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World Service,03 Jan 2019,53 mins

Agreement Eludes Democrat and Republican Leaders Over Shutdown

Newsday

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A meeting called by President Trump to discuss the budget dispute that's led to a partial US government shutdown has broken up without agreement. Republican and Democrat Congressional leaders accused each other of intransigence. The American space agency, NASA, has been getting pictures of the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft - a 20 mile long icy rock on the edge of the solar system. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister tells the BBC there’ll be no turning back on historic changes in his country. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leads Africa’s fastest-growing economy and is changing the country at breakneck speed.

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