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World Service,16 May 2019,53 mins

Trump signs order to ban foreign telecoms companies that pose security risk

Newsday

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The Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei, has warned that President Trump's order to ban cooperation with some foreign communication networks will leave the US lagging behind in 5G technology; Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases; and the Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

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