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US Government Shuts Down After Senate Vote

The US Senate has voted down a government bill to extend the funding of federal agencies.

The US government is approaching a federal shutdown after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget; US Vice President, Mike Pence, begins his Middle East visit in Egypt; and the authorities in Bangladesh say they have now counted more than a million Rohingya refugees living in camps near the border with Myanmar.

(Image: The U.S. Capitol. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Sat 20 Jan 201806:06GMT

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  • Sat 20 Jan 201806:06GMT