico border

  09-03-2019 16:28 via news.yahoo.com
  In a blow to the Trump administration's U.S.-Mexico border strategy, a federal court judge in California has expanded the number of migrant families separated at the border that the government may be required to reunite.San Diego-based U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw late on Friday issued a preliminary ruling that would potentially expand by thousands the number of migrants included in a class-action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.Sabraw already ordered the Trump adm
  
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• Possible fire on plane diverted to Newark Airport; Flights have resumed

  09-03-2019 16:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A possible fire on a plane reportedly diverted to Newark Liberty International Airport has caused the airport to shut down all runways Saturday morning.
  
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• Police launch hate crime investigation after woman sprays unknown substance at subway riders in NYC

  09-03-2019 16:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are searching for a woman who apparently randomly sprayed an unknown substance -- possibly mace or pepper spray --at people in two subway stations in Manhattan.
  
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• Jussie Smollett now faces potentially decades in jail after a grand jury indicts him on 16 felonies

  09-03-2019 16:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The ‘Empire’ actor’s lawyer says Jussie Smolllet is a victim of a 'media gangbang.'
  
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• Biden eyes fundraising challenge amid new sense of urgency

  09-03-2019 16:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — On the cusp of another White House run, Joe Biden faces a daunting challenge that could complicate his path to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination: money.
  
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• Tech Startup Investors Are Wary of Warren's Plan to Protect Them

  09-03-2019 15:56 via news.yahoo.com
  “To reach consumers you have to pay Facebook and Google” for advertising and attention, said Garry Tan, co-founder and managing partner of Initialized Capital.Large companies “spend billions of dollars a year on Facebook and Google ads,” he said.
  
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• Duchess of Sussex loses third key aide in just months

  09-03-2019 15:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duchess of Sussex’s assistant private secretary is to leave her job after just one year in the post. Amy Pickerill has been the “right hand woman” to Meghan after being handpicked to work for her and then officially appointed in February last year. She has played a major role in helping Meghan adjust to royal life, including helping her organise her charity projects, including the cookbook the Duchess published to raise money for families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire
  
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• Palestinians hold funeral for man killed during border protests

  09-03-2019 14:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A funeral was held on Saturday for a Palestinian man shot dead the previous day during weekly protests held at the fortified Gaza Strip border. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
  
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• Is Michael Cohen's meeting with Adam Schiff a cause for concern?

  09-03-2019 14:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Cohen met with Schiff before his public testimony; House Judiciary Committee member Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko weighs in.
  
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• Will Omar's comments have a lasting effect on Jewish support for the Democratic Party?

  09-03-2019 14:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Left plagued with controversy after Rep. Ilhan Omar's anti-Semitic remarks; reaction from former Democrats for Trump chair Andrew Stein.
  
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• 10 killer deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday

  09-03-2019 14:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Welcome to a special weekend addition of our series that rounds up all the best deals of the day. Before you head out to the theater this weekend to see Marvel's latest blockbuster Captain Marvel, why not be your own hero and save a ton of cash on the most popular products around? Highlights from Saturday's roundup include a new all-time low of just $16.79 for Anker's best fast wireless charger, just $21 for Samsung's lightning-fast EVO 128GB microSD card, a 4-pack of Alexa and Google enabled sm
  
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• Vietnam says investigating cause of boat's sinking in contested waters

  09-03-2019 13:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam is seeking clarification of how a fishing boat came to sink this week in the contested South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, days after a local rescue agency said it was rammed by a Chinese vessel.Vietnam and China have long been embroiled in maritime disputes in the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called East Sea by Vietnam.It said all five fishermen on board were rescued by another Vietnamese fishing boat.
  
