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20 hours ago

France blames Brexit for migrant crisis as Macron MP attacks UK's 'very weak asylum policy' which makes Britain 'El Dorado' for illegal migration

The Renaissance Party member was asked if a generous benefits culture and lax controls meant the UK was still an 'El Dorado' - the mythical city of gold in South America

2 days ago

Brazil return to their roots with appointment of Carlo Ancelotti | Jonathan Wilson

Five-time World Cup winners have their first foreign coach but it reconnects them to a tradition that made them great

On Friday, against Ecuador in Guayaquil, Carlo Ancelotti will become the first for…

5 days ago

Revealed: Dramatic rescue operation to save British backpacker who was robbed, attacked and left living on the streets of South America

Hannah Almond, 32, who had travelled to Peru on a yoga retreat to 'find herself', was discovered slumped on the pavement by a Peruvian Good Samaritan who flew to Cusco to search for her.

7 days ago

Ultimate backpacker nightmare: British woman is living on the streets in South America after being violently robbed of her passport and all her money

Hannah Almond, 32, a fashion graduate from Grimsby, was left stranded, penniless and unable to contact her family after the attack, with all her remaining belongings torched by local thugs.

8 days ago

Gangs preying on British tourists in Colombia by befriending them on Tinder or Grindr before drugging them with 'Devil Breath' truth serum to kidnap and rob them

Devil's Breath, also known as scopolamine and burundanga, was previously used as a truth serum by the CIA and comes from the seeds of the Borrachero tree in South America.

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10 days ago

‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water

• Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year

Wildfires engulfed vas…

12 days ago

How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare

Introduced from South America, mathenge was intended to halt desertification, but now three-quarters of the country is at risk of invasion by the invasive tree

For his entire life, John Lmakato has li…

14 days ago

25 days ago

Long Way Home review – Ewan McGregor’s latest motorbike adventure is mesmerising slow TV

The actor’s new travelogue with Charley Boorman is far from action-packed – and could do with fewer episodes. But watching them ride eventually becomes entrancing

They’ve gone Round, Down and Up, and …

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