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World Service,29 Oct 2019,53 mins

Boris Johnson's snap election bid fails in UK parliament

Newsday

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Britain's parliament has rejected a plan by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to hold a general election in December to try to break the deadlock over Brexit. The CEO of Boeing will face lawmakers for the first time since two of the plane maker's best-selling jets crashed. An Australian led study claims to have pinpointed the birthplace of modern humans to a region south of the Zambesi River in southern Africa.

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