the group raises another mauritian flag, in defiance of britain. andrew harding, bbc news, on the chagos islands. the british foreign, commonwealth and development office has said it has established a £40 million support fund for displaced chagos islanders to run over a ten—year period. although there are further claims that very little of that money has been distributed. mexico's avocado industry is huge — worth around $2.11 billion a year and with the us as its key export market. but the american department of agriculture has suspended all avocado imports from mexico until, it says, the safety of american inspectors is guaranteed. on saturday one inspector working in mexico received a threatening text on his phone. all mexican avocado imports to the us come from the state of michoacan where violent gangs often extort growers. earlier i asked npr's international correspondent carrie kahn, what more we know about the incident.

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