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•https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/venezuela-border-latest-maduro-guaido

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Venezuela: at least four dead and hundreds injured in border standoff

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Presidential challenger Juan Guaidó says he will urge foreign leaders to keep 'all options open' at a meeting on Monday

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•https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/christian-wade-gets-nfl-chance-14267108

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Christian Wade shed tears of joy after going from rugby to the NFL inside six months - without playing a game.

The former England wing, who started the season with Wasps, gambled everything by turning his back on job security and home comforts to chase his American dream.

His reward arrived at 3pm yesterday with a call from the Buffalo Bills to say they had added him to their squad.

"I'm a step closer to my dream and I'm almost lost for words," said Wade, one of four players allocated to clubs as part of the league's International Player Pathway programme.

"It makes me emotional just how risky and big a move this has been. I knew it but this moment has made it even more apparent. Every time I think about it I well up. This 100 per cent makes the gamble worthwhile."

Wade, 27, who won one England cap and is third in the all-time Premiership try-scorers list with 82, is attempting to make it as a running back.

He joins up with the Bills next week where he will try to win a place on their 53-man roster for the new season. He is guaranteed a place on their practise squad come what may.

Super Bowl winner Jay Ajayi is one of seven Britons currently in the NFL. Like Wade, Alex Gray and Christian Scotland-Williamson made the move from rugby.

"The mental side has been a real test," admitted the 5'8 flyer, who caught the eye with his athletic skills at NFL Pro Day last week.

"Football is pretty much like learning a new language. You have to go into a classroom for 12 weeks and get your head down.

"It continues to be a test as I've still only scratched the surface of what I'm going to need to know.

"It's a whole new country and a different culture. I've never even been to Buffalo. I'll pack a warm coat and I can't wait to get involved.

"For me it's all about believing in myself. I stepped out of rugby 100 per cent confident. All I can ask of myself is that If I give this 100 per cent too."

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Christian Wade gets NFL chance with Buffalo just six months after quitting rugby

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"It makes me emotional just how risky and big a move this has been. I knew it but this moment has made it even more apparent. Every time I think about it I well up in my eyes. This 100 per cent makes the gamble worthwhile"

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Inter Milan football star Antonio Candreva has stepped in to pay school meal fees for a girl from a poor immigrant family who was given tuna and crackers instead of the normal lunch.

Italian media say the girl burst into tears when she was given the reduced lunch, at a primary school near Verona.

"I'm ready to help the parents pay the canteen," Candreva told the mayor of Minerbe, 35km (22 miles) from Verona.

A political row erupted, as the mayor is in the anti-immigration League.

The League's most prominent politician is Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, in a populist coalition government with anti-establishment Five Star.

Minerbe's Mayor Andrea Girardi said the girl's reduced meal of tuna and crackers was simply a gesture of "correctness towards the families who pay the [canteen] fee regularly".

The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) accused the authorities of "a discriminatory choice".

Reports say other children ate pasta and a second dish, while the girl just had tinned tuna and crackers.

The story went viral on Italian social media and it emerged that other children from poor immigrant families faced a similar predicament at the school.

In some cases, according to the daily La Repubblica, teachers gave their lunches to children whose parents could not afford the canteen fee.

Mayor Girardi, quoted by Corriere della Sera (in Italian), said "we're helping about 30 families who are in difficulties at that school".

Explaining the school meals policy, he said: "We face dozens of insolvent parents and can't cover the costs. So we decided on a line that could move things on.

"We didn't want to get to this point, but we risked failing to provide meals for the families who did pay regularly."

Minerbe's PD councillors were quoted as saying: "How can you call it fair, when a primary school girl is humiliated because her parents are in arrears?"

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Inter Milan football star Antonio Candreva has stepped in to pay school meal fees for a girl from a poor immigrant family who was given tuna and crackers instead of the normal lunch. Italian media say the girl burst into tears when she was given the reduced lunch, at a primary school near Verona.

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Antonio Candreva: Footballer helps tuna-and-crackers lunch girl

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Antonio Candreva: Footballer helps tuna-and-crackers lunch girl

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Inter Milan football star Antonio Candreva has stepped in to pay school meal fees for a girl from a poor immigrant family who was given tuna and crackers instead of the normal lunch.

Italian media say the girl burst into tears when she was given the reduced lunch, at a primary school near Verona.

"I'm ready to help the parents pay the canteen," Candreva told the mayor of Minerbe, 35km (22 miles) from Verona.

A political row erupted, as the mayor is in the anti-immigration League.

The League's most prominent politician is Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, in a populist coalition government with anti-establishment Five Star.

Minerbe's Mayor Andrea Girardi said the girl's reduced meal of tuna and crackers was simply a gesture of "correctness towards the families who pay the [canteen] fee regularly".

The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) accused the authorities of "a discriminatory choice".

Reports say other children ate pasta and a second dish, while the girl just had tinned tuna and crackers.

The story went viral on Italian social media and it emerged that other children from poor immigrant families faced a similar predicament at the school.

In some cases, according to the daily La Repubblica, teachers gave their lunches to children whose parents could not afford the canteen fee.

Mayor Girardi, quoted by Corriere della Sera (in Italian), said "we're helping about 30 families who are in difficulties at that school".

Explaining the school meals policy, he said: "We face dozens of insolvent parents and can't cover the costs. So we decided on a line that could move things on.

"We didn't want to get to this point, but we risked failing to provide meals for the families who did pay regularly."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47865311

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Christian Wade gets NFL chance with Buffalo just six months after quitting rugby

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Christian Wade gets NFL chance with Buffalo just six months after quitting rugby

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Christian Wade shed tears of joy after going from rugby to the NFL inside six months - without playing a game.

The former England wing, who started the season with Wasps, gambled everything by turning his back on job security and home comforts to chase his American dream.

His reward arrived at 3pm yesterday with a call from the Buffalo Bills to say they had added him to their squad.

“I’m a step closer to my dream and I’m almost lost for words,” said Wade, one of four players allocated to clubs as part of the league's International Player Pathway programme.

“It makes me emotional just how risky and big a move this has been. I knew it but this moment has made it even more apparent. Every time I think about it I well up. This 100 per cent makes the gamble worthwhile.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/christian-wade-gets-nfl-chance-14267108

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Venezuela: at least four dead and hundreds injured in border standoff

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Venezuela: at least four dead and hundreds injured in border standoff

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At least four people have been killed and hundreds injured in a wave of violence that convulsed Venezuela’s border regions on Saturday, as opposition activists tried to defy a government ban to bring food and medical supplies into the country.

After the failed attempt to breach government blockades, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared the fight would continue, and said “we must keep all our options open for the liberation of our homeland”.

He will head to Bogotá for a meeting on Monday with US vice-president Mike Pence, and other regional leaders in the Lima Group.

Florida senator Marco Rubio responded to Guaidó’s comments, saying he had spoken to regional leaders. He said President Nicolás Maduro’s regime on Saturday had “opened the door to various potential multilateral actions not on the table just 24 hours ago”.

Although Guaidó did not secure the mass defections he had hoped for, at least 60 border guards deserted their posts and fled into Colombia, as other members of security forces loyal to Maduro used teargas and rubber bullets to force back protesters and halt civilian convoys escorting aid supplies.

Three trucks of aid caught fire as they approached the first border checkpoints at the Santander and Simón Bolivar bridges connecting Venezuela to Colombia. It is not clear how those fires were started.There were injuries on both sides of the crossing, with Colombian authorities reporting at least 285 wounded
•https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/venezuela-border-latest-maduro-guaido