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World Service,06 Dec 2019,53 mins
Democrats announce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump
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President Trump has hit back at Democrats in the House of Representatives, who have announced articles of impeachment against him. Meanwhile, in less than three years, a total of 170 judges have been given lifetime appointments, meaning that Mr Trump's allies have picked around a quarter of all American federal judges. This worries some people, including them Sam Berger of the Centre for American Progess. Mike Davis disagrees. He runs the Article 3 Project whose mission is to "fight to confirm President Trump's judicial nominees and defend these new judges from left-wing attacks." After deadly fuel protests in Iran, businesses tell us what they want from the government. We also hear from Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, founder of Boursa Bazaar, a publication which tracks developments in Iran's economy and Rana Rahimpour of the BBC Persian service explores the historical roots of the current protests. Plus, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's huge state-owned oil production company is up for sale. 1.5% of its stock will be on offer on the Riyadh stock exchange which Aramco hopes will raise $25 billion, valuing the company at $1.7 trillion. The BBC's Sameer Hashmi has been following this highly anticipated IPO from Dubai. A lot of Chinese companies have been relocating in order to rebrand their exports Made in Vietnam to get around American tariffs. So how lucrative has that new business been? We speak to Lien Huang, who reports for Bloomberg Law in Ho Chi Minh City. And joining us throughout the programme are Rachel Cartland, author, writer and expert on Hong Kong and in London, Simon Littlewood of ACG Global which is based in Singapore. Picture description: Donald Trump Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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