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US Supreme Court backs asylum curbs

New rules will require asylum seekers to first seek safe haven in a third country.

New rules will require asylum seekers to first seek safe haven in a third country. While the Supreme Court has allowed the policy to come into force temporarily, we hear from one lawyer hoping to overturn it in the courts.

Also in the programme: Claims Russian president Vladimir Putin is showing signs of political weakness after offices and homes linked to opposition figures were raided; France says it will block the use of Facebook's Libra digital currency across the European Union; and researchers say they've successfully generated electricity from the cold of space.

Photo: Migrants at the border last month in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Credit: Reuters.

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Thu 12 Sep 201920:06GMT

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  • Thu 12 Sep 201920:06GMT

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