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World Service,28 Dec 2018,53 mins

The US Government Shutdown Will Roll On Into 2019

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Both Houses of Congress in the United States have met and adjourned after a few minutes without agreement on how to resolve a damaging shutdown of parts of the government. The alert level for Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second-highest level possible after a series of eruptions. India's parliament has been debating on a law that will criminalise 'triple talaq'- a practice that allows Muslim men to divorce by simply saying 'I divorce you' three times.

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