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| - We will move the following business and economics stories: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-funding,FOCUS EBBW VALE, United Kingdom In a few weeks' time, Britain leaves the European Union single market and Brussels turns off the tap of financial support for the country's most deprived regions. But many locals in Ebbw Vale, south Wales, hope Prime Minister Boris Johnson will step in. 750 words by Veronique Dupont. Picture. Video SAfrica-agriculture-blueberries,FOCUS VILLIERSDORP, South Africa Floppy hats and face masks on, hundreds of workers carefully pick a bumper crop of blueberries on the sunny slopes of the Groenlandberg, a spur of South Africa's Hottentots Holland Mountains. 750 words by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture Iraq-banking-politics-economy DIWANIYAH, Iraq The bustling streets of Iraq's biggest cities are lined with private and public banks that promise investment and credit. But businesses barely use them and individuals don't trust them. "Iraqi banks today are still so far away from global standards," said Abbas Anid Ghanem, an Iraqi economist and lawyer based in the southern city of Diwaniyah. 700 words by Haydar Indhar. Video afp
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