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US Tariffs on Chinese Goods Could Rise
This would more than double the taxes on Chinese exports the US announced last month.
President Donald Trump is considering a tariff hike from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of trade between the US and China. The US already set 25% tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods back at the start of July.
Australian researchers say that for the first time a whole city has been protected from the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue fever.
We hear from Amadou and Mariam, one of world music's biggest acts, as they perform at the WOMAD festival in Wiltshire, England.
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