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when a senior labor figure makes a bold
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claim in Parliament the expectation is
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that it stands up to scrutiny but what
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happens when campaigners politicians and
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even former government ministers
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challenge the facts a storm is brewing
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over the chagos islands deal with
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accusations of misleading statements
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claims of poor consultation and
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questions about the UK's negotiating
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stance David Lamy finds himself at the
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center of it all and Under Fire as
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description David Lamy has been accused
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of misleading the House of Commons over
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Labor's chos deal a letter was sent to
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the foreign secretary by the campaign
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group chosan voices after Labor MP Peter
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Lamb claimed there was evidence that
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statements made made by Lamy and the
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commons do not appear to be true the
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letter and Lamb's remarks refers to
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Lam's claims that the government had
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kept the chagossians informed all along
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the way this comes as James cleverly
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doubled down on criticism claiming that
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labor ministers had put themselves in a
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very weak negotiating position during
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discussions on Monday the former Tory
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foreign secretary claimed he always made
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sure that certain red lines were in
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place during talks negotiating is one
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thing but I always made sure that
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certain red lines were in place and if
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the negotiations cross those red lines
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then I wouldn't have accepted a deal he
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told times radio and indeed over a
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Year's worth of talks I did not get to a
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position that I was comfortable with
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which is why I never signed off a deal
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he accused labor of changing the UK's
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position dramatically without keeping
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them in the loop adding that they had
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put themselves in a very weak
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negotiating position which is why maius
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keep coming back for more money and more
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concessions however a spokesman for
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Downing Street said the government's
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priority has always been to protect you
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UK and US strategic interests the legal
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letter demands Lamy correct the record
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on comments that the group claimed were
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demonstrably incorrect it also urges the
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government to engage with the choian
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people instead of Simply taking
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decisions that are thought to be
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politically expedient the backlash comes
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as choian voices has asked lawyers to
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challenge the chos deal they claim that
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foreign office Minister Steven Dy was
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refusing to discuss the negotiations
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with them and said they hadn't even met
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with Lamie although the government said
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they have been speaking with chians
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during the talks the letter claims there
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was a lack of focus agenda or indeed
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information offered to those individuals
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directly affected by decisions taken by
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the British government and decisions
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taken without proper consultation it
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adds that the government has not
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responded to two letters sent in October
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and November which urged them to engage
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with the indigenous people Lamy has
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previously claimed that it was difficult
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to get one sole view from chagossians
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are they are in the UK but added that
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the government will continue to do all
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we can to support them the agreement to
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hand over the chagos islands has been
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controversial following its announcement
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in October with negotiations going back
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and forth meanwhile there is speculation
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that US president Donald Trump May veto
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the deal amid fears of China and Iran
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gaining access to the UK US Airbase on
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Diego Garcia Shadow Armed Forces
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Minister Mark franois called the
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agreement disastrous arguing Lamy should
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abandon the whole plan however Lamy has
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insisted it is a good deal which secures
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the future of the airbase in addition
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the international court of justice ruled
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that the Islands belong to maius a
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government spokesman said last week that
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negotiations were between the UK and
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macius to secure full operations of the
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base on Diego Garcia they added we
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recognize the importance of the islands
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to chians and have worked to ensure this
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agreement reflects their interests the
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UK government under both the previous
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and current Administration has been
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engaged with chagossians at both
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official and ministerial level during
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negotiations which first started in
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November
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2022 as part of the agreement we will
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finance a new trust fund for maius to
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use in support of the choian community
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we will work with macius to start a new
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program of visits for chagossians to the
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chos archipelago including Diego Garcia
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and macius will be free to develop a
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program of resettlement on the islands
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other than Diego
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Garcia in other news almost 5 million
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migrants are projected to come to the UK
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over the next 7 years the UK population
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in total is projected to reach 72.5
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Million by mid 2032 up nearly 5 million
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from 67.6 million in mid 2022 according
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to new figures from the office for
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National statistics on the increase is
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driven almost entirely by net migration
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the number and births and deaths are
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expected to stay similar with around 6.8
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million births offset by 6.8 million
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deaths births will increase slightly as
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well as deaths due to a large amount of
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people reaching old from the baby boom
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following W2 on head of population and
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household projections James robard said
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the UK population is projected to grow
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by almost 5 million over the next decade
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the driver of this growth is migration
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with natural change the difference
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between births and deaths projected to
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be around zero he added that the
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projections are based on current and
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past Trends but are not predictions of
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what may happen our latest projections
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also highlight an increasingly aging
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population with the number of people
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aged over 85 projected to nearly double
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to 3.3 million by 2047 he said this is
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in part because of the Aging of the baby
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boom generation as well as general
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increases in life expectancy other
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figures in the report show that
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England's population is projected to
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grow more quickly than other UK Nations
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until mid 2032 increasing by 7.8%
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compared with 5.9% for Wales 4.4% for
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Scotland and 2.1% % for Northern Ireland
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the ons also provides further future
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projections covering the 25 years
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between mid 2022 and mid 2047 for which
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the total projected growth of the UK
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population is 8.9 million an increase of
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13.2% this is lower than the previous 25
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years from 1997 to 2022 when the
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population Rose by around 9.3 million or
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15.9% the number of people at state
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pension age is projected to rise by 1.7
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million from mid 2022 and mid 2032 up
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from an estimated 12.0 million to 13.7
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million people this projection accounts
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for the planned increases in state
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pension age to 67 for both female and
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male people by mid 2032 more than 1 in
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10 of the UK population are projected to
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be aged 75 and over compared with about
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1 in 11 in mid
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2022 lastly Megan marle has been forced
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to deal with another setback after a
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decision was taken to postpone episodes
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of her new podcast series The Duchess of
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Sussex had already postponed the launch
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of her Netflix lifestyle series with
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love Megan until March 4th as she
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focuses on supporting those affected by
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California wildfires a series of new
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podcast episodes featuring Megan has
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also been delayed according to hello the
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decision comes as The Duchess
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prioritizes relief efforts in her home
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state where wildfires have forced
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residents to evacuate their homes the
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been
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actively supporting Wildfire victims
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Distributing food parcels and offering
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Comfort to evacuees in Pasadena they
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just want to help a source said
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responding to claims their efforts were
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a PR stunt The Duchess made an
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additional visit to Ala Dana girl's fire
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recovery where she delivered lunch and
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beauty products to those affected what
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