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A natural material made from sugar beet waste to thicken paints, bulk out food, and potentially even manufacture airplane wings has been devised by Scottish scientists, and could become a billion dollar global export. Jim Drury reports.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrives in Caracas to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The visit comes a week after Petro called the disqualification of opposition candidates in Venezuela's presidential election an "undemocratic coup." IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire proposes the creation of a European savings product with willing EU states, in order to mobilize private capital for growth. SOUNDBITE
Polling stations open in Caracas as Venezuela presses ahead with a referendum that it hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighbouring Guyana. Caracas contends that the Essequibo River to the east of the region is the natural border between the two countries, as declared in 1777 under Spanish rule, and that the United Kingdom wrongly appropriated Venezuelan lands in the 19th century. Guyana, however, asserts that the border was set in the British colonial era and was confirmed in 1899 by a court of arbitration. It says the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top judicial body, has validated this finding. IMAGES
Venezuelans begin voting in Caracas to choose the opposition candidate who will face President Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 elections. The 21 million Venezuelans on the electoral rolls are being called to vote in these primaries, which feature 11 candidates, against whom Maria Corina Machado, of the more radical wing, has a huge lead in the polls: her victory seems a foregone conclusion. IMAGES
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.
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