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World Service,25 Jul 2018,53 mins

US Unveils $12bn Bailout for Farmers

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The aid is intended to protect the industry as countries raise taxes on US products such as soybeans in response to new tariffs from America. Plus, are robots really smart enough to take over our lives? The BBC's Mike Johnson offers an insight into the technology likely to dominate tomorrow's world. Ahead of the BRICS economic summit in Johannesburg, we find out about the countries investing in Africa. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged $200 million of credit to Uganda and Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged $15 billion of investment in South Africa. And when does satire become manipulative fake news? Presenter Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme by Andy Uhler, a reporter at US public radio programme Marketplace, in Austin, Texas and Jyoti Malhotra, an editor at The Print website in Delhi, India. (Picture: Harvesting soybeans in Minnesota. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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