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Friday 14 September 2018
UK says Brexit could mean less warning of falling space junk

LONDON (AP) — It turns out tion or receive its warnings
the consequences of Brexit about space objects or
may not be confined to debris falling to earth, the
Earth. government said — though
The British government said "the U.K. will continue to re-
Thursday that the U.K. may ceive space, surveillance
get less warning of falling and tracking data from the
space debris if the country United States of America."
leaves the bloc without a Labour Party lawmaker
divorce agreement. Jo Stevens, a supporter of
The news was one of the the anti-Brexit group Best
more eye-catching items in for Britain, said "it is deeply
a government assessment worrying that the U.K. will
of the disruption to Britain's be shut out of some of
economy and daily life that the most cutting-edge re-
would be caused b a "no search in the world."
deal" Brexit. Britain is due to Prime Minister Theresa May
leave the 28-nation EU on "used to say Brexit wouldn't
March 29, but divorce ne- be the end of the world —
gotiations have become but actually it could be!"
bogged down amid divi- she said.
sions within Britain's Con- The papers also said British
servative government over drivers traveling to the con-
how close an economic Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab arrives for a cabinet meet- tinent might need to get In-
relationship to seek with ing on Brexit at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. ternational Driving Permits if
the bloc. The British govern- Associated Press the EU did not agree to rec-
ment says it is confident the ognize U.K. licenses.q
two sides will reach a deal, The documents disclosed
but has recently stepped that, without a deal, Britain
up preparations for leaving will no longer receive data France's Macron unveils
without an agreement. from the EU Space Surveil-
On Thursday it published lance and Tracking Pro-
the second batch in a gram, set up to protect sat-
trove of more than 70 pa- ellites and people on Earth plan to combat poverty
pers looking at the poten- from space debris.
tial impact on various sec- The U.K. would no longer
tors of the economy. be part of the organiza- ously announced involves
a smaller number of chil-
dren per class between
the ages of 6 and 8 in poor
neighborhoods.
"Poverty must not be trans-
mitted as a heritage any-
more", Macron said.
Macron announced plans
to change the social ben-
efit system by 2020, so that
one single minimum in-
come for the poorest will re-
place the current complex
system of benefits. Those
who receive the payment
will be asked to look for a
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on pov- job or training, he said.
erty to social aid workers in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 13, After 16 months in power,
2018.
Associated Press the 40-year-old centrist
leader has seen his recent
Associated Press The plan runs over the next popularity ratings reach a
PARIS (AP) — French Presi- four years. It focuses on bet- low.
dent Emmanuel Macron, ter education for poor chil- Political opponents and
often branded by critics as dren and providing help to unions criticized his pro-
the president of the rich, unemployed people to get business policies as favor-
has unveiled an 8 billion- back to work, rather than ing the rich. He notably
euro ($9 billion) plan to financial aid only. scrapped a tax for the
tackle poverty. Measures include places in wealthy and sought to at-
Macron said in a speech nursery to free up parents tract big French and for-
Thursday: "I don't want a for work or training, school eign investors.
plan to help poor people breakfasts in poor neigh- Statistics agency Insee es-
to better live poor. I want borhoods and compulsory timates that about 14 per-
them to be given the job training for school leav- cent of France's popula-
choice, and the possibility, ers under 18. tion lives below the poverty
not to be poor anymore." Another measure previ- line.q