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World Service,16 May 2019,53 mins

US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency around telecommunications

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President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries"; officials in Mexico City have declared an environmental emergency after air pollution in the Mexican capital reached levels potentially dangerous to human health; and the Malaysian authorities are investigating the role social media users are thought to have played in the death of a teenager.

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