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World Service,06 Feb 2019,53 mins

A 'Smart Steel Barrier' - President Trump Renews Lobbying for a Border Wall

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President Trump has used his State of the Union speech to appeal for political compromise on immigration. But he renewed the pledge that has caused deadlock with the Democrats to build a wall along the Mexican border. Mr Trump also announced that he would be holding a second summit with the North Korean leader in Vietnam later this month. A senior Taliban official has said the group does not want to take power by force in Afghanistan, but won't declare a ceasefire until international forces have left. Pope Francis has admitted that Roman Catholic nuns have been subjected to sexual abuse by clerics.

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