Thomas Cook’s 555 shops to be bought by rival
All Thomas Cook shops to be bought by Hays Travel in a move that could save up to 2,500 jobs. BBC News – Business
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Brexit: Special sitting for MPs to decide UK’s future
Parliament will meet on Saturday 19 October after a key EU summit to approve the next steps for the UK. BBC News – UK
White House ‘will not co-operate with impeachment inquiry’
A letter to Democrats says President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry”. BBC News – US & Canada
Why Kenyans never quit
Not quitting brings glory on the athletics track but misery when political officials pass the buck after disasters. BBC News – Africa
Women drown as migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa in Italy
Thirteen are confirmed dead and at least a dozen other people are missing near Lampedusa. BBC News – Europe
Bolivia Some Wildfires Under Control For Now
Wildfires have been raging in Bolivia since May this year and up until now have largely raged unchecked destroying an estimated four million hectares of land according to the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN). Fortunately a heavy deluge of rain seems to have eliminated the fires across the Chiquitanía region – which is one…