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• North Korea 'preparing to launch rocket', aerial photos suggest

  09-03-2019 12:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Satellite photographs suggest North Korea appears to be preparing to launch missiles or possibly a space rocket, less than two weeks after Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-un to try and bring an end to the country’s nuclear weapons programme.The factory was where North Korea built its first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.The activity at Sanumdong comes after two US think tanks and South Korea’s spy agency said this week the North was also rebu
  
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• Netanyahu campaign draws accusations of incitement

  09-03-2019 12:41 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has run into political trouble in the past, he has lashed out at the media, the political opposition and Israel's Arab minority with incendiary and divisive language to galvanize his nationalist base.
  
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• The Collapse of the Center-Left

  09-03-2019 12:30 via news.yahoo.com
  I  have a new hobby. It's collecting the excuses Democrats make for Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman who has an unhealthy fixation on Jewish influence, Jewish money, and Jewish loyalty. Omar has said that Israel "hypnotized the world," ascribing to Jews the power of mind control in the service of manipulating public opinion. She's said the only reason Congress supports Israel is Jewish campaign donations. Most recently, using the classic anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty,
  
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• Paul Manafort Was an Agent of Ukraine, Not Russia

  09-03-2019 12:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort, the clandestine agent of Russia at the heart of the Trump campaign’s “collusion” scand — oh, wait.Have you ever noticed what Paul Manafort’s major crime was? After two years of investigation, after the predawn raid in which his wife was held at gunpoint, after months of solitary confinement that have left him a shell of his former self, have you noticed what drew the militant attention of the Obama Justice Department, the FBI, and, ultimately, a speci
  
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• Trump autographs bibles while meeting Alabama tornado victims

  09-03-2019 12:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has sparked controversy for signing bibles of Alabama residents who were hit by a deadly storm that claimed 23 lives.The president made the unusual gesture while visiting a Baptist church in Opelika which is serving as a disaster relief centre.Local volunteer Ada Ingram told reporters Mr Trump signed several hats and bibles - including one for a 12-year-old boy - prompting a crowd of onlookers to erupt into applause.
  
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• Trump or Cohen: Who can you trust in the ongoing blame game?

  09-03-2019 12:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest White House legal drama — whether or not the president's former legal fixer asked him for a pardon — has pulled back the curtain on a whole cast of characters whose comments can't always be taken at face value.Michael Cohen, Mr Trump's former attorney who denies asking for presidential intervention, has himself pleaded guilty to lying to Congress — to back up Mr Trump's own stories.
  
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• How to Make Your Dishwasher Last Longer

  09-03-2019 12:00 via news.yahoo.com
  How long should a dishwasher last? Some CR members are happy to report that they've had their dishwasher for more than 20 years, while others express frustration over machines that break in just ...
  
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• KitchenAid has a new line of cooking utensils exclusive to Walmart, and we want them all

  09-03-2019 11:00 via news.yahoo.com
  KitchenAid has a new Walmart-exclusive line of cooking gadgets and tools -- possibly as a tribute to KitchenAid's 100th birthday a few months ago -- and we are psyched. KitchenAid is our jam. There are no new stand mixers in the collaboration (boo), but other gorgeous cooking gear like utensils, strainers, bowls, and more can up the style factor in your kitchen. And that stuff is just as important as the big appliances.SEE ALSO: Walmart just launched a new line of furniture and it's ac
  
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• N. Korea may be preparing a missile or space launch: NPR

  09-03-2019 10:46 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea may be preparing for a missile or space launch, US news outlet NPR has reported, based on satellite image analysis of a key facility near Pyongyang.NPR said the images of Sanumdong, one of the facilities Pyongyang has used to produce inter-continental ballistic missiles and space rockets, were taken days before US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi for their high-stakes summit, which ended in failure.
  
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• UK won't accept Brexit deal that puts union at risk: PM's party chairman

  09-03-2019 09:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain cannot accept an EU proposal to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks because it would threaten the unity of the United Kingdom by treating Northern Ireland differently, the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party said.The issue of how to maintain an open border on the island of Ireland is at the heart of the dispute between London and Brussels after British lawmakers objected to the so-called backstop insurance policy which they believe would keep the whole of the UK trapped in an EU
  
